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Major Developments At The 1989 Session Of The Un Commission On Human Rights, Reed Brody, David Weissbrodt
Major Developments At The 1989 Session Of The Un Commission On Human Rights, Reed Brody, David Weissbrodt
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On 10 March 1989 the United Nations Commission on Human Rights concluded its six week session in Geneva with a number of significant decisions as to country situations in which human rights violations have occurred, including the establishment of a Special Rapporteur on Romania. The Commission also continued monitoring disappearances, torture, executions, religious intolerance, and mercenaries; approved a draft Convention on the Rights of the Child after nine years of discussion; promptly transmitted to the General Assembly a draft Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for the abolition of the death penalty; reaffirmed the …
The Fortieth Session Of The U.N. Sub-Commission On Prevention Of Discrimination And Protection Of Minorities, Katherine Brennan, Reed Brody, David Weissbrodt
The Fortieth Session Of The U.N. Sub-Commission On Prevention Of Discrimination And Protection Of Minorities, Katherine Brennan, Reed Brody, David Weissbrodt
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Bad Law Makes Hard Cases: Reflections On Teen-Aged Axe-Murderers, Judicial Activism, And Legislative Default, Barry C. Feld
Bad Law Makes Hard Cases: Reflections On Teen-Aged Axe-Murderers, Judicial Activism, And Legislative Default, Barry C. Feld
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Waiver legislation in Minnesota, as in most other States, typically requires juvenile court judges to make individualized determinations as to a juvenile's amenability to treatment and danger to society as the basis for deciding whether to transfer the juvenile to adult court for disposition. Disposition in adult court allows for a more severe sanction than that permitted under the maximum sentence that can be dispensed in juvenile court. The difficulty and disparity in applying this waiver law lies in the discretion given to juvenile justice judges and the diverse criteria applied in judicial decisionmaking, both in the juvenile court and …
The Right To Counsel In Juvenile Court: An Empirical Study Of When Lawyers Appear And The Difference They Make, Barry C. Feld
The Right To Counsel In Juvenile Court: An Empirical Study Of When Lawyers Appear And The Difference They Make, Barry C. Feld
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