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The Arab Spring’S Four Seasons: International Protections And The Sovereignty Problem, Jillian Blake, Aqsa Mahmud

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

In December 2010, public demonstrations erupted throughout the Middle East against autocratic regimes, igniting a regional political transformation known as the Arab Spring. Depending on events, modern international criminal and humanitarian law provided certain protections to vulnerable populations. However, international law did not provide a uniform degree of protection to civilians and combatants who faced similar circumstances. This Article argues for a uniform standard of protections for all populations affected by armed conflict, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. It evaluates each of five major Arab Spring uprisings (Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt, Syria, and Libya) and describes the legal protections that …

The Impact Of The Icty On Atrocity-Related Prosecutions In The Courts Of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Yaël Ronen

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia was not mandated to proactively promote domestic prosecutions of war-related crimes. However, its operation may have had some impact on domestic proceedings concerning war-related crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The object of this article is to identify and explain this impact, with respect to qualitative (institutional legal capacities), quantitative (rates of prosecution and trends in sentencing), and normative (the adoption and application of criminal law norms) benchmarks.

The Limits Of Judicial Idealism: Should The International Criminal Court Engage With Consequentialist Aspirations?, Shahram Dana

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

Idealism about what international criminal justice mechanisms can achieve has lead to ideologically driven judicial decision-making in international criminal law (ICL). ICL idealism manifests itself in the belief that international criminal prosecutions can achieve an awesome array of goals. These include retribution, deterrence, reconciliation, rehabilitation, incapacitation, restoration, building a historical record, preventing revisionism, expressive and didactic functions, crystallizing international norms, general affirmative prevention, establishing peace, preventing war, vindicating international law prohibitions, setting standards for fair trials, combating impunity, and more. Ironically, this idealistic overreach, although usually well intended, has actually contributed to the politicization of the international judicial process.

The …

No Witness, No Case: An Assessment Of The Conduct And Quality Of Icc Investigations, Dermot Groome

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

The conduct and quality of investigations pursued by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court have come under increasing scrutiny and criticism from judges on the Court. Criticism is directed at the time and length of investigations; the quality of the evidence advanced in court; the inappropriate delegation of investigative functions, and the failure to interview witnesses in a way that is consistent with the Prosecution’s obligation to conduct investigations fairly under Article 54 of the Rome Statute. This essay explores these criticisms and concludes that the judges are justified in their concerns regarding the Prosecution’s investigative …

Foreword, Claudio Grossman

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes, April 18, 2014, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

All Faculty Senate 2007-2014 Committee Minutes and Reports

Minutes from the Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum Committee meeting held on April 18, 2014.

Argentine Officers, Bankers, Business Owners Face Human Rights Abuse Trials, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Agenda, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg General Education Committee Meeting, April 18, 2014, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Faculty Senate. General Education Committee

USF St. Petersburg General Education Committee Meetings

Agenda from the April 18, 2014, meeting of the General Education Committee of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Faculty Senate.

Gov. Phil Bryant To Deliver Um Commencement Address, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

State's chief executive to address 2014 graduates and families May 10 in the Grove

The Consequence Of Freedom: A Sociological Analysis Of The Suicide Epidemic In Luthuania, Kyle Kaminski

Honors Theses

Lithuania has the highest global suicide rate at 40.2/100,000, according to the international suicide statistics provided by WHO (2004). Lithuania's suicide rate is over 2.5 times more than the global average. The top five countries in terms of suicide rate are Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Hungary (Ibid). All of these countries were previously under the Soviet Union's control from the end of World War II to the end of the Cold War in 1989. Lithuania has not always been at the top of the rankings for global suicide rates. Lithuania's suicide rate spiked almost 20 percent during the years …

State V. Lemmons Respondent's Brief 1 Dckt. 41278

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxxxi, Number 19, April 18, 2014, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Vol.41 N.38 April 17th 2014, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Curricular Affairs Committee Report #514, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

No abstract provided.

Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome And Child Development: A Meta-Synthesis, Jane Blasingame

Special Education Masters Program Theses

Exposure to acute stress and maltreatment during the first forty-eight months of life may result in a chain reaction of chemical and biological changes negatively impacting the growth and development of the brain. Especially affected is the neurohormonal structure of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal or HPA axis, which regulates stress hormones. Corpus callosum, the left neocortex, hippocampus, and amygdala are major brain structures which are adversely affected by chronic acute stress. Psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may result from severe stress, neglect and maltreatment especially when acute stress comes about during critical periods of developmental.

The Fairbanks Four: Hopeless Innocence And The Flawed System That Escorted Them To Stagnant Wrongful Convictions, Meghan Hill

Justice

This project explores factors that lead to wrongful convictions with a case study from 1997 on the sensitive claim of innocence on the Fairbanks, Alaska community: The John Hartman murder. As the representative model throughout the project, this sexual assault and murder case of the accused Fairbanks Four will be examined. Through a multi-disciplinary scope, the topic will be approached through numerous accounts of research, interviews, and field-work. By dissecting the Fairbanks Four case and applying it to the research of the burdensome appeals process, the supporting factors are apparent in the practices that lead to wrongful convictions. In the …

The Alestle - Vol. 66 No. 29 - 04/17/2014, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 66 No. 29

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Resolving The Hate Crimes/Hate Speech Paradox: Punching Bias Crimes And Protecting Racist Speech, Frederick M. Lawrence

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Crossing The Constitutional Line: Due Process And The Law Enforcement Justification, Gail M. Greaney

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Adversary Cecesses In The American Criminal Trial, Gordon Van Kessel

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Failure To Protect Witnesses: Are Prosecutors Liable, Daniel J. Glivar

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

No Easy Solutions To The Problem Of Criminal Mega-Trials, Brendan Judge

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

New Developments Or More Of The Same? A Historical, Sociological, And Political Look At Missouri's Sex Offender Laws From 1995 To 2013, Robert Mackenzie

Theses

The Republican controlled Missouri General Assembly passed HB 301 in 2013 only to have it vetoed by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon. The bill would have eliminated certain juvenile offenders from the sex offender registry allowing for the removal of first time juvenile offenders. Questions: What are the general trends of sex offender laws and how does HB 301 fit with these trends? How do current political and sociological theories of policy creation explain the actions surrounding Missouri’s HB 301? Methods: This transcript used historical analysis of bills passed by the Missouri General Assembly, Missouri newspaper articles, the political makeup of …

Stand Your Ground: An Analysis Of Today And A Forecast Of The Future, Erica N. Beers

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

"The law is never static; it is always changing, being interpreted or redefined, as regulators and judges strive, with varying degrees of success, to ensure that the law constantly reflects changes in society itself" Throughout the history of the United States, and even within the state of Florida, there have been numerous occasions where laws have been passed and controversy amongst society and the government has ensued. Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law has been criticized since its enactment. Since this law became effective in October of 2005, it would be hardly accurate to claim that this law made a clean …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

The Bg News April 16, 2014, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. April 16, 2014. Volume 93-Issue 88.

Racial Comparisons In Police Officer Bench Press Strength Over 12.5 Years, Robert W. Boyce, Tyler K. Willett, Glenn R. Jones, Edward L. Boone

International Journal of Exercise Science

International Journal of Exercise Science 7(2) : 140-151, 2014. Strength, when considering gender and race, provides a basis for training, hiring, and retention for police officers. The purpose of this study is to identify muscular strength differences among racial groups from initial-recruit to in-service tests. Strength variables included bench press, bench press/lean mass and bench press/body mass. Scores were retrieved for the 1990 to 1995 recruit classes and were paired to the 2006 in-service fitness log. Sample included 309 officers: 30 females (13 black, 17 white) and 279 males (41 black, 238 white). Mean age of recruit was 24.6 ± …

Phoenix, 2014-04-15, Student Life

Phoenix

The Phoenix is a student newspaper published at Governors State University since August 2002. The newspaper features student reporting, opinions, news, and photos.

The Legacy, April 15, 2014, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University