Vol. 72 No. 3, June 2009

Index

• Editor's foreword.
• Rhode Island's unique constitutional history.
• Breaking down barriers: the Goodridge decision and modern civil rights.
• The evolution of state constitutional law in Connecticut.
• My perspective on the recent New York death penalty cases.
• Advancing the rule of law through judicial selection reform: is the New York Court of Appeals judicial selection process the least of our concerns in New York?
• A strategy for judicial performance evaluation in New York.
• Shipping up to Boston: the voting of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in nonunanimous criminal cases from 2001-2008.
• Is the New York State Court of Appeals still "friendless?" An empirical study of amicus curiae participation.
• The New York State Comptroller as sole trustee of the common retirement fund: a constitutional guarantee?
• The convenience of the employer test: why we should reconsider the critique of New York's tax apportionment scheme.
• To harm, to victimize, and to destroy: the ugly reason why the Chambers majority opinion was so right.