May judges ever nullify the law?

May judges ever nullify the law?

Smith believes that appellate courts often decide early on what they will do with a case and thereafter deliberately ignore inconvenient facts and even settled rules of law in order to obtain the desired result.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Notre Dame law review 1999-06, Vol.74 (5), p.1657
1. Verfasser: Smith, M B E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Criminal law
Federal court decisions
History
Judges & magistrates
Judicial discretion
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Zusammenfassung:Smith believes that appellate courts often decide early on what they will do with a case and thereafter deliberately ignore inconvenient facts and even settled rules of law in order to obtain the desired result.
ISSN:0745-3515