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Os Embargos De Retenção Por Benfeitorias Nas Ações Executivas 'Lato Sensu', Nelson Rodrigues Netto Mar 2004

Os Embargos De Retenção Por Benfeitorias Nas Ações Executivas 'Lato Sensu', Nelson Rodrigues Netto

Nelson Rodrigues Netto

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Shining A Light In A Dim Corner: Standing To Appeal And The Right To Defend A Judgment In The Federal Courts, Joan E. Steinman Mar 2004

Shining A Light In A Dim Corner: Standing To Appeal And The Right To Defend A Judgment In The Federal Courts, Joan E. Steinman

All Faculty Scholarship

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Offensive Issue Preclusion In The Criminal Context: Two Steps Foward, One Step Back, Michelle S. Simon Jan 2004

Offensive Issue Preclusion In The Criminal Context: Two Steps Foward, One Step Back, Michelle S. Simon

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This article addresses whether the expansion of the doctrine of issue preclusion in the federal criminal area should mirror the expansion of the doctrine in the federal civil area. The article examines the general requirements of issue preclusion and the evolution of issue preclusion in both the civil and criminal context. Next, this article examines the current status of offensive and defensive issue preclusion when the first suit is civil and the second suit is criminal, the first suit is criminal and the second suit is civil, and where both the first and second action is criminal. The article then …