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From Rapists To Superpredators: What The Practice Of Capital Punishment Says About Race, Rights And The American Child, Robyn Linde
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At the turn of the 20th century, the United States was widely considered to be a world leader in matters of child protection and welfare, a reputation lost by the century’s end. This paper suggests that the United States’ loss of international esteem concerning child welfare was directly related to its practice of executing juvenile offenders. The paper analyzes why the United States continued to carry out the juvenile death penalty after the establishment of juvenile courts and other protections for child criminals. Two factors allowed the United States to continue the juvenile death penalty after most states in …
Active Sovereignty, Timothy Zick
Ethnic Federalism: Its Promise And Pitfalls For Africa, Alemante G. Selassie
Ethnic Federalism: Its Promise And Pitfalls For Africa, Alemante G. Selassie
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The Federalism-Rights Nexus: Explaining Why Senate Democrats Tolerate Rehnquist Court Decision Making But Not The Rehnquist Court, Neal Devins
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Foreign Affairs Power -- The Massachusetts Burma Law Is Found To Encroach On The Federal Government's Exclusive Constitutional Authority To Regulate Foreign Affairs. -- National Foreign Trade Council V. Baker, 26 F. Supp. 2d 287 (D. Mass. 1998), Angela M. Banks
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