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Shaky Science: Shaken Baby Syndrome And Its Disproportionate Impact On False Convictions Of Women Of Color, Shae A. Woodburn

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is a controversial diagnosis and an even more controversial basis for conviction. The syndrome is questioned by scientists and doctors who have yet to come to a consensus on its diagnosis. Courts have permitted SBS evidence to be admitted in criminal trials, and many people have been convicted solely on the basis of this controversial diagnosis. This Note seeks to analyze the history of SBS, the conflicts in the medical and scientific community, standards of evidence that permit its admission in court, and how all of these factors converge in a way that disproportionately impacts women …

The Law And Politics Of Ransomware, Asaf Lubin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

What do Lady Gaga, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, the city of Valdez in Alaska, and the court system of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul all have in common? They have all been victims of ransomware attacks, which are growing both in number and severity. In 2016, hackers perpetrated roughly four thousand ransomware attacks a day worldwide, a figure which was already alarming. By 2020, however, ransomware attacks reached a staggering number, between 20,000 and 30,000 per day in the United States alone. That is a ransomware attack every eleven seconds, each of which cost victims …

Courts Without Court, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

What role does the physical courthouse play in the administration of criminal justice? This Article uses recent experiments with virtual courts to reimagine a future without criminal courthouses at the center. The key insight of this Article is to reveal how integral physical courts are to carceral control and how the rise of virtual courts helps to decenter power away from judges. This Article examines the effects of online courts on defendants, lawyers, judges, witnesses, victims, and courthouse officials and offers a framework for a better and less court-centered future. By studying post-COVID-19 disruptions around traditional conceptions of place, time, …

War Crimes: History, Basic Concepts, And Structures, Richard J. Wilson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

On May 24, 2022, the Washington Post carried front-page news that a court in Ukraine had sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier, Vadim Shishimarin, to life imprisonment for the war crime of premeditated murder of a civilian, 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov. The session was the first war crimes trial in Ukraine since Russia's invasion three months earlier.

January 6, Ambiguously Inciting Speech, And The Overt-Acts Rule, Alan Z. Rozenshtein, Jed Handelsman Shugerman

Faculty Scholarship

A prosecution of Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol would have to address whether the First Amendment protects the inflammatory remarks he made at the “Stop the Steal” rally. A prosecution based solely on the content of Trump’s speech—whether for incitement, insurrection, or obstruction—would face serious constitutional difficulties under Brandenburg v. Ohio’s dual requirements of intent and likely imminence. But a prosecution need not rely solely on the content of Trump’s speech. It can also look to Trump’s actions: his order to the remove the magnetometers from the entrances to the rally and …

Overcoming The Peremptory's Greatest Challenge, Brian A. Wilson

Faculty Scholarship

Four decades after the Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC") first proscribed certain group-based peremptory challenges, eradicating unlawful discrimination in jury selection has gained renewed interest. Yet so long as Massachusetts retains the inherently flawed three-step "Batson-Soares" test, lawyers seeking to exclude jurors for impermissible reasons will proceed virtually undeterred.

The solution is not to abolish peremptory challenges, as Arizona did in 2022. When exercised lawfully, they enable litigants to remove jurors they legitimately perceive as biased where a challenge for cause, due to its narrow scope, legally cannot. Eliminating peremptories would provide the parties little opportunity to influence who decides the …

Bentuk Penanaman Modal Asing Bangkok Bank Di Indonesia Berdasarkan Hukum Penanaman Modal, Desi Ariani Sinulingga

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Investment is part of the implementation of the country's economy which aims to increase national economic growth, create jobs, and encourage national economic development so that a prosperous, equal, and prosperous society can be realized. Investment regulation in Indonesia has been started since the issuance of Act Number 1 of 1967 concerning Foreign Investment and Act Number 6 of 1968 concerning Domestic Investment. Both regulations have been revoked by Act Number 25 of 2007 concerning Investment, and part of the provisions have been amended by the Omnibus Act Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation. Foreign investment in Indonesia can …

Analisis Politik Hukum Islam Berbasis Maqoshid Syari’Ah (Studi Terhadap Konsep Anak Sah Dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 1974 Tentang Perkawinan), Asmuni Asmuni, Agus Firman

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This article aims to use maqashid sharia to analyze the conformity of the rules regarding legitimate children in Article 42 of the Marriage Law (UUP) with sharia principles. At the level of application of the law, it will also be seen whether the regulation is in accordance with the basic principles of maqashid. The results of this study indicate that the provisions of Article 42 UUP which equate the status of children born 'as a result of' and 'in' a legal marriage, are not in accordance with sharia principles. The Office of Religious Affairs (KUA) in determining marriage guardians for …

