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Does The Punishment Fit The Crime?: A Comparative Note On Sentencing Laws For Murder In England And Wales Vs. The United States Of America, Megan Elizabeth Tongue
Does The Punishment Fit The Crime?: A Comparative Note On Sentencing Laws For Murder In England And Wales Vs. The United States Of America, Megan Elizabeth Tongue
Missouri Law Review
This Note explores the differences between the American legal system’s sentencing procedures for murder with the procedures of England and Wales. This Note attempts to determine how this divide occurred and whether the two countries chose the appropriate way to sentence their murderers. In particular, this Note focuses on England’s and Wales’s lack of degrees of murder and the United States’ practice of plea bargaining. Part II discusses the history of American and English criminal law and how these countries similarly evolved from their origins to the late nineteenth century. Part III explores modern criminal law theory progressing from the …
Press Freedom And Coverage In The U.S. And Kosovo: A Series Of Comparisons And Recommendations, Ben Holden
Press Freedom And Coverage In The U.S. And Kosovo: A Series Of Comparisons And Recommendations, Ben Holden
Missouri Law Review
The Republic of Kosovo was created from the southernmost section of the former Yugoslavia by American military intervention and subsequent worldwide humanitarian guidance between 1999 and 2008. The resulting nation (which Russia, China, and others do not recognize) was born with one of the most pro-speech and press-friendly constitutions in the world. This Article compares and contrasts four press freedoms in the U.S. and Kosovo: (1) censorship and liability for publication of “truthful” speech; (2) liability for media errors; (3) shield laws; and (4) transparency in courts and records. Where the law and social mores of Kosovo are silent, recommendations …
Disaggregated State In Transnational Environmental Regulation, The , Hoi L. Kong
Disaggregated State In Transnational Environmental Regulation, The , Hoi L. Kong
Missouri Law Review
This Article argues against a positivist view of international environmental law that (i) conceives of states as unitary entities that speak with one voice in pursuit of a single national interest,1 and that focuses on (ii) authoritative sources of law and (iii) the binding force of these sources of law. Further, this Article argues for a view of transnational law that (i) views the state as disaggregated, rather than unitary, (ii) focuses on informal legal mechanisms that do not have authoritative status and (iii) directs attention towards law’s facilitative functions and away from law’s binding force. This special issue’s theme …
Disqualification For Bias And International Tribunals: Room For A Common Test , Margaret Allars
Disqualification For Bias And International Tribunals: Room For A Common Test , Margaret Allars
Missouri Law Review
This Article explores the scope for the development of a bias test applying to international tribunals. In the absence of a developed test in any such tribunal, an obvious source of jurisprudence is the case-law on Article 6(1) of the European Convention, which the European Court of Human Rights applies to domestic tribunals of member states. The requirement of impartiality in Article 6(1) has remained an abstract concept, slowly evolving on the foundation of common law maxims accepted as its rationale. While United Kingdom courts claim that their recent renovation of the common law test of apparent bias is the …
Need For Legitimate Regulatory Regime In Bioethics: A Global And European Perspective, The , Jane Reichel
Need For Legitimate Regulatory Regime In Bioethics: A Global And European Perspective, The , Jane Reichel
Missouri Law Review
Bioethics in global biobanking touches upon several internationally accepted fundamental rights and values, namely the sample donor’s right of privacy, the patient’s right to health, and – at least implicitly – scientific freedom. From the perspective of fundamental rights, however, there are very few internationally applicable rules as to the enforcement of these rights at the administrative level. Instead, the combination of the practical need for common rules and the lack of political will and/or legislative competence within the international community or the European Union (EU) seems to have paved the way for soft law. Further, the role of courts …
Dealing With Trans-Territorial Executive Rule-Making , Herwig C.H. Hofmann
Dealing With Trans-Territorial Executive Rule-Making , Herwig C.H. Hofmann
Missouri Law Review
This Article discusses the reality of executive rule-making procedures with trans-territorial effect, with other words, the creation of non-legislative rules which have an effect outside the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of origin. It maps the phenomenon, discusses some of its central challenges for the realization of general principles of law and considers possible legal approaches addressing these. One of the most important issues thereby is to find workable solutions in the context of the pluralism of sources of law – national, supranational and international.
