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The High Price Of Poverty: A Study Of How The Majority Of Current Court System Procedures For Collecting Court Costs And Fees, As Well As Fines, Have Failed To Adhere To Established Precedent And The Constitutional Guarantees They Advocate., Trevor J. Calligan
Trevor J Calligan
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Abandoning The Status Quo: Towards Uniform Application Of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Gregory Catangay
Abandoning The Status Quo: Towards Uniform Application Of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Gregory Catangay
Gregory Catangay
The accompanying Article identifies and analyzes the causes of unequal application of the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) program and argues for a federal takeover of the program. The Article highlights the current immigration crisis and the plight of unaccompanied minors seeking a better life in the United States. These minors may be eligible for permanent legal status in the United States through the SIJS program. Although SIJS is a federal remedy, variations in state law and interpretation of SIJS requirements exclude eligible minors.
In order to be eligible for the SIJS program, a state trial court must find that …
Strengthening Juvenile Rights Or Doing The Opposite: The Legal Mysteries Of The Chinese Juvenile Justice System Behind The “Li Gang-Rape Case”, Hongwei Zhang
Hongwei Zhang
ABSTRACT
After three-decade expansion since 1984, Chinese juvenile justice, largely seen as subsystem of general criminal justice, has reached to a good scale and idea of “giving priority to education and supplementing it with punishment” has served as a fundamental principle. Encouraged by these, more legal provisions have arisen to safeguard juvenile offender’ rights. However, the one-sided principle of education first and punishment second often ignores the legitimate requests arising from the victims and the general public are, in effect, not only drawing criticism to juvenile’s rights, they also might undermine the fairness and justice of society as a whole. …
Juvenile "Accountability": An Overused Argument., Kelly X. Ranasinghe
Juvenile "Accountability": An Overused Argument., Kelly X. Ranasinghe
Kelly X Ranasinghe
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