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Uncle Sam Is Watching You, David Cole
Uncle Sam Is Watching You, David Cole
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
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Pops, Pic, And Lrtap: The Role Of The U.S. In Draft Legislation To Implement These International Conventions : Testimony Before The H. Subcomm. On Environment And Hazardous Materials Of The H. Comm. On Energy And Commerce, 108th Cong., Jul. 13, 2004 (Statement Of Lisa Heinzerling, Prof. Of Law, Geo. U. L. Center), Lisa Heinzerling
Testimony Before Congress
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Brief Of Amici Curiae Paralyzed Veterans Of America Et Al., Spector V. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd., No. 03-1388 (U.S. Jul. 5, 2004), Richard Mckewen, David C. Vladeck
Brief Of Amici Curiae Paralyzed Veterans Of America Et Al., Spector V. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd., No. 03-1388 (U.S. Jul. 5, 2004), Richard Mckewen, David C. Vladeck
U.S. Supreme Court Briefs
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Rethinking Crime Legislation: History And Harshness, Victoria Nourse
Rethinking Crime Legislation: History And Harshness, Victoria Nourse
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
There is a truth about the criminal law that scholars evade as much as they criticize: the criminal law is produced by legislators (rather than the experts). The author states she does not know of any way to make law in a democracy other than through the voters' representatives. And, yet, it is the standard pose of the criminal law scholar to denigrate legislatures and politicians as vindictive, hysterical, or stupid. All of these things may be true but name-calling is a poor substitute for analysis. As in constitutional law, so too in criminal law, it is time to put …
Response To State Action And A New Birth Of Freedom, Robin West
Response To State Action And A New Birth Of Freedom, Robin West
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
I have just a few comments. The first comment is a contribution to the ''analytic" question posed by Professor Black's work and made explicit by Professors Peller and Tushnet's paper. To make the case for the constitutional status of welfare rights, I do not think it is sufficient-although it may well be necessary-to show that the "state action" problem is merely a pseudo-problem, whatever the reason for finding it not to be a problem. I do not agree with one of the claims put forward by Peller and Tushnet,' that Black's perceptive analysis of the state action problem in his …