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Volume 11,
Number 1: Spring 2002
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The Margaret
Chase Smith Essay: Warren Durgin’s Gravestone and the
Renewal of American Civic Democracy
by Theda Skocpol
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Commentary:
Gubernatorial Power and the Struggle for Executive
Efficiency in Twentieth Century Maine
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Symposium:
Improving Maine’s Justice System: A Significant Effort
in Progress
Largely unnoticed by the general public, Maine’s
legal community— involving judges, lawyers, litigants,
court staff, and countless volunteers— has been hard
at work to achieve greater efficiencies in the courts’
operations, greater quality in the outcomes of the
courts, and improved access to justice for all of
Maine's citizens.
In this symposium, key leaders in the ongoing effort
to improve Maine’s justice system describe a number of
recent significant reforms. Beginning with an
introduction by former Attorney General Andrew Ketterer,
the symposium includes commentary by Frank M. Coffin,
Senior United States Judge on the First Circuit Court of
Appeals; Jon D. Levy, Associate Justice of the Maine
Supreme Judicial Court; Nancy Mills, Chief Justice of
the Maine Superior Court; John David Kennedy, Maine
District Court Judge with Wendy F. Rau, Family Division
Director of the Maine District Court; and Calien Lewis,
Executive Director of the Maine Bar Foundation. |
Introduction by
Andrew Ketterer
Court Re-Form: The Maine Way by Frank M.
Coffin
The Changing Face of Justice in Maine's Drug Courts
by Jon D. Levy
Advancements in the Maine Superior Court by
Nancy Mills
Maine's Family Division - Lighting a Dark Stairway
by John David Kennedy and Wendy F. Rau
How Volunteers Saved Legal Aid in the 1990s by
Calien Lewis
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Term
Limits, the Standing Committees, and Institutional
Response
Through citizen initiative in 1993, Maine passed a term
limits bill that prevents legislators with eight years
of consecutive service from seeking reelection. Many now
question whether limits on service have hampered
legislative efficiency through the loss of experienced
leadership and institutional memory. In this article,
Moen and Palmer examine the impact of term limits on the
legislature’s standing committees. |
by Matthew C. Moen and
Kenneth T. Palmer
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A
Sampler of the New Historical Atlas of Maine:
Religion in Maine
This article offers an example of work-in-progress on a
significant project to develop an historical atlas of
Maine. Religious participation is a fundamental aspect
of civic engagement in the United States. We feature
here a glimpse of Maine’s religious heritage. Proudly,
we also present MPR’s first full-color pullout. |
by Burton Hatlen, Joshua M.
Smith, Peter Lodge and Michael Hermann
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Gun
Control: State Versus Federal Regulation of
Firearms
This article addresses the complex question of whether
gun control should be regulated by the federal or state
government, or by some combination of both. In a
thorough look at the history of federal and Maine state
gun control—and at the various ways the issue of gun
violence can be framed—Harwood concludes that neither
level of government has a clear mandate to regulate
exclusively. |
by William S. Harwood
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History +
Resources = A Sense of Place
Unlike many states, Maine has an unusually strong “sense
of place,” or cultural regionalism. Griswold explores
where this unusually strong sense comes from, and how it
can be further nourished through literature. |
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by Wendy Griswold
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