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Murderous Madonna: Femininity, Violence, And The Myth Of Postpartum Mental Disorder In Cases Of Maternal Infanticide And Filicide, Heather Leigh Stangle Nov 2008

Murderous Madonna: Femininity, Violence, And The Myth Of Postpartum Mental Disorder In Cases Of Maternal Infanticide And Filicide, Heather Leigh Stangle

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Unfulfilled Expectations: An Empirical Analysis Of Why Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers Rarely Win, Richard E. Moberly Oct 2007

Unfulfilled Expectations: An Empirical Analysis Of Why Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers Rarely Win, Richard E. Moberly

William & Mary Law Review

Scholars praise the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 as one of the most protective anti-retaliation provisions in the world. Yet, during its first three years, only 3.6% of Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblowers won relief through the initial administrative process that adjudicates such claims, and only 6.5% of whistleblowers won appeals through the process. This Article reports the results of an empirical study of all Department of Labor Sarbanes-Oxley determinations during this time, consisting of over 700 separate decisions from administrative investigations and hearings. The results of this detailed analysis demonstrate that administrative decision makers strictly construed, and in …


Introductory Remarks: Criminal Law Panel, Cynthia V. Ward Apr 2007

Introductory Remarks: Criminal Law Panel, Cynthia V. Ward

William & Mary Law Review

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Protecting Our Children And The Constitution: An Analysis Of The "Virtual" Child Pornography Provisions Of The Protect Act Of 2003, James Nicholas Kornegay Apr 2006

Protecting Our Children And The Constitution: An Analysis Of The "Virtual" Child Pornography Provisions Of The Protect Act Of 2003, James Nicholas Kornegay

William & Mary Law Review

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Marriage Mimicry: The Law Of Domestic Violence, Ruth Colker Apr 2006

Marriage Mimicry: The Law Of Domestic Violence, Ruth Colker

William & Mary Law Review

In this Article, Professor Colker argues that the legal system does not simply privilege those in marital relationships but has now begun to privilege those in "marriage-like" relationships through what she terms a marriage-mimicry model. She uses the law of domestic violence to critique this model. She traces the haphazard development of the law of domestic violence and argues that it has served to underprotect many of the victims of domestic violence because lawmakers have reflexively only provided legal recourse for those in marriage-like relationships without asking who is most in need of legal protection. She argues that the legal …


The Supreme Court And Foreign Sources Of Law: Two Hundred Years Of Practice And The Juvenile Death Penalty Decision, Steven Calabresi, Stephanie Dotson Zimdahl Dec 2005

The Supreme Court And Foreign Sources Of Law: Two Hundred Years Of Practice And The Juvenile Death Penalty Decision, Steven Calabresi, Stephanie Dotson Zimdahl

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Virginia's Capital Jurors, Stephen P. Garvey, Paul Marcus Apr 2003

Virginia's Capital Jurors, Stephen P. Garvey, Paul Marcus

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fetal Homicide: Woman Or Fetus As Victim? A Survey Of Current State Approaches And Recommendations For Future State Application, Sandra L. Smith May 2000

Fetal Homicide: Woman Or Fetus As Victim? A Survey Of Current State Approaches And Recommendations For Future State Application, Sandra L. Smith

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Strategy For Mercy, Robert L. Misner Apr 2000

A Strategy For Mercy, Robert L. Misner

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Dead End Of Deterrence, And Beyond, Kyron Huigens Mar 2000

The Dead End Of Deterrence, And Beyond, Kyron Huigens

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fighting The Devil We Don't Know: Kansas V. Hendricks, A Case Study Exploring The Civilization Of Criminal Punishment And Its Ineffectiveness In Preventing Child Sexual Abuse, Cynthia A. King Apr 1999

Fighting The Devil We Don't Know: Kansas V. Hendricks, A Case Study Exploring The Civilization Of Criminal Punishment And Its Ineffectiveness In Preventing Child Sexual Abuse, Cynthia A. King

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Crimes Against Autonomy: Gerald Dworkin On The Enforcement Of Morality, Lawrence C. Becker Mar 1999

Crimes Against Autonomy: Gerald Dworkin On The Enforcement Of Morality, Lawrence C. Becker

