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Judging By Appearances: Professional Ethics, Expressive Government, And The Moral Significance Of How Things Seem, Deborah Hellman
Judging By Appearances: Professional Ethics, Expressive Government, And The Moral Significance Of How Things Seem, Deborah Hellman
Deborah Hellman
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The Expressive Dimension Of Equal Protection, Deborah Hellman
The Expressive Dimension Of Equal Protection, Deborah Hellman
Deborah Hellman
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The Importance Of Appearing Principled, Deborah Hellman
The Importance Of Appearing Principled, Deborah Hellman
Deborah Hellman
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Speechless: The Silencing Of Criminal Defendants, Alexandra Natapoff
Speechless: The Silencing Of Criminal Defendants, Alexandra Natapoff
Alexandra Natapoff
Over one million defendants pass through the criminal justice system every year, yet we almost never hear from them. From the first Miranda warnings, through trial or guilty plea, and finally at sentencing, most defendants remain silent. They are spoken for by their lawyers or not at all. The criminal system treats this pervasive silencing as protective, a victory for defendants. This Article argues that this silencing is also a massive democratic and human failure. Our democracy prizes individual speech as the main antidote to governmental tyranny, yet it silences the millions of poor, socially disadvantaged individuals who directly face …