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Roundtable Two: Environmental Law Education: New Techniques In The Classroom And Beyond, Lincoln Davies, Karrigan Bork, Sarah Krakoff

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Criminal Law Exceptionalism, Benjamin Levin

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For over half a century, U.S. prison populations have ballooned and criminal codes have expanded. In recent years, a growing awareness of mass incarceration and the harms of criminal law across lines of race and class has led to a backlash of anti-carceral commentary and social movement energy. Academics and activists have adopted a critical posture, offering not only small-bore reforms, but full-fledged arguments for the abolition of prisons, police, and criminal legal institutions. Where criminal law was once embraced by commentators as a catchall solution to social problems, increasingly it is being rejected, or at least questioned. Instead of …

Against Domestic Violence: Public And Private Prosecution Of Batterers, Carolyn B. Ramsey

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Victims’ Rights Revisited, Benjamin Levin

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This Essay responds to Bennett Capers's article, "Against Prosecutors." I offer four critiques of Capers’s proposal to bring back private prosecutions: (A) that shifting power to victims still involves shifting power to the carceral state and away from defendants; (B) that defining the class of victims will pose numerous problems; C) that privatizing prosecution reinforces a troubling impulse to treat social problems at the individual level; and (D) broadly, that these critiques suggest that Capers has traded the pathologies of “public” law for the pathologies of “private” law. Further, I argue that the article reflects a new, left-leaning vision of …

Mind The (Participation) Gap: Vouchers, Voting, And Visibility, Abby K. Wood, Christopher S. Elmendorf, Douglas M. Spencer, Nicholas G. Napolio

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This study exploits the introduction of a new type of public financing of elections—campaign finance vouchers—to estimate the effects of neighborhood-level political cross-pressure on citizens’ decisions to participate in low-cost political activities which vary in their publicness: voting (private) and vouchering (public). Does proximity to ideologically divergent neighbors affect one’s use of publicly disclosed campaign finance vouchers? We find that cross-pressured individuals are slightly more likely to use a campaign finance voucher than similarly situated individuals who are ideologically typical for their precinct. We also find evidence that precinct-level cross-pressure does not drive voucher users to shade their voucher donations …

Blind Justice: Algorithms And Neutrality In The Case Of Redistricting, Douglas M. Spencer, Moon Duchin

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In several areas of law and public policy, there have been longstanding dreams that computers can secure decisionmaking that takes only some things into account, while remaining demonstrably neutral to other factors. In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider mandating race-neutrality in multiple domains, notably in college admissions and redistricting. In this piece, we clarify the real and imagined uses of computers in redistricting, considering their application for optimization approaches and, more recently, for representative sampling. The current pitch to the Court for a race-blind Voting Rights Act is discussed at length.

The Digitization Of The Carceral State: The Troubling Narrative Around Police Usage Of Facial Recognition Technology, Sara E. Yates

Colorado Technology Law Journal

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Access To Justice For Immigrants: A Lecture Presented In Memory Of Breana Boss, Ingrid Eagly

University of Colorado Law Review Forum

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Amicus (Spring 2021), University Of Colorado Law School

Amicus

Issue at a glance:

• Features the work of students and faculty in Colorado Law's clinics and the Appellate Advocacy Practicum in assisting those affected by the coronavirus pandemic and nationwide injustice
• Includes reflections from Dean Anaya on his tenure as dean as he prepares to continue as a member of the faculty this July
• Highlights the early life of U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Colorado Law alumnus Wiley Rutledge (Class of 1922) and the formative years he spent in Boulder
• Recognizes milestones and successes of Colorado Law alumni, including this year's Alumni Award recipients

Concerning Recommendations From The Colorado Behavioral Health Task Force, And, In Connection Therewith, Establishing A Behavioral Health Administration., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Lowering The Suicide Rate By Enhancing Care For Persons Affected By Suicide, And, In Connection Therewith, Broadening Colorado’S Focus To Include Suicide Prevention, Intervention, And Postvention., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Measures To Secure Firearms To Prevent Use By Persons Not Lawfully Permitted To Possess Firearms., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning The Certification Process For The Purpose Of Application For U Nonimmigrant Status., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Forensic Medical Evidence Of Sexual Assault., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning The Authority Of The Department Of Revenue To Take Action Against Certain Documents, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Measures To Improve Prison Release Outcomes, And, In Connection Therewith, Making And Reducing An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Measures To Limit The Detention Of Juveniles, And, In Connection Therewith, Making And Reducing An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Measures To Improve The Support Of Persons In The Criminal Justice System With A Brain Injury, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Measures To Assist Defendants In Securing Release From Jail Through The Bonding Process, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Additional Protection Of Data Relating To Personal Privacy., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Department Of Law., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning The Provision For Payment Of The Expenses Of The Executive, Legislative, And Judicial Departments Of The State Of Colorado, And Of Its Agencies And Institutions, For And During The Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2021, Except As Otherwise Noted., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Judicial Department., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Department Of Public Safety., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Department Of Corrections., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning A Supplemental Appropriation To The Department Of Human Services., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Forensic Medical Evidence Of Sexual Assault., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning The Expansion Of The Justice Reinvestment Crime Prevention Initiative, And, In Connection Therewith, Creating A Small Business Grant Program For Justice-System-Involved Persons And Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Establishing An Office Of Gun Violence Prevention, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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Concerning Changes To The Term “Lease-Purchase” As It Relates To State Or Local Public Agreements To Clarify That Such Agreements Are To Be Accounted For By The State Controller As Financed Purchases Of Assets, And, In Connection Therewith, Conforming The Colorado Revised Statutes With The Current Accounting Standards Set By The Governmental Accounting Standards Board., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

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