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The "Statutory Rape" Myth: A Case Law Study Of Sexual Assaults Against Adolescent Girls, Isabel Grant, Janine Benedet
The "Statutory Rape" Myth: A Case Law Study Of Sexual Assaults Against Adolescent Girls, Isabel Grant, Janine Benedet
All Faculty Publications
This article examines three years of Canadian case law involving sexual offences against adolescent girls between the ages of twelve and seventeen inclusive, with a view to identifying the types of cases that are making it to court, whether these cases are resulting in convictions, and what are the types of sentences being imposed on individuals convicted of these offences. A significant majority of cases under review involved men considerably older than the complainant. The average age difference between the accused and the complainant was nineteen years and, where family members were excluded, 15.6 years. The small number of cases …
Privileged Communications Of Military Chaplains And Mental Health Professionals: Case Law Of Military Rules Of Evidence 503 And 513, Tarik Abdel-Monem, Mark Dekraai, Denise Bulling
Privileged Communications Of Military Chaplains And Mental Health Professionals: Case Law Of Military Rules Of Evidence 503 And 513, Tarik Abdel-Monem, Mark Dekraai, Denise Bulling
University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications
Alarmingly high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide among Service members returning from military action1 has increased focus within the United States military about effectively providing mental health services.2 Concerns include problems related to an insufficient mental health workforce, military culture, and delivery of services.3 Within this context, how sensitive personal information is handled while seeking mental healthcare is a major concern for service members. The Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) recently partnered to examine opportunities for chaplains to have a role in improving mental health efforts, largely because of their …
Diamond Justice—Teaching Baseball And The Law, Edmund P. Edmonds
Diamond Justice—Teaching Baseball And The Law, Edmund P. Edmonds
Journal Articles
Authors Louis H. Schiff and Robert M. Jarvis set out to fill a void in the vast array of legal teaching materials by creating Baseball and the Law: Cases and Materials, the first casebook to concentrate on “The National Pastime.” Their goal was to create a casebook that would propel the expansion of teaching law and baseball courses in law schools. By pulling together appropriate cases and primary reading material with detailed and carefully crafted notes, the authors have admirably completed this task with over 1000 pages of text to allow faculty and students in the legal academy a resource …
Further Empirical Insights And Findings On The Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Steinbuch
Further Empirical Insights And Findings On The Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Steinbuch
Faculty Scholarship
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International Arbitration And Procedures To Enforce Awards In The Relationship Between The United States And Germany, Michael Kronenburg
International Arbitration And Procedures To Enforce Awards In The Relationship Between The United States And Germany, Michael Kronenburg
LLM Theses and Essays
Arbitration has long been regarded as a process that combines finality of decision with speed, low expense, and flexibility in solving problems. For these reasons, arbitration is often favored over litigation for dispute resolution. Particularly in international cases, a businessman may avoid litigation in a foreign country for various reasons: he may be unfamiliar with the proceedings; he may be afraid to find a “forum hostile” because of the different legal and cultural background of the judges; and he may wish to avoid the uncertainty concerning the law arising from the contract. Arbitration proceedings have been held constitutional by the …
Book Review: A Selection Of Cases On The Law Of Pleading Under Modern Codes, Charles M. Hepburn
Book Review: A Selection Of Cases On The Law Of Pleading Under Modern Codes, Charles M. Hepburn
Charles Hepburn (1918-1925)
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