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The Jurisprudence Of Willfulness: An Evolving Theory Of Excusable Ignorance, Sharon L. Davies
The Jurisprudence Of Willfulness: An Evolving Theory Of Excusable Ignorance, Sharon L. Davies
Duke Law Journal
Ignorantia legis non excusat-ignorance of the law does not excuse-is a centuries-old criminal law maxim familiar to lawyer and layperson alike. Under the doctrine, an accused finds little protection in the claim "But, I did not know the law," for all are presumed either to be familiar with the law's commands or to proceed in ignorance at their own peril. The ignorant must be punished along with the knowing, the maxim teaches, to achieve a better educated and more law-abiding populace and to avoid the easy-to-assert and difficult-to-dispute claim of ignorance that would otherwise flow from the lips of any …
Racial Disparity And The Death Penalty, John C. Mcadams
Racial Disparity And The Death Penalty, John C. Mcadams
Law and Contemporary Problems
McAdams examines the rhetoric and data supporting the "mass market" version of the racial disparity thesis. The system is racist in that it punishes those who kill whites more severely than those who kill blacks.
The Quality Of Justice In Capital Cases: Illinois As A Case Study, Leigh B. Bienen
The Quality Of Justice In Capital Cases: Illinois As A Case Study, Leigh B. Bienen
Law and Contemporary Problems
Bienen uses Illinois as a case study of injustice in capital cases. The quality of justice in the trial and appeal of capital cases in Illinois is of a very low standard.
Getting Out Of This Mess: Steps Toward Addressing And Avoiding Inordinate Delay In Capital Cases, Dwight Aarons
Getting Out Of This Mess: Steps Toward Addressing And Avoiding Inordinate Delay In Capital Cases, Dwight Aarons
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
Professional Athletes-Held To A Higher Standard And Above The Law: A Comment On High-Profile Criminal Defendants And The Need For States To Establish High-Profile Courts, Laurie Nicole Robinson
Professional Athletes-Held To A Higher Standard And Above The Law: A Comment On High-Profile Criminal Defendants And The Need For States To Establish High-Profile Courts, Laurie Nicole Robinson
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
At Least Treat Us Like Criminals: South Carolina Responds To Victims' Pleas For Equal Rights, Thad H. Westbrook
At Least Treat Us Like Criminals: South Carolina Responds To Victims' Pleas For Equal Rights, Thad H. Westbrook
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Oliphant And Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians: Asserting Congress's Plenary Power To Restore Territorial Jurisdiction, Geoffrey C. Heisey
Oliphant And Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians: Asserting Congress's Plenary Power To Restore Territorial Jurisdiction, Geoffrey C. Heisey
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Main-Streaming Comparative Criminal Justice: How To Incorporate Comparative And International Concepts And Materials Into Basic Criminal Law And Procedure Courses, Richard S. Frase
Main-Streaming Comparative Criminal Justice: How To Incorporate Comparative And International Concepts And Materials Into Basic Criminal Law And Procedure Courses, Richard S. Frase
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
European Perspectives On The Accused As A Source Of Testimonial Evidence, Gordon Van Kessel
European Perspectives On The Accused As A Source Of Testimonial Evidence, Gordon Van Kessel
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Introduction: Adding A Comparative Perspective To American Criminal Procedure Classes, Albert W. Alschuler
Introduction: Adding A Comparative Perspective To American Criminal Procedure Classes, Albert W. Alschuler
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Comparative Law Symposium: Is There A European Advantage In Criminal Procedure: Preface, Carl M. Selinger
Comparative Law Symposium: Is There A European Advantage In Criminal Procedure: Preface, Carl M. Selinger
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Islamic Law In Sudan: A Comparative Analysis, Kent Benedict Gravelle
Islamic Law In Sudan: A Comparative Analysis, Kent Benedict Gravelle
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
Since the late 1970's, Islamic fundamentalism and violence has spread from the Middle East to as far away as Algeria in West Africa and Mindanao, an island in the Philippines.
