Editor’s Note: This report is a condensed version of the full report prepared by Diane Mains and Mike McMahon of the Indiana Judicial Center. The Indiana Judicial Center has prepared a legislative report that contains summaries of select bills of interest passed in the 2011 session and can be can be found at: http://www.in.gov/legislative/reports/2011/DIGEST_OF_ENACTMENTS.PDF The entire text of any law, as well as a … [Read more...] about 2011 Legislative Review
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Legislative Report: 2009 Indiana General Assembly
The Indiana Judicial Center staff compiled summaries of legislation of significance to the judiciary enacted by the 2009 Indiana Legislature. To see the Center’s full online report, which includes other bills of interest and which features hyperlinks to the full text of the legislation, go to www.indianacourts.org/blogs/legupdate. Special Session A special session of the Indiana legislature will be held sometime in Ju … [Read more...] about Legislative Report: 2009 Indiana General Assembly
Indiana Commission on Courts 2008 Annual Report
The Indiana General Assembly created the Commission on Courts to review, conduct research, and hold public hearings on all requests for new courts or changes in jurisdiction of existing courts, and to review, report on, and make recommendations concerning any other matters relating to court administration that it deems appropriate. The Commission is required to submit a report to the General Assembly before November … [Read more...] about Indiana Commission on Courts 2008 Annual Report
Defending the Rule of Law
.. (I)n America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.—from Common Sense by Thomas Paine In January 1776, Thomas Paine published a pamphlet with profound influence that was enthusiastically embraced by people who would be called upon to perform extraordinary tasks in order to gain their freedom. Over two c … [Read more...] about Defending the Rule of Law
Morgan County Courts: Their Experience with a High Profile Case
Satellite TV trucks and reporters waving microphones circle your courthouse like a calf-roper’s lasso at a rodeo. Get ready—you are presiding over a “notorious” trial. The time to think about how to handle such a trial should be long before the reporters arrive, and with a little thoughtful planning, you can successfully balance a defendant’s right to a fair trial with the rights of a free press. Judge Christopher Bur … [Read more...] about Morgan County Courts: Their Experience with a High Profile Case