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Engaging With The State About Domestic Violence: Continuing Dilemmas And Gender Equality, Elizabeth M. Schneider
Engaging With The State About Domestic Violence: Continuing Dilemmas And Gender Equality, Elizabeth M. Schneider
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Robert Leflar, Judicial Process, And Choice Of Law, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman
Robert Leflar, Judicial Process, And Choice Of Law, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman
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Retooling American Discovery For The Twenty-First Century: Toward A New World Order?, Richard L. Marcus
Retooling American Discovery For The Twenty-First Century: Toward A New World Order?, Richard L. Marcus
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Contesting Government's Financial Interest In Drug Cases, Eric D. Blumenson, Eva S. Nilsen
Contesting Government's Financial Interest In Drug Cases, Eric D. Blumenson, Eva S. Nilsen
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In 1984, the civil asset forfeiture law was amended to allow the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and state law enforcement agencies to retain many of the "drug-related assets" they seize for their own law enforcement purposes. Under this amendment, some local law enforcement agencies have managed to double or triple their appropriated budgets by targeting such assets. As former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh has noted, "it's now possible for a drug dealer to serve time in a forfeiture-financed prison after being arrested by agents driving a forfeiture-provided automobile while working in a forfeiture-funded sting operation." The American people, however, …