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The Torture Lawyers, Jens David Ohlin
The Torture Lawyers, Jens David Ohlin
Jens David Ohlin
One of the longest shadows cast by the Bush Administration’s War on Terror involves the fate of the torture lawyers who authored or signed memoranda regarding torture or enhanced interrogation techniques against detainees. Should they face professional sanction or even prosecution for their involvement? The following Article suggests that their fate implicates some of the deepest questions of criminal law theory and that resolution of the debate requires a fundamental reorientation of the most important areas of justifications and excuses. First, the debate about torture has been overly focused on justifications for torture. This can be explained in part by …
A First Step Toward Resolution Of The Physical Evidence Dilemma: State V. Green, John Randall Trahan
A First Step Toward Resolution Of The Physical Evidence Dilemma: State V. Green, John Randall Trahan
John Randall Trahan
No abstract provided.
Debt-Buyer Lawsuits And Inaccurate Data, Peter A. Holland
Debt-Buyer Lawsuits And Inaccurate Data, Peter A. Holland
Peter A. Holland
Pursuant to secret purchase and sale agreements (also known as forward flow agreements), the accounts that banks sell to debt buyers are often sold “as is,” with explicit and emphatic disclaimers that the debts may not be owed, the amounts claimed may not be accurate, and documentation may be missing. Despite their full knowledge that the accuracy and completeness of the data has been specifically disclaimed by the bank, when they sue consumers, debt buyers tell courts that the information obtained from the bank is inherently reliable and accurate. In order to avoid a fraud on the courts, the contents …
Can A Single Masterpiece Sustain A Lawyer's Lifetime And Other Questions That Cross A Lawyer's Way, Randy Lee
Can A Single Masterpiece Sustain A Lawyer's Lifetime And Other Questions That Cross A Lawyer's Way, Randy Lee
Randy Lee
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Alternative Litigation Finance And The Attorney-Client Privilege, 92 Denver U. L. Rev. 96 (2014), Grace M. Giesel
Alternative Litigation Finance And The Attorney-Client Privilege, 92 Denver U. L. Rev. 96 (2014), Grace M. Giesel
Grace M. Giesel