Browsing by Author "Davidow, Robert P."
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Item Beyond Merit Selection: Judicial Careers Through Merit Promotion(Texas Tech Law Review, 1981) Davidow, Robert P.Presents a proposition for restructuring the judicial career system to formalize the process and provide a track for upward mobility based upon merit promotions. One of the goals of such a system is to attract bright, young attorneys to the “inferior” bench. The author created and used a judicial questionnaire to solicit information of judges’ work background and opinions.Item Criminal Procedure Ombudsman as a Substitute for the Exclusionary Rule: A Proposal(Texas Tech Law Review, 1973) Davidow, Robert P.Responds to the exclusionary rule by proposing the need for an ombudsman in the Texas criminal justice system. This ombudsman would help individuals who have potentially suffered constitutional violations at the hands of lawless police officers. Given the pervasiveness and seriousness of the problems which have given rise to the exclusionary rule and which also have been created by that rule, the risks involved in the adoption of a statute such as the one proposed in this article seem slight in comparison with the potential benefit.Item “Secular Humanism” as an “Established Religion”: A Response to Whitehead and Conlan(Texas Tech Law Review, 1979) Davidow, Robert P.Critiques an article published in the Winter 1978 issue of the Texas Tech Law Review about the evolution of the concept of religion in the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. The author says that the article is incomplete in its analysis of Supreme Court cases, contains factual inaccuracies and ill-founded assumptions, and omits any discussion of a possible solution to the perceived problem. The author concludes that the previous article does not recognize the spirit of toleration manifested in both the speech and religion clauses of the first amendment.Item The Texas Peace Bond – Can It Withstand Constitutional Attack?(Texas Tech Law Review, 1972) Davidow, Robert P.Critiques the Texas Peace Bond Procedure, in which an individual is committed to jail for a period of 1 year upon the individual’s failure to post required bond. The author examines how the peace bond procedure affects people of different classes, especially the indigent. The author then examines whether the procedure aligns with the Equal Protection Clause and the right to due process.