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As central banks go, the Federal Reserve is one of the best. Much academic literature suggests that one of the reason for its relative success is its relative political independence and freedom from partisanship. Central banks that are partisan or politicized are likely try to...
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The Nuts and Bolts: Elements of a Legal Brief
Every standard brief has a few basic elements:
An introduction that articulates the party’s claim and introduces the party’s theory of the case and the procedural history of the case.
A table of authorities (TOA) section that describes all...
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Is neurological impairment sufficient evidence to relieve an accused person of criminal liability for his or her acts?
In many cases—especially those involving the death penalty—evidence showing that neurological damage influenced criminal behavior, can be a “double-edged sword,” used by prosecutors as well as defense attorneys,...
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The petition of the day is:
Butts v. Sellers
17-512
Issues: (1) Whether a court unreasonably applies Strickland v. Washington by measuring trial counsel’s performance against the prevailing professional norms of a local judicial circuit where those local practices deviated from prevailing national or state norms; and (2)...
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Do you go to sleep at night with an uneasy feeling that you should be making a lot more money by now and achieving a level of success that still seems to elude you?
Maybe your revenues and profits are falling faster than you want to...
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It seems like whenever you talk to a lawyer who works in a small law firm, they view their firm’s bookkeeping and accounting as a perennial headache. Although the process can be challenging, this doesn’t have to be the case.
In A 6-Step Guide to Better...