The Christian Century

When the doctrine of discovery became law

“I was the witness of sufferings which I have not the power to portray,” wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America after seeing Choctaw nationals cross the Mississippi River into Arkansas on ...
Law

Discovery Dispute: Investigated Judge Boxed Out by Work Product Doctrine

Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia director leverages Work Product Doctrine to withhold memos from investigated jurist. Counsel for Atlanta Judicial Circuit Judge Shermela Williams contend ...
Religion News Service

One year ago, Pope Francis disavowed the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ – but Indigenous Catholics’ work for respect and recognition goes back decades

(The Conversation) — It has been more than 500 years since Vatican decrees gave European colonizers permission to carve up the “New World” – and just one since Pope Francis disavowed them. On March 30 ...
KPFA

The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code

This powerful and landmark documentary “The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code” is a result of the collaborative efforts by Dakota filmmaker and Director Sheldon Wolfchild and ...
Law

Commonwealth v. Brinson

Trial court should have suppressed evidence where officer lacked reasonable suspicion to extend traffic stop for a canine search and the arresting officer had not determined to tow the vehicle for ...

Generative AI and the challenge of preserving privilege in discovery

Carthy of Morgan Lewis discuss considerations when generative AI is used in discovery and the risks to preserving the ...