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Fantasy Crime, Susan Brenner
Fantasy Crime, Susan Brenner
Susan Brenner
The article "Fantasy Crime" analyzes activity in virtual worlds that would constitute a crime if it were committed in the real world. The article reviews the evolution of virtual worlds like Second Life and notes research which indicates that more and more of our lives will move into this realm. It analyzes the criminalization of virtual conduct that inflicts "harm" in the real world and virtual conduct that only inflicts "harm" in the virtual world. It explains that the first category qualifies as cybercrime and can be prosecuted under existing law. It then analyzes the necessity and propriety of criminalizing …
Courting Success: The Supreme Court Fellows Program At 35, Terence Lau, Jon Gould, Lauren Bell, John Domurad
Courting Success: The Supreme Court Fellows Program At 35, Terence Lau, Jon Gould, Lauren Bell, John Domurad
Terence Lau
In 1979, PS published an article called "Inside the Courts: The Judicial Fellows Program." The article detailed the genesis and early history of the program, its initial funding, the selection process, the fellows' experiences, and their post-fellowship careers. At the time the article was published, the fellows program had existed for six years and counted 14 participants. Twenty-nine years later, the ranks of fellows has swelled to 104, an increase of 87%. Other than a name change in 2003 to the "Supreme Court Fellows Program," what has changed to the program in the three decades since that article was published? …
Built In Obsolescence: The Coming End To The Abortion Debate, Vernellia R. Randall, Tshaka C. Randall
Built In Obsolescence: The Coming End To The Abortion Debate, Vernellia R. Randall, Tshaka C. Randall
Vernellia R. Randall
The current legal and political dispute is grounded in the misconception that the decision to have an abortion is one decision, a decision to terminate a fetus. In fact, in choosing an abortion, a woman is actually making two distinct choices: first, she is choosing to terminate her pregnancy, that is, remove the fetus from her body; and, second, she is choosing to terminate the fetus. Currently, a woman’s decision to remove the fetus from her body (the “autonomy decision”) is necessarily a medical decision to terminate the fetus (the “reproductive decision”). The current argument in favor of legalized abortion …