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University Reporter - Volume 12, Number 02 - October 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about grants and sponsored programs at the University, McCormack Graduate School's Truth and Reconciliation conference (with Padraig O’Malley), the 10th anniversary of the Boston Folk Festival, the College of Management's global outreach initiatives, efforts to increase diversity in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and other news from UMass Boston.

Implications Of An Independent Kosovo For Russia’S Near Abroad, Zoe Hunter, Samuel T. Schwabe, Melissa Sinclair, Michael H. Hoffman, Michael Baranick, Daniel L. Burghart

Defense and Technology Papers

This paper evaluates the argument that Kosovo’s situation represents a precedent for separatists elsewhere by comparing it to the four regions in the Former Soviet Union most often cited in relation to it and is intended to highlight the similarities and differences between these cases, to facilitate negotiations on the resolution of the final status of Kosovo.

Law School Announcements 2007-2008, Law School Announcements Editors

Announcements

• Officers and Faculty
• The Law School - History
• Programs of Instruction
• Curriculum
• Student Activities and Organizations
• Funds and Endowments

The Practicability Of Amnesty As A Non-Prosecutory Alternative In Post-Conflict Uganda, Kathleen Ellen Macmillan

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The note argues that amnesty can be a necessary and effective tool for achieving peace in conflict-ridden regions, even when the International Criminal Court (ICC) is involved. It focuses on Uganda's situation, where the government's amnesty offer to the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) was crucial for a ceasefire. The analysis suggests that the ICC should consider deferring to national processes, such as Uganda's Amnesty Act of 2000, to support transitional justice and reconciliation, rather than prioritizing prosecution. The note concludes that amnesty, integrated with traditional justice mechanisms, can be both legally permissible and morally justifiable in certain contexts.

International Law And Prosecutorial Discretion, Jens David Ohlin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The Clergy Of Early Seventeenth-Century France: Self-Perception And Society's Perception, J. M. Hayden, Malcolm R. Greenshields

Vincentian Studies

To understand the nature of the seventeenth-century French church, one must understand the rural clergy and their parishioners; the majority of the population was rural. One glimpse of how the clergy perceived themselves and how others viewed them is given in the cahiers de doleances prepared by each estate for the Estates General of 1614. The article also explores the First Estate’s role in society and the reformation of the clergy proposed by all three estates. The elite are best represented in the cahiers of the First and Third Estates, while a cross-section of the Second Estate is represented. Nonetheless, …

After The Gold Rush—Part I: Hamdi, 9/11, And The Dark Side Of The Enlightenment, Daniel R. Williams

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Paying For The Sins Of Their Clients: The Eeoc's Position That Staffing Firms Can Be Liable When Their Clients Terminate An Assigned Employee For A Discriminatory Reason, Daniel O. O'Gorman

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

What They Died To Defend: Freedom Of Speech And Military Funeral Protests, Cynthia Mosher

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Compulsory Process And The Right To Present A Defense: Why A Criminal Defendant Should Have The Ability To Force A Witness Who Will "Take The Fifth" To Do So In Front Of The Jury, Terrence Kerwin

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Second Class Citizen Soldiers: A Proposal For Greater First Amendment Protections For America's Military Personnel, Emily Reuter

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Your Patient. My Client. Her Safety: A Physician's Guide To Avoiding The Courtroom While Helping Victims Of Domestic Violence, Gael Strack, Eugene Hyman

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Unf Journal Fall 2007, University Of North Florida

UNF Journal

A university periodical for alumni and friends of the University of North Florida.

Fact Book 2007, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Fact Book (1988-2019)

Fact Book 2007 for Illinois State University

Reining In The Minister Of Justice: Prosecutorial Oversight And The Superseder Power, Abby L. Dennis

Duke Law Journal

Virtually immune from judicial sanction, professional discipline, and civil liability, prosecutors enjoy limitless, unmonitored, and, for the most part, unreviewable power. This power and insulation from review invite abuse and public mistrust, shaking confidence in the criminal justice system. With the system in need of a means of curbing errant prosecutors and restoring public confidence, this Note explores a neglected mechanism of prosecutorial oversight-the superseder power-and argues for increased use of this oversight mechanism, coupled with explicit guidelines for its use and a public review process.

A Measure Of Harmony: The Orchestration Of Rule 32(H) With The “Discordant Symphony” Of Booker, Leeann Rosnick

Duke Law Journal

Sentencing in the post-Booker world presents a variety of challenges and uncertainties for the courts, Congress, and the general public. This Note examines one such challenge, considering the difficulties surrounding Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(h) in light of Booker. The Note develops the history of both Rule 32(h) and the Booker decision, analyzes changes and suggested amendments to Rule 32(h), and concludes that the conflict between Rule 32(h) and Booker can be easily resolved with slight alterations to the language of Rule 32(h).

The Bg News October 1, 2007, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 1, 2007. Volume 98-Issue 31.

