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The Mass Incarceration Of African-American Males: A Return To Institutionalized Slavery, Oppression, And Disenfranchisement Of Constitutional Rights, Floyd D. Weatherspoon

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

This Article expands on the plight of James Somerset by exploring how the American justice system disenfranchises African-American males of their constitutional rights of liberty and equal justice, thus placing them in a system of de facto slavery. This Article will also reveal how the American justice system has not only had a devastating impact on the social and economic status of African-American males, but also on their constitutional rights of freedom and justice. Specifically, this Article explores how the mass incarceration of African- American males is a system of involuntary servitude for life, similar to the institution of slavery. …

No Air To Breathe: Victims Of Sex Slavery In The U.K., Regina E. Rauxloh

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

Today slavery is recognised as a heinous violation of numerous human rights and a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute. It is prohibited under a number of international law instruments, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Nevertheless, 250 years after the famous decision in Somerset v. Stewart, when Lord Mansfield was reported to have announced that the air of England was "too pure for slaves to breathe," the U.K. is still a country of destination for …

Part Time Soldiers: Deploying Adjunct Faculty In The War Against Student Plagiarism, Kenneth H. Ryesky

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Chanticleer | Vol 55, Issue 21, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

Reporters And Their Confidential Sources: How Judith Miller Represents The Continuing Disconnect Between The Courts And The Press, Elizabeth Coenia Sims

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.

Actions Memo March 2007, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Action Memos

No abstract provided.

A Poverty Of Representation: The Attorney’S Role To Advocate For The Powerless, Spencer Rand

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

In this paper, I look at the work that attorneys are doing to right the wrongs of the underrepresented. This article argues that as a profession, we talk about providing assistance to those that cannot afford representation but that this is more talk than action. This article also examines modes of representing the poor, including legal services and other non-profit legal agencies and laws that allow attorneys to collect fees from third-party payors. Furthermore, this article argues that while the existing methods of representation are good and should be supported, these avenues are limited and, as such, are unlikely to …

English Common Law, Slavery, And Human Rights, Colin Bobb-Semple

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

This paper considers the issues of villeinage and slavery in England and the British colonies; the decision in Somerset v. Stewart' and other cases in English common law courts; the application of English common law in the colonies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with particular reference to the British colonies of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice (formerly British Guiana, now Guyana); the Magna Carta 1215 to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833; the factors which led to the introduction of human rights provisions in English law in the Human Rights Act 1998; and the decision of the House of Lords in …

Spartan Daily, March 1, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 128, Issue 21

Legend Tripping As Field Research: Investigating The Connection Of “Satanic Tourism” To Juvenile Delinquency, Gordon A. Crews, Virginia Adame, Rochelle Andrews, Kofi Boye-Doe, Juna Green, Shawn Kirby, Ori Onazi, Jill Schalansky, Cale Urban, Justin Zabokrtsky

Criminal Justice Faculty Research

Gary Alan Fine and Jeffrey Victor (1994) defined “legend trips” as inherently delinquent juvenile activities at geographic sites associated with some tragic event, rumored to be supernatural or related to the occult. “Satanic tourism” is a type of legend trip characterized by juvenile involvement in pseudo-Satanic/occult behavior, such as drawing pentagrams, writing epithets, and burning candles. A juvenile may visit a geographic location such as an abandoned church, historic graveyard, or reputedly “haunted” site, and engage in mischievous, destructive, or “ritualistic” behaviors as “rites of passage.” These activities, which often are relatively harmless and conducted primarily for juvenile thrills, may …

Thawing The Chill Between Government Attorneys And Their Clients: The Need For Legislative Intervention In Protecting The Governmental Attorney-Client Privilege, John Damin

Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003)

No abstract provided.

The Costs Of Inadequate Education For New York State, Clive R. Belfield

Policy Documents

This paper calculates the economic consequences for the state of New York from failing to ensure that all students graduate from high school. The analyses in this report indicate that there are substantial economic benefits from raising the rate of high school graduation for New York state. These benefits can therefore be interpreted as the maximum amount that could be spent by federal and state/local governments on educational programs to improve the graduation rate.

