Beyond Binary Thinking: Addressing The Biases That Threaten The Progressive Prosecution Movement, Olwyn Conway

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

A society that regularly and systematically dehumanizes citizens of color will continue to wield the most punitive aspects of its criminal system against those citizens, so long as they are legally available. The racial discrimination that pervades the American criminal system drives its punitiveness and fosters excessive punishments that increase harm and criminal wrongdoing.

Rico Had A Birthday! A Fifty-Year Retrospective Of Questions Answered And Open, Randy D. Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) came into the world in 1970, a time of great social upheaval that was accompanied by shifting attitudes towards both crime and civil litigation. From the outset, the statute’s complexity, ambiguity, and uncertain purpose have confounded courts and commentators. At least some doubts as to the statute’s meaning and application arise because it has criminal and civil components that subject it to the twin—yet antithetical—social impulses to be “tough on crime” while containing a perceived “litigation explosion.” In this Article, I situate RICO in this larger context and offer that context as …

Compensation For Frivolous Or Vexatious Prosecution, Benjamin Joshua Ong

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

According to section 359(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, an acquitted accused person may receive compensation if the prosecution was “frivolous or vexatious”. In Parti Liyani v Public Prosecutor, Singapore’s High Court – for the first time – comprehensively discussed what section 359(3) means and how it is to be applied. This article aims to outline and comment on the High Court’s decision, and to highlight several issues which may be explored in future.

Bleeding From The Holes In The Theory: How Flawed Deterrence In Federal Tort Claims Enables Police Brutality, Andrew Reisman

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note argues that federal tort laws, particularly the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and Bivens actions, are ineffective in deterring police brutality due to structural flaws that prevent individual accountability. It proposes reforms to strengthen these legal mechanisms and promote transparency and accountability within federal law enforcement agencies.

A New Age Of Surveillance: Facial Recognition In Policing And Why It Should Be Abolished, Annslee Perego

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note argues that facial recognition technology in policing is fundamentally flawed due to its racial bias, erosion of privacy, and suppression of democratic participation. It advocates for the abolition of facial recognition in law enforcement, citing its inherent inaccuracies and societal risks, and proposes regulatory measures to limit its use if outright abolition is not feasible.

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: How New York’S Bail Reform Saga Tiptoes Around Addressing Economic Inequality, Daniel Chasin

Cardozo Law Review

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"Hey, Hey! Ho, Ho! These Mass Arrests Have Got To Go!": The Expressive Fourth Amendment Argument, Karen Pita Loor

Faculty Scholarship

The racial justice protests ignited by the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 constitute the largest protest movement in the United States. Estimates suggest that between fifteen and twenty-six million people protested across the country during the summer of 2020 alone. Not only were the number of protestors staggering, but so were the number of arrests. Within one week of when the video of George Floyd’s murder went viral, police arrested ten thousand people demanding justice on American streets, with police often arresting activists en masse. This Essay explores mass arrests and how they square with Fourth Amendment …

Police Officers' Perceptions Of The Law Enforcement Narcan Program And The Effectiveness In Fighting The Opioid Epidemic, James Russo

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate how police officers perceived the N.J. Narcan policy and standards in saving lives and deterring opioid use. This study also examined the impact of the law enforcement Narcan program in reducing the opioid overdose death rate. Participant interviews will be conducted, and thematic coding will be utilized to capture the dominant themes associated with the police officers’ perceptions of the N.J. Narcan policy and standards in reducing the opioid overdose death rate. Fifteen police officers will participate in the study, and their anonymity will be maintained to elicit transparent responses. This …

Pendekatan Keadilan Integratif Dalam Membangun Institusi Publik Yang Legitim, Tri Harnowo, Alavi Ali

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Public institutions have a very important role in providing public services in order to fulfill basic needs and the rights of every citizen, therefore the formation and operation must have public legitimacy. This paper discusses conceptual ideas in establishing legitimate public institutions based on the integrative justice principle, by taking Rawlss proscedural justice, Habermass communication theory and Lind’s perceptive justice as theoritical framework. The results of this study provide a concept of legitimate public institutions where in its formation and operatioan must fulfill the principles of participatory, constitutionality, universality, accessibility, efficiency, partiality, dialectic, deliberative, care, respect and explanatory.

