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Grand Jury Reform: A Proposal For Change In Virginia, Charles E. Wall Jan 1989

Grand Jury Reform: A Proposal For Change In Virginia, Charles E. Wall

University of Richmond Law Review

Once a cornerstone of American jurisprudence, the requirement of prosecution based upon grand jury indictment no longer stands unchallenged. Instead, alternate means of commencing prosecution, most notably by information and the preliminary hearing, have prompted lawmakers to look at the grand jury with a heightened scrutiny. Subsequently, such alternatives have become the primary prosecutorial tools in many states. Virginia, however, retains the grand jury system which was implemented in colonial times.


Particularism And The Struggle For Coherence In The Common Law Literary Tradition, E. P. Krauss Jan 1989

Particularism And The Struggle For Coherence In The Common Law Literary Tradition, E. P. Krauss

Touro Law Review

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