0563 An Overview Of The Colorado Adult Criminal Justice System: Sentencing, Adult Offender Population, Crime & Criminal Histories, Doc Facilities, Population, & Funding, And Parole, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

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When The Price Is Too High: Rethinking China's Deterrence Strategy For Robbery, Peter D. Nestor

Washington International Law Journal

Economic property crime in China has soared since the country enacted market reforms in the early 1980s. Robbery rates are rising faster than most economic property crimes, such as larceny and fraud, and violent crimes, such as rape, murder, and assault. China’s strategy for deterrence is to raise the “price” of the crime by increasing the severity of the penalty. Since 1979, China’s criminal law has permitted the use of the death penalty for robbers in nearly all cases, and courts have applied it regularly and in many different types of robbery cases. Since 1983, China has formally engaged in …

Korea's New Prostitution Policy: Overcoming Challenges To Effectuate The Legislature's Intent To Protect Prostitutes From Abuse, Ji Hye Kim

Washington International Law Journal

Prostitution has been rampant in South Korea, exposing tens of thousands of women to abuse and violence. Beginning in 2000, however, women’s rights organizations spearheaded a legal reform campaign to change the nation’s prostitution policy. They drafted and proposed two bills to the National Assembly, which subsequently enacted them as laws. In passing the new legislation, the South Korean government vowed to eliminate prostitution as well as protect victims of exploitation and violence in the sex industry. However, the legislation fails to achieve these goals due to inherent inadequacies in the language and structure of the laws. This shortfall arises …

China's Practice Of Procuring Organs From Executed Prisoners: Human Rights Groups Must Narrowly Tailor Their Criticism And Endorse The Chinese Constitution To End Abuses, Joan E. Hemphill

Washington International Law Journal

For the past two decades, human rights groups, medical organizations, and the international media have excoriated China for procuring transplant organs from executed prisoners. This practice was first authorized under China’s 1984 “Temporary Rules Concerning the Utilization of Corpses or Organs from the Corpses of Executed Criminals” and it is widely used by the Chinese government. Reports from Chinese doctors and media sources reveal significant deficiencies both in the text and application of China’s current organ-procurement laws. The lack of clear legal parameters and the absence of enforcement measures have opened the door to problems of interpretation and misapplication, resulting …

Definitely Not Harmless: The Supreme Court Holds That The Erroneous Disqualification Of Retained Counsel Warrants Automatic Reversal In United States V. Gonzalez-Lopez, James A. Robson

Mercer Law Review

In United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez, the United States Supreme Court held that the erroneous disqualification of a criminal defendant's retained choice of counsel violates the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and must result in the automatic reversal of the defendant's conviction. In reaching this conclusion, the Court rejected the Government's argument that a defendant who is denied his choice of counsel must prove prejudice by showing the defendant's substitute counsel was ineffective within the meaning of Strickland v. Washington. Instead, the Court concluded that because a complete violation of the Sixth Amendment's Counsel Clause occurs when …

On The Wery Idea Of Transitional Justice, Jens David Ohlin

Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

No abstract provided.

Does Stare Decisis Apply In The Eighth Amendment Death Penalty Context, Meghan J. Ryan

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

March 2007 Alumni Newsletter, New York Law School

Alumni Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Advocate, March 2007, Vol. [18], No. [5], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

New Index Ranks GC Among Top 50 U.S. Research Universities (p. 1)

From the Editor’s Desk: Walking Away from Torture (p. 2)

GC Technology - IT Goes Shopping: New PCs Coming (p. 3)

The PSC and CUNY Resume Contract Negotiations: What Graduate Students and Adjuncts Can Expect. Carl Lindskoog (p. 4)

Dispatches from the Front: History of the World, Part 28. Mark Wilson (p. 5)

Academic Repression Update: “We Shall Rise”: The Persecution of Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Philip Fairbanks (p. 6)

Letters (p. 2)

Violent Crime at CUNY. Andrea Siegel.

There’s More to the Urban Ed Story. …

Undergraduate And Graduate Course Descriptions, 2007 Spring, Wright State University

Course Descriptions

Wright State University undergraduate and graduate course descriptions from Spring 2007.

From The Asylum To The Prison: Rethinking The Incarceration Revolution. Part Ii: State Level Analysis, Bernard E. Harcourt

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Can International Courts Deter Human Rights Abusers?, John W. Dietrich

History and Social Sciences Faculty Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Using The Adversarial Process To Limit Arbitrariness In Capital Charging Decisions, Amanda S. Hitchcock

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Mandatory Guidelines: The Oxymoronic State Of Sentencing After United States V. Booker, Hon. Graham C. Mullen, J. P. Davis

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

The False Claims Act And Corporate Criminal Liability: Qui Tam Actions, Corporate Integrity Agreements And The Overlap Of Criminal And Civil Law, Sharon Finegan

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

March 1, 2007, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the March 1, 2007, meeting of the University Senate. 7 pages

Spr Bulletin, Fall 2006, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity

Sponsored Programs Bulletins

This bulletin features Recent Grant Recipients; Two New Faces in SPR; and SPR Upcoming Events.

From The Asylum To The Prison: Rethinking The Incarceration Revolution. Part Ii: State Level Analysis, Bernard E. Harcourt

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.