Pro Kontra Terhadap Prosedur Dan Substansiomnibus Law Rancangan Undang-Undang Cipta Kerja, Bambang Sadono, Lintang Ratri Rahmiaji

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

There are at least two main issues concerning the pros and cons of this omnibus law. First is the posedural issue in the process of making laws. Omnibus law should not be solely to support economic growth and facilitate investment. At thesame time other issues must be considered, for example human rights. So that the omnibus law is not merely a technical problem of legal drafting, but is also part of the implementation of the countrys legal politics. This study uses a literature reviewanalysis method. The results of the deepening of the literatureexplain that the reasons for urgent needs, and …

When “Empty Is Not Closed”: Organizing Efforts To (Officially) Close St. Louis’ Infamous Workhouse, Brianna Coppersmith

SLU Law Journal Online

Despite years of community organizing, legal advocacy, and policy change to close St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution, the jail has reopened. In this article, Brianna Coppersmith provides a brief history of the campaign to close the jail, commonly called the Workhouse, and discusses what its reopening might mean for related pending litigation.

Mengkaji Penerapan Sanksi Pidana Dalam Pencegahan Penyebaran Covid-19 Di Indonesia, Aliyth Prakarsa, Dadang Herli, Rena Yulia

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The police in handling policies that are applied in an emergency period use criminal sanctions, meanwhile, the police also need to provide education and legal protection for the community when there are repressive efforts from the police in enforcing government policies through the Chief of Polices Declaration. The specific target to be achieved is to examine the application of the Chief of Polices Declaration in the application of the contents of the edict that contains criminal sanctions and examine its effectiveness in its application. The method used in this study is a normative and empirical legal research method. Normative research …

Perilaku Ramah Air Dalam Perspektif Hukum(Studi Peraturan Daerah Dki Jakarta Dan Kota Depok Terkait Sumber Daya Air), R. Ismala Dewi, Aad Rusyad Nurdin

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Various water resource problems that occur in Indonesia, including in DKI Jakarta and surrounding cities, such as flooding, drought, raw water crisis, river water pollution, have an impact on decreasing water availability. This is partly due to the unfriendly behavior of the community in using water, especially those in water catchment areas. Therefore, it is necessary to manage waterto maintain the sustainability of water availability so as to provide fair benefits to the community. Given these objectives and the existence of complex water problems, it requires adequate regulation. A rule that is not only to overcome the act of destroying …

Tinjauan Yuridis Terhadap Perlindungan Anak Dalam Ruang Siber Di Indonesia, Muhammad Rafifnafia Hertianto

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Indonesia high internet development and penetration rate make the child as user in a vulnerable position tocyberspace threat. Ironically Indonesia until this moment has no specific law or technical mechanism that can guarantee child security and fulfill child rights. In the current situation the number of criminal reports which utilize internet as its medium arehigh and keep on increasing over the year. This research aim to analyze the concept of child protection in cyberspace based on existing regulations on child protection. This research uses normative juridical methods and secondarydata which is then analyzedto state conclusion and recommendation. Based on the …

Politik Hukum Program Keluarga Berencana Di Indonesia, Aditya Rahmadhony, Mardiana Dwi Puspitasari, Maria Gayatri, Iwan Setiawan

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Regime or government change has specificlegal political characteristics, including the Political Law of Family Planning. Each period of government has different views and policies on the implementation of the national family planning program as one of the programs in population control in Indonesia. This study aims to determine the effect of legal politics on the success of the family planningprogram in Indonesia by analyzing statutory regulations in the form of policy rules relating to the family planning program at each government period. The research method used is juridical-normative research through a literature review approach by analyzing policies in the form …

Politik Hukum Pemberian Grasi, Amnesti Dan Abolisi Sebagai Konsekuensi Logis Hak Prerogatif, Suyogi Imam Fauzi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The granting of clemency, amnesty and abolition is a prerogative rights owned by the president based on Article 14 of the 1945 Constitution of the of Indonesia (UUD 1945). The long proses of implementing thegranting of clemency, amnesty and abolition after independence to the post-amendment of the UUD 1945 produce a lesson forIndonesia regarding the law shall be correspond in treating prisoners rights properly in accordance with Human Rights. There is a differences regarding the way of granting clemency which is more dynamically developing beside amnesty and abolition is still at a sustain of stagnation even after the amendment UUD …

