From some of the highly-publicized trials of the 1960's - namely the trials of the Chicago Eight, Panther Twenty-One, Weathermen - we can draw indispensable lessons about the role of the judges in upholding and promoting a fair justice system. The contract to Judge Julius Hoffman's notorious...

The burgeoning federal case load has focused public and professional attention upon the need to better allocate judicial resources. Recent Supreme Court decisions have greatly extended the reach of 42 U.S.C. section 1983, arguably at the expense of judicial economy and established notions of...