The US legal system often fails to provide counsel for millions of Americans in civil cases. Generic and law-specific AI models can help address this justice gap of unmet legal needs.
Articles on US justice
Displaying 1 - 20 of 30 articles
Donald Trump’s consistent attacks on the US justice system may have done significant damage.
The Supreme Court has not yet committed to making livestreaming oral arguments a permanent part of its work. But this measure could lead to more transparency and possibly confidence in the court.
George Santos has admitted to having said some stupid things. But his lying became the subject of a federal probe that has resulted in criminal charges.
Despite support for clemency from Oklahoma’s top prosecutor, a death row inmate appears set to die on May 18.
The US has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. When it comes to violent offenders and the Black community, the system isn’t working, argue criminologists.
A pilot project at a Pennsylvania prison is trying out lessons from Scandinavia that could offer some ideas for reforming US prisons.
The case showed how American justice meted out to US troops in second world war England was often racially biased.
State supreme courts have a relatively low profile in the US. That’s going to change now that they will be under political pressure to decide whether abortion is protected in state constitutions.
Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s elevation to the highest court in the land.
Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s potential elevation to the highest court in the land.
Studies show the physical and emotional pain of minorities and women is often discounted by both the U.S. justice and health care systems. That has serious consequences.
In a pilot program, older prisoners sentenced to life mentor younger prisoners who have a chance to lead productive, lawful lives when they get out. The focus is on healing trauma.
In 1987, Anthony Kennedy was nominated to end a titanic Supreme Court fight. Could his putative successor trigger another one?
The rule of law can take on different meanings depending whom you ask and where you are – but in the US it pretty much means one thing.
Despite months of speculation that Donald Trump might fire him, Robert Mueller and his investigation are not going away.
Neil Gorsuch’s views seem to put him to the right of many, if not most, Americans.
Criminal justice experts suggest one way to change the system to eliminate racial bias.
When drug companies refused to ship chemicals to the US for use in lethal injections it led to several botched executions, reopening the debate over the death penalty.
In an act of defiance, Obama has nominated his choice for the Supreme Court. Perhaps he can learn from Reagan’s spectacular 1987 failure.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
-
Postdoctoral Fellow in American History, University of Glasgow
-
Associate Professor of Law, Santa Clara University
-
Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
-
Professor of Law, Boston University
-
Associate Professor Sociology, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
-
Associate Professor of Political Theory, UCL
-
Reader in Sociology and Law, University of Bristol
-
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
-
Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst
-
Professor in Legal Studies, Swansea University
-
Reader in US History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
-
Woodruff Deem Professor of Law and Distinguished Fellow of Religion, Brigham Young University
-
Chair in Feminist Media Studies, University of Strathclyde
-
Lecturer in American Politics, University College Cork