Politik Hukum Rancangan Undang-Undang Cipta Kerja Disektor Lingkungan Hidup Dan Kehutanan (Suatu Telaah Kritis), Wahyu Nugroho, Erwin Syahruddin

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Draft Law on Cipta Kerja using the omnibus law method in the environment and forestry sector needs to be tested in the current constitutionalism of the environment. In this article, the author will focus on environmental and forestry issues in the content of the Draft Law on CiptaKerja with the formulation of the problem, how is the critical review of the material contained in the Draft Law on Cipta Kerja inthe environment and forestry sector? and what are the implications of the material content regulated in the DraftLaw on Cipta Kerja in the environment and forestry sector?The results of his …

Fungsi Akta Notaris Dalam Lisensi Hki: Perspektif Fidusia, Dian Cahayani, Merlin Swantamalo Magna

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This study aims to analyse the function of a notarial deed in an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) license based on a fiduciary perspective. This type of research is normative legal research by examining secondary data sourced from the principles and theories and laws and regulations. The method of data collection is done by studying literaturesuch as regulations, books, documents or other writings to support this research. The collected data is thenanalyzed qualitatively using data analysis methods. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that the notary has the authority in making the deed of fiduciary guarantee …

Urgensi Prinsip Non-Diskriminasi Dalam Regulasi Untuk Pengarus-Utamaan Kesetaraan Gender, Anisatul Hamidah

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Discrimination against women seems to have become part of the human history and development because it has happened since years ago until now.Therefore,the issue of discrimination against women is still interesting and becomes an important topic to discuss both at the global level and in Indonesia. Efforts to minimize the existence of discrimination against women have actually been carried outby establishing global consensus listed in various legal instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). These instruments explicitly state the obligation of countries to …

Pandemi Covid-19: Force Majeure Dan Hardship Pada Perjanjian Kerja, Nindry Sulistya Widiastiani

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

In the civil law system, there are force majeure and hardship concepts which is related with situation when debtors unable to fulfill their contract obligations. Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia causes employers’ difficulties in order to fulfill their work agreement obligations, such as payingtheir workers wages and Religious Holiday Allowances. In the context of fulfilling work agreement obligations, force majeure dan hardship concepts could not be found in the Indonesia’s Manpower Law. This conceptual article aims to analyse the chance of using force majeure and hardship concepts in the implementation of work agreement during covid-19 pandemic. The analysis uses conceptual approach …

Rekonstruksi Relasi Antar Lembaga Legislasi Di Indonesia, Sutan Sorik

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This study discusses the reconstruction of relations between legislative institutions in Indonesia. This study aims to find the ideal relations of the Regional Representative Council(DPD), the House of Representatives (DPR), and the President in the formation of laws in Indonesia, as an effort to produce laws that have efficacy and usefulness. The type of research used in this study is normative juridical research. From the analysis found that the authority of the DPD is constitutionally only optional and has no imperative power, which then has implications for the relations between the DPD and the DPR and the President in shaping …

Analisis Yuridis Kedudukan Narapidana Sebagai Justice Collaborator, Bambang Sugiri, Nurini Aprilianda, Hanif Hartadi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This article aims to examine the inmates position as a justice collaborator in the disclosure of organized crime that can assist law enforcement officers. This is againstthe backdrop of crown witnesses who are often used in proving criminal cases but are judged to be in violation of human rights. The difficulty of disclosure of organized crime is that the perpetrators involved in organized crime are bound by the oath of silence (omerta). Information from inmates related to crime networks he has committed, facilitates the disclosure of organized crime by law enforcement officers. This paper is based on the results of …

Surat Edaran Sebagai Instrumen Administrasi Negara Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19, Fitriani Ahlan Sjarif, Efraim Jordi Kastanya

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Since Indonesia entered a period of health emergencies caused by the outbreak ofthe Covid-19, the Indonesian government has attempted to develop various legal instruments to regulatethe behavior of the Indonesian people. One of the instruments used is a circular letter. This paper tries to examine the normative juridical use of circular letters as an instrument of state administration during this pandemic. In legislation science and administrative law theory,a circular letter is a piece of legislationthat should be used as an official note to warn and remind, notto regulate.In practice, there are several problematic Circular Letters which are used to regulate …

