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The Corporate Conspiracy Vacuum (Formerly "Corporate Conspiracy: How Not Calling A Conspiracy A Conspiracy Is Warping The Law On Corporate Wrongdoing"), J.S. Nelson Sep 2015

The Corporate Conspiracy Vacuum (Formerly "Corporate Conspiracy: How Not Calling A Conspiracy A Conspiracy Is Warping The Law On Corporate Wrongdoing"), J.S. Nelson

J.S. Nelson

The intracorporate conspiracy doctrine immunizes an enterprise and its agents from conspiracy prosecution based on the legal fiction that an enterprise and its agents are a single actor incapable of the meeting of two minds to form a conspiracy. The doctrine, however, misplaces incentives in contravention of agency law, criminal law, tort law, and public policy. As a result of this absence of accountability, harmful behavior is ordered and performed without consequences, and the victims of the behavior suffer without appropriate remedy.
This vacuum at the center of American conspiracy law has now warped the doctrines around it. Especially in …


The Aba Guidelines And The Norms Of Capital Defense Representation, Russell Stetler, W. Bradley Wendel Feb 2015

The Aba Guidelines And The Norms Of Capital Defense Representation, Russell Stetler, W. Bradley Wendel

W. Bradley Wendel

The ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases (“Guidelines”), as revised in 2003, continue to stand as the single most authoritative summary of the prevailing professional norms in the realm of capital defense practice. Hundreds of court opinions have cited the Guidelines. They have been particularly useful in helping courts to assess the investigation and presentation of mitigating evidence in death penalty cases. This Article will discuss how these Guidelines have come to reflect prevailing professional norms in this critical area of capital defense practice and how that practice has developed in the …


Integrating Professional And Personal Values, R. Michael Cassidy Sep 2012

Integrating Professional And Personal Values, R. Michael Cassidy

R. Michael Cassidy

No abstract provided.


Virtue And Criminal Punishment, R. Michael Cassidy Feb 2012

Virtue And Criminal Punishment, R. Michael Cassidy

R. Michael Cassidy

No abstract provided.


Prosecutorial Ethics, R. Michael Cassidy May 2011

Prosecutorial Ethics, R. Michael Cassidy

R. Michael Cassidy

No abstract provided.


Plea Bargainng, Discovery, And Waivers, R. Michael Cassidy Sep 2010

Plea Bargainng, Discovery, And Waivers, R. Michael Cassidy

R. Michael Cassidy

No abstract provided.


Leadership And Change In The Public Interest, Evangeline Sarda Aug 2010

Leadership And Change In The Public Interest, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Panelist, Developments In Criminal Procedure, R. Michael Cassidy Dec 2009

Panelist, Developments In Criminal Procedure, R. Michael Cassidy

R. Michael Cassidy

No abstract provided.


Appointed To Equal Justice Act Panel, United States Court Of Appeals For The First Circuit (2009-Present), Sharon Beckman Dec 2008

Appointed To Equal Justice Act Panel, United States Court Of Appeals For The First Circuit (2009-Present), Sharon Beckman

Sharon Beckman

No abstract provided.


Experiencing Leadership: Negotiating Boundaries, Authority, Role, And Task In Organizations, Evangeline Sarda Feb 2007

Experiencing Leadership: Negotiating Boundaries, Authority, Role, And Task In Organizations, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Flying The Plane While Reading The Manual: The Challenge Of Getting The Task Done While Learning To Do It, Evangeline Sarda Feb 2007

Flying The Plane While Reading The Manual: The Challenge Of Getting The Task Done While Learning To Do It, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Leadership And The Dynamics Of Dissent In Organizational Life, Evangeline Sarda Dec 2006

Leadership And The Dynamics Of Dissent In Organizational Life, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Capturing And Critiquing Student Performance: Some Psychodynamic Aspects Of Interviewing, Evangeline Sarda Sep 2006

Capturing And Critiquing Student Performance: Some Psychodynamic Aspects Of Interviewing, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


What The Annual Public Interest Law Retreat Holds For The Law School, Evangeline Sarda Aug 2006

What The Annual Public Interest Law Retreat Holds For The Law School, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


The Intercultural Exploration, Evangeline Sarda May 2006

The Intercultural Exploration, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Negotiating Meaning Of Authority And Justice, Evangeline Sarda Mar 2006

Negotiating Meaning Of Authority And Justice, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Identity And/In Law Firm Culture, Evangeline Sarda Mar 2006

Identity And/In Law Firm Culture, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Group Dynamics Workshop, Evangeline Sarda Dec 2005

Group Dynamics Workshop, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Cooperation Or Conflict: Leadership And Accountability In A Confusing And Perilous World, Evangeline Sarda Sep 2005

Cooperation Or Conflict: Leadership And Accountability In A Confusing And Perilous World, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Embracing A World Of Difference: A Working Group Relations Conference On Exploring And Transforming Authority Relations, Evangeline Sarda Mar 2005

Embracing A World Of Difference: A Working Group Relations Conference On Exploring And Transforming Authority Relations, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Can Criminal Punishment Survive Christian Scrutiny? A Comment On Jeffrie Murphy's 'Christianity And Criminal Punishment', Sharon Beckman Dec 2003

Can Criminal Punishment Survive Christian Scrutiny? A Comment On Jeffrie Murphy's 'Christianity And Criminal Punishment', Sharon Beckman

Sharon Beckman

No abstract provided.


Trust And Betrayal, The Exercise Of Authority And Leadership In An Insecure World, Evangeline Sarda Dec 2003

Trust And Betrayal, The Exercise Of Authority And Leadership In An Insecure World, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


A Group Relations Approach To Teaching Professionalism To Clinical Law Students, Evangeline Sarda Apr 2003

A Group Relations Approach To Teaching Professionalism To Clinical Law Students, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Clinical Methodology And The Presentation Of Asian Pacific American Issues, Evangeline Sarda Sep 1998

Clinical Methodology And The Presentation Of Asian Pacific American Issues, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Case & Statute Comments, "Public Education And Crime: Supreme Court Backs States' Rights, R. Michael Cassidy Dec 1995

Case & Statute Comments, "Public Education And Crime: Supreme Court Backs States' Rights, R. Michael Cassidy

R. Michael Cassidy

No abstract provided.


Case & Statute Comments, Search And Seizure-Search Warrants-Identification Of Confidential Informants, R. Michael Cassidy Feb 1991

Case & Statute Comments, Search And Seizure-Search Warrants-Identification Of Confidential Informants, R. Michael Cassidy

R. Michael Cassidy

No abstract provided.


Case & Statute Comments, The New Massachusetts Drug Asset Forfeiture Law: A Dialogue, R. Michael Cassidy Nov 1990

Case & Statute Comments, The New Massachusetts Drug Asset Forfeiture Law: A Dialogue, R. Michael Cassidy

R. Michael Cassidy

No abstract provided.


Court Finds Needle Possession Justified To Limit Spread Of Aids, Sharon Beckman Dec 1989

Court Finds Needle Possession Justified To Limit Spread Of Aids, Sharon Beckman

Sharon Beckman

No abstract provided.