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2009

Human Rights Law

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Institution
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A Review Of The Fourteen Years Of Existence Of The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda (1994-2008): Time For A Permanent Regional Criminal Justice Mechanism For Africa?, Morris K. Mbondenyi Dec 2008

A Review Of The Fourteen Years Of Existence Of The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda (1994-2008): Time For A Permanent Regional Criminal Justice Mechanism For Africa?, Morris K. Mbondenyi

Morris K Mbondenyi

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Fitting Punishment, Juliet P. Stumpf Dec 2008

Fitting Punishment, Juliet P. Stumpf

Juliet P Stumpf

Proportionality is conspicuously absent from the legal framework for immigration sanctions. Immigration law relies on one sanction – deportation – as the ubiquitous penalty for any immigration violation. Neither the gravity of the violation nor the harm that results bears on whether deportation is the consequence for an immigration violation. Immigration law stands alone in the legal landscape in this respect. Criminal punishment incorporates proportionality when imposing sentences that are graduated based on the gravity of the offense; contract and tort law provide for damages that are graduated based on the harm to others or to society. This Article represents …