Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- Supreme Court of the United States (28)
- Law and Race (13)
- Courts (12)
- Fourteenth Amendment (11)
- Legislation (11)
-
- Intellectual Property Law (10)
- Civil Rights and Discrimination (7)
- Constitutional Law (7)
- Election Law (7)
- Criminal Law (6)
- Law and Politics (6)
- Criminal Procedure (5)
- State and Local Government Law (5)
- Legal History (4)
- Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law (2)
- International Law (2)
- Labor and Employment Law (2)
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation (1)
- Food and Drug Law (1)
- Internet Law (1)
- Judges (1)
- Law and Gender (1)
- Law and Society (1)
- Rule of Law (1)
- Science and Technology Law (1)
- Sexuality and the Law (1)
Articles 31 - 33 of 33
Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network
Putting The Guesswork Back Into Capital Sentencing, Sean D. O'Brien
Putting The Guesswork Back Into Capital Sentencing, Sean D. O'Brien
Michigan Law Review First Impressions
In 1972, in Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court deemed it “incon-testable” that a death sentence is cruel and unusual if inflicted “by reason of [the defendant’s] race, religion, wealth, social position, or class, or if it is imposed under a procedure that gives room for the play of such prejudices.” Arbitrary and discriminatory patterns in capital sentencing moved the Court to strike down death penalty statutes that required judges or juries to cast thumbs-up or thumbs-down verdicts against offenders found guilty of capi-tal crimes. The issue of innocence was barely a footnote in Furman; the Court’s concerns focused on …
Rebus Sic Stantibus: Notification Of Consular Rights After Medellin, Aaron A. Ostrovsky, Brandon E. Reavis
Rebus Sic Stantibus: Notification Of Consular Rights After Medellin, Aaron A. Ostrovsky, Brandon E. Reavis
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Comment examines, through principles of public international law and U.S. jurisprudence, the relationship between U.S. courts and the ICJ to determine if the former are indeed bound by the latter's decisions, proprio motu, or if instead some Executive action is required to make the decisions binding on the judiciary. Part of this examination will entail a discussion of the potential for dialogue between the ICJ and U.S. courts to "pierce the veil of sovereignty" that traditionally conceals the inner workings of sovereign states from the scrutiny of international tribunals. Based on this assessment, the Comment then addresses how …
Sanchez-Llamas V. Oregon And Article 36 Of The Vienna Convention On Consular Relations: The Supreme Court, The Right To Consul, And Remediation, Mark J. Kadish, Charles C. Olson
Sanchez-Llamas V. Oregon And Article 36 Of The Vienna Convention On Consular Relations: The Supreme Court, The Right To Consul, And Remediation, Mark J. Kadish, Charles C. Olson
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Article analyzes the Sanchez-Llamas decision and attempts to ascertain its impact on future Article 36 litigation.