Vicarious Liability: Employer Liability for Employees’ Driving

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Tuesday, 10 May 2016 / Published in Corporate Safety, Law, Road Safety
The common law legal theory of vicarious liability existed long before the invention of the first motor vehicle.  Applying the concept of respondeat superior, courts have held that an employer

Justice Speaks Podcast Episode #19

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Thursday, 28 April 2016 / Published in Podcast
Drug Court: The Criminal Justice System Rolls the Rock, Part 1 – Justice Speaks Podcast In this episode of Justice Speaks, JSI Founder Judge Brian MacKenzie (Ret) speaks with Judge

Justice Speaks Podcast Episode #14

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Thursday, 28 January 2016 / Published in Podcast
Judges: A Critical Component of Drug Court – Justice Speaks Podcast The intuitive understanding of the central role of the judge, which had been embraced by many of the original

Justice Speaks Podcast Episode #12

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Thursday, 24 December 2015 / Published in Podcast
Therapy Dog
Therapy Dogs:  Are the Courts Going to the Dogs? Justice Speaks Podcast In recent years a new kind of dog has begun to appear in courtrooms.  These dogs are used
Political Strife in State Supreme Courts
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Tuesday, 08 December 2015 / Published in Law
Political Strife in State Supreme Courts State Supreme Courts are “the ultimate judicial tribunal in the court system of a particular state.”  The Federal Courts only trumps them when there

Veterans Treatment Courts – Supporting Our Returning Heroes

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Wednesday, 11 November 2015 / Published in Problem Solving Courts, Treatment, Veterans Courts
Today is Veterans Day in the United States.  This means we should think, not just about those veterans who have been killed or physically wounded over the last decade and a

Justice Speaks Podcast Episode #7

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Thursday, 29 October 2015 / Published in Podcast
Deflategate: Searching for Justice
Deflategate: Searching for Justice – Justice Speaks Podcast This podcast episode is an effort to explain the federal court decision in so called “Deflategate” case.  Deflategate is the controversy involving
Trust in the Judiciary
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Tuesday, 06 October 2015 / Published in Law
Trust in the Judiciary A recent Gallup poll claimed that the trust American’s have in the judicial branch of government had fallen to a record-low. Only 53% of those polled

Justice Speaks Podcast Episode #5

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Thursday, 24 September 2015 / Published in Podcast
The Rule of Law: 4 Key Principles – Justice Speaks Podcast In this episode Brian MacKenzie, a retired judge from Michigan, discusses the importance of the “Rule of Law” in the
The Rule of Law
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Sunday, 13 September 2015 / Published in Law
The Rule of Law As I write this, Clerk Kim Davis of Rowan County Kentucky has refused to obey an order issued by a judge of the United States District