Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Criminal Law

The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

2010

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Law

The Excitement Of Interdictory Ideas: A Response To Professor Anders Walker, Marc O. Degirolami Jan 2010

The Excitement Of Interdictory Ideas: A Response To Professor Anders Walker, Marc O. Degirolami

Scholarly Articles

Having canvassed admirably the historical changes to the criminal law case book over the twentieth century, Professor Anders Walker's article suggests that criminal law ought to concern itself with the business of training future prosecutors and defense attorneys by eliminating, or at least greatly reducing, the place of moral and political reflection in the course, which was in any event the supercilious indulgence of elite law schools that disprized criminal practice. His normative prescriptions are of a piece with much that is currently in vogue in criticisms of legal education: that it is impractical, that it does not respond to …


Sexting Or Self-Produced Child Pornography – The Dialogue Continues – Structured Prosecutorial Discretion Within A Multidisciplinary Response, Mary Graw Leary Jan 2010

Sexting Or Self-Produced Child Pornography – The Dialogue Continues – Structured Prosecutorial Discretion Within A Multidisciplinary Response, Mary Graw Leary

Scholarly Articles

One need only read the newspaper to see a rising dangerous phenomenon among juveniles: the creation and subsequent sharing via the Internet of sexually explicit photographs. This self exploitation is not only a tragic social problem, but a growing legal one as well. Judges, attorneys, and legislators, are forced to address this activity because, in addition to being self destructive, it is also a violation of state and federal child pornography laws. Juvenile self exploitation illustrates a clash of two lines of jurisprudence and public policy: the aggressive opposition to child pornography and the more lenient rehabilitative treatment of juvenile …