Reducing Court Costs and Delay: An Overview

The American legal system is unparalleled in its efforts to protect individual rights. A citizen\u27s access to the legal system provides the basis for our government of laws. Yet, it must be recognized that serious problems confront the American system and persist despite a long history of efforts at reform by the organized bar, the judiciary, and other interested parties. Years of delay exist in many of the nation\u27s busiest courts. The cost of maintaining or defending a suit has grown at an alarming rate. These infamous twin evils - delay and cost - do more than belie the standard of access; they contribute to a climate of cynicism and mistrust of the legal profession, the judiciary, and our judicial system

Queer Youth and the Culture Wars: From Classroom to Courtroom in Australia, Canada and the United States

This article builds on Lugg\u27s (2006) discussion of surveillance in public schools and how queer youth are resisting schools\u27 current efforts to regulate sexual orientation and gender expression in the U.S. and internationally. Legal complaints initiated by queer youth against their schools for harassment and access to extra-curricular activities are discussed. The number of cases in the past five years has increased significantly and the courts are siding with the youth and their allies, demonstrating that queer youth are significantly impacting the dismantling of heteronormative regulatory regimes and improving the school experiences for themselves and queer adults

Reducing Court Costs and Delay: An Overview

The American legal system is unparalleled in its efforts to protect individual rights. A citizen\u27s access to the legal system provides the basis for our government of laws. Yet, it must be recognized that serious problems confront the American system and persist despite a long history of efforts at reform by the organized bar, the judiciary, and other interested parties. Years of delay exist in many of the nation\u27s busiest courts. The cost of maintaining or defending a suit has grown at an alarming rate. These infamous twin evils - delay and cost - do more than belie the standard of access; they contribute to a climate of cynicism and mistrust of the legal profession, the judiciary, and our judicial system

Utah Law Review 1980 Number 4

TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction; The "Big Case" - A "Big Burden" on Our Courts; Toward More Effective Handling of Complex Antitrust Cases; The Future of Civil Litigation; Confidentiality and the Lawyer-Client Relationship; A Criticism of the Post-Sylvania Decisions and a Proposal to Make the Rule of Reason Reasonable Again; Mandatory Food and Drug Recalls - An Analysis of a Developing FDA Enforcement Tool; Common Cause v. Utah Public Service Commission - The Applicability of Open-Meeting Legislation to Quasi-Judicial Bodies; Cumulative Index to Volumes 1 Through 1980 (1949-1980); Index to Volume 198