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University of Minnesota Law School

1990

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Comparative Criminal Justice As A Guide To American Law Reform: How Do The French Do It, How Can We Find Out, And Why Should We Care?, Richard Frase Jan 1990

Comparative Criminal Justice As A Guide To American Law Reform: How Do The French Do It, How Can We Find Out, And Why Should We Care?, Richard Frase

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In the 1970s and early 1980s, legal academics hotly debated the possibility of basing American law reforms on continental procedures, but this voluminous literature produced few conclusions and virtually no sustained research and reform efforts. In this Article, Professor Frase argues that this stalemate was largely due to the fact that the continental procedures most often proposed for borrowing were actually the least feasible transplants, whereas other, more modest possibilities were overlooked or misunderstood. To identify the latter, future researchers must analyze foreign systems comprehensively, in practice as well as in theory, and must subject domestic systems to equally comprehensive …


United States V. Cooper: The Writ Of Error Coram Nobis And The Morgan Footnote Paradox, Brendan W. Randall Jan 1990

United States V. Cooper: The Writ Of Error Coram Nobis And The Morgan Footnote Paradox, Brendan W. Randall

Minnesota Law Review

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Book Review: Reform And Regret: The Story Of Federal Judicial Involvement In The Alabama Prison System. By Larry W. Yackle., Elizabeth Alexander Jan 1990

Book Review: Reform And Regret: The Story Of Federal Judicial Involvement In The Alabama Prison System. By Larry W. Yackle., Elizabeth Alexander

Constitutional Commentary

Book review: Reform and Regret: The Story of Federal Judicial Involvement in the Alabama Prison System. By Larry W. Yackle. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. 1989. Pp. xii, 322. Reviewed by: Elizabeth Alexander.


Book Review: The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is. By William H. Rehnquist., Patrick J. Schiltz Jan 1990

Book Review: The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is. By William H. Rehnquist., Patrick J. Schiltz

Constitutional Commentary

Book review: The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is. By William H. Rehnquist. New York: William Morrow & Company. 1987. Pp. 338. Reviewed by: Patrick J. Schiltz.


An Ill Wind Blows: Restricting The Public's Right Of Access To Search Warrant Affidavits, Jeffrey L. Levy Jan 1990

An Ill Wind Blows: Restricting The Public's Right Of Access To Search Warrant Affidavits, Jeffrey L. Levy

Minnesota Law Review

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Speedy Criminal Appeal: A Right Without A Remedy, Marc M. Arkin Jan 1990

Speedy Criminal Appeal: A Right Without A Remedy, Marc M. Arkin

Minnesota Law Review

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Pretrial Detention And Punishment, Marc Miller, Martin Guggenheim Jan 1990

Pretrial Detention And Punishment, Marc Miller, Martin Guggenheim

Minnesota Law Review

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Principles Against Executions, David Weissbrodt, Terri Rosen Jan 1990

Principles Against Executions, David Weissbrodt, Terri Rosen

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The right to be free from extra-legal, arbitrary, or summary ex- ecutions is recognized in a number of international human rights in- struments. Such killings violate article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,' which provides that "every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life."


Just Deserts For Juveniles: Punishment V. Treatment And The Difference It Makes, Barry Feld Jan 1990

Just Deserts For Juveniles: Punishment V. Treatment And The Difference It Makes, Barry Feld

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