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Lessons From The Akayesu Judgement, Jose E. Alvarez Jan 1999

Lessons From The Akayesu Judgement, Jose E. Alvarez

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The judgment issued on September 2, 1998 by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (hereinafter ICTR) finding Jean-Paul Akayesu guilty on various charges of genocide and crimes against humanity is likely to please those who have long struggled for the progressive development and effective enforcement of international criminal law.


Exploring The Situational Context Of Criminal Assaults And Batteries, Gini Rene Deibert Jan 1999

Exploring The Situational Context Of Criminal Assaults And Batteries, Gini Rene Deibert

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Social scientists are increasingly aware of the significance of examining crime events and the situational context of crime. This paper extends that research by exploring the physical and social aspects of assaults. Guided by research on masculinity, status threats, and character contests, this study uses police data to examine the situational dynamics of dispute-related assaults; Specifically, this study differentiates two types of dispute-related violence: character contests and noncharacter contests. Numerous situational variables are examined to assess the significance of their relationship with the likelihood of an offense being a character contest; By comparing character contests to other types of dispute-related …


Murder And Aggravated Murder, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1999

Murder And Aggravated Murder, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Manslaughter And Other Homicides, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1999

Manslaughter And Other Homicides, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Federal Mediation Privilege: Should Mediation Communications Be Protected From Subsequent Civil & (And) Criminal Proceedings - In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena Dated December 17, 1996, Joshua J. Englebart Jan 1999

Federal Mediation Privilege: Should Mediation Communications Be Protected From Subsequent Civil & (And) Criminal Proceedings - In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena Dated December 17, 1996, Joshua J. Englebart

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This Note examines the decision of the Fifth Circuit to deny the existence of a federal mediation privilege when parties moved to quash a grand jury subpoena that sought mediation records to investigate criminal wrongdoing allegedly committed in the mediation program. This Note will focus on the federal government's refusal to establish a mediation privilege despite the fact that some states have embraced such a privilege.


An Analysis Of Rule 11 Plea Bargain Options, S. Crincoli (Sigman) Jan 1999

An Analysis Of Rule 11 Plea Bargain Options, S. Crincoli (Sigman)

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.