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Etsu Today - Fall 2009, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

Despite the economy, ETSU remains strong. After a year of buyouts and budget cuts, East Tennessee State University is still strong, the school’s president said in August. Delivering the annual state of the university address at the faculty convocation Friday, Dr. Paul Stanton, ETSU president, said the challenges ETSU faced in the 2008-2009 fiscal year were tough but manageable because of good planning and good employees. “When I delivered the state of the university address last year, I was preparing for ... retirement, having made that announcement for medical reasons,” Stanton told the faculty gathered in the school’s D.P. Culp …

Undergraduate Student Catalog Fall 2009, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

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Discriminatory Acquittal, Tania Tetlow

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This article is the first to analyze a pervasive and unexplored constitutional problem: the rights of crime victims against unconstitutional discrimination by juries. From the Emmett Till trial to that of Rodney King, there is a long history of juries acquitting white defendants charged with violence against black victims. Modem empirical evidence continues to show a devaluation of black victims; dramatic disparities exist in death sentence and rape conviction rates according to the race of the victim. Moreover, just as juries have permitted violence against those who allegedly violated the racial order, juries use acquittals to punish female victims of …

Your Honor, I Seen Him With That Gang: The Constitutionality Of The Federal Criminal Street Gang Statute In The Wake Of Apprendi V. New Jersey, Jennifer E. Fleming

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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Book Review: Loren Eiseley: Commentary, Biography, And Remembrance Edited By Hilda Raz, Rasoul Sorkhabi

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This little book is a nice addition to the Loren Eiseley shelf in my home library. Much has been written about Eiseley’s life, thought, and work, but he still remains little known to the public at large. As authors of essays in this volume testify from various angles, Eiseley’s writings are a rich reservoir of notions and emotions that connect humans to nature, life, and to themselves. The essays were first published in the Fall 1997 issue of Prairie Schooner, the journal in which the 20-year-old Eiseley published his first poem in 1927.

Scott Slovic’s introductory chapter is a …

Book Review: New Faces In New Places: The Changing Geography Of American Immigration Edited By Douglas S. Massey, John Defrain

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Patterns of immigration to the U.S. have been changing since the 1990s. The geographic dispersion of immigrants away from traditional urban gateways— New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, and Chicago— into smaller communities throughout the country means that millions of native-born Americans lacking any experience with foreigners are now, for the first time in living memory, having direct and sustained contact with unassimilated immigrants. The newcomers settle in small towns as well as large cities, in the middle of the country as well as the coasts. Especially relevant to Great Plains Research readers, the new immigrants have discovered the Middle …

Book Review: Sharing Our Stories Of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence Edited By Sarah Deer, Bonnie Clairmont, Carrie A. Martell, And Maureen L. White Eagle, Roe Bubar

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Sharing our Stories of Survival is a heartbreaking and compelling presentation of Native women surviving violence. The text is a timely collaborative offering of essays and poetry, given the international attention on human rights and violence plaguing Indigenous women. Its appeal, as Tillie Blackbear says, is the spirit in which the book was written, with “survivors at the center of the analysis.” There are a multitude of writers, yet it is the voices of Native women and survivors that compel us to consider the circumstances out of which the volume arose and for what purpose is was meant. Native women …

Sex Trafficking Needs Assessment For The State Of Minnesota, Mary C. Ellison

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 1st (2009)

Sex trafficking is a form of slavery and involuntary servitude resulting in grave human rights violations. Minnesota was a place of origin, transit, and destination for sex trafficking operations even before federal or state law defined the crime of “sex trafficking.” In September 2008, The Advocates for Human Rights published the Sex Trafficking Needs Assessment Report at the request of the State of Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force. The Report focuses on trafficking of persons for commercial sexual exploitation or prostitution as defined in federal law and Minnesota law. The qualitative research conducted by The Advocates compliments data by the …

Misunderstanding Provocation, Samuel H. Pillsbury

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Provocation is and always has been a compromise rule whose success depends on its ability to appeal to all ideological constituencies, and therefore will always-as long as it lasts-resist the final categorization that this question seeks. As long as provocation involves an inquiry into reasonableness, it will include considerations of justification. As long as it provides for mitigation of punishment based on the difficulty of resisting temptations to violence inspired by strong emotion, it will speak to considerations of excuse.

The Values Of Interdisciplinarity In Homicide Law Reform, Robert Weisberg

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Professor Reid Fontaine's article, Adequate (Non)Provocation and Heat of Passion as Excuse Not Justification, makes a convincing case for treating heat of passion wholly as an excuse not a justification, as the only sensible way to comprehend its various forms. In doing so, Professor Fontaine stimulates further thinking about heat of passion doctrine, along two dimensions.

Unjustified: The Practical Irrelevance Of The Justification/Excuse Distinction, Gabriel J. Chin

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

In recent decades, the distinction between justification and excuse defenses has been a favorite topic of theorists of philosophy and criminal law. Notwithstanding the impressive intellectual efforts devoted to the task, no single scholar or viewpoint appears to be on the verge of generating practical consensus about the concepts of justification and excuse, categorization of the defenses, or categorization of difficult individual cases. This Essay suggests that none of these goals can be usefully advanced through the justification/excuse distinction.

