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Pious Perjury In Scott’S The Heart Of Midlothian, Julia Simon-Kerr
Pious Perjury In Scott’S The Heart Of Midlothian, Julia Simon-Kerr
Julia Simon-Kerr
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Moral Turpitude, Julia Simon-Kerr
Moral Turpitude, Julia Simon-Kerr
Julia Simon-Kerr
This Article gives the first account of the moral turpitude standard, tracing its history from the early American law of defamation to evidence law, where it has been used for witness impeachment, and then to legal areas as diverse as voting rights, juror disqualification, professional licensing, and immigration law, where it is used as a collateral sanctioning mechanism. "Moral turpitude" was formalized as a legal standard by common law courts seeking a manageable test for slander per se. As the standard spread and was appropriated for use in other fields, it functioned as a standard that purported to judge character …