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“Just The Facts”: Detective Fiction In The Law School Curriculum, Robert Power
“Just The Facts”: Detective Fiction In The Law School Curriculum, Robert Power
Robert C Power
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Lawyers And The War, Robert Power
Pinochet And The Uncertain Globalization Of Criminal Law, Robert C. Power
Pinochet And The Uncertain Globalization Of Criminal Law, Robert C. Power
Robert C Power
This article examines how the efforts to bring former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte to justice have affected international criminal law. It argues that traditional international law seems largely irrelevant today because the paradigmatic crime of the Pinochet era was torture, which is now addressed primarily through the Torture Convention, and the most appropriate forum is the International Criminal Court (ICC) rather than national courts. The article emphasizes the need to use international tribunals such as the ICC to help protect international criminal prosecutions from the kind of political erosion that left a very mixed record concerning Augusto Pinochet.
Changing Expectations Of Privacy And The Fourth Amendment, Robert Power
Changing Expectations Of Privacy And The Fourth Amendment, Robert Power
Robert C Power
Public attitudes about privacy are central to the development of fourth amendment doctrine in two respects. These are the two “reasonableness” requirements, which define the scope of the fourth amendment (it protects only “reasonable” expectations of privacy), and provide the key to determining compliance with its commands (it prohibits “unreasonable” searches and seizures). Both requirements are interpreted in substantial part through evaluation of societal norms about acceptable levels of privacy from governmental intrusions. Caselaw, poll data, newspaper articles, internet sites, and other vehicles for gauging public attitudes after the September 11 attacks indicate that public concerns about terrorism and the …
Reasonable And Other Doubts: The Problem Of Jury Instructions, Robert C. Power
Reasonable And Other Doubts: The Problem Of Jury Instructions, Robert C. Power
Robert C Power
No abstract provided.