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The Opinion Volume 43 Issue 3 – December 1, 2004, The Opinion Dec 2004

The Opinion Volume 43 Issue 3 – December 1, 2004, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated December 01, 2004


The Opinion Volume 43 Issue 2 – November 1, 2004, The Opinion Nov 2004

The Opinion Volume 43 Issue 2 – November 1, 2004, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated November, 1, 2004


The Opinion Volume 43 Issue 1 – October 1, 2004, The Opinion Oct 2004

The Opinion Volume 43 Issue 1 – October 1, 2004, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated October, 1, 2004


The Origins Of American Felony Murder Rules, Guyora Binder Oct 2004

The Origins Of American Felony Murder Rules, Guyora Binder

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Contemporary commentators continue to instruct lawyers and law students that England bequeathed America a sweeping default principle of strict liability for all deaths caused in all felonies. This Article exposes the harsh "common law" felony murder rule as a myth. It retraces the origins of American felony murder rules to reveal their modern, American, and legislative sources, the rationality of their original scope, and the fairness of their original application. It demonstrates that the draconian doctrine of strict liability for all deaths resulting from all felonies was never enacted into English law or received into American law. This Article reviews …


The Accidental Legal Historian: Herman Melville And The History Of American Law, Alfred S. Konefsky Jan 2004

The Accidental Legal Historian: Herman Melville And The History Of American Law, Alfred S. Konefsky

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