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What Does Recent Neuroscience Tell Us About Criminal Responsibility?, Uri Maoz, Gideon Yaffe Dec 2015

What Does Recent Neuroscience Tell Us About Criminal Responsibility?, Uri Maoz, Gideon Yaffe

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

A defendant is criminally responsible for his action only if he is shown to have engaged in a guilty act—actus reus (eg for larceny, voluntarily taking someone else’s property without permission)—while possessing a guilty mind—mens rea (eg knowing that he had taken someone else’s property without permission, intending not to return it)—and lacking affirmative defenses (eg the insanity defense or self-defense). We therefore first review neuroscientific studies that bear on the nature of voluntary action, and so could, potentially, tell us something of importance about the actus reus of crimes.Then we look at studies of intention, perception of …


Campaign Finance Makes America Go ‘Round: Individual Campaign Contributions And The Effects Of Citizens United On The American Election System, Geneva Sherman Dec 2015

Campaign Finance Makes America Go ‘Round: Individual Campaign Contributions And The Effects Of Citizens United On The American Election System, Geneva Sherman

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

How political campaigns are financed directly affects every citizen in the United States. This can be attributed to the fact that campaign money is correlated to the laws that pass through congress and the interests that are taken into consideration. After the passage of Citizens United in 2010, campaign donation caps were lifted to allow for virtual unregulated money in politics with PACs, Super PACs and 501(c)(4)s. Although the 2010 passage of Citizens United has increased the influence of corporate and wealthy interests, individual campaign donations represent a major percentage of funds raised and are heavily relied upon. The present …


Perceptions Of Immigration In America, Manuel Cardoza May 2015

Perceptions Of Immigration In America, Manuel Cardoza

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Throughout history the United States as a nation saw many waves of immigrants who collectively shaped and helped build the America we see today. Today immigration has become a prevalent issue that is impeding progress and potentially facilitating the rise of new conflicts in a country plagued by civil injustices toward minority groups who are feeling marginalized and discriminated. Immigration desperately needs the attention of the U.S government in order to reach a solution and stop a community from being ostracized. Much of this great nation has been formed and built on the fundamental idea of immigrant forces coming together …


Institutionalized Racism And The Death Penalty, Ashleigh Ellis May 2015

Institutionalized Racism And The Death Penalty, Ashleigh Ellis

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Overtime, support for capital punishment has evolved. Compared to previous decades, support has changed amongst different variables such as: age, race, gender, and political perspective; therefore, today, these variables have changed the amount of support for it. For example, as of today, 6 states have repealed the death penalty with New Jersey being the first in 2007 to do so in 40 years. As memories of Jim Crow and the Civil Rights era have faded due to generational replacement, American society today still has this racial gap, however it is due to this racial resentment or symbolic resentment that the …


Judicial Activism’S Effect On Judicial Elections, Nick Fernandes May 2015

Judicial Activism’S Effect On Judicial Elections, Nick Fernandes

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

High profile Supreme Court cases have become increasingly commonplace, particularly with the Citizens United court decision granting unprecedented rights to corporations. Many in the media have decried these as examples of increasing “judicial activism”. This trend has trickled down to the state supreme courts as justices have increasingly played a more active role in developing policy. Gay marriage has become legalized in numerous states due to this trend. While public sentiment is unlikely to affect the appointed Supreme Court, it could have a substantial impact on state judicial elections.

This paper will specifically be looking at judicial elections in Kentucky. …


Opening Remarks, Samuel F. Ernst Jan 2015

Opening Remarks, Samuel F. Ernst

Annual Chapman Law Review Symposium

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State Constitutional Initiative Processes And Governance In The Twenty-First Century, John Dynan Jan 2015

State Constitutional Initiative Processes And Governance In The Twenty-First Century, John Dynan

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


Desirable Restraint: Freeing Employers And Employees From The Blankey Prohibition Of California Business And Professions Code Section 16600, Jeremy Talcott Jan 2015

Desirable Restraint: Freeing Employers And Employees From The Blankey Prohibition Of California Business And Professions Code Section 16600, Jeremy Talcott

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


Taking A Byte Out Of International Tax Evasion: Combating Base Erosion And Profit Shifting, Rachel J. Greenberg Jan 2015

Taking A Byte Out Of International Tax Evasion: Combating Base Erosion And Profit Shifting, Rachel J. Greenberg

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Differential Effects Of Initiatives And Referenda On Voter Turnout In The United States, 1890-2008, Matt Childers, Mike Binder Jan 2015

The Differential Effects Of Initiatives And Referenda On Voter Turnout In The United States, 1890-2008, Matt Childers, Mike Binder

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


Teaching The Digital Caveman: Rethinking The Use Of Classroom Technology In Law School, James B. Levy Jan 2015

Teaching The Digital Caveman: Rethinking The Use Of Classroom Technology In Law School, James B. Levy

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


New Directions For Empirical Studies Of Direct Democracy, Joshua J. Dyck Jan 2015

New Directions For Empirical Studies Of Direct Democracy, Joshua J. Dyck

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rethinking The Tyranny Of The Majority: The Extra-Legal Consequences Of Anti-Gay Ballot Measures, Amy L. Stone Jan 2015

Rethinking The Tyranny Of The Majority: The Extra-Legal Consequences Of Anti-Gay Ballot Measures, Amy L. Stone

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


Marriage On The Ballot: An Analysis Of Same-Sex Marriage Referendums In North Carolina, Minnesota, And Washington During The 2012 Elections, Craig M. Burnett, Mattew D. Mccubbins Jan 2015

Marriage On The Ballot: An Analysis Of Same-Sex Marriage Referendums In North Carolina, Minnesota, And Washington During The 2012 Elections, Craig M. Burnett, Mattew D. Mccubbins

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


Augmenting Transparency In The Ballot Initiative Process: Impacts Of The 2014 Reforms On The 2016 Election Cycle, Chris Chambers Goodman Jan 2015

Augmenting Transparency In The Ballot Initiative Process: Impacts Of The 2014 Reforms On The 2016 Election Cycle, Chris Chambers Goodman

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


The California Supreme Court And The Popular Will, Kenneth P. Miller Jan 2015

The California Supreme Court And The Popular Will, Kenneth P. Miller

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.


Direct Democracy As A Legislative Act, Henry Noyes Jan 2015

Direct Democracy As A Legislative Act, Henry Noyes

Chapman Law Review

No abstract provided.