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Punitive Conditions Of Prison Confinement: An Analysis Of Pugh V. Locke And Federal Court Supervision Of State Penal Administration Under The Eighth Amendment, Ira Robbins May 1977

Punitive Conditions Of Prison Confinement: An Analysis Of Pugh V. Locke And Federal Court Supervision Of State Penal Administration Under The Eighth Amendment, Ira Robbins

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The 1960's marked a watershed for the criminal justice system. In such areas as search and seizure, right to counsel and the privilege against self-incrimination, the federal courts first defined substantive constitutional rights and then imposed them upon disinclined functionaries at the state level. At first, these innovations raised thorny questions of constitutional interpretation about the rights involved, but, as is especially visible in the search and seizure area, the debate more recently has focused on the remedy chosen by the Supreme Court for enforcing these rights against the states.' This pattern of escalating federal involvement in the criminal justice …


'Learning By Redoing' A Review Of Andrew Von Hirsch's Doing Justice: The Choice Of Punishments, Ira P. Robbins Jan 1977

'Learning By Redoing' A Review Of Andrew Von Hirsch's Doing Justice: The Choice Of Punishments, Ira P. Robbins

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Judicial Integrity, The Appearance Of Justice, And The Great Writ Of Habeas Corpus: How To Kill Two Thirds (Or More) With One Stone, Ira Robbins, James Sanders Jan 1977

Judicial Integrity, The Appearance Of Justice, And The Great Writ Of Habeas Corpus: How To Kill Two Thirds (Or More) With One Stone, Ira Robbins, James Sanders

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Punitive Conditions Of Prison Confinement: An Analysis Of Pugh V. Locke And Federal Court Supervision Of State Penal Administration Under The Eighth Amendment, Ira P. Robbins, Michael B. Buser Jan 1977

Punitive Conditions Of Prison Confinement: An Analysis Of Pugh V. Locke And Federal Court Supervision Of State Penal Administration Under The Eighth Amendment, Ira P. Robbins, Michael B. Buser

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In The Matter Of Consumers Power: Applying The Antitrust Laws To The Nuclear Electric Utility Industry, Andrew Popper Jan 1977

In The Matter Of Consumers Power: Applying The Antitrust Laws To The Nuclear Electric Utility Industry, Andrew Popper

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Improving Police Discretion: Rationality In Handling Public Inebriates, David Aaronson , C. Dienes, Michael Musheno Jan 1977

Improving Police Discretion: Rationality In Handling Public Inebriates, David Aaronson , C. Dienes, Michael Musheno

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This two-part article reports on the findings of the "prescriptive" phase of the American University Law School's Project on Public Inebriation.' First, we provide a framework or model designed to contribute to efforts to improve the rationality of police discretion and the quality of discretionary justice. Second, we seek to increase understanding of, and provide the basis for improving, the intake process whereby public inebriates are delivered to designated facilities-jails, detoxification centers, etc.-in criminal and decriminalized jurisdictions. While the article focuses on the discretionary power of police officers to remove street inebriates, it should increase awareness of problems of decriminalizing …


Improving Police Discretion: Rationality In Handling Public Inebriates, David Aaronson Jan 1977

Improving Police Discretion: Rationality In Handling Public Inebriates, David Aaronson

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