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2008

Juvenile Law

Selected Works

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Towards A Proper Juvenile Justice System In Bangladesh From A Cluttered One: An Analytical Overture On Focusing Human Rights Perspective, Zafrin Andaleeb, Abu Noman Mohammad Atahar Ali, Abu Saleh Md. Tofazzel Haque Nov 2008

Towards A Proper Juvenile Justice System In Bangladesh From A Cluttered One: An Analytical Overture On Focusing Human Rights Perspective, Zafrin Andaleeb, Abu Noman Mohammad Atahar Ali, Abu Saleh Md. Tofazzel Haque

Abu Noman Mohammad Atahar Ali

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Featured Speaker, Domestic Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman Oct 2008

Featured Speaker, Domestic Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Equal Sentences For Unequal Participation: Should The Eighth Amendment Allow All Juvenile Murder Accomplices To Receive Life Without Parole?, Brian Gallini Sep 2008

Equal Sentences For Unequal Participation: Should The Eighth Amendment Allow All Juvenile Murder Accomplices To Receive Life Without Parole?, Brian Gallini

Brian Gallini

No court has addressed the constitutional significance of sentencing juvenile murder accomplices who play a minimal role in the underlying killing to life in prison without parole. Indeed, no precedent makes clear whether it is cruel and unusual to impose that sentence on juvenile offenders convicted of first-degree murder pursuant to either the felony-murder doctrine or an accomplice theory of liability, notwithstanding their minimal involvement in the victim’s death. To investigate this unanswered question, Part I of this Article explores the imposition of life without parole sentences on juvenile non-killers convicted of murder via either the felony-murder doctrine or accomplice …

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Speaker And Participant, Family Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman Jul 2008

Speaker And Participant, Family Violence And Juvenile Justice, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Children’S Rights To Representation: A Comparison Between Sweden And England, Titti Mattsson, Eva Ryrstedt Dec 2007

Children’S Rights To Representation: A Comparison Between Sweden And England, Titti Mattsson, Eva Ryrstedt

Titti Mattsson

In both England and in Sweden, the approach to a child's right to representation differs between public law cases and private law cases regarding legal custody/parental responsibility, residence or contact. This article discusses the basis for this distinction, and how far it accords with the best interests of the child.

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Five Decades Of Family Law, Sanford N. Katz Dec 2007

Five Decades Of Family Law, Sanford N. Katz

Sanford N. Katz

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