Across all fifty states, a woefully understudied institution of government is responsible for a broad range of administrative, legislative, law enforcement, and judicial functions. That important institution is the state courts. While the literature has examined the federal courts and federal...

International criminal tribunals, like any criminal court, have been faced with offences against the administration of justice, such as contempt of court. The power of the UN ad hoc Tribunals to punish these offences has raised problematic issues mainly concerning respect for the principle of...

We intend in this project to show that the severity of felony sentences imposed by elected trial court judges in the state of Washington is highest in court districts where constituents are disposed toward a punitive approach to combating crime and lowest in districts favoring more leniency in...