Openline Newsletter, October 2007, Civil Service Council

OpenLine Newsletter

A monthly newsletter for Civil Service employees, Volume XXXII, Number 4, October 2007.

Illinois State University Salaries Fy2008, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Salaries

Includes three sections: civil service, continuing academic employee, and non-tenure track faculty salaries.

The Link, Vol. 1, No. 10, October 2007, Illinois State University, Center For Teaching, Learning, And Technology

The Link

Newsletter for the Illinois State University Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology

University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 2007.10, University Of San Diego Office Of Public Relations

Print Media Coverage (1947-2009)

Printed clippings housed in folders with a table of contents arranged by topic.

Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong News & Publications: e-Armstrong Newsletter (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Compass, Armstrong State University

Armstrong News & Publications: Compass (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Toward A Legal History Of Children As Witnesses, William S. Bush, David S. Tanenhaus

History Faculty Publications (Archived)

This essay offers a selective overview of recent trends in the historical scholarship on American childhood from the origins of the American Revolution to the early years of the Cold War. This overview of the literature has two purposes. First, it highlights recent sociocultural scholarship that presents substantive challenges to the conventional ways of understanding the history of children and the law. Second, in so doing, it points out that legal histories concerned solely with doctrinal matters can, and often do, present a limited and distorted window into the past. Instead, the essay argues that the place of children, historically, …

The Effects Of Collective Efficacy And Dissatisfaction With Law Enforcement On Neighborhood Crime Rates, Kelly E. Cobb

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the effects of collective efficacy and dissatisfaction with law enforcement on neighborhood crime rates. A data set was obtained from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research titled, Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Community Survey 1994-1995 (PHDCN). This is one of the only studies which ask specific questions concerning collective efficacy and dissatisfaction with law enforcement, accompanied with a large, diverse sample. This research is important because it looks at two concepts, collective efficacy and dissatisfaction with law enforcement and their combined effect on neighborhood crime rates; violent …

A March Of Moral Panic?: An Examination Of Reaction To Crime In Ireland In March 2006, Robin Maginn

Dissertations

Moral Panic is a concept that examines disproportionate reaction towards an event or persons. In March of 2006, several events occurred which provoked strong reactions from the media and from politicians. This thesis explores and examines those reactions, and will try to determine if a moral panic could be said to have occurred. This is accomplished through a qualitative reading of the reactions, by identifying themes running through the discourse on crime of the time in question, and by applying indicators of moral panic to the data. The study finds that though the reactions may not necessarily indicate moral panic, …

Judging Genes: Implications Of The Second Generation Of Genetic Tests In The Courtroom, Diane E. Hoffmann, Karen H. Rothenberg

Faculty Scholarship

The use of DNA tests for identification has revolutionized court proceedings in criminal and paternity cases. Now, requests by litigants to admit or compel a second generation of genetic tests – tests to confirm or predict genetic diseases and conditions – threaten to affect judicial decision-making in many more contexts. Unlike DNA tests for identification, these second generation tests may provide highly personal health and behavioral information about individuals and their relatives and will pose new challenges for trial court judges. This article reports on an original empirical study of how judges analyze these requests and uses the study results …

Still Playing The Game:An Ethnography Of Young People, Street Crime And Juvenile Justice In The Inner-City Dublin Community, Jonathan Ilan

Doctoral

Crime must be understood as a facet of class-cultural interaction, given that the majority of the convicted are young, urban, disadvantaged males, while the criminal law enshrines and enforces what could be viewed as middle-class behavioural expectations. Class-cultural dynamics have become increasingly complex in late modernity, however, with traditional certainties and class boundaries becoming blurred and indistinct. This thesis examines the social and cultural factors underlying youth offending and justice in an inner-city Dublin community through an ethnographic treatment of the various actors in a locality which has undergone significant change in recent years. The Crew, a group of young …

Endless Emergency: The Case Of Egypt, Sadiq Reza

Faculty Scholarship

The Arab Republic of Egypt has been in a declared state of emergency continuously since 1981 and for all but three of the past fifty years. Emergency powers, military courts, and other exceptional powers are governed by longstanding statutes in Egypt and authorized by the constitution, and their use is a prominent feature of everyday rule there today. This essay presents Egypt as a case study in what is essentially permanent governance by emergency rule and other exceptional measures. It summarizes the history and framework of emergency rule in Egypt, discusses the apparent purposes and consequences of that rule, mentions …

Ruling Out The Rule Of Law, Kim Forde-Mazrui

Vanderbilt Law Review

Although criminal justice scholars continue to debate the overall value of the void-for-vagueness doctrine, broad consensus prevails that requiring crimes to be defined in specific terms reduces law enforcement discretion. A few scholars have questioned this assumption, but the conventional view remains dominant. This Article intends to resolve the question whether the void-for-vagueness doctrine really reduces police discretion. It focuses on traffic enforcement, a context in which laws are both specific and subject to discretionary enforcement. The Article concludes that specific rules do not constrain discretion unless judicial limits are placed either on the scope of activities that may be …