For many years Judge Judy (now Judge Marilyn Milian) and the Peoples Court have been a TV hit (no matter how bad some of the parties and cases are).
Well move over Peoples Court … and make way for Strata Court!
In Florida, where I’ve already blogged about a few adventurous initiatives, they’re televising legal submissions in their Supreme Court including strata cases.
Here’s a link to the closing arguments in Susan Cohn versus The Grand Condominium Association presented on 11 February 2011 by Eric M Glazer Esq., Daniel S Rosenbaum Esq. and H Hugh McConnell Esq.
Ms. Cohn and The Grand Condominium Association are involved in a dispute over the condominium's method of electing its board of directors and the constitutionality of a state law dealing with the election of condominium officers. The trial court ruled the law was unconstitutional as applied in this case and the Court of Appeal also found the law unconstitutional.
Ms. Cohn and The Grand Condominium Association are involved in a dispute over the condominium's method of electing its board of directors and the constitutionality of a state law dealing with the election of condominium officers. The trial court ruled the law was unconstitutional as applied in this case and the Court of Appeal also found the law unconstitutional.
Despite all the jokes I could make about televised US Court hearings, it’s actually fantastic that we can see real legal issues being debated and the laws being interpreted and re-interpreted in this way.
This is the kind of transparency that will actually bring about effective changes … since the abstraction of disputes into legal concepts and litigious process is too artificial for real people, in real places, in real situations.
So, see you in Court on your computer screen or TV soon.
Francesco …
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