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Executing The Factually Innocent: The U.S. Constitution, Habeus Corpus, And The Death Penalty: Facing The Embarrassing Question At Last, Charles I. Lugosi
Executing The Factually Innocent: The U.S. Constitution, Habeus Corpus, And The Death Penalty: Facing The Embarrassing Question At Last, Charles I. Lugosi
Charles I. Lugosi
No abstract provided.
Beyond Personhood: Abortion, Child Abuse And Equal Protection, Charles I. Lugosi
Beyond Personhood: Abortion, Child Abuse And Equal Protection, Charles I. Lugosi
Charles I. Lugosi
No abstract provided.
Troubling The Definition Of Pornography: Little Sisters, A New Defining Moment In Feminists' Engagement With The Law?, Lara Karaian
Troubling The Definition Of Pornography: Little Sisters, A New Defining Moment In Feminists' Engagement With The Law?, Lara Karaian
Lara Karaian
This article explores feminism’s relationship to the legal regulation of pornography. Of particular interest to the author is how the defining moment of the Butler decision has been opened up to contestation and complication by Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium et. al. v. Minister of Justice et al., a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding Canada Customs violations of the free expression and equality rights of a Vancouver-based gay and lesbian bookstore. The focus of the article is on the role that the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) played in both Butler and Little Sisters. The …
Garda Diversion Of Young Offenders: An Unreasonable Threat To Due Process Rights?, Liz Campbell
Garda Diversion Of Young Offenders: An Unreasonable Threat To Due Process Rights?, Liz Campbell
Liz Campbell
Diversion programmes play a significant role in the field of youth justice, as an alternative to the conventional court process, which aim to prevent the entry of the child into the formal justice system. This article seeks to establish whether the purported benefits of the pre-trial police diversion programme in Ireland outweigh any infringements on the rights of the child. Firstly, the salient legislative provisions are briefly elucidated, and then the application of the Programme to date is examined. Next, the issue of whether traditional due process rights are relevant or necessary in the context of the Garda diversion programme …
Islamic Jurisprudence (Reviewing Muḥammad Bāqir Aṣ-Ṣadr, Lessons In Islamic Jurisprudence, Trans. Roy Mottahedeh (Oxford: Oneworld, 2003)), Intisar Rabb Phd
Islamic Jurisprudence (Reviewing Muḥammad Bāqir Aṣ-Ṣadr, Lessons In Islamic Jurisprudence, Trans. Roy Mottahedeh (Oxford: Oneworld, 2003)), Intisar Rabb Phd
Intisar A. Rabb
No abstract provided.
The Scottish And English Religious Roots Of The American Right To Arms: Buchanan, Rutherford, Locke, Sidney, And The Duty To Overthrow Tyranny, David B. Kopel
The Scottish And English Religious Roots Of The American Right To Arms: Buchanan, Rutherford, Locke, Sidney, And The Duty To Overthrow Tyranny, David B. Kopel
David B Kopel
Many twenty-first century Americans believe that they have a God-given right to possess arms as a last resort against tyranny. One of the most important sources of that belief is the struggle for freedom of conscience in the United Kingdom during the reigns of Elizabeth I and the Stuarts. A moral right and duty to use force against tyranny was explicated by the Scottish Presbyterians George Buchanan and Samuel Rutherford. The free-thinking English Christians John Locke and Algernon Sidney broadened and deepened the ideas of Buchanan and Rutherford. The result was a sophisticated defense of religious freedom, which was to …
International Criminal Court & India: Responses To Queries Raised By Parliamentarians, Saumya Uma
International Criminal Court & India: Responses To Queries Raised By Parliamentarians, Saumya Uma
Saumya Uma
This is a pocket-book consisting of queries raised by Parliamentarians at the first consultative meeting organized by ICC-India campaign / Women's Research & Action Group on the International Criminal Court (ICC), in August 2005, and written responses to the same. It is aimed at strengthening the information dissemination efforts on ICC with Indian Parliamentarians.