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Intercountry Adoption As Child Trafficking, David M. Smolin
Intercountry Adoption As Child Trafficking, David M. Smolin
David M. Smolin
This article analyzes when intercountry adoption constitutes a form of child trafficking, particularly under international law. The article reviews relevant Treaties on the subjects of slavery and human trafficking, as well as analyzing the problem of money and adoption within the domestic (United States) adoption system.
Agenda Setting, Issue Priorities, And Organizational Maintenance: The U.S. Supreme Court, 1955 To 1994, Jeff L. Yates, Andrew B. Whitford, William Gillespie
Agenda Setting, Issue Priorities, And Organizational Maintenance: The U.S. Supreme Court, 1955 To 1994, Jeff L. Yates, Andrew B. Whitford, William Gillespie
Jeff L Yates
In this study, we examine agenda setting by the U.S. Supreme Court, and ask the question of why the Court allocates more or less of its valuable agenda space to one policy issue over others. Our study environment is the policy issue composition of the Court's docket: the Court's attention to criminal justice policy issues relative to other issues. We model the Court's allocation of this agenda space as a function of internal organizational demands and external political signals. We find that this agenda responds to the issue priorities of the other branches of the federal government and the public. …
The Meaning Of Equality: Sexual Harassment, Stalking, And Provocation In Canada, Australia, And The United States, Caroline A. Forell
The Meaning Of Equality: Sexual Harassment, Stalking, And Provocation In Canada, Australia, And The United States, Caroline A. Forell
Caroline A Forell
Sexual harassment, stalking, and the criminal defense of provocation are three areas of law where the majority of injured parties are women and the majority of perpetrators are men. I examine how, in Canada, Australia, and the United States, two visions of gender equality, formal and substantive, have influenced the development of these areas.
The Fall Of The Confession Era, Kenworthey Bilz
The Fall Of The Confession Era, Kenworthey Bilz
Kenworthey Bilz
This book review-essay of Solan & Tiersma’s SPEAKING OF CRIME argues that with the advent of new technologies such as improvements in DNA identification, fMRI ‘lie detector’ tests, and the like, courts will rely less and less on confessions altogether, rendering obsolete much of the doctrine that currently surrounds linguistic interpretation (and other markers) of consent and coercion.