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Intangible Property Under The Federal Mail Fraud Statute And The Takings Clause: A Case Study, Michael J. Hostetler Nov 2000

Intangible Property Under The Federal Mail Fraud Statute And The Takings Clause: A Case Study, Michael J. Hostetler

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Why Modest Proposals Offer The Best Solution For Combating Racial Profiling, Sean P. Trende Oct 2000

Why Modest Proposals Offer The Best Solution For Combating Racial Profiling, Sean P. Trende

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Constitutional Failure Of The Strickland Standard In Capital Cases Under The Eighth Amendment, Amy R. Murphy Jul 2000

The Constitutional Failure Of The Strickland Standard In Capital Cases Under The Eighth Amendment, Amy R. Murphy

Law and Contemporary Problems

Criminal defendants are guaranteed the right to effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment, but the Supreme Court's decision in "Strickland" has given appellate courts overly broad discretion to determine exactly what constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel. Murphy reviews the right to counsel and discusses the crucial role of counsel in capital cases throughout the trial and appellate processes.


Threading Between The Religion Clauses, Ira C. Lupu Apr 2000

Threading Between The Religion Clauses, Ira C. Lupu

Law and Contemporary Problems

A careful review of the overall record suggests that Pres Clinton's Administration has been more solicitous of the First Amendment's Religious Clauses as a whole than can normally be expected of elected national officials and their appointees.


Foreword: Small World, Herbert L. Bernstein Apr 2000

Foreword: Small World, Herbert L. Bernstein

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


The Law And Politics Of The Pinochet Case, Michael Byers Apr 2000

The Law And Politics Of The Pinochet Case, Michael Byers

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Assessing The Practicality And Constitutionality Of Alaska’S Split-Recovery Punitive Damages Statute, Scott Dodson Mar 2000

Assessing The Practicality And Constitutionality Of Alaska’S Split-Recovery Punitive Damages Statute, Scott Dodson

Duke Law Journal

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Establishing An Equal Playing Field For Criminal Defendants In The Aftermath Of United States V. Singleton, Korin K. Ewing Mar 2000

Establishing An Equal Playing Field For Criminal Defendants In The Aftermath Of United States V. Singleton, Korin K. Ewing

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Problem Of Using Hearsay In Domestic Violence Cases: Is A New Exception The Answer?, Neal A. Hudders Feb 2000

The Problem Of Using Hearsay In Domestic Violence Cases: Is A New Exception The Answer?, Neal A. Hudders

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


How Congress Might Redesign A Leaner, Cleaner Writ Of Habeas Corpus, Brian M. Hoffstadt Feb 2000

How Congress Might Redesign A Leaner, Cleaner Writ Of Habeas Corpus, Brian M. Hoffstadt

Duke Law Journal

In the last thirty years, the Supreme Court and Congress have made the federal writ of habeas corpus increasingly less available to state prisoners. By and large, they have restricted the writ through the creation and expansion of procedural barriers to federal habeas review. Recently, however, the policy debate over how to handle the deluge of federal habeas petitions has begun to shift away from creating procedural hurdles and toward a more straightforward narrowing of the substantive scope of the writ, as Congress has started to consider bills that would preclude state prisoners from raising certain federal constitutional claims in …