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The Punishment Of Hate: Toward A Normative Theory Of Bias-Motivated Crimes, Frederick M. Lawrence
The Punishment Of Hate: Toward A Normative Theory Of Bias-Motivated Crimes, Frederick M. Lawrence
Michigan Law Review
This article explores how bias crimes differ from parallel crimes and why this distinction makes a crucial difference in our criminal law. Bias crimes differ from parallel crimes as a matter of both the resulting harm and the mental state of the offender. The nature of the injury sustained by the immediate victim of a bias crime exceeds the harm caused by a parallel crime. Moreover, bias crimes inflict a palpable harm on the broader target community of the crime as well as on society at large, while parallel crimes do not generally cause such widespread injury.
The distinction between …
Exceptions To Marital Communications Of Privileges For Crimes Done To Children Of Either Spouse, Henry A. Escoto
Exceptions To Marital Communications Of Privileges For Crimes Done To Children Of Either Spouse, Henry A. Escoto
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
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The Worldwide Market For Sex: A Review Of International And Regional Legal Prohibitions Regarding Trafficking In Women, Susan Jeanne Toepfer, Bryan Stuart Wells
The Worldwide Market For Sex: A Review Of International And Regional Legal Prohibitions Regarding Trafficking In Women, Susan Jeanne Toepfer, Bryan Stuart Wells
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This essay considers whether international treaty law is a useful weapon in the battle against the global sex trade. The introduction to this essay surveys the extent of global sex trafficking. Part I of this essay discusses the international legal conventions that address the issue of trafficking in women. Part II of this essay assesses the effectiveness of these international instruments and considers why they have failed to and the world sex trade. In Part III, this essay describes the European and Inter-American human rights systems, focusing upon substantive law in the regional systems that might be relevant to the …
Enforcing Human Rights Standards In The Former Yugoslavia: The Case For An International War Crimes Tribunal, Christopher C. Joyner
Enforcing Human Rights Standards In The Former Yugoslavia: The Case For An International War Crimes Tribunal, Christopher C. Joyner
Denver Journal of International Law & Policy
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Peace Vs. Accountability In Bosnia, Anthony D'Amato
Peace Vs. Accountability In Bosnia, Anthony D'Amato
Faculty Working Papers
Hovering over the peace negotiations in progress in former Yugoslavia is the international community's determination to bring to trial as war criminals those political and military leaders responsible for atrocities in Bosnia. The question clearly presented is that, however desirable the idea of war crimes accountability might appear in the abstract, pursuing the goal of a war crimes tribunal may simply result in prolonging a war of civilian atrocities. Is it not conceivable that, in return for securing a peace treaty, the UN officials may have extended some assurance to the leaders in former Yugoslavia that, one way or another, …
Addressing Gross Human Rights Abuses: Punishment And Victim Compensation, Diane Orentlicher
Addressing Gross Human Rights Abuses: Punishment And Victim Compensation, Diane Orentlicher
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