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Reframing Impunity: Applying Liberal International Law Theory To An Analysis Of Amnesty Legislation, William W. Burke-White
Reframing Impunity: Applying Liberal International Law Theory To An Analysis Of Amnesty Legislation, William W. Burke-White
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The Ex Ante Function Of The Criminal Law, Paul H. Robinson, John M. Darley, Kevin M. Carlsmith
The Ex Ante Function Of The Criminal Law, Paul H. Robinson, John M. Darley, Kevin M. Carlsmith
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Criminal legal codes draw clear lines between permissible and illegal conduct, and the criminal justice system counts on people knowing these lines and governing their conduct accordingly. This is the "ex ante" function of the law; lines are drawn, and because citizens fear punishments or believe in the moral validity of the legal codes they do not cross these lines. But do people in fact know the lines that legal codes draw? The fact that several states have adopted laws that deviate from other state laws enables a field experiment to address this question. Residents (N = 203) of states …
Two Men On A Plank, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
Two Men On A Plank, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
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Can two individuals, each of whom needs a certain resource for his survival, have equal and conflicting rights to that resource? If so, is each entitled to try to exclude the other from its use? An old chestnut of moral and legal philosophy raises the problem. Following a shipwreck, two men converge simultaneously on a plank floating in the sea. There is no other plank available and no immediate hope of rescue. Unfortunately the plank can support only one; it sinks if two try to cling to it. Is it permissible for each to attempt to secure his own survival …
Two Observations On Holocaust Claims, William W. Bratton
Two Observations On Holocaust Claims, William W. Bratton
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Criminal Justice And Black Families: The Collateral Damage Of Over-Enforcement, Dorothy E. Roberts
Criminal Justice And Black Families: The Collateral Damage Of Over-Enforcement, Dorothy E. Roberts
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Poverty, Welfare Reform, And The Meaning Of Disability, Jennifer Pokempner, Dorothy E. Roberts
Poverty, Welfare Reform, And The Meaning Of Disability, Jennifer Pokempner, Dorothy E. Roberts
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Introduction To The Symposium On Conflicts Of Rights, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
Introduction To The Symposium On Conflicts Of Rights, Claire Oakes Finkelstein
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Conflicting Rights And The Outbreak Of The First World War, Leo Katz
Conflicting Rights And The Outbreak Of The First World War, Leo Katz
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Judicial Fact-Finding And Sentence Enhancements In A World Of Guilty Pleas, Stephanos Bibas
Judicial Fact-Finding And Sentence Enhancements In A World Of Guilty Pleas, Stephanos Bibas
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