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Endangered Species--Examining South Africa's National Rape Crisis And Its Legislative Attempt To Protect Its Most Vulnerable Citizens, Ashley J. Moore

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

With the demise of apartheid, South Africans eagerly anticipated the freedom from bondage that liberation brings. More than ten years later, however, remnants of the inhumane system still remain throughout South Africa, with the epidemic rape crisis that currently grips the African nation providing dramatic evidence of the continued hold of apartheid. Scores of South Africa's women and young children must contend with the pervasive sexual violence that permeates the country. These would-be victims live in constant fear of physical attack, while advocates await the South African government's response to this national crisis. Unfortunately, legislation that would dramatically change South …

Appeal Waivers And The Future Of Sentencing Policy, Nancy J. King, Michael E. O'Neill

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This paper is the first empirical analysis of appeal waivers clauses in plea agreements by which defendants waive their rights to appellate and postconviction review. Based on interviews and an analysis of data coded from 971 randomly selected cases sentenced under the United States Sentencing Guidelines, the study's findings include (1) in nearly two-thirds of the cases settled by plea agreement, the defendants waived their rights to review; (2) the frequency of waiver varies substantially among the circuits, and among districts within circuits; (3) the government appears to provide some sentencing concessions more frequently to defendants who sign waivers than …

Recognizing Victims In The Federal Rules Of Criminal Procedure: Proposed Amendments In Light Of The Crime Victims' Rights Act, Paul G. Cassell

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Deterrence Versus Brutalization: Capital Punishment's Differing Impacts Among States, Joanna M. Shepherd

Michigan Law Review

Policymakers' false beliefs about capital punishment's universal deterrent effect may have caused many people to die needlessly. If deterrence is capital punishment's purpose then, in the majority of states where executions do not deter crime, executions kill convicts uselessly. Moreover, in the many states where the brutalization effect outweighs the deterrent effect, executions not only kill convicts needlessly but also induce the additional murders of many innocent people. After Part II discusses capital punishment's recent history in the United States, Part III reviews the conflict in recent studies on capital punishment and deterrence. Part IV explores differences in states' applications …

Info: November 2005, Seattle University Law Library

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Of Driver's Licenses And Debtor's Prison, John B. Mitchell, Kelly Kunsch

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Considering Tortious Racism, Camille A. Nelson

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Could Biobanking Be A Means To Include "Health Care Have-Nots" In The Genomics Revolution?, Michael J. Malinowski

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Proportionality As A Principle Of Limited Government, Alice Ristroph

Duke Law Journal

This Article examines proportionality as a constitutional limitation on the power to punish. In the criminal context, proportionality is often mischaracterized as a specifically penological theory-an ideal linked to specific accounts of the purpose of punishment. In fact, a constitutional proportionality requirement is better understood as an external limitation on the state's penal power that is independent of the goals of punishment. Proportionality limitations on the penal power arise not from the purposes of punishment, but from the fact that punishing is not the only purpose that the state must pursue. Other considerations, especially the protection of individual interests in …

Confronting Death: Sixth Amendment Rights At Capital Sentencing, John G. Douglass

Law Faculty Publications

The Court's fragmentary approach has taken pieces of the Sixth Amendment and applied them to pieces of the capital sentencing process. The author contends that the whole of the Sixth Amendment applies to the whole of a capital case, whether the issue is guilt, death eligibility, or the final selection of who lives and who dies. In capital cases, there is one Sixth Amendment world, not two. In this Article, he argues for a unified theory of Sixth Amendment rights to govern the whole of a capital case. Because both Williams and the Apprendi-Ring-Booker line of cases purport to rest …

Volume 30, No. 2

The Weldon Times

A student-run newspaper published at the School of Law at Dalhousie University.

Editor in Chief: Michael Shalke

Layout Editor: Rob Richler

Assistant Editors: John Drover, Jennifer Bye, Jennifer Morrison, Simone Bern

Commonwealth Times 2005-10-31

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Smalis V. Atty Gen Pa

2005 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Current, October 31, 2005, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2000s)

No abstract provided.

