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Reforming, Reclaiming Or Reframing Womanhood: Reflections On Advocacy For Women In Custody, Brenda V. Smith

Project on Addressing Prison Rape - Articles

Brenda V. Smith was asked to present one of the keynote addresses for the symposium, Behind Bars: The Impact of Incarceration on Women and Their Families, sponsored by the Women's Rights Law Reporter at Rutgers University School of Law in Newark. She then wrote the introductory essay for the publication which arose from that symposium. This essay addresses why it is imperative to reclaim the discourse about women in prison and discusses how the other papers that appear in this issue aid in that project.

Reparations: A Remedies Law Perspective, Darren L. Hutchinson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This article provides a general overview of reparations discourse in the United States and offers suggestions concerning how advocates of reparations might frame their claims. The author discusses how remedies law might be a useful means of redress for litigants and examines some of the political and legal barriers to reparations in the United States. The barriers include the failure of opponents to treat remedies for gross human rights or civil rights deprivations as a public good, rather than as a series of private transactions that benefit or burden individuals. The author ultimately sets the litigation model aside as providing …

Addressing Sexual Violence Against Youth In Custody, Brenda V. Smith

Presentations

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Cruelty To The Mentally Ill: An Eighth Amendment Challenge To The Abolition Of The Insanity Defense, Stephen M. Leblanc

American University Law Review

This Comment addresses the present gap in insanity-defense laws

created by the defense’s abolition and offers an Eighth Amendment

based remedy. Part I reviews the history and evolution of the insanity

defense in Anglo-American law. It then describes how four states

have statutorily abolished the defense. It concludes with a discussion

of Clark v. Arizona, the Court’s most recent decision on the

constitutionality of the insanity defense. Part II turns to the Eighth

Amendment, examining its historical understanding and the

contemporary evolving-standards-of-decency analysis, through which

the Court assesses the constitutionality of modern-day punishments.

Part II concludes with a discussion of …

Sanctioned Abuses: The Case Of Migrant Domestic Workers, Nisha Varia

Human Rights Brief

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Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

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The Law Of Remedies And The Clean Hands Doctrine: Exclusionary Reparation Policies In Peru's Political Transition, Lisa Laplante

American University International Law Review

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Letter From The Editor, Laurita M. Denny

American University Criminal Law Brief

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Have We Abandoned The Innocent?Society’S Debt To The Wrongly Convicted, Meggan Smith

American University Criminal Law Brief

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Bruno Or Richard Hauptmann: Representations Of Aconviction In The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, Rita Mitchell

American University Criminal Law Brief

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Executive Clemency: The Lethal Absence Of Hope, Jonathan Harris, Lothlórien Redmond

American University Criminal Law Brief

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Book Review: If I Did It By Oj Simpsonif He Did It, Would It Matter?, Kimberly Nguyen

American University Criminal Law Brief

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The Doctrine Of The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights Regarding States' Duty To Punish Human Rights Violations And Its Dangers, Fernando Felipe Basch

American University International Law Review

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The “Exceptionally Troubling” Murder Conviction Of Jose Garcia, Matthew Bosher

American University Criminal Law Brief

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A Discussion Of “The American Prosecutor: Power Discretion Andaccountability”, Vanessa Martin

American University Criminal Law Brief

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Now Performing In A Courtroom Near You: The Elderlyeyewitness! To Believe Or Not To Believe That Is The Question, John W. Clark Iii, Roger Enriquez

American University Criminal Law Brief

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Unveiling Informant Testimony: Theunconstitutionality Of The Jencks Act, Stephen C. Leckar

American University Criminal Law Brief

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Please Don't Feed The Homeless: Pottinger Revisited , Shirley D. Howell

The Modern American

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Electing One Of Our Own: The Importance Of Black Communities In The Context Of Local Government , Royce Brooks

The Modern American

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Fencing Out The Neighbors: Legal Implications Of The U.S.-Mexico Border Security Fence, Marta Tavares

Human Rights Brief

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Military Commissions: The Forgotten Reconstruction Chapter, Detlev F. Vagts

American University International Law Review

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Jus Post Bellum: Mapping The Discipline(S) , Carsten Stahn

American University International Law Review

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Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

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The U Visa Unveiled: Immigrant Crime Victims Freed From Limbo, Jessica Farb

Human Rights Brief

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International Legal Updates, Matthew Solis, Jennifer Jaimes, Rukayya Furo, Ari Levin, Morgan E. Rog, Mahreen Gillani, Alex Cheng

Human Rights Brief

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Rwanda’S Troubled Gacaca Courts, Christopher J. Le Mon

Human Rights Brief

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Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Elizabeth J. Rushing, Linda Frautschi, Jaime M. Gher, Anne Heindel, Angela Edman

Human Rights Brief

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Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Racial Fairness In The Criminal Justice System: The Role Of The Prosecutor, Angela J. Davis

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

In this article, Davis analyzes discusses efforts to involve prosecutors in the elimination of racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Part II explains how prosecutors unintentionally contribute to disparities through the arbitrary, unsystematic exercise of discretion. Part III argues that the U.S. Supreme Court has failed to provide an effective legal remedy for victims of race-based selective prosecution. Finally, in Part IV, Davis endorses the use of racial impact studies and task forces and discusses a model reform effort spearheaded by the Vera Institute of Justice.

The Gravity Threshold Of The International Criminal Court , Susana Sacouto, Katherine Cleary

American University International Law Review

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