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Escaping Circularity: The Fourth Amendment And Property Law, João Marinotti Jan 2022

Escaping Circularity: The Fourth Amendment And Property Law, João Marinotti

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The Supreme Court’s “reasonable expectation of privacy” test under the Fourth Amendment has often been criticized as circular, and hence subjective and unpredictable. The Court is presumed to base its decisions on society’s expectations of privacy, while society’s expectations of privacy are themselves presumed to be based on the Court’s judgements. As a solution to this problem, property law has been repeatedly propounded as an allegedly independent, autonomous area of law from which the Supreme Court can glean reasonable expectations of privacy without falling back into tautological reasoning.

Such an approach presupposes that property law is not itself circular. If …


Are State Courts Enforcing The Fourth Amendment? A Preliminary Study, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1988

Are State Courts Enforcing The Fourth Amendment? A Preliminary Study, Craig M. Bradley

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Two Models Of The Fourth Amendment, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1985

Two Models Of The Fourth Amendment, Craig M. Bradley

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The Exclusionary Rule In Germany, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1983

The Exclusionary Rule In Germany, Craig M. Bradley

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The exclusionary rule that the Supreme Court has fashioned to suppress evidence obtained unconstitutionally is directed at least in part toward deterring police conduct that violates constitutional norms. Since the inception of the rule, the value and efficacy of a prescript that excludes otherwise relevant and probative evidence in a factfinding proceeding has been a subject of heated debate. In this Article, Professor Bradley examines the rather different exclusionary rules used in Germany. He argues that a comparison of exclusionary rules in Germany and the United States suggests that a number of different policies of a criminal justice system could …


Constitutional Protection For Private Papers, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1981

Constitutional Protection For Private Papers, Craig M. Bradley

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Parolee Not Protected Against Unreasonable Searches And Seizures By His Parole Officer, Roger B. Dworkin Jan 1965

Parolee Not Protected Against Unreasonable Searches And Seizures By His Parole Officer, Roger B. Dworkin

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Book Review. The History And Development Of The Fourth Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States By Nelson B. Lasson, Framl Horack Jr. Jan 1937

Book Review. The History And Development Of The Fourth Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States By Nelson B. Lasson, Framl Horack Jr.

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