The Collegian (2005-10-31), José Borjón

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 58, No. 11

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 22, October 31, 2005

Central Florida Future

O-Team creator to be honored: Dedication ceremony will be held to rename Student Resource Center after first member; Belly dancing club assists families with Special hopes; Treats not Tricks for kids: Event featured games music face painting; proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Club; Clubs show Homecoming creativity at bookstore: Organizations decorate Barnes & Noble windows in the name of school spirit; Financial Management benefits from Senate bill.

Exploring The Role Of Social Support In Heterosexual Women’S Use And Receipt Of Non-Lethal Intimate Partner Violence, Kathryn A. Branch

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The concept of social support has been found to be a protective factor in women's intimate partner violence victimization. However, little is known about the relationship between women's social support and their intimate partner violence perpetration. Research evidence demonstrates that women's perpetration of violence is surprisingly frequent, particularly in women younger than age 30. This study investigated the role of social support in heterosexual women's use and receipt of non-lethal aggression against an intimate partner among 673 female college students. The implications of these findings for research and practice are discussed.

Va Savoir! - The Adage "Jura Novit Curia" In Contemporary France, Douglas Brooker

ExpressO

The Civilian adage jura novit curia – the court knows the law – for all that it is well recognised in France does not receive much scrutiny. This is unusual first because some claim it expresses a fundamental principle of French law and secondly because rules and practices associated with jura novit curia are controversial. The paper remedies the scholarly deficit, scrutinising seven definitions of jura novit curia to catalogue for the first time the divergent meanings associated with the adage and to analyse their status in French law and legal culture. While many meanings are attributed to jura novit …

Private Dispute Resolution And Economic Development, Susan D. Franck, Lisa Bingham, Dan Kolkey

McGeorge School of Law Global Center for Business and Development Annual Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Docket (October 28, 2005), William & Mary Law School

The Docket

No abstract provided.

Usa V. Nelson

2005 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The Courier, Volume 39, Issue 7, October 28, 2005, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Construction Snarls Continue

Students Steeped In Debt

Response Volunteers Activated–Staff And Faculty Members Prepared To Assist In Campus Emergencies

Get Ready To Pace Yourself–Plan For New Bus Route Finalized

Tax Levy Provides More Budget Money

Student E-Mail Grants Access To Facebook.Com–Students Now Connected To Online Community

Arts Center Looking For A New Direction

People:

Jeremy Shier

Paige Trench

Ccf Semi-Annual Report: Nebraskans Expanding Behavioral Health Access Through Networking Delivery Systems, Caroline Wells, Mark Dekraai, Denise Bulling, Alan Tomkins

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

Table of Contents:
1. Grant Information
2. Major Activities and Accomplishments
3. Concern/Problems
4. Significant Stories/Findings
5. Communication Activities
6. Other Activities
7. Activities Planned for the Next Reporting Period
8. Financial Status Report

Attachments:
A. Year Three Subawardees
B. Subawardee success stories
C. Information on technical assistance workshops
D. Information on Subawardee technical assistance events
E. Subawardee semiannual survey results
F. Financial status report
G. Subawardee newsletters
H. NEBHANDS Newsletters
I. Letters of Appreciation and Celebration of Excellence Keynote Speech

Sandspur, Vol 112, No 10, October 28, 2005, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Washington University Record, October 28, 2005

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Wrong-Sizing International Justice? The Hybrid Tribunal In Sierra Leone, Chandra Lekha Sriram

Faculty Scholarship

As institutions of international justice proliferate, so do disputes about their legitimacy, and about what shape they ought to take. As truly international tools such as the International Criminal Court and the exercise of universal jurisdiction face political and practical challenges, some scholars and practitioners have advocated a distinct institutional solution: the hybrid court. These are courts that are neither purely national nor international, but rather that pursue accountability in the country where abuses and crimes occurred, but with both national and international staff, and utilizing a mixture of national and international law. Many have suggested that these tribunals represent …

Lanthorn, Vol. 40, No. 19, October 27, 2005, Grand Valley State University

Volume 40, July 14, 2005 - June 15, 2006

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Ucc Minutes October 27, 2005, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Minutes

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, October 27, 2005, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 125, Issue 36

Commonwealth Times 2005-10-27

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.