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Hegelian Vanity, Common Law Humility: On Legal Theory, Its Expression And Its Criticism, Thomas D. Eisele
Hegelian Vanity, Common Law Humility: On Legal Theory, Its Expression And Its Criticism, Thomas D. Eisele
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Commentary on Arthur Jacobson, Hegel's Legal Plenum, 10 Cardozo L. Rev. 877 (1989).
Truth In Sentencing: Accepting Responsibility Under The United States Sentencing Guidelines, Bradford Mank
Truth In Sentencing: Accepting Responsibility Under The United States Sentencing Guidelines, Bradford Mank
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The United States Sentencing Guidelines (hereinafter Guidelines) allow federal district courts to reduce a defendant's sentence if the defendant "clearly demonstrates a recognition and affirmative acceptance of personal responsibility for his criminal conduct .... " In United States v. Perez-Franco, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that the above Guidelines section on acceptance of responsibility did not require a defendant to accept responsibility for charges that were to be dismissed as part of a plea agreement. The Perez-Franco decision is an affront to the fundamental principle that a defendant ought to take personal responsibility for …