Videotape in Civil Cases Guy O
Hastings Law Journal Volume 24 | Issue 1 Article 2 1-1972 Videotape in Civil Cases Guy O. Kornblum Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_law_journal Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Guy O. Kornblum, Videotape in Civil Cases, 24 Hastings L.J. 9 (1972). Available at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_law_journal/vol24/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Law Journal by an authorized editor of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. Videotape in Civil Cases By GuY 0. KORNBLUM* OUR judicial system is accused of yielding under the strain of its own inefficiency. There are charges that our litigation machinery is ineffective in processing lawsuits and is irreparably broken down. Proposals for reform are never-ending. For the most part, these pro- posals are directed towards making our courts modem and efficient, thereby reducing the backlog of cases.' Certain of these proposals have raised far-reaching constitutional issues: for example, whether there should be no right to a jury in a civil trial2 and whether a con- viction based on a non-unanimous verdict' of a less than twelve-person * A.B., 1961, Indiana University; J.D., 1966, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Associate Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Co-Director of National College of Advocacy, 1970-72; Member, California and Indiana Bars. The author is grateful to Christine Helwick, Member, Third Year Class, Hastings College of the Law, for her research assistance and to Paul Rush, Producer/Director, University of California Television Office, Berkeley, for his assistance in gathering technical information.
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