Volume 4, Issue 1

Frances P. Bernat, Craig Curtis, and Rebecca Davalos examine two immigration cases decided by the SCOTUS in light of Max Weber's conceptions of rational legal order and judicial legitimacy. The authors conclude that both decisions are harmful to the legitimacy of the judiciary.

Elizabeth Dotson, David C. Brody, and Ruibin Lu examine occupational stress in a public defenders' office. They identify occupational stress and secondary traumatic stress. These stressors had a negative impact on job satisfaction among the attorneys in the study.

Andrew J. Costello, Blair Hoplight, and Maria Lombardo examine whether in eyewitness identification corporeal lineups hold advantages over photo arrays. Finding no significant differences, the authors discuss the policy implications.