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Obiter Dictum (Spring, 1977), Obiter Dictum
Replacing The Exclusionary Rule With Administrative Rulemaking, Francis A. Gilligan, Fredric I. Lederer
Replacing The Exclusionary Rule With Administrative Rulemaking, Francis A. Gilligan, Fredric I. Lederer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Diminished Capacity-Recent Decisions And An Analytical Approach, Robert P. Bryant, Corbin B. Hume
Diminished Capacity-Recent Decisions And An Analytical Approach, Robert P. Bryant, Corbin B. Hume
Vanderbilt Law Review
The concept of diminished capacity allows a defendant in a criminal case to prove, usually by presenting psychiatrists who testify that he suffered from an abnormal mental condition, that he was unable to entertain the particular mens rea required for conviction.' Although courts historically have been reluctant to admit such testimony, in recent years a growing number of jurisdictions have recognized the concept of diminished capacity. Recent decisions in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and North Carolina, as well as recently adopted statutes in ten other jurisdictions,illustrate the evidentiary, social, and constitutional issues raised by the concept of diminished capacity. …
Recent Maryland Decisions, Jack Elsby, Jerry Fenzel, Milton Baxley, John M. Crabbs
Recent Maryland Decisions, Jack Elsby, Jerry Fenzel, Milton Baxley, John M. Crabbs
University of Baltimore Law Forum
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Law, Paul E. Tinkler
Evidence, Carl H. Jacobsen
Torts, Albert N. Wergley
Administrative Law, Margaret Elizabeth Chastain
Administrative Law, Margaret Elizabeth Chastain
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Kentucky Rape Shield Law: One Step Too Far, Jennifer Burcham Coffman
The Kentucky Rape Shield Law: One Step Too Far, Jennifer Burcham Coffman
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Second Circuit And The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Paul F. Rothstein
The Second Circuit And The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Paul F. Rothstein
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The most significant development in federal trial procedure in recent years has been the enactment of the Federal Rules of Evidence, effective July 1, 1975. In the intervening two years since the Rules became effective, the courts of the Second Circuit have bad occasion to make several illuminating applications of and references to them.
An examination of some of these decisions provides insight into the kinds of questions that are coming up not only in the Second Circuit, but around the country, and the kinds of answers that are being given. It is not the bizarre or unusual case that …