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Reflections On An Extraordinary Career: Thoughts About Jerry Caplan's Retirement, Michael Vitiello
Reflections On An Extraordinary Career: Thoughts About Jerry Caplan's Retirement, Michael Vitiello
Michael Vitiello
Reflections on an Extraordinary Career: Thoughts about Gerald Caplan’s Retirement Abstract: The occasion for this essay is the retirement of my colleague Gerald Caplan. But this is not a sentimental account of a friend’s career. Instead, I take the opportunity of Jerry’s retirement to reflect on the role of a thoughtful principled conservative as a Washington insider and as an academic. The essay explores three areas of Jerry’s distinguished career: the first is a discussion of his role in saving the Legal Services Corporation when it was under attack from the right wing, within and without the Reagan Administration. The …
Chinese Homicide Law, Irrationality And Incremental Change, Michael Vitiello
Chinese Homicide Law, Irrationality And Incremental Change, Michael Vitiello
Michael Vitiello
Abstract: Chinese Homicide Law, Irrationality and Incremental Change This article begins with a striking hypothetical: “Having learned that his wife was having an affair, the defendant mulled over his options. After deliberation, he decided to shoot her and her lover. Sneaking up on them as they sat together in an isolated area, the defendant shot each in the chest. Because they were far from the nearest city, they received no first aid and both bled to death. Charged with first degree murder, the defendant has asked you to represent him. In your first interview, the defendant explains that he did …