Supreme Court of New Mexico Cites Principles of the Law, Policing
In State v. Martinez, 478 P.3d 880 (N.M. 2020), the Supreme Court of New Mexico cited the Principles of the Law, Policing (T.D. No. 2, 2019), in abandoning the prevailing federal rule governing the admission of eyewitness-identification evidence, as articulated in Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 U.S. 98 (1977), in favor of adopting a new per se exclusionary rule for unnecessarily suggestive pretrial identification procedures, based on its determination that the New Mexico Constitution provided broader due-process protection in the context of eyewitness-identification evidence than the U.S. Constitution.
Trespass to Land and Intent
The following entry is excerpted from Tentative Draft No. 2 for Restatement of the Law Fourth, Property. Included below is the Topic Note to Trespass to Land, Generally; § 1.5. Intent Required for Trespass to Land, and Comment b. to § 1.5.
Property Torts
In this video, Henry E. Smith and John C.P. Goldberg discuss the connection property torts has to both Restatements of Torts and Property.
The Controversy over Trends in High Damage Awards: A Discussion on Causes and Consequences
On Feb. 19, The Law & Economics Center at Antonin Scalia Law School held the “Symposium on the Economics and Law of Civil Remedies: Developments in Damages and Nationwide Injunctions.” This post includes a description and video from the third panel of the day.
Law360 Article on How COVID Has Affected Policing And Incarceration
This article addresses how the pandemic has affected law enforcement and incarceration.
Conflict of Laws: Introduction to Draft
Conflict of laws is the field of law concerned with the resolution of legal questions having connections with more than one state. Typically, it comprises the subfields of personal jurisdiction, recognition of judgments, and choice of law.
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