The lat­est edi­tion of the Yale Law Journal fea­tures essays com­mem­o­rat­ing the 50th anniver­sary of Gideon v. Wainwright, the land­mark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court deci­sion guar­an­tee­ing all crim­i­nal defen­dants a right to an attor­ney. The col­lec­tion of essays from lead­ing legal experts includes an arti­cle by Stephen Bright and Sia Sanneh, titled ​“Fifty Years of Defiance and Resistance After Gideon v. Wainwright,” argu­ing that the crim­i­nal sys­tem is not tru­ly adver­sar­i­al because pros­e­cu­tors pos­sess broad pow­er and resources, while defense sys­tems are often poor­ly fund­ed. Other essays by death penal­ty schol­ars include pieces by John Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, and Carol Steiker. Other authors explore the impact of race and pover­ty on rep­re­sen­ta­tion, and the appli­ca­tion of Gideon to military tribunals.

(Symposium Issue, 122 Yale Law Journal 2106 (June 2013); DPIC post­ed, July 9, 2013;). See U.S. Supreme Court and Law Reviews.

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