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The Constitutionalization Of Solicitor-Client Privilege, Mahmud Jamal, Brian Morgan

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

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The European Union V. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Estonia's Conflicting Interests As A Party To The International Criminal Court, Barbi Appelquist

UC Law SF International Law Review

The United States has requested that states party to the ICC sign agreements-referred to as Article 98 treatiesexempting U.S. citizens from ICC jurisdiction. The EU has opposed Article 98 treaties on the grounds that they threaten the legitimacy of the ICC. This note evaluates the conflicting political pressure exerted on Estonia to either sign or refrain from signing an Article 98 treaty. Part One summarizes the theory of transplantation and how Estonia's relationships with the EU, NATO and the ICC have affected Estonia's international legal obligations and diplomatic options. Part Two analyzes Estonia's relations with the United States, NATO and …

Center For Undergraduate Studies 2003-2004 Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

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The New Slavery: The United Nations' Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute's Global Program Against Trafficking In Human Beings, Robin M. Rumpf

NYLS Journal of Human Rights

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Demystifying A Legal Twilight Zone: Resolving The Circuit Court Split On When Seizure Ends And Pretrial Detention Begins In § 1983 Excessive Force Cases, Erica Haber

NYLS Journal of Human Rights

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between A History Of Sexual Abuse, Personality Pathology, And Female Sexual Abuse Perpetration, Kelly Ann Christopher

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Education Is A Way Out: Narratives Of Recovering Addicts Who Utlized Formal Education As A Part Of Their Recovery Journey, Lacreta Michelle Rutledge

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Refugee Rights In The U.S. Scaled Back By Recent Antiterrorism Legislation: Are We Violating The United Nations Refugee Convention?, Lori Adams

NYLS Journal of Human Rights

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Implications Of County Variance In New Jersey Capital Murder Cases: Arbitrary Decision-Making By County Prosecutors, Joseph R. Mccarthy

NYLS Journal of Human Rights

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The Recidivism Of Violent Youths In Juvenile And Adult Court: A Consideration Of Selection Bias, David Myers

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Contemporary research suggests that increased efforts to transfer juveniles to the adult criminal justice system may backfire, as waived youths generally exhibit greater recidivism as compared to similar offenders retained in juvenile court. One concern with this research is the possibility of selection bias, meaning that the findings could be explained as merely a simple consequence of the highest risk youth being transferred. This study examined this issue for 494 violent youths from Pennsylvania, of which 79 were waived to adult court and 415 were retained in juvenile court. The likelihood, seriousness, and timing of their recidivism were analyzed, with …

Compliance With Icj Provisional Measure And The Meaning Of Review And Reconsideration Under The Vienna Convention On Consular Relations: Avena And Other Mexican Nationals (Mex. V. U.S.), Linda E. Carter

Michigan Journal of International Law

Many aspects of the Avena case could lead to significant developments, there are two that will be addressed in this essay. The first issue has an immediate impact on the pending executions. What must the United States do to comply with the provisional measures order? What are "all measures necessary"? The second issue will have an impact in later litigation in the cases of the fifty-two Mexican defendants named in Avena and on other future defendants. What must the United States do to provide "review and reconsideration of the conviction and sentence by taking account of the violation of the …

2003 Winter Class Schedule, University Of Michigan Law School

Class Schedules

Class schedule for the 2003 Winter semester at the University of Michigan Law School

Conceptualizing And Measuring The Life Space And Its Relation To Openness To Experience, Marc A. Brackett

Doctoral Dissertations

The Life Space is divided into four domains that surround personality, which broadly encompass a person's biological foundations, owned possessions, interactions and daily activities, and group memberships. In Study 1, a revised measure of the Life Space (the College Student Life Space Scale) was developed. Factor analysis of the items within each domain resulted in 96 meaningful and reliable factor-based scales that provided a rich description of college students' personal surroundings and everyday behavior. A second-order (hierarchical) factor analysis of the first-order scales resulted in seven global Life Space dimensions. In Study 2, the first- and second-order Life Space scales …

Law Enforcement Dilemmas In The Investigation Of Internet Sex Crimes Against Minors, Melissa Wells

Doctoral Dissertations

This study examines dilemmas associated with the investigation of Internet sex crimes against minors. Data collected from a national sample of law enforcement agents provide insights into complications of three types of cases: (1) Internet crimes against identified victims, (2) Internet solicitations to undercover law enforcement, and (3) Internet child pornography crimes.

A mail survey of United States law enforcement agencies identified two samples of Internet sex crimes against minors. The first sample consisted of 464 investigations in which an arrest was made, and the second sample included 68 cases in which no arrest was made. Telephone surveys were used …

The Changing Jurisprudence Of The International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia, Geoffrey R. Watson

Scholarly Articles

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Of The Enemy Within, The Castle Doctrine, And Self-Defense, Catherine L. Carpenter

Marquette Law Review

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Sentencing Entrapment: An Overview And Analysis, Daniel L. Abelson

Marquette Law Review

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Voting And Electoral Politics In The Wisconsin Supreme Court, Jason J. Czarnezki

Marquette Law Review

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The Historical And Contemporary Prosecution And Punishment Of Animals, Jen Girgen

Animal Law Review

This article analyzes the role of the animal “offender,” by examining the animal trials and executions of years past. The writer argues that although the formal prosecution of animals as practiced centuries ago may have ended (for the most part), we continue to punish animals for their “crimes” against human beings. She suggests that we do this primarily to achieve two ends: the restoration of order and the achievement of revenge, and concludes with a call for a renewed emphasis on “due process” for animals threatened with punishment for their offenses.