On Passion's Potential To Undermine Rationality: A Reply, Reid Griffith Fontaine

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Reply is organized into several sections. Following the Introduction, I respond to my six distinguished commentators. In Section II, I consider Professor Chin's concern that the distinction between justification and excuse bears no practical relevance for the criminal law. In Section III, I respond to Professor Baron's argument that reasonable mistake of fact is consistent with justification-a view, she observes, that is generally reflected in the criminal law. Building on the discussion of whether mistake and justification are compatible, Section IV addresses Professor Pillsbury's treatment of heat of passion as a hybrid defense that uniquely incorporates components of both …

Disclosure Of Juror Identities To The Press: Who Will Speak For The Jurors?, Kenneth J. Melilli

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article argues that courts misapply the First Amendment right of access by disclosing juror identities, which can lead to harassment. It advocates for concealing juror information to protect them, similar to how soldiers are protected after service. The solution proposed is to respect jurors' preferences regarding disclosure.

Sex And Slavery: An Analysis Of Three Models Of State Human Trafficking Legislation, Melynda H. Barnhart

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Proportionality And Prosecutorial Discretion: Challenges To The Constitutionality Of Georgia's Death Penalty Laws And Procedures Amidst The Deficiencies Of The State's Mandatory Appellate Review Structure, Kristen Nugent

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Rap Sheet, Fall 2009, Illinois State University, Department Of Criminal Justice Sciences

The Rap Sheet

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Criminal Justice Sciences

Csbs Kudos, October 2009, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Kudos

Contents:

-- Kudos to:
-- Kudos to the CSBS Faculty who earned tenure and promotion for this year
-- Kudos to CSBS Award Winners. Recipients were honored at the State of the College address on October 5

The Equal Protection Class Of One Claim: Olech, Enquist, And The Supreme Court's Misadventure, Robert C. Farrell

South Carolina Law Review

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Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 2 Fall 2009, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

Los Arcos - Fall 2009, University Of Texas-Pan American

UTPA Archives - Los Arcos Magazine

No abstract provided.

Utpa Stats At A Glance - Fall 2009, University Of Texas-Pan American

UTPA Archives - Stats At A Glance

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Federal Forfeiture And Money Laundering: Undue Deference To Legal Fictions And The Canadian Crossroads, Max M. Nelson

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Full Of Courage: Thomas L. Kane, The Utah War, And Byu's Kane Collection As Lodestone, William P. Mackinnon

BYU Studies

This article, originally a lecture given at Brigham Young University in 2009, was published as part of a special issue of BYU Studies featuring Thomas L. Kane. Although Kane was not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was an advocate for the Mormon cause and a trusted friend of Mormon leaders for almost forty years. MacKinnon explores the significance of Kane's role in helping to resolve peacefully the Utah War of 1857–58 by exploring what the Utah War was, when and how Thomas L. Kane became involved in it, what Kane's motives for involvement …

Cj Times Volume 2, Issue 2, Department Of Criminal Justice

CJ Times (Newsletter)

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Crimes And Offenses, Criminal Procedure Crimes Against The Person, Sentence And Punishment: Amend Section 1 Of Article 1 Of Chapter 5 Of Title 16, And Chapter 10 Of Title 17 Of The Official Code Of Georgia Annotated, Relating To Murder And Felony Murder And Sentencing And Punishment, Respectively, So As To Provide For The Imposition Of Life Without Parole Of Persons Convicted Of Murder Independently Of A Death Penalty Prosecution; Provide That The Sentence Of Life Without Parole May Be Imposed Without The Necessity Of The Trier Of Facts Making A Recommendation Of Such Sentence Or Finding Statutory Aggravating Circumstances; Change Certain Provisions Relating To Punishment For Serious Violent Offenders; Repeal Certain Provisions Relating To Imprisonment For Life Without Parole And Finding Statutory Aggravating Circumstances; Provide For Certain Information To Be Reported To The Court Under Certain Circumstances; Repeal Provisions Relating To Duties Of The Judge And Certain Jury Instructions; Repeal Provisions Relating To Sentencing Of Person Subject To Death Penalty Or Life Without Parole Upon A Plea Of Guilty And The Duties Of The Judge; Provide For Related Matters; Provide An Effective Date; Provide For Applicability; Repeal Conflicting Laws; And For Other Purposes., Don Brown, Dmitri Epstein

Georgia State University Law Review

The Act provides for the imposition of life without parole for persons convicted of murder independent of a death penalty prosecution. The Act provides that the sentence of life without parole may be imposed without the necessity of the trier of fact making a recommendation of such sentence or finding statutory aggravating circumstances. The Act provides jury instructions as to the definitions of “life imprisonment” and “life without parole.” The Act amends existing law relating to prehearing sentences in felony cases. The Act repeals all conflicting laws.

"Knock And Talk" And The Fourth Amendment, Craig M. Bradley

Indiana Law Journal

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Poodles And Bulldogs: The United States, Britain, And The International Rule Of Law, Philippe Sands

Indiana Law Journal

Addison C. Harris Lecture

Understanding Human Services Utilization: Opportunities For Data Sharing Between Federally Funded Programs, Nancy C. Shank

Nancy Shank Publications

In communities across the United States, social service clients face uncoordinated systems of care and delays in services when their information cannot easily be shared among providers. Social service agencies face challenges in sharing information on clients and services between disparate information systems and inefficiencies when multiple, stand-alone systems are used to satisfy operational, funding, or reporting requirements.

This cataloging project arose from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) interest to document standards that may be of relevance to its community partners, particularly those partners working to support local homeless, housing, and community development activities and build …

Historic House Museum Assessment: Jennie Wade House Museum Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Jennifer Toburen

Historic Preservation Final Projects

No abstract provided.

Prisoners For Sale: Making The Thirteenth Amendment Case Against State Private Prison Contracts, Ryan S. Marion

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.