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The Progressive Lawyer: Decision-Making and the 'Metaphorical Bias Model'

Across the nation, by far the most common setting for deciding domestic relations cases is the bench trial, where the judge sits alone without a jury except in extraordinary circumstance; cases involving domestic torts, for example. In the final analysis, therefore, our judges are our audience. They are certainly more than a passive audience; they are participants in every sense.

12 minute read February 29, 2016 at 11:00 PM
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Curtis J. Romanowski
The Progressive Lawyer: Decision-Making and the 'Metaphorical Bias Model'

Across the nation, by far the most common setting for deciding domestic relations cases is the bench trial, where the judge sits alone without a jury except in extraordinary circumstance; cases involving domestic torts, for example.

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