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Law, Language, And Lenity, Lawrence M. Solan Oct 1998

Law, Language, And Lenity, Lawrence M. Solan

William & Mary Law Review

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What's Guilt (Or Deterrence) Got To Do With It?: The Death Penalty, Ritual, And Mimetic Violence, Donald L. Beschle Jan 1997

What's Guilt (Or Deterrence) Got To Do With It?: The Death Penalty, Ritual, And Mimetic Violence, Donald L. Beschle

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conflict Of The Criminal Statute Of Limitations With Lesser Offenses At Trial, Alan L. Adlestein Oct 1995

Conflict Of The Criminal Statute Of Limitations With Lesser Offenses At Trial, Alan L. Adlestein

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


White Collar Crime From Scratch: Some Observations On The East European Experience, Sarah N. Welling Oct 1993

White Collar Crime From Scratch: Some Observations On The East European Experience, Sarah N. Welling

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Return To The "Bright Line Rule" Of Miranda, Paul Marcus Oct 1993

A Return To The "Bright Line Rule" Of Miranda, Paul Marcus

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Criminally Derived Property Statute: Constitutional And Interpretive Issues Raised By 18 U.S.C. § 1957, D. Randall Johnson May 1993

The Criminally Derived Property Statute: Constitutional And Interpretive Issues Raised By 18 U.S.C. § 1957, D. Randall Johnson

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Stanford V. Kentucky And Wilkins V. Missouri: A Violation Of An Emerging Rule Of Customary International Law, Laura Dalton Oct 1990

Stanford V. Kentucky And Wilkins V. Missouri: A Violation Of An Emerging Rule Of Customary International Law, Laura Dalton

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


A New Political Truth: Exposure To Sexually Violent Materials Causes Sexual Violence, Anthony D'Amato Apr 1990

A New Political Truth: Exposure To Sexually Violent Materials Causes Sexual Violence, Anthony D'Amato

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Exclusive Or Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Private Civil Rico Actions: Finding The Appropriate Reference, Kimberly O'D. Thompson Feb 1990

Exclusive Or Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Private Civil Rico Actions: Finding The Appropriate Reference, Kimberly O'D. Thompson

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Laying Hands On Religious Racketeers: Applying Civil Rico To Fraudulent Religious Solicitation, Jonathan Turley Apr 1988

Laying Hands On Religious Racketeers: Applying Civil Rico To Fraudulent Religious Solicitation, Jonathan Turley

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Controversial Defense For Veterans Of A Controversial War, Michael J. Davidson Feb 1988

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Controversial Defense For Veterans Of A Controversial War, Michael J. Davidson

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Crime Begins At Home: Let's Stop Punishing Victims And Perpetuating Violence, Natalie Loder Clark Feb 1987

Crime Begins At Home: Let's Stop Punishing Victims And Perpetuating Violence, Natalie Loder Clark

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Maritime Drug Smuggling Conspiracies: Criminal Liability For Importation And Distribution, Michael J. Gardner Oct 1985

Maritime Drug Smuggling Conspiracies: Criminal Liability For Importation And Distribution, Michael J. Gardner

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law: Private Rights And Public Interests In The Balance, Jack C. Basham Jr., Guy A. Sibilla May 1979

Criminal Law: Private Rights And Public Interests In The Balance, Jack C. Basham Jr., Guy A. Sibilla

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Statute Of Limitations In A Criminal Case: Can It Be Waived? May 1977

The Statute Of Limitations In A Criminal Case: Can It Be Waived?

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Federal Bank Robbery Act - The Problem Of Separately Punishable Offenses Oct 1976

The Federal Bank Robbery Act - The Problem Of Separately Punishable Offenses

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ignorance Of The Law: A Maxim Reexamined, Ronald A. Cass May 1976

Ignorance Of The Law: A Maxim Reexamined, Ronald A. Cass

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Rule Of Nonreview: A Critical Analysis Of Appellate Scrutiny Of Criminal Sentences Oct 1975

The Rule Of Nonreview: A Critical Analysis Of Appellate Scrutiny Of Criminal Sentences

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.