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Blood Antiquities: Preserving Syria’S Heritage, Claire Stephens
Blood Antiquities: Preserving Syria’S Heritage, Claire Stephens
Chicago-Kent Law Review
The recent large-scale looting of archaeological sites across Syria at the hands of ISIS has brought the devastating effects of the illegal international antiquities market into stark relief. Not only are these illicit excavations irreparably destroying human history, they also enable ISIS to sell Syria’s cultural property to fund their jihad. This note examines the international and domestic laws that regulate this illicit antiquities trade. This note further identifies that, while these laws provide a meaningful legal framework, their ineffective implementation prevents them from effectively regulating the illicit antiquities market. Without effective market regulation, buyers in art market countries will …
Pedophiles Don’T Retire: Why The Statute Of Limitations On Sex Crimes Against Children Must Be Abolished, Symone Shinton
Pedophiles Don’T Retire: Why The Statute Of Limitations On Sex Crimes Against Children Must Be Abolished, Symone Shinton
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Sex crimes against children are uniquely heinous. Victims suffer extensive trauma that extends long into adulthood. But despite significant psychological data that indicates survivors of childhood sexual abuse cannot and do not report their victimization on a neat and predictable timeline, sixteen states still require them to do so. Criminal statutes of limitations on sex crimes against children protect predators, permitting them to run out the clock and move on to their next victim. This Note will argue that placing the burden on survivors of sexual abuse to report in time is not only psychologically unreasonable, but also harmful to …