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Toward Dispassionate, Effective Control Of Sexual Offenders , Carol L. Kunz Dec 1997

Toward Dispassionate, Effective Control Of Sexual Offenders , Carol L. Kunz

American University Law Review

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Beating The Prisoner At Prisoner's Dilemma: The Evidentiary Value Of A Witness's Refusal To Testify , Russell Dean Covey Oct 1997

Beating The Prisoner At Prisoner's Dilemma: The Evidentiary Value Of A Witness's Refusal To Testify , Russell Dean Covey

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recalibrating The Scales Of Justice Through National Punitive Damage Reform, Kimberly A. Pace Jun 1997

Recalibrating The Scales Of Justice Through National Punitive Damage Reform, Kimberly A. Pace

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sandin V. Conner: Lowering The Boom On The Procedural Rights Of Prisoners , Scott F. Weisman Feb 1997

Sandin V. Conner: Lowering The Boom On The Procedural Rights Of Prisoners , Scott F. Weisman

American University Law Review

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The Remoteness That Betrays Desire, Kenneth Anderson Jan 1997

The Remoteness That Betrays Desire, Kenneth Anderson

Book Reviews

This 1997 review in the Times Literary Supplement covered the then, as now, incendiary issue of the nude photography of children and adolescents. It reviewed photobooks by two leading photographers of children in the nude, Jock Sturges and David Hamilton. Sturges, an American, photographed mainly on nude beaches in France and Europe, often following the same families and children for years on end; he had been indicted on child pornography charges in the 1908s, although the jury took only a few minutes to find for him. Hamilton, British, has photographed in France and in various islands. The photography of child …


Limiting Liability Through Education: Do School Districts Have A Responsibility To Teach Students About Peer Sexual Harassment?, Diane M. Welsh Jan 1997

Limiting Liability Through Education: Do School Districts Have A Responsibility To Teach Students About Peer Sexual Harassment?, Diane M. Welsh

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


News From The International War Crimes Tribunals, Brian D. Tittemore Jan 1997

News From The International War Crimes Tribunals, Brian D. Tittemore

Human Rights Brief

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Sexual Harassment Proscriptive Polices Of The European Community, Ireland, And New Zealand, John C. Penn Jan 1997

Sexual Harassment Proscriptive Polices Of The European Community, Ireland, And New Zealand, John C. Penn

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Sexual Assault Issues Before The War Crimes Tribunal, Diane Orentlicher Jan 1997

Sexual Assault Issues Before The War Crimes Tribunal, Diane Orentlicher

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


International Criminal Law And The Cambodian Killing Fields, Diane Orentlicher Jan 1997

International Criminal Law And The Cambodian Killing Fields, Diane Orentlicher

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Using International Human Rights Law And Machinery In Defending Borderless Crime Cases, Richard J. Wilson Jan 1997

Using International Human Rights Law And Machinery In Defending Borderless Crime Cases, Richard J. Wilson

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

This Essay focuses on four areas of international human rights law. The first area, the protection of attorneys’ fees from forfeiture, is an issue of great concern in the United States, given the state of the law there. The next area, the application of the death penalty in international law, will also include arguments about the “death row phenomenon.” The third area addressed is the use of international human rights law to overcome the rule of non-inquiry in extradition matters, a rule by which the judicial authority reviewing the propriety of extradition is barred from inquiry into the fairness of …


Race, Cops, And Traffic Stops, Angela J. Davis Jan 1997

Race, Cops, And Traffic Stops, Angela J. Davis

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

This article discusses the Supreme Court's failure to provide a clear and effective remedy for discriminatory pretextual traffic stops. The first part explores the discretionary nature of pretextual stops and their discriminatory effect on African-Americans and Latinos. Then, the article examines Whren v. United States, a Supreme Court case in which the petitioners claimed that these “pretextual stops” violate the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution and are racially discriminatory. The Supreme Court rejected the claim, upholding the constitutionality of pretextual stops based on probable cause and noting that claims of racial discrimination must be challenged under the Equal Protection Clause. …


Crushing Equality: Gender Equal Sentencing In America, Christopher M. Alexander Jan 1997

Crushing Equality: Gender Equal Sentencing In America, Christopher M. Alexander

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Sex Discrimination And Sexual Harassment In Agricultural Labor, Maria M. Dominguez Jan 1997

Sex Discrimination And Sexual Harassment In Agricultural Labor, Maria M. Dominguez

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


A Permanent International Criminal Court: Soon To Be A Reality , Richard J. Wilson Jan 1997

A Permanent International Criminal Court: Soon To Be A Reality , Richard J. Wilson

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


A Report On The Negotiations For The Creation Of An International Criminal Court, Fanny Benedetti Jan 1997

A Report On The Negotiations For The Creation Of An International Criminal Court, Fanny Benedetti

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Field Report: Alternatives To Obeying Superior Order; A Question For The International Criminal Court, Rajeev Purohit Jan 1997

Field Report: Alternatives To Obeying Superior Order; A Question For The International Criminal Court, Rajeev Purohit

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Swapping Amnesty For Peace And The Duty To Prosecute Human Rights Crimes, Diane Orentlicher Jan 1997

Swapping Amnesty For Peace And The Duty To Prosecute Human Rights Crimes, Diane Orentlicher

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.