Restraining adversarial excess in closing argument
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Efforts should be made by trial courts to regulate and control abuses by both defense attorneys and prosecutors in their closing arguments. Holding both sides to ethical standards will help to minimize the harm done to criminal defendants by appellate level attempts to remedy current ethical imbalances through the use of the invited response doctrine. Appellate courts have been unsuccessful at curing the abuses resulting from overzealous representation, and trial courts should use their broad discretion to enforce ethical standards.
Publication Name: Columbia Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0010-1958
Year: 1996
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The doctrine of equivalents: where it is now, what it is
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The author discusses the patent law concept of equivalents and the impact of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's decision in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kogyo Kabushiki Co. on the doctrine.
Publication Name: Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0882-9098
Year: 2001
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