Chinese Assault Rifles, Giant Pandas, And Perpetual Litigation: The Rights Without Remedies Dead-End Of The Fsia, J. F. Hulston
Chinese Assault Rifles, Giant Pandas, And Perpetual Litigation: The Rights Without Remedies Dead-End Of The Fsia, J. F. Hulston
Missouri Law Review
This Note will examine whether execution immunity under the FSIA may be considered sua sponte by a district court judge and the broad judicial considerations in preserving the narrow and restrictive view of the FSIA to the attachment of assets of a foreign state. To do this, this Note will review the facts and holding of Walters. This Note will then survey the legal background of sovereign immunity, the adoption of the "restrictive immunity" principle in the U.S., and the creation of the FSIA and the decisions of three appellate courts to adopt the uniform holding that district courts have …
Anti-Bribery Legislation In The United States And United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis Of Scope And Sentencing, Margaret Ryznor, Samer Korkor
Anti-Bribery Legislation In The United States And United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis Of Scope And Sentencing, Margaret Ryznor, Samer Korkor
Missouri Law Review
Lawmakers and prosecutors continue to take aim at a major subset of global corruption - corporate bribery of foreign government officials. Specifically, while the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in the United States has risen to new records, the United Kingdom has revolutionized its anti-bribery law following global criticism of its previously relaxed legal regime. Both U.S. and U.K. anti-bribery laws, furthermore, apply extraterritorially and have the capability to entangle even the largest multinational companies in their legal frameworks. These all-encompassing frameworks hold significant consequences for both corporations and their employees, but the increasing power of anti-bribery law …
Constitutional Interpretation Through A Global Lens, Rex D. Glensy
Constitutional Interpretation Through A Global Lens, Rex D. Glensy
Missouri Law Review
This Article seeks to clarify the current debate concerning the use of non-U.S. persuasive authority within the context of constitutional interpretation. It begins by noting that commentary on comparative constitutional law often fails to make any distinction between foreign domestic sources and international law used comparatively, and thus risks evoking parallels between different systems of law that lack context and plausibility. It then draws on various normative theories and underpinnings of both domestic and international legal regimes to show that a proper comparative enterprise must take this distinction into account. The Article concludes by explaining that only when those policy …
Foreign Affairs, International Law, And The New Federalism: Lessons From Coordination, Robert B. Ahdieh
Foreign Affairs, International Law, And The New Federalism: Lessons From Coordination, Robert B. Ahdieh
Missouri Law Review
Even after the departure of two of its most prominent advocates - Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor - the federalism revolution initiated by the Supreme Court almost twenty years ago continues its onward advance. If recent court decisions and congressional legislation are any indication, in fact, it may have reached a new beachhead in the realm of foreign affairs and international law. The emerging federalism in foreign affairs and international law is of a distinct form, however, with distinct implications for the relationship of sub-national, national, and international institutions and interests. This article draws on the …
Tiebout Goes Global: International Migration As A Tool For Voting With Your Feet, Ilya Somin
Tiebout Goes Global: International Migration As A Tool For Voting With Your Feet, Ilya Somin
Missouri Law Review
In this article, I make a tentative effort to plug this hole in the literature. I suggest that the benefits of international foot voting may well be much larger than those of free movement within national borders. Part II briefly summarizes the theory of foot voting and its potential benefits. I focus particularly on the use of exit rights as a form of political participation by which migrants can more effectively choose the public policies under which they live. Crucial benefits of political participation through exit rights include the matching of public policy to diverse preferences, the creation of an …
Internationalism Of Justice Harry Blackmun, The, Margaret E. Mcguinness
Internationalism Of Justice Harry Blackmun, The, Margaret E. Mcguinness
Missouri Law Review
This comment is intended to provide a roadmap for closer examination of the Blackmun Papers and to evaluate the sources of internationalism in Justice Blackmun's opinions. An understanding of those sources can in turn inform typologies of internationalism among other Justices, past, present, and future. It seems particularly salient to be discussing the internationalist aspects of Justice Blackmun's legacy today, at a time when the Court is deeply divided on questions of executive power over foreign affairs, the relevance of foreign and international political practices and judicial opinions to constitutional interpretation, and the extent to which decisions of international tribunals …