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Understanding Crime Gravity: Exploring The Views Of International Criminal Law Experts, Stuart Ford
Understanding Crime Gravity: Exploring The Views Of International Criminal Law Experts, Stuart Ford
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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To Kill Or Not To Kill: (When) That Is The Question? A Legislative Treatise On Battered Israeli Women Facing A Dead End Road, Hava Dayan
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
This Paper seeks to examine the legal framework in which the self-defense exception is applied in Israel in circumstances of domestic violence. The Paper scrutinizes the issue with reference to recent amendments to the Israeli Penal Code pertaining to the ‘castledefense’ which grants a person defending his home and property-wide protection from criminal liability. In light of these amendments, the lack of legislative harmony between the exception to criminal liability applied when defending property and the deficient protection afforded to victims of ongoing, severe domestic violence, is striking. Aside from a critical review of Israeli legislation on the issue, this …
Choosing A Better Path: The Misguided Appeal Of Increased Criminal Liability After Deepwater Horizon, Joshua Fershee
Choosing A Better Path: The Misguided Appeal Of Increased Criminal Liability After Deepwater Horizon, Joshua Fershee
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
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A Distributive Theory Of Criminal Law, Aya Gruber
A Distributive Theory Of Criminal Law, Aya Gruber
William & Mary Law Review
In criminal law circles, the accepted wisdom is that there are two and only two true justifications of punishment―retributivism and utilitarianism. The multitude of moral claims about punishment may thus be reduced to two propositions: (1) punishment should be imposed because defendants deserve it, and (2) punishment should be imposed because it makes society safer. At the same time, most penal scholars notice the trend in criminal law to de-emphasize intent, centralize harm, and focus on victims, but they largely write off this trend as an irrational return to antiquated notions of vengeance. This Article asserts that there is in …
Punishing Children In The Criminal Law, Cynthia V. Ward
Punishing Children In The Criminal Law, Cynthia V. Ward
Faculty Publications
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Rico, Cce, And Other Complex Crimes: The Transformation Of American Criminal Law?, Susan W. Brenner
Rico, Cce, And Other Complex Crimes: The Transformation Of American Criminal Law?, Susan W. Brenner
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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Maritime Drug Smuggling Conspiracies: Criminal Liability For Importation And Distribution, Michael J. Gardner
Maritime Drug Smuggling Conspiracies: Criminal Liability For Importation And Distribution, Michael J. Gardner
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.