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The Legitimacy Of Crimmigration Law, Juliet P. Stumpf
The Legitimacy Of Crimmigration Law, Juliet P. Stumpf
Juliet P Stumpf
Crimmigration law—the intersection of immigration and criminal law—with its emphasis on immigration enforcement, has been hailed as the lynchpin for successful political compromise on immigration reform. Yet crimmigration law’s unprecedented approach to interior immigration and criminal law enforcement threatens to undermine public belief in the fairness of immigration law. This Article uses pioneering social science research to explore people’s perceptions of the legitimacy of crimmigration law. According to Tom Tyler and other compliance scholars, perceptions about procedural justice—whether people perceive authorities as acting fairly—are often more important than a favorable outcome such as winning the case or avoiding arrest. Legal …
Executing Capital Punishment Via Case Study: A Socratic Chat About New Jersey's Abolition Of The Death Penalty And Convincing Other States To Follow Suit, James Johnston
James B Johnston
For those who detest capital punishment Christmas arrived early in 1997. On December 17, 2007 New Jersey became the first State to abolish the death penalty via enactments from both the executive and legislative branches of government. The responses both domestically and abroad have been overwhelmingly supportive. New Jersey was able to do so thanks to the work of the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission; a blue ribbon panel of individuals appointed by Governor Corzine to study capital punishment and provide their findings to the State Legislature and the Governor. The commission recommended the death penalty be abolished and …
The Unexceptionalism Of Evolving Standards, Corinna Barrett Lain
The Unexceptionalism Of Evolving Standards, Corinna Barrett Lain
Corinna Lain
Conventional wisdom is that outside the Eighth Amendment context, the Supreme Court does not engage in the sort of explicitly majoritarian state nose-counting for which the “evolving standards of decency” doctrine is famous. Yet this impression is simply inaccurate. Across a stunning variety of civil liberties contexts, the Court routinely—and explicitly—bases constitutional protection on whether a majority of states agree with it. This Article examines the Supreme Court’s reliance on the majority position of the states to identify constitutional norms, then turns to the qualifications, explanations, and implications of state polling as a larger doctrinal phenomenon. While the past few …
Economics Of Plea Bargaining, Richard Adelstein
Economics Of Plea Bargaining, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
A short summary of earlier work for a sociological audience.
Toward A Comparative Economics Of Plea Bargaining (With Thomas Miceli), Richard Adelstein
Toward A Comparative Economics Of Plea Bargaining (With Thomas Miceli), Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
A comparison of adversarial and inquisitorial approaches to criminal adjudication and its implications for plea bargaining.
Victims As Cost Bearers, Richard Adelstein
Victims As Cost Bearers, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
A brief recasting of the price exaction model.
Four Entries, Richard Adelstein
Four Entries, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
Four entries: "American Institutional Economics and the Legal System" (I: 61-66); "John Rogers Commons" (I: 324-327); Richard Theodore Ely" (II: 28-29); and "Plea Bargaining: A Comparative Approach"
The Plea Bargain In England And America: A Comparative Institutional Approach, Richard Adelstein
The Plea Bargain In England And America: A Comparative Institutional Approach, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
A comparative view of adjudication by guilty plea in the US and the UK.
Institutional Function And Evolution In The Criminal Process, Richard Adelstein
Institutional Function And Evolution In The Criminal Process, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
An extended development of the foundations of the price exaction model of the criminal process.
The Moral Costs Of Crime: Prices, Information And Organization, Richard Adelstein
The Moral Costs Of Crime: Prices, Information And Organization, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
More on price exaction, and punishments as conveyors of cost information in the criminal process.
Informational Paradox And The Pricing Of Crime: Capital Sentencing Standards In Economic Perspective, Richard Adelstein
Informational Paradox And The Pricing Of Crime: Capital Sentencing Standards In Economic Perspective, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
A further development of the price exaction model and an application to the problem of sentencing standards.
The Negotiated Guilty Plea: A Framework For Analysis, Richard Adelstein
The Negotiated Guilty Plea: A Framework For Analysis, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
An early exposition of the price exaction framework and the place of plea bargaining in it.