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2014

Sanctions

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Decriminalization, Police Authority, And Routine Traffic Stops, Jordan Woods Nov 2014

Decriminalization, Police Authority, And Routine Traffic Stops, Jordan Woods

Jordan Blair Woods

Although there is no universal definition of “decriminalization,” approaches to decriminalization largely focus on modifying how conduct is sanctioned or punished. This Article argues that there is a need to broaden approaches to decriminalization beyond sanctions and give more consideration to the other ways in which criminalization fosters state control over civilians — including police authority and discretion. Decriminalization should restrict opportunities and methods for the state to control civilians in ways that (1) facilitate their entry into, or continued contact with, the criminal justice system, and (2) leave them vulnerable to state-imposed privacy, liberty, dignitary, and physical harms that …

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Jimmy Gurule Was Quoted In Many News Sources On The Economic Sanctions Against Executives And Companies Closely Aligned With Russian President Vladimir Putin’S Inner Circle On August 29., Jimmy Gurule Sep 2014

Jimmy Gurule Was Quoted In Many News Sources On The Economic Sanctions Against Executives And Companies Closely Aligned With Russian President Vladimir Putin’S Inner Circle On August 29., Jimmy Gurule

Jimmy Gurule

Jimmy Gurule was quoted in many news sources on the economic sanctions against executives and companies closely aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle on August 29. Washington Post article Economic sanctions spare Western-tied Russian fund

“We can’t have a situation where a business entity is immune from (sanctions) designation because it does some good things and some bad things,” said Jimmy Gurule, a senior Treasury Department enforcement official in the Bush administration and law professor at Notre Dame University.

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