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Comparisons Of The Soul: A Foucauldian Analysis Of Reasonable Doubt, Jeri Mallory
Comparisons Of The Soul: A Foucauldian Analysis Of Reasonable Doubt, Jeri Mallory
Scripps Senior Theses
The purpose of this paper is to uncover a new level of thinking regarding the discourse and debate around the standard of reasonable doubt and how it is used in our court rooms. The current argument surrounding the reasonable doubt standard has become circular and reached an impasse. By introducing the lens of social control and using the writings of notable French philosopher Michel Foucault, this paper looks at the origins and development of the reasonable doubt standard and links it with the increasing methods of social control present in punishment as well as evaluating the cultural narrative around its …
Reimagining Potential Life: A Socialized Right To Reproductive Freedom, Daniella Henry
Reimagining Potential Life: A Socialized Right To Reproductive Freedom, Daniella Henry
Scripps Senior Theses
A more conservative supreme court will likely have the chance to overrule Roe v. Wade. Many states have passed heartbeat laws that will probably be taken all the way to the supreme court, these cases will ask the supreme court to affirm fetal personhood, giving fetuses a constitutionally recognized right to due process and making abortion illegal. In this thesis, I will defend an expansion of protections for pregnant peoples through a socialized right to abortion.