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Duress In Immigration Law, Elizabeth A. Keyes Jan 2021

Duress In Immigration Law, Elizabeth A. Keyes

Seattle University Law Review

The doctrine of duress is common to other bodies of law, but the application of the duress doctrine is both unclear and highly unstable in immigration law. Outside of immigration law, a person who commits a criminal act out of well-placed fear of terrible consequences is different than a person who willingly commits a crime, but American immigration law does not recognize this difference. The lack of clarity leads to certain absurd results and demands reimagining, redefinition, and an unequivocal statement of the significance of duress in ascertaining culpability. While there are inevitably some difficult lines to be drawn in …


Psychiatry And The Dilemmas Of Crime, By Seymour L. Halleck, Andrew S. Watson Jan 1969

Psychiatry And The Dilemmas Of Crime, By Seymour L. Halleck, Andrew S. Watson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Punishment Of Suicide - A Need For Change, David S. Markson Jan 1969

The Punishment Of Suicide - A Need For Change, David S. Markson

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Defense Of Walter X Wilson: An Insanity Plea And A Skirmish In The War On Poverty, Richard Arens Jan 1966

The Defense Of Walter X Wilson: An Insanity Plea And A Skirmish In The War On Poverty, Richard Arens

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Psychology, Edited By Richard W. Nice, Winfred Overholser Apr 1962

Criminal Psychology, Edited By Richard W. Nice, Winfred Overholser

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law - Insanity - Test For Criminal Responsibility, Michael R. Bradley Jan 1961

Criminal Law - Insanity - Test For Criminal Responsibility, Michael R. Bradley

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Present Insanity - From The Common Law To The Mental Health Act And Back, Samuel Polsky Jan 1957

Present Insanity - From The Common Law To The Mental Health Act And Back, Samuel Polsky

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Insanity As A Defense In Criminal Law, By Henry Weihofen, Lenn J. Oare Mar 1934

Insanity As A Defense In Criminal Law, By Henry Weihofen, Lenn J. Oare

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.