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#Wetoo, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan
#Wetoo, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan
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The #MeToo movement has caused a widespread cultural reckoning over sexual violence, abuse, and harassment. “Me too” was meant to express and symbolize that each individual victim was not alone in their experiences of sexual harm; they added their voice to others who had faced similar injustices. But viewing the #MeToo movement as a collection of singular voices fails to appreciate that the cases that filled our popular discourse were not cases of individual victims coming forward. Rather, case after case involved multiple victims, typically women, accusing single perpetrators. Victims were believed because there was both safety and strength in …
Perfecting Criminal Markets, David Jaros
Perfecting Criminal Markets, David Jaros
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From illicit drugs to human smuggling to prostitution, legislators may actually be perfecting the very criminal markets they seek to destroy. Criminal laws often create new dangers and new criminal opportunities. Criminalizing drugs creates the opportunity to sell fake drugs. Raising the penalties for illegal immigration increases the risk that smugglers will rely on dangerous methods that can injure or kill their human cargo. Banning prostitution increases the underground spread of sexually transmitted disease. Lawmakers traditionally respond to these “second order” problems in predictable fashion — with a new wave of criminalization that imposes additional penalties on fake drug dealers, …
Unfettered Discretion: Criminal Orders Of Protection And Their Impact On Parent Defendants, David Jaros
Unfettered Discretion: Criminal Orders Of Protection And Their Impact On Parent Defendants, David Jaros
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The last two decades have witnessed an astonishing increase in the use of the criminal justice system to police neglectful parents. Recasting traditional allegations of neglect as criminal charges of endangering the welfare of a child, prosecutors and the police have involved criminal courts in the regulation of aspects of the parent child relationship that were once the sole province of family courts. This Article explores the legal implications of vesting judges in these cases with the unfettered discretion to issue protective orders that criminalize contact between a parent and her child. I argue that procedures for issuing protective orders …
Criminalization Of Corporate Law: The Impact On Shareholders And Other Constituents, Jill E. Fisch
Criminalization Of Corporate Law: The Impact On Shareholders And Other Constituents, Jill E. Fisch
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The Case Against Statutes Of Limitations For Stolen Art, Stephanos Bibas
The Case Against Statutes Of Limitations For Stolen Art, Stephanos Bibas
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Insanity As A Defense: The Bifurcated Trial, David W. Louisell, Geoffrey Hazard
Insanity As A Defense: The Bifurcated Trial, David W. Louisell, Geoffrey Hazard
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