Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- African-american boys (1)
- African-american men (1)
- American history (1)
- Black (1)
- Capital punishment (1)
-
- Children’s rights (1)
- Compliance (1)
- Constitutional law (1)
- Crime (1)
- Criminal justice (1)
- Criminal law (1)
- Death penalty (1)
- Federalism (1)
- Filibusters (1)
- History (1)
- Human rights (1)
- International law (1)
- Juvenile death penalty (1)
- Majoritarianism (1)
- Minority and ethnic groups (1)
- Murder (1)
- Norms (1)
- Outsourcing (1)
- Partisanship (1)
- Political Science (1)
- Politics (1)
- Race (1)
- Racial bias (1)
- Racial prejudice (1)
- Rape (1)
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Outsourcing Enforcement: Principles To Guide Self-Policing Regimes, Sarah L. Stafford
Outsourcing Enforcement: Principles To Guide Self-Policing Regimes, Sarah L. Stafford
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Senate: Out Of Order?, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
The Senate: Out Of Order?, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
Faculty Publications
Due to the routine use of the filibuster and related devices, today’s Senate operates as a supermajoritarian body. This Symposium Article considers whether this supermajoritarian aspect of the Senate renders it dysfunctional and, if so, what can be done about it. I contend that the Senate is indeed broken. Its current supermajoritarian features have pernicious effects. Further, and contrary to the claims of many of the Senate’s defenders, this aspect of the Senate is not part of the original design. I go on to explain why the Senate’s procedures, despite their deficiencies, have nonetheless proven resistant to reform. The impediment …
From Rapists To Superpredators: What The Practice Of Capital Punishment Says About Race, Rights And The American Child, Robyn Linde
Faculty Publications
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 …