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Integrating The Complexity Of Mental Disability Into The Criminal Law Course, Linda C. Fentiman
Integrating The Complexity Of Mental Disability Into The Criminal Law Course, Linda C. Fentiman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Normative Gaps In The Criminal Law: A Reasons Theory Of Wrongdoing, Luis E. Chiesa
Normative Gaps In The Criminal Law: A Reasons Theory Of Wrongdoing, Luis E. Chiesa
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
In this article it is argued that in two controversial homicide cases--severing conjoined twins and downing a hijacked commercial plane headed toward a heavily populated area--it is permissible to kill innocent human beings without having to establish the existence of a claim of justifcation such as self-defense or choice of evils. Even though criminal law scholars consider that unjustified conduct is always wrong, the position defended in the article is that there is a normative gap between an absence of justification and a finding of wrongdoing. This "normative gap defense," which negates wrongdoing without justifying the conduct, is the best …
Justice Without Politics: Prosecutorial Discretion And The International Criminal Court, Alexander K.A. Greenawalt
Justice Without Politics: Prosecutorial Discretion And The International Criminal Court, Alexander K.A. Greenawalt
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The ICC Prosecutor's own charging policies should be prepared to give way to the judgments of legitimate political actors in times of political transition when actual arrests are more likely and competing justice proposals pose a more troubling challenge to the ICC's authority. In that scenario, I argue that the Prosecutor should encourage legitimate political actors to reach policy decisions that will command deference by the ICC. Such deference could take one or both of the following forms: (1) explicit deference to political actors, principally the U.N. Security Council acting under Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter, and (2) implied …
Is Silence Sacred? The Vulnerability Of Griffin V. California In A Terrorist World, Lissa Griffin
Is Silence Sacred? The Vulnerability Of Griffin V. California In A Terrorist World, Lissa Griffin
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Part I of this Article traces the shared history of the right against self-incrimination from twelfth-century England to the mid-twentieth century. Part II examines the modern history of the privilege in the United States, from the Supreme Court's 1965 decision in Griffin to its 1999 decision in Mitchell. Part III examines the United Kingdom's modern approach to the privilege, including its re-shaping of the privilege in response to domestic terrorism. Part IV examines why the U.S. and U.K. systems, with a common history and shared values, have moved in such dramatically different directions with respect to the privilege. Part V …
The Act Requirement As A Basic Concept Of Criminal Law, Luis E. Chiesa
The Act Requirement As A Basic Concept Of Criminal Law, Luis E. Chiesa
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Bound And Gagged: The Peculiar Predicament Of Professional Jurors, Michael B. Mushlin
Bound And Gagged: The Peculiar Predicament Of Professional Jurors, Michael B. Mushlin
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Article advocates two changes to the law. First, parties should be allowed (but not required) to strike professional jurors for cause in cases involving their expertise without any additional showing of a particular bias toward one side or the other. Second, if such jurors are empanelled, they should not be “gagged.” Rather, they should be free to draw on and share their expertise as are all other jurors. This Article proceeds in four Parts. Part I discusses recent reform efforts that have fundamentally altered the jury system by opening it up to increased numbers of professional jurors. Part II …