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Other Faces In The Mirror: Power, Conflict And Peacemaking In Our Daily Lives, Christine Yalda

Christine A. Yalda

No abstract provided.

Civvies To Plod The Beat?, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.

Management Development Course, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.

Due Process Limits On Sentencing Power: A Critique Of Pennsylvania's Imposition Of A Recidivist Mandatory Sentence Without A Prior Conviction, Leonard N. Sosnov

Leonard N Sosnov

Pennsylvania has an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program which provides for pretrial diversion for accepted defendants. In exchange for avoiding the risk of conviction, the defendant agrees to supervision or treatment for a specified period of time. Successful completion can lead to dismissal of the charges, while a violation may result in reinstatement of the charges and a criminal trial.

Pennsylvania, like most states, also has recidivist sentencing provisions for repeat offenders. It has chosen to include a prior ARD acceptance in its definition of a prior conviction for purposes of its mandatory sentence recidivist drunk driving laws. The article …

Facing The Accuser: Ancient And Medieval Precursors Of The Confrontation Clause, Frank R. Herrmann, Brownlow M. Speer

Frank R. Herrmann, S.J.

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Mules, Madonnas, Babies, Bathwater, Racial Imagery And Stereotypes: The African-American Woman And The Battered Woman Syndrome, Linda L. Ammons

Linda L. Ammons

No abstract provided.

Evidentiary Failures: A Structural Theory Of Evidence Applied To Hearsay Issues, Thomas J. Reed

Thomas J Reed

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Diagnosing Power: Postmodernism In Legal Scholarship And Judicial Practice (With An Emphasis On The Teague Rule Against New Rules In Habeas Corpus Cases, Stephen M. Feldman

Stephen M. Feldman

Whereas modernists constantly attempt to reduce the meanings of texts to an essential core or single truth, postmodernists are antifoundationalists and anti-essentialists. According to postmodernists, the meaning of a text is never grounded or stable, and therefore one can always find multiple meanings or truths. Thus, one performs a postmodern flip by taking a segment of a text, event, or concept that apparently has been reduced to a static meaning or truth and suggesting the possible existence of another meaning or truth. The postmodern flip then is completed by exploring how this new meaning or truth of the segment of …

Spelling Guilt Out Of A Record? Harmless-Error Review Of Conclusive Mandatory Presumptions And Elemental Misdescriptions, John M. Greabe

John M Greabe

Part I of this Article summarizes the history of harmless-error review. Part II explains more fully the constitutional infirmities generated by conclusive mandatory presumptions and elemental misdescriptions, and demonstrates that the unique nature of these infirmities complicates the question of how courts should review them for harmlessness. It also examines the Supreme Court's attempts to answer the questions of whether, and how, conclusive mandatory presumptions and elemental misdescriptions should be reviewed for harmlessness. In so doing, it focuses particularly on how these attempts have been undermined by the Court's failure to take account of the structural rights undermined by these …

Legal Remedies For Domestic Violence In Chile & The Us--Cultural Relativism, Myths & Realities, Katherine Culliton

KATHERINE CULLITON-GONZÁLEZ

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Case Note: The Court Of Appeal's Lack Of Jurisdiction To Reopen Appeals: Abdullah Bin A Rahman V Public Prosecutor [[1994] 3 Slr [Singapore Law Reports] 129, Ca]; Lim Choon Chye V Public Prosecutor [[1994] 3 Slr 135, Ca], Jack Tsen-Ta Lee

Jack Tsen-Ta LEE

It is ironic that Abdullah bin A Rahman v PP and Lim Choon Chye v PP were decided in the aftermath of the Birmingham Six, Guildford Four and Maguire Seven cases from the United Kingdom. As in these cases, Abdullah and Lim Choon Chye highlight a serious flaw in our criminal justice system: there appears to be no appropriate way to correct miscarriages of justice. The purpose of this case note is to set out the conclusions reached by the Court of Appeal and to suggest directions for the future.

The Psychological Causes Of Oppositional Political Terrorism, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Hate Crime In Canada: Growing Pains With New Legislation, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Confronting Community Policing: Minimizing Community Policing As Public Relations, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.