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1998

Criminal Law

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1. Where Researchers Fear To Tread: Interpretive Differences Among Testifying Experts In Child Sexual Abuse Cases., Thomas D. Lyon, Jonathan J. Koehler Jul 1998

1. Where Researchers Fear To Tread: Interpretive Differences Among Testifying Experts In Child Sexual Abuse Cases., Thomas D. Lyon, Jonathan J. Koehler

Thomas D. Lyon

Debates regarding the admissibility of expert testimony in child sexual abuse cases are often characterized as between clinicians and researchers. Clinicians base their judgment on personal experience and anecdotes, whereas researchers base their judgment on scientific findings. Clinicians are willing to testify that a particular child has been sexually abused, whereas researchers cautiously avoid rendering a judgment about any particular case. Clinicians believe that they can interpret children's statements and behaviors to validate abuse, whereas researchers warn that children's statements and behaviors may be shaped by adults, including clinicians. Clinicians are happy to testify (typically for the prosecution), comfortably adopting …

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Bribery In Commerce - New Zealand, Frank X. Quin Mr Jan 1998

Bribery In Commerce - New Zealand, Frank X. Quin Mr

Frank X Quin

New Zealand's criminal law on bribery dates back nearly 100 years with virtually no attention to revision or reform over that period, reflecting (perhaps) the country's relatively corruption-free status. Yet there remains ambiguity on just what comes within the ambit of the criminal offences and, especially, what is meant by "corruptly".

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In Search Of Clemency Procedures We Can Live With: What Process Is Due In Capital Clemency Proceedings After Ohio Adult Parole Authority V. Woodard?, Brian S. Clarke Jan 1998

In Search Of Clemency Procedures We Can Live With: What Process Is Due In Capital Clemency Proceedings After Ohio Adult Parole Authority V. Woodard?, Brian S. Clarke

Brian S. Clarke

The United States Supreme Court has denied certiorari for the final time. All state and federal appeals have been exhausted. The execution date has been set. There is only one thing that can save the death row inmate from the ultimate punishment: the proverbial call from the governor and a grant of executive clemency.

This scene, although a veritable Hollywood cliche, is being played out in prisons across America with increasing frequency. As of July 1, 1998, there were 3,474 men and women on death row in America. In 1996, with the passage of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty …

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Four Entries, Richard Adelstein Dec 1997

Four Entries, Richard Adelstein

Richard Adelstein

Four entries: "American Institutional Economics and the Legal System" (I: 61-66); "John Rogers Commons" (I: 324-327); Richard Theodore Ely" (II: 28-29); and "Plea Bargaining: A Comparative Approach"

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Stealth Statute – Corruption, The Spending Power, And The Rise Of 18 U.S.C. § 666, George D. Brown Dec 1997

Stealth Statute – Corruption, The Spending Power, And The Rise Of 18 U.S.C. § 666, George D. Brown

George D. Brown

No abstract provided.

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Primacy Or Complementarity: Reconciling The Jurisdiction Of National Courts And International Criminal Tribunals, Bartram Brown Dec 1997

Primacy Or Complementarity: Reconciling The Jurisdiction Of National Courts And International Criminal Tribunals, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

No abstract provided.

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4. Reasoning About Moral Aspects Of Illness And Treatment By Preschoolers Who Are Healthy Or Have A Chronic Illness., Pamela M. Kato, Thomas D. Lyon Dec 1997

4. Reasoning About Moral Aspects Of Illness And Treatment By Preschoolers Who Are Healthy Or Have A Chronic Illness., Pamela M. Kato, Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

Our study evaluates the moral reasoning skills of healthy and chronically ill 3 and 4 year olds with respect to illness and treatment, by use of an interview technique that reduces verbal demands on the child, We presented children with pairs of scenarios comparing ill characters with characters acting immorally and characters being punished, as well as with pairs of scenarios comparing treated characters with characters acting immorally and characters being punished. We asked children to point to the character who did something "naughty." With the exception of the chronically ill 3 year olds, the children performed consistently above chance …

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Nationality And Internationality In International Humanitarian Law, Bartram Brown Dec 1997

Nationality And Internationality In International Humanitarian Law, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

No abstract provided.

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