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Upskirting, Bitcoin, And Crime, Oh My: Judicial Resistance To Applying Old Laws To New Crimes – What Is A Legislature To Do?, Michael Whiteman Jan 2020

Upskirting, Bitcoin, And Crime, Oh My: Judicial Resistance To Applying Old Laws To New Crimes – What Is A Legislature To Do?, Michael Whiteman

Indiana Law Journal

As technology continues to advance at a break-neck speed, legislatures often find themselves scrambling to write laws to keep up with these advances. Prosecutors are frequently faced with the prospect of charging a defendant with a crime based on an existing law that does not quite fit the circumstances of the defendant’s actions. Judges, cognizant of the fact that legislatures, and not the judiciary, have the primary responsibility for creating crimes, have pushed back. Judges routinely refuse to convict a defendant if the statute does not fairly criminalize the defendant’s actions. To determine if a defendant’s actions fit within a …


The Corporate Creditor And Legislative Restrictions On The Distribution Of Capital Jan 1955

The Corporate Creditor And Legislative Restrictions On The Distribution Of Capital

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Statute Of Frauds-Oral Promise To Answer For The Debt Of Another-Construction Of "Assume And Agree To Pay . . ." May 1930

Statute Of Frauds-Oral Promise To Answer For The Debt Of Another-Construction Of "Assume And Agree To Pay . . ."

Indiana Law Journal

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Banks And Banking Under The Indiana Constitution And Statutes, Charles M. Reed Jun 1929

Banks And Banking Under The Indiana Constitution And Statutes, Charles M. Reed

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.