Battered Women Syndrome As A Tort Cause Of Action, Heather Tonsing
Battered Women Syndrome As A Tort Cause Of Action, Heather Tonsing
Journal of Law and Health
The focus of this Note is the upcoming development of a new tort cause of action which would afford battered women full recovery and also help alleviate a growing public health epidemic. This Note argues that battered women syndrome is a valid psychological theory which has a place in civil litigation as a recognized cause of action. Although the theory is criticized by feminist scholars who believe that the testimony may perpetuate gender bias in criminal trials, the syndrome is still advantageous for women seeking redress in civil courts. Part I examines the phenomenon of battered women syndrome and its …
Where We Have Been, And Where We Might Be Going: Some Cautionary Reflections On Rape Law Reform, The Sixty-Eighth Cleveland-Marshall Fund Lecture , Joshua Dressler
Where We Have Been, And Where We Might Be Going: Some Cautionary Reflections On Rape Law Reform, The Sixty-Eighth Cleveland-Marshall Fund Lecture , Joshua Dressler
Cleveland State Law Review
We should always be looking to see where we are, how we got there, and where we appear to be going. My purpose in this article has been to ask those questions in the context of rape law. In evaluating rape reform, I have tried to be fair-minded and balanced in my observations. I have suggested areas in which the law should go further to protect against sexual misconduct, but I have also expressed my belief that rape law reform threatens to move in undesirable directions. In particular, I have argued that there is a risk that courts will follow …
Prosecution And Race: The Power And Privilege Of Discretion, Angela J. Davis
Prosecution And Race: The Power And Privilege Of Discretion, Angela J. Davis
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
An Argument For Preserving The Agency Defense As Applied To Prosecutions For Unlawful Sale, Delivery, And Possession Of Drugs, Scott W. Parker
An Argument For Preserving The Agency Defense As Applied To Prosecutions For Unlawful Sale, Delivery, And Possession Of Drugs, Scott W. Parker
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Criminal Law And Criminology: Survey Of Recent Books, Juliet Casper Smith
Criminal Law And Criminology: Survey Of Recent Books, Juliet Casper Smith
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Silencing Nullification Advocacy Inside The Jury Room And Outside The Courtroom, Nancy J. King
Silencing Nullification Advocacy Inside The Jury Room And Outside The Courtroom, Nancy J. King
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Jurors in criminal cases occasionally "nullify" the law by acquitting defendants who they believe are guilty according to the instructions given to them in court. American juries have exercised this unreviewable nullification power to acquit defendants who face sentences that jurors view as too harsh, who have been subjected to what jurors consider to be unconscionable governmental action, who have engaged in conduct that jurors do not believe is culpable, or who have harmed victims whom jurors consider unworthy of protection. Recent reports suggest jurors today are balking in trials in which a conviction could trigger a "three strikes" or …
The Newly Found "Compassion" For Sexually Violent Predators: Civil Commitment And The Right To Treatment In The Wake Of Kansas V. Hendricks, Elizabeth Weeks
The Newly Found "Compassion" For Sexually Violent Predators: Civil Commitment And The Right To Treatment In The Wake Of Kansas V. Hendricks, Elizabeth Weeks
Scholarly Works
In light of heart-wrenching stories of sexual abuse and public demands for safety, the Kansas v. Hendricks case presented the Supreme Court with compelling facts on which to uphold the Kansas commitment strategy. After all, the statute prevented the release of a man whose history of sex crimes, incarceration, and institutionalization spanned nearly two decades, and who admitted he still had sexual desires for children but could not control his urges. Faced with that evidence, the Court would have been hard-pressed to strike down the Kansas statute by finding that such a predator received inadequate treatment for his disorder, or …
State V. Lovejoy: Hung Juries And Retrial Vs. Double Jeopardy And Collateral Estoppel, Nicole M. Ellis
State V. Lovejoy: Hung Juries And Retrial Vs. Double Jeopardy And Collateral Estoppel, Nicole M. Ellis
Cleveland State Law Review
This article argues that the Supreme Court of Ohio's decision in Lovejoy helps to preserve the purpose of our criminal laws, which is to protect society. The article starts by recapping the events leading up to trial, then it breaks down the court decisions on appeal. The analysis of these decisions arrives at the conclusion that allowing a defendant to be retried on charges in which the accused was not previously acquitted, but rather the jury was hung or there was a mistrial, does not frustrate justice but instead greatly increases the opportunities for justice. In addition, the accused is …
Wielding The Double-Edge Sword: Charles Hamilton Houston And Judicial Activism In The Age Of Legal Realism, Roger Fairfax
Wielding The Double-Edge Sword: Charles Hamilton Houston And Judicial Activism In The Age Of Legal Realism, Roger Fairfax
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
A new progressive movement in the law profoundly affected the American judicial climate of the 1930s and 1940s. The jurisprudence of American Legal Realism, which sprang from the progressive American sociological jurisprudence, boasted the adherence of some of America's most influential legal minds. Legal Realism, which complemented the New Deal reform legislation emerging in the 1930s, advocated judicial deference to legislative and administrative channels on matters of social and economic policy. Judicial activism, which had been used as a tool for the protection of economic rights since the late nineteenth century, was seen as inimical to progressive social reform and, …
Can Inordinate Delay Between A Death Sentence And Execution Constitute Cruel And Unusual Punishment?, Dwight Aarons
Can Inordinate Delay Between A Death Sentence And Execution Constitute Cruel And Unusual Punishment?, Dwight Aarons
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
The Irony Of Harmless Error, Charles S. Chapel
The Irony Of Harmless Error, Charles S. Chapel
Oklahoma Law Review
No abstract provided.
Retribution Revisited: A Reconsideration Of Feminist Criminal Law Reform Strategies, Dianne L. Martin
Retribution Revisited: A Reconsideration Of Feminist Criminal Law Reform Strategies, Dianne L. Martin
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Were the last 30 years of feminist law reform activity around criminal justice misdirected? Or, if not misdirected, have the efforts been appropriated and manipulated by the New Right? This commentary reflects on this history, and on the failures of the retributive justice project generally, and argues for a reexamination of both. The discussion focuses on the tactics of the New Right and on the retributive goals of some victims' rights organizations as a means of highlighting the unintended consequences of key feminist initiatives around violence against women. Finally, the commentary identifies alternatives to retribution and a need for careful …