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My Life In Crime: An Intellectual History Of The Juvenile Court, Barry C. Feld
My Life In Crime: An Intellectual History Of The Juvenile Court, Barry C. Feld
Nevada Law Journal
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Pursuing Gault, David S. Tanenhaus, Eric C. Nystrom
Pursuing Gault, David S. Tanenhaus, Eric C. Nystrom
Nevada Law Journal
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Dwi And Drugs: A Look At Per Se Laws For Marijuana, Charles R. Cordova, Jr.
Dwi And Drugs: A Look At Per Se Laws For Marijuana, Charles R. Cordova, Jr.
Nevada Law Journal
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The Fiction Of Juvenile Right To Counsel: Waiver In Juvenile Courts, Mary E. Berkheiser
The Fiction Of Juvenile Right To Counsel: Waiver In Juvenile Courts, Mary E. Berkheiser
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Although a number of juvenile justice advocates and scholars have decried the prevalence of juvenile waiver of right to counsel, no one has undertaken a comprehensive study of the problem. This Article attempts to fill that gap. The Article begins with a review of the historical context in which juvenile right to counsel arose and proceeds to a discussion of the landmark In re Gault decision and the due process underpinnings of juvenile right to counsel. The Article then chronicles the long-standing practice of permitting juveniles to waive their right to counsel and shows that the vast majority of nearly …
Book Review, David S. Tanenhaus
Book Review, David S. Tanenhaus
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In his engaging The Supreme Court and Juvenile Justice, political scientist Christopher P. Manfredi argues that Americans in the 1990s are still feeling the powerful and unintended consequences of a trilogy of Supreme Court decisions, Kent v. United States (1966), In re Gault (1967), and In re Winship (1970). In Gault, the most famous of these cases, Justice Abe Fortas announced that it was time for the “constitutional domestication” of the nation’s juvenile courts and began this process by extending limited due process protection to offenders during adjudicatory hearings. Fortas believed that these protections would shield juveniles from unlimited …