John M. Walker Jr.

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John M. Walker Jr., Daniel J.T. Schuker, Strengthening Judicial Independence in the New Constitutional Democracies of Central and Eastern Europe, 37 Yale J. Int'l L. Online 43 (2012).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Advancing the Rule of Law Abroad, 43 Int'l Law 61 (2009).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Politics and the Confirmation Process: Thoughts on the Roberts and Alito Hearings, in Bench Press: The Collision of Courts, Politics, and the Media (Keith J. Bybee ed. 2007)
  • John M. Walker Jr., Politics and the Confirmation Process: The Importance of Congressional Restraint in Safeguarding Judicial Independence, 55 Syracuse L. Rev. 1 (2004).
  • John M. Walker Jr., An Outline of American Criminal Procedure, Investigation, Trial and Judicial Review, Lecture delivered at the Chinese University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China (September 2002).
  • John M. Walker Jr., A Liberty of Restraint, Remarks at the Law Day Dinner, May 1, 2002, 76 St. John's L. Rev. 595 (2002).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Judicial Tendencies in Statutory Interpretation, 58 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 203 (2001).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Foreword, Second Circuit Survey, 21 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 1 (Summer 2001).
  • Andreas F. Lowenfeld, Lawrence W. Newman, John M. Walker Jr., Revolutionary Days: The Iran Hostage Crisis and the Hague Claims Tribunal, A Look Back, Juris Publishing, Inc. (1999).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Comments on Professionalism, 2 J. Inst. for Study Legal Ethics 111 (1999).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Harmless Error Review in the Second Circuit, 63 Brook. L. Rev. 395 (1997).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Domestic Adjudication of International Human Rights Violations Under the Alien Tort Statute, 41 St. Louis U. L.J. 539 (1997).
  • Sharon E. Grubin and John M. Walker Jr., Report of the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts, N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 9 (1997).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Current Threats to Judicial Independence and Appropriate Responses: A Presentation to the American Bar Association, 12 St. John's J. Legal Comment (Fall 1996).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Protectable "Nuggets": Drawing the Line Between Idea and Expression in Computer Program Copyright Protection, 44 J. of the Copyright Soc'y of the USA Vol. 44, No. 2 (Winter 1996).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Is the Commission Fulfilling its Mandate?: A Review of the Sentencing Commission's 1994 Annual Report, 8 Federal Sentencing Reporter, Number 2 (September/October, 1995).
  • John M. Walker Jr., The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974: An Overview of ERISA Preemption, 17 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 529 (Fall 1993).
  • John M. Walker Jr., The Second Circuit Review - 1991-1992 Term Loosening the Administrative Handcuffs: Discretion and Responsibility Under the Sentencing Guidelines, 59 Brook. L. Rev. 551 (1993).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Common Law Rules and Land-Use Regulations: Lucas and Future Takings Jurisprudence, 3 Seton Hall Const. L.J. 3 (Spring 1993).
  • John M. Walker Jr., Jessica D. Litman, Susan G. Braden, Anthony L. Clapes, Henry B. Gutman, Rochelle Coper Dreyfuss, and Marci A. Hamilton Copyright Protection: Has Look & Feel Crashed?, 11 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 721 (1992).
  • John M. Walker Jr., U.S. v. Sells: Engineering a Result to Promote Grand Jury Secrecy, 21 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 99 (1983).
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    John M. Walker Jr.
    Judge John Walker.jpg
    Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Assumed office
    September 30, 2006
    Legal offices
    Preceded byJudge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
    1985–1989
    Succeeded by
    Preceded byJudge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    1989–2006
    Succeeded by
    Preceded byChief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    2000–2006
    Succeeded by