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A Rational Theory Of Mitigation And Aggravation In Sentencing: Why Less Is More When It Comes To Punishing Criminals, Mirko Bagaric
A Rational Theory Of Mitigation And Aggravation In Sentencing: Why Less Is More When It Comes To Punishing Criminals, Mirko Bagaric
Buffalo Law Review
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Finding Meaning In The Death Of Virtual Identities, Jordan L. Walbesser
Finding Meaning In The Death Of Virtual Identities, Jordan L. Walbesser
Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal
Historically speaking, legal fiction assumes that identity and the credentials proving identity are one and the same. It is an important fiction that allows us to access information associated with our identity and restrict others from doing the same. Crimes of identity theft are commonly manifested through the usurpation of one's credentials to falsely verify identity. Legal doctrine such as agency theory makes the assumption that identity and credentials are only transferrable together. Technology, especially the Internet, alters this fiction by allowing the creation of multiple credentials that enable access to multiple identities manifested throughout the world. The one-to-one relationship …
Justice Kennedy, The Purposes Of Capital Punishment, And The Future Of Lackey Claims, Brent E. Newton
Justice Kennedy, The Purposes Of Capital Punishment, And The Future Of Lackey Claims, Brent E. Newton
Buffalo Law Review
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Reframing Domestic Violence As Terrorism Or Torture, Isabel Marcus
Reframing Domestic Violence As Terrorism Or Torture, Isabel Marcus
Journal Articles
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20 Years Of Domestic Violence Advocacy, Collaborations, And Challenges: Reflections Of A Clinical Law Professor, Suzanne E. Tomkins
20 Years Of Domestic Violence Advocacy, Collaborations, And Challenges: Reflections Of A Clinical Law Professor, Suzanne E. Tomkins
Journal Articles
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Comparative Criminal Law, Luis E. Chiesa
Comparative Criminal Law, Luis E. Chiesa
Contributions to Books
Published as Chapter 47 in The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law, Markus Dubber & Tatjana Hörnle, eds.
Criminal law is a parochial discipline. Courts and scholars in the English speaking world seldom take seriously the criminal statutes, cases and scholarly writings published in the non-English speaking world. The same is true the other way around. This is unfortunate. Much can be learned from comparing the way in which the world’s leading legal systems approach important questions of criminal theory.
This Chapter introduces the reader to comparative criminal law with the aim of demonstrating how comparative analysis can enrich both domestic …