Penerapan Pertanggungjawaban Pidana Korporasi Dalam Berbagai Putusan Pengadilan, Muhammad Fatahillah Akbar

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

By the development of criminal law in Indonesia, the corporate criminal responsibility has been introduced in many Acts. In the practices, there are criminal court decisions which sentenced corporations. This article aims to comprehensively examine how corporate criminal responsibility is implemented in various court decisions. It is found that aggregation theory, which corporate criminal responsibility is based on the actions of some people in the corporation scope, has been applied in most cases. Howeverm the weakness of the aggregation theory, in environment crimes, only corporation which was responsible and most organizers were not. On the other hand, in the corruption …

Status Hukum Penjelasan Undang-Undang Berdasarkan Sistem Peraturan Perundang-Undangan Indonesia, Ilham Fajar Septian, Ali Abdurahman

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The law explanationis interpretation of norms contained in the body of the law. However, its existence as part of the law promulgatesthe unclear status of the lawexplanation as a mere interpretation or also as a binding legal norm. This has been further emphasized by the Constitutional Court Decision whichchanges its stance in judicial review to the law explanation. Therefore, issues regarding the legal status of the law explanationand the extent to which the Constitutional Court can judicial review tothe law explanationneed to be resolved. This research is a normative juridical research through literature study with historical, statutory, case, conceptual, and …

Forms Of International Legal And Organizational Interaction In The Field Of Counteraction Illicit Drug Trafficking, Psychotropic Substances And Precursors, Musaev Djamaliddin Kamalovich

ProAcademy

The author raises the problem of international cooperation of states in the field of illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. References are given to the main conventions related to this problem, signed in different years. The mechanisms of adoption and the form of practical application of these conventions are disclosed, as well as an analysis of the situation in the world in relation to drug trafficking is given, options for resolving the problem by strengthening the international system for controlling drug trafficking are proposed. A comprehensive analysis of international cooperation on legal and organizational approaches to combating the …

Intelligence Sharing In Multinational Military Operations And Complicity Under International Law, Marko Milanovic

International Law Studies

This article examines the international legal framework applicable to intelligence sharing in multinational military operations, with a particular focus on complicity scenarios. It first provides a theoretical overview of the role of fault in complicity, of how intent and knowledge can be conceptualized, and of the attribution of fault to States. It then looks in detail at the rule codified in Article 16 of the International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility, and argues that this rule is best understood as employing multiple modes of fault (direct and indirect intent and wilful blindness). The article also argues that international humanitarian …

Police Use Of Force Laws In Texas, Gerald S. Reamey

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract forthcoming.

Factors Associated With Police Shooting Mortality: A Focus On Race And A Plea For More Comprehensive Data, Justin Nix, John Shjarback

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Departmental Research

Objectives. To quantify nonfatal injurious police shootings of people and examine the factors associated with victim mortality. Methods. We gathered victim-level data on fatal and nonfatal injurious police shootings from four states that have such information publicly available: Florida (2009-14), Colorado (2010-19), Texas (2015-19), and California (2016-19). For each state, we examined bivariate associations between mortality and race/ethnicity, gender, age, weapon, and access to trauma care. We also estimated logistic regression models predicting victim mortality in each state. Results. Forty-five percent of these police shooting victims (N=1,322) did not die. Black-white disparities were more pronounced in nonfatal injurious police shootings …

Sexual Assault Enablers, Institutional Complicity, And The Crime Of Omission, Amos N. Guiora

Utah Law Faculty Scholarship

Sex abuse, particularly of children, is a crime which any rational person would wish to prevent. However, when an individual’s loyalties and responsibilities to an institution put them at odds with preventing sex abuse, it is far too often the institution which takes precedence. This is the grim phenomenon of institutional complicity. It is a plague which, sadly, permeates institutions of all types, be it a school, hospital, sports team, church, military, or government agency. It also permeates countries as a global issue.

I have interviewed dozens of survivors who suffered under an abuser who was protected by an institution. …