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Using International Human Rights Law And Machinery In Defending Borderless Crime Cases, Richard J. Wilson Jan 1997

Using International Human Rights Law And Machinery In Defending Borderless Crime Cases, Richard J. Wilson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This Essay focuses on four areas of international human rights law. The first area, the protection of attorneys’ fees from forfeiture, is an issue of great concern in the United States, given the state of the law there. The next area, the application of the death penalty in international law, will also include arguments about the “death row phenomenon.” The third area addressed is the use of international human rights law to overcome the rule of non-inquiry in extradition matters, a rule by which the judicial authority reviewing the propriety of extradition is barred from inquiry into the fairness of …


Crushing Equality: Gender Equal Sentencing In America, Christopher M. Alexander Jan 1997

Crushing Equality: Gender Equal Sentencing In America, Christopher M. Alexander

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Limiting Liability Through Education: Do School Districts Have A Responsibility To Teach Students About Peer Sexual Harassment?, Diane M. Welsh Jan 1997

Limiting Liability Through Education: Do School Districts Have A Responsibility To Teach Students About Peer Sexual Harassment?, Diane M. Welsh

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Sexual Harassment Proscriptive Polices Of The European Community, Ireland, And New Zealand, John C. Penn Jan 1997

Sexual Harassment Proscriptive Polices Of The European Community, Ireland, And New Zealand, John C. Penn

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Sex Discrimination And Sexual Harassment In Agricultural Labor, Maria M. Dominguez Jan 1997

Sex Discrimination And Sexual Harassment In Agricultural Labor, Maria M. Dominguez

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Responsible Corporate Officer, Criminal Liability, And Mens Rea: Limitations On The Rco Doctrine , Cynthia H. Finn Dec 1996

The Responsible Corporate Officer, Criminal Liability, And Mens Rea: Limitations On The Rco Doctrine , Cynthia H. Finn

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pretrial Publicity In Criminal Cases Of National Notoriety: Constructing A Remedy For The Remediless Wrong , Robert Hardaway, Douglas B. Tumminello Oct 1996

Pretrial Publicity In Criminal Cases Of National Notoriety: Constructing A Remedy For The Remediless Wrong , Robert Hardaway, Douglas B. Tumminello

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


News From The International Criminal Tribunals, Brian Tittemore Jan 1996

News From The International Criminal Tribunals, Brian Tittemore

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Female Genital Mutilation In The United States: An Examination Of Criminal And Asylum Law, Layli Miller Bashir Jan 1996

Female Genital Mutilation In The United States: An Examination Of Criminal And Asylum Law, Layli Miller Bashir

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Deliberate Contruction Of Families Without Fathers: Is It An Option For Lesbian And Heterosexual Mothers, Nancy Polikoff Jan 1996

The Deliberate Contruction Of Families Without Fathers: Is It An Option For Lesbian And Heterosexual Mothers, Nancy Polikoff

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Garbage In: Emerging Media And Regulation Of Unsolicited Commercial Solicitiations, Michael W. Carroll Jan 1996

Garbage In: Emerging Media And Regulation Of Unsolicited Commercial Solicitiations, Michael W. Carroll

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Crime And Punishment: Benign Neglect Of Racism In The Criminal Justice System, Angela J. Davis Jan 1996

Crime And Punishment: Benign Neglect Of Racism In The Criminal Justice System, Angela J. Davis

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This article is a literary review and analysis of Malign Neglect: Race, Crime, and Punishment in America by Michael Tonry (1995). Part I of this review describes Tonry's analysis of the crime policies of the Reagan and Bush administrations. Part II discusses Tonry's indictment of the War on Drugs and criticizes his failure to acknowledge the effects of discriminatory prosecutorial practices and sentencing laws. Part III critiques Tonry's trivialization of the significance of race discrimination in the criminal justice system more generally. Part IV summarizes Tonry's proposals for change and stresses the importance of documenting, examining, and eliminating racial bias …


George Bush's America Meets Dante's Inferno: The Americans With Disabilities Act In Prison, Ira Robbins Jan 1996

George Bush's America Meets Dante's Inferno: The Americans With Disabilities Act In Prison, Ira Robbins

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Introduction: The conditions in America's correctional facilities have long been cause for concern. Even those who do not advocate a comfortable quality of life for inmates recognize that basic problems such as overcrowding, inmate violence,' inadequate staffing,2 and increasing costs of building and maintaining prisons have approached crisis levels. Meanwhile, the prison population continues to swell. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the United States Department of Justice, the number of prisoners incarcerated at state and federal prisons annually has grown at a rate of 8.4% in recent years.'


