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Juvenile Justice & Diminished Criminal Culpability, Mitchell F. Crusto Apr 2024

Juvenile Justice & Diminished Criminal Culpability, Mitchell F. Crusto

University of Miami Law Review

When regulating the bad, albeit illegal, choices made by minors, the law is conflicted. On the one hand, we have a clear national policy to ensure the safety of and to promote the positive development of our young people, yet we simultaneously criminalize minors who make bad choices. This conundrum raises a quintessential jurisprudential flaw in our legal system: We lack a unifying, overarching principle that guides the law’s relationship with minors. In a companion piece, I pose and explore such a unifying principle, which I coin as the “best interest of the minor” standard (“BIMS”). Consequently, this Article applies …


Warning: Television Violence May Be Harmful To Children; But The First Amendment May Foil Congressional Attempts To Legislate Against It, Laura B. Schneider Dec 1994

Warning: Television Violence May Be Harmful To Children; But The First Amendment May Foil Congressional Attempts To Legislate Against It, Laura B. Schneider

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


After Rowley: The Handicapped Child's Right To An Appropriate Education, Laura Gangemi Jan 1984

After Rowley: The Handicapped Child's Right To An Appropriate Education, Laura Gangemi

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.