Valuing Companion Animals In Wrongful Death Cases: A Survey Of Current Court And Legislative Action And A Suggestion For Valuing Pecuniary Loss Of Companionship, Elaine T. Byszewski

Animal Law Review

Because it is exceedingly difficult to measure the value of “companionship” in determining damages for the loss of a companion animal in wrongful death cases, courts and legislatures have struggled to come up with a realistic method of assessment. This article suggests a straightforward “investment approach” to estimate the minimum pecuniary value, including companionship value, that human guardians place on their companion animals. Significantly, the investment approach provides a more accurate assessment of companion animal value, which serves tort system goals of efficient compensation for loss and deterrence of future harm to companion animals.

Judicial Modification Of Sentences In Maryland, Steven P. Grossman, Stephen J. Shapiro

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Columbine School Massacre, Eric S. Yellin

History Faculty Publications

On 20 April 1999, in one of the deadliest school shootings in national history, two students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Jefferson County, Colorado, killed twelve fellow students and a teacher and injured twenty-three others before committing suicide. Eric Harris, age eighteen, and Dylan Klebold, age seventeen, used homemade bombs, two sawed-off twelve-gauge shotguns, a nine-millimeter semiautomatic rifle, and a nine-millimeter semiautomatic pistol in a siege that began shortly after 11 A.M.

Sacco & Vanzetti Case, Eric S. Yellin, Louis Foughin

History Faculty Publications

Nicola Sacco, a skilled shoeworker born in 1891, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, a fish peddler born in 1888, were arrested on 5 May 1920, for a payroll holdup and murder in South Braintree, Massachusetts. A jury, sitting under Judge Webster Thayer, found the men guilty on 14 July 1921. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed on 23 August 1927 after several appeals and the recommendation of a special advisory commission serving the Massachusetts governor. The execution sparked worldwide protests against repression of Italian Americans, immigrants, labor militancy, and radical political beliefs.

Reflections On Russia's Revival Of Trial By Jury: History Demands That We Ask Difficult Questions Regarding Terror Trials, Procedures To Combat Terrorism, And Our Federal Sentencing Regime, Hon. John C. Coughenour

Seattle University Law Review

This Article begins by discussing the nineteenth-century origins of trial by jury in Russia and the changes the system endured until the October 1917 Revolution, focusing particular attention on both the progressive exclusion of political crimes from the jurisdiction of the jury and use of alternative judicial procedures for such crimes. Next, the Article outlines the fundamental principles of the inquisitorial criminal justice system, which defined and dominated Soviet jurisprudence. Part I concludes by addressing Russia's revival of trial by jury in 1993, the specific characteristics of its new jury system, the other monumental criminal justice reforms of the 1990s, …

Judicial Independence In Family Courts, Barbara A. Babb, Judith D. Moran

All Faculty Scholarship

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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: An Infectious Antidote, Rosalind Alexis Sargent

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

Why should a bank robber in California get a different sentence than a bank robber in Texas? This was the rallying cry behind the legislative implementation of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The Senate Judiciary Committee found that a major source of the astounding variations in federal sentencing for identical crimes was the “judge factor.” Federal judges had the discretion to select a sentence from anywhere within a broad statutory range for each offense. The judge had the sole responsibility of assessing each individual offender and deciding where, within that broad range, the offender should receive a sentence. As a result, …

Csusb Viewbook (2003-2004), California State University, San Bernardino

CSUSB Viewbooks

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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - The Ignition Interlock System: An Evidentiary Tool Becomes A Sentencing Element, Andrew Fulkerson

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

Technology is becoming an increasingly pervasive aspect of the criminal justice system. One of the earliest technological innovations in the investigation of crimes was the use of fingerprints for identification of suspects. Fingerprinting began as an investigatory tool and by the early 20th century was accepted as scientific evidence in court proceedings.

Courts now increasingly rely upon expert witnesses to explain scientific evidence, which is often critical in the decision- making process for criminal and civil courts. While technology has routinely been utilized as both investigatory and evidentiary devices, only in the last decade has a technological device made the …

Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - The Ignition Interlock System: An Evidentiary Tool Becomes A Sentencing Element, Andrew Fulkerson

Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association

Technology is becoming an increasingly pervasive aspect of the criminal justice system. One of the earliest technological innovations in the investigation of crimes was the use of fingerprints for identification of suspects. Fingerprinting began as an investigatory tool and by the early 20th century was accepted as scientific evidence in court proceedings. Courts now increasingly rely upon expert witnesses to explain scientific evidence, which is often critical in the decision- making process for criminal and civil courts. While technology has routinely been utilized as both investigatory and evidentiary devices, only in the last decade has a technological device made the …

Index To The House Journal State Of Colorado: Sixty-Fourth General Assembly First Regular Session At Denver, The State Capitol, Colorado General Assembly

Colorado House and Senate Journals

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