Wanted: Privacy Protection For Doctors Who Performed Abortions, Angela Christina Couch Jan 1996

Wanted: Privacy Protection For Doctors Who Performed Abortions, Angela Christina Couch

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Death Penalty In The Twenty-First Century , Stephen B. Bright, Edward Chikofsky, Laurie Ekstrand, Harriet C. Ganson, Paul D. Kamenar, Robert E. Morin, William G. Otis, Jasmin Raskin, Ira P. Robbins, Diann Rust-Tierney, Charles F. Shilling, Andrew L. Sooner, Ronald J. Rabak, David V. Drehle, James Wootton Dec 1995

The Death Penalty In The Twenty-First Century , Stephen B. Bright, Edward Chikofsky, Laurie Ekstrand, Harriet C. Ganson, Paul D. Kamenar, Robert E. Morin, William G. Otis, Jasmin Raskin, Ira P. Robbins, Diann Rust-Tierney, Charles F. Shilling, Andrew L. Sooner, Ronald J. Rabak, David V. Drehle, James Wootton

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Death Penalty In The Twenty-First Century , Stephen B. Bright, Edward Chikofsky, Laurie Ekstrand, Harriet C. Ganson, Paul D. Kamenar, Robert E. Morin, William G. Otis, Jasmin Raskin, Ira P. Robbins, Diann Rust-Tierney, Charles F. Shilling, Andrew L. Sooner, Ronald J. Rabak, David V. Drehle, James Wootton Dec 1995

The Death Penalty In The Twenty-First Century , Stephen B. Bright, Edward Chikofsky, Laurie Ekstrand, Harriet C. Ganson, Paul D. Kamenar, Robert E. Morin, William G. Otis, Jasmin Raskin, Ira P. Robbins, Diann Rust-Tierney, Charles F. Shilling, Andrew L. Sooner, Ronald J. Rabak, David V. Drehle, James Wootton

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sweeps: An Unwarranted Solution To The Search For Safety In Public Housing, Monica L. Seter Jan 1995

Sweeps: An Unwarranted Solution To The Search For Safety In Public Housing, Monica L. Seter

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Center Hosts Conference On War Crimes Tribunal, Dharmaputhiran Niles Jan 1995

Center Hosts Conference On War Crimes Tribunal, Dharmaputhiran Niles

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Computer-Related Crimes, Michael W. Carroll Jan 1995

Computer-Related Crimes, Michael W. Carroll

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


When Battered Woman's Syndrome Does Not Go Far Enough: The Battered Woman As Vigilante, Elizabeth Ayyildiz Jan 1995

When Battered Woman's Syndrome Does Not Go Far Enough: The Battered Woman As Vigilante, Elizabeth Ayyildiz

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


At The Intersection Of Injustice: Experiences Of African American Women In Crime And Sentencing, Paula C. Johnson Jan 1995

At The Intersection Of Injustice: Experiences Of African American Women In Crime And Sentencing, Paula C. Johnson

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Rape And The Requirement Of Force: Is There Hope For Pennsylvania After Pennsylvania V. Berkowitz?, Crystal S. Deese Jan 1995

Rape And The Requirement Of Force: Is There Hope For Pennsylvania After Pennsylvania V. Berkowitz?, Crystal S. Deese

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Getting To Know The General: American Conceits About The Rule Of Law, Kenneth Anderson Sep 1994

Getting To Know The General: American Conceits About The Rule Of Law, Kenneth Anderson

Book Reviews

This essay reviews a book about General Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian strongman toppled by the Bush Sr. administration in 1989; Noriega was tried on drug charges in Miami and has spent many years in prison. This book examines Noriega's background and rise to power, involvement in drugs and politics in Central America, including the famous murder of Hugo Spadafora, and his trial in the United States. The book's author covered the trial for newspapers; the review's author monitored human rights in Panama in the two years prior to the US invasion and covered the invasion for human rights organizations.


The Admission Of Hearsay Evidence Where Defedant Misconduct Causes The Unavailability Of A Prosecution Witness, Paul T. Markland Jan 1994

The Admission Of Hearsay Evidence Where Defedant Misconduct Causes The Unavailability Of A Prosecution Witness, Paul T. Markland

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


War Crimes Trials -- Not A Good Idea, Herman Schwartz Jan 1994

War Crimes Trials -- Not A Good Idea, Herman Schwartz

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Prosecutor Goldstone Offers Views On War Crimes Tribunal, Rochus Pronk Jan 1994

Prosecutor Goldstone Offers Views On War Crimes Tribunal, Rochus Pronk

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


No Justice, No Peace: Accountability For Rape And Gender-Based Violence In The Former Yugoslavia, Diane Orentlicher Jan 1994

No Justice, No Peace: Accountability For Rape And Gender-Based Violence In The Former Yugoslavia, Diane Orentlicher

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

The Women in the Law Project of the International Human Rights Law Group (Law Group) sponsored a delegation to the former Yugoslavia from February 14 to 22, 1993. The delegation, which was also endorsed by the Bar Association of San Francisco, had two principal objectives.


The Sixth Amendment On Ice-United States V. Jones: Whether Sentence Enhancements For Failure To Plead Guilty Chill The Exercise Of The Right To Trial, Andrew Neal Siegel Jan 1994

The Sixth Amendment On Ice-United States V. Jones: Whether Sentence Enhancements For Failure To Plead Guilty Chill The Exercise Of The Right To Trial, Andrew Neal Siegel

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Addressing Gross Human Rights Abuses: Punishment And Victim Compensation, Diane Orentlicher Jan 1994

Addressing Gross Human Rights Abuses: Punishment And Victim Compensation, Diane Orentlicher

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Will The "Real" Battered Woman Please Stand Up? In Search Of A Realistic Legal Definition Of Battered Woman Syndrome, A.Renée Callahan Jan 1994

Will The "Real" Battered Woman Please Stand Up? In Search Of A Realistic Legal Definition Of Battered Woman Syndrome, A.Renée Callahan

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.