Substantive rights have a core that can be meaningfully interpreted and protected; they can exist independently of a particular government or a particular legal system. Procedural rights lack such an ...

Although the affinities between the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and the Seventh Amendment right to civil jury trial seem strong, there are crucial differences. The first concerns ...

For over fifty years, the Supreme Court has recognized that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment bars the retrial of a criminal defendant after a mid ...

We often consider procedural law to be neutral to the outcome of a dispute and to be gender-agnostic. However, a deeper look indicates that procedure is as crit ...

Because we learn approximately 80 percent from what we see and merely 15 percent from what we hear, the most powerful proof you can provide at trial is visual. Using great graphics and imagery is a ...

Last night a 5–4 majority of the Supreme Court showed courage and faithfulness to rule of law by refusing to issue a stay or injunction in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson — in the face of an onslaught ...

The time has come for Nigeria’s judiciary to recalibrate the balance between procedural efficiency and substantive justice. The solution lies not in rigid adherence to a one-size-fits-all rule but in ...