Far too often when we discuss American courts and their judicial systems, we take little note of the significant differences in the ways in which cases are handled and law is practiced. We probably contemplate the dichotomy ...

Recently, significant legislative initiatives have been made to deter the filing of frivolous papers in the Illinois Circuit Courts. These initiatives authorize the imposition of sanctions on those who file litigation ...

While significant national attention has recently been paid to varying questions about the legal duties of prospective mothers to their unborn children, little comparable focus has been placed on the duties of prospective ...

Based on the premise that the hearsay rule is both fundamental and insufficiently understood, this article discusses the basic principles of this rule of evidence with special emphasis on its application under Illinois ...

This Commentary identifies prenatal drug exposure of infants as a problem with which our society must come to terms. The judicial system is capable of providing solutions, but a void of appropriate legislation hampers that ...

Consistent with a growing trend in urban trial courts, the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois has experimented with an alternative dispute resolution technique known as Settlement Week. This article examines the ...

This note examines the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal's decision refusing to strike down a public school board rule which prohibited social dancing inside the public schools of Purdy, Missouri. The issue facing the court ...

This note examines the United States Supreme Court decision that found confiscation of criminal defense attorney fees under RICO and the continuing criminal enterprise statutes is permissible under the sixth amendment. The ...

For years, a serious problem has faced an Illinois criminal defendant who challenged the constitutionality of the statute supporting his conviction for the first time on appeal. Two contradictory lines of Illinois Supreme ...