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The Bright Future Of Gay Marriage, Bruce Ledewitz
The Bright Future Of Gay Marriage, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Nietzsche’S Place In Nineteenth Century German Philosophy, Michael S. Green
Nietzsche’S Place In Nineteenth Century German Philosophy, Michael S. Green
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Justice Harlan’S Law And Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz
Justice Harlan’S Law And Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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A Constitution For Everyone, Bruce Ledewitz
A Constitution For Everyone, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Righting Victim Wrongs: Responding To Philosophical Criticisms Of The Nonspecific Victim Liability Defense, Aya Gruber
Righting Victim Wrongs: Responding To Philosophical Criticisms Of The Nonspecific Victim Liability Defense, Aya Gruber
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Modern criminal law is intensely one-sided in its treatment of victims and defendants. Crime victims and criminal defendants do not enter the trial process on an equal moral footing. Rather, from the beginning victims are assumed blameless, truthful, and even beyond doubt, while defendants are guilty, not worthy of credence, and immoral. This one-sided view of victims, however, is a fiction. As any other people, victims differ in their characterizations. Some are indeed trustworthy, truthful, blameless and ultimately innocent. Others, however, are bad actors themselves, have memory failures, falsely identify, provoke, and even lie. Some victims are in fact, and …