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Missing The Mark: How Miranda Fails To Consider A Minor's Mind, Julia Feron
Missing The Mark: How Miranda Fails To Consider A Minor's Mind, Julia Feron
Hofstra Law Review
The article focuses on the inadequacies of the Miranda rights protections for minors during custodial interrogations. It highlights how current practices, such as deceptive interrogation techniques, disproportionately affect minors who often lack the capacity to fully understand or voluntarily waive their rights. It underscores the need for legal reforms, such as mandating attorney consultation for minors before waiving their rights.
Delayering Corporate Law, Reza Dibadj
Delayering Corporate Law, Reza Dibadj
Hofstra Law Review
Corporate law has become unnecessarily complicated. Despite the proliferation of laws, problems fester and scandals erupt. Something is wrong. This Article seeks to delayer corporate law - to strip it down to its essence - and after doing so, offer concrete suggestions for reform. It is a first step toward a new minimalist architecture for corporate law.
The Article begins by arguing that the core of state corporate law - corporation statutes and fiduciary duties - currently offer precious little protection to shareholders. Contractarianism, manifested through enabling statues, reflects weak economics. Existing fiduciary duties are little more than rhetorical flourish. …
Society's Choice And Legal Change, Alan Watson
Society's Choice And Legal Change, Alan Watson
Hofstra Law Review
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