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Managed Health Care In Prisons As Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Ira P. Robbins

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Effect Of The Federal Sentencing Guidelines On Interjudge Sentencing Disparity, Paul J. Hofer, Kevin R. Blackwell, R. Barry Ruback

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Reforming Hud's One-Strike Public Housing Evictions Through Tenant Participation, Adam P. Hellegers

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Book Review

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Recent Books

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Langdell's Auto-Da-Fé, John Henry Schlegel

Journal Articles

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The American Criminal Jury, Nancy J. King

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

As juries become both less common and more expensive, some have questioned the wisdom of preserving the criminal jury in its present form. The benefits of the jury are difficult to quantify, but jury verdicts continue to earn widespread acceptance by the public and trial by jury remains a cherished right of most Americans. In any event, many basic features of the criminal jury in the United States cannot be modified without either constitutional amendment or radical reinterpretations of the Bill of Rights. Judges and legislators continue to tinker within constitutional confines, some hoping to improve the jury trial by …

Critical Legal Studies, Economic Development And Human Rights, Andrew B.L. Phang

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

I Introduction I want, in this essay, to contrast two approaches in the increasing quest for answers not just to the law, but to the very meaning of existence and life itself. One embodied in the Critical Legal Studies Movement,' is (with one exception) much more pessimistic; the other (which I endorse) is premised on natural law. Secondly, I propose to take this contrast into the sphere of application with respect to the issues of economic development and human rights in an East Asian context.

Attorney Expertise, Litigant Success, And Judicial Decisionmaking In The U.S. Courts Of Appeals, Stefanie A. Lindquist, Susan Brodie Haire, Roger E. Hartley

Scholarship@WashULaw

In the U.S. legal system, litigants frequently retain counsel to represent their interests in civil cases, particularly when the stakes are high. Scholarly work and anecdotal evidence suggest that variation in the quality of advocacy has the potential to affect litigant success. We examine the relationship between attorney characteristics, case outcomes, and judicial voting in products liability decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Our analysis found some differences in the levels of experience and specialization of counsel representing defendants and plaintiffs and that counsel expertise was, at times, related to litigant success. In a multivariate model of decisionmaking, judges …

How To Brief A Case, Christopher Pyle, Lloyd Sealy Library, Katherine Killoran

Open Educational Resources

This is a guide for students on how to brief a case. A student brief is a short summary and analysis of the case prepared for use in classroom discussion. It is a set of notes, presented in a systematic way, in order to sort out the parties, identify the issues, ascertain what was decided, and analyze the reasoning behind decisions made by the courts.

Created by Christopher Pyle, 1982
Revised by Prof. Katherine Killoran, Feb. 1999.

Broadly Speaking - October 16, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Broadly Speaking - August 24, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Competency To Stand Trial: An International Challenge, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the difficulties in developing an international standard for competency to stand trial.

Understanding Juror Decisions: The Influence Of Other Jurors' Votes, Unanimous Versus Majority Decision Rule, And Juror Gender, La Donna Flanagan James

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

Jury deliberations are secret and there is great curiosity, both among academics and the lay population, about what goes on inside the jury room. Prior research suggests that individuals are very susceptible to the social pressures of others and that this has important implications for decision-making among jury members. Research on jury decision-making also suggests the importance of the assigned decision rule and gender in jury deliberations and trial outcomes. This study used a fictional vignette clearly constructed to elicit a not guilty reaction. The impact of other jurors' votes, assigned decision rule (unanimous versus two-thirds majority), and juror gender …

Factors Contributing To Juvenile Violence In Indian Communities, Larry Echohawk

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

The Political Psychology Of Child Molestation: Import For The Rule Of Law, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the problematic nature of child molestation for the rule of law.

Broadly Speaking - April 27, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

Broadly Speaking - April, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Broadly Speaking - March 30, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

No abstract provided.

The Struggle Between Legal Theory And Practice: One Law Student's Effort To Maintain The "Proper" Balance, Fernando M. Pinguelo

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Broadly Speaking - February 17, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Broadly Speaking - January 26, 1998, Nova Southeastern University

Broadly Speaking

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Revenge And Punishment: Legal Prototype And Fairy Tale Theme, Kimberly J. Pierson

Circles: Buffalo Women's Journal of Law and Social Policy

No abstract provided.

Cross Cultural Relations In Law Enforcement, Mario Martin Cortez

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Criminal Law And Criminology: Survey Of Recent Books, Juliet Casper Smith

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Don't I Know You From Somewhere: Why Due Process Should Bar Judges From Presiding Over Cases When They Have Previously Prosectued The Defendant, Peter M. Friedman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

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Mexico: The Case For Creation Of A National Court Of Human Rights, Nauhcatzin T. Bravo-Aguilar

LLM Theses and Essays

The continuing oppression and violation of human rights in Mexico is predicated on the abuse of executive power, suppression of the powers of the Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos (the National Commission for the Protection of Human Rights), and the usurpation of the authority of the judiciary. This thesis conducts a comparative analysis of the protection of human rights under the Constitution of the United States, the German Basic Law, and the Constitution of Mexico. It analyses the concept of the judicial review of executive and legislative powers and advocates for the establishment of a National Court of Human Rights …

Crime In Public Housing: Clarifying Research Issues, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Tamara Dumanovsky, J. Phillip Thompson, Garth Davies

Faculty Scholarship

In recent years, crime and public housing have been closely linked in our political and popular cultures. Tragic episodes of violence have reinforced the notion that public housing is a milieu with rates of victimization and offending far greater than other locales. However, these recent developments belie the complex social and political evolution of public housing from its origins in the 1930s, through urban renewal, and into the present.

Stereotypes abound about public housing, its management, residents, and crime rates. In reality, variation is the norm, and it is these variations that affect crime. The study of crime in public …

The Court Upholds A State Law Prohibiting Physician-Assisted Suicide, Brett Feinberg

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Federal False Statement Prosecutions: The Absurd Becomes Material, Bradford R. Hise

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.