Mekanisme Hukum Adat Perdmaian (Mela Sare) Dalam Mewujudkan Rekonsiliasi Para Pihak Pasca Putusan Pengadilan Pada Masyarakat Lamaholot Di Adonara – Flores Timur, Handrianus David Ola Sili

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The substance aspect that underlies this writing in the Adonara community, the implication of a court decision is the breakdown of relations / relations both personal and social between the parties to the dispute or "kenetun". In order for the implication of the court decision to help eliminate the "kenetun" customary bulkhead, an effort was made to reconcile the parties to the dispute. Interesting to study more deeply, the Lamaholot community has a customary law tradition that is packaged in the traditional ritual of peace mela sare. This research is sociological law (sociological legal research) or empirical legal research with …

Model Pencantuman Asas Hukum Dalam Pembentukan Hukum Perikatan Nasional, Djumikasih Djumikasih

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Indonesia is currently trying to draft a law of engagement. In the drafting process, there are differences of opinion as to whether the principles of binding law will be written explicitly or implicitly. Based on the results of the discussion, it can be concluded that, the nature of legal principles is a very important and fundamental thing, which comes from ethical values that exist in society, which is very useful because it is a direction guide, for the formation of legal norms and law enforcement itself. The function of legal principles is not only as a foundation, heart or bridge …

Dewan Pertimbangan Presiden Dalam Struktur Ketatanegaraan Indonesia, Brilliant Bintang Prasetya, Ryan Muthiara Wasti

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The existence of the Presidential Advisory Council is inseparable from the history of state administration with the political phenomenon of law. Various ideas of pros and cons questioned the position and authority of the country's advisory institutions. The institution which at the beginning of its formation was named the Supreme Advisory Council then turned into a Presidential Advisory Council under the executive rule after the amendment to the 1945 Constitution. The shift raises the peculiarities of the position of advisors not under the authority given by advice. Reflecting on the discourse, this paper reviews how the position and extent of …

Database Floklore Dalam Undang-Undang Tentang Hak Cipta Dan Undang-Undang Tentang Pemajuan Kebudayaan, Lora Sinta Sulistiorini

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Law 28/2014 on Copyright and Law 5/2017 on Cultural Promotion have a major role in regulating and protecting floklore. This can be seen from the norms that regulate the mechanism for protecting floklore in Article 38 paragraph (2) of the Copyright Law, which states that the state is obliged to make an inventory, maintain, and maintain traditional cultural expressions.law a quo also regulates the procedures for recording as contained in Articles 66-72. Not only that, the Law for the Advancement of Culture also regulates the floklore database through Articles 16-26 of a quo. The two laws then raise the question, …

Pembaruan Pemahaman Bahasa Hukum Indonesia Dalam Penafsiran Konstitusi Untuk Jaminan Kepastian Hukum, Normand Edwin Elnizar

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This article attempts to explain legal language aspects need to be improved in implementing laws that uphold justice while at the same time provide legal certainty. The study is limited to the constitution as the highest law in the national legal system. The explanation of the linguistic aspect including foreign legal terminology in the constitutional interpretation and the constitutional interpretation as a discourse analysis. It was conducted by literature research to compare the paradigm of constitutional interpretation theory with linguistic aspects in linguistic theory. Decision Number 84/PUU-XVI/2018 used as example for this research. This qualitative research describes some linguistic aspects …

Pengaturan Pembatasan Penggunaan Data Nasabah Bank Untuk Mencegah Penggelapan Dana Nasabah Di Bank, Nathasya Nauli Nainggolan, Rouli Anita Velentina

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

As financial institutions, banks are required to have customer data protection mechanisms. This is for the sake of the banking busines’ continuity that is being undertaken. The sustainability of a bank's business is largely determined by the trust of the customers to save funds and use bank services. The customer data protection mechanism is one of a risk management form that is primarily aimed at protecting customer personal data, which is useful for preventing the risk of misuse of bank customer data by irresponsible persons. This study aims to discuss the provisions regarding the protection of customer data by banks …

Ultimum Remedium Terhadap Keterlibatan Notaris Dalam Perbuatan Melawan Hukum, Halwa Fairuzia, Rouli Anita Velentina

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Ultimum Remedium is a principle that means criminal sanctions should be the last resort in solving a problem, where civil and administrative sanctions are prioritised. In this journal, the researcher will discuss how this principle relates to the authority held by the Notary Honorary Council in limiting actions against the law committed by notaries. This study uses normative juridical research, where the law serves as a foundation for examining legal regulations related to legal issues regarding unlawful acts committed by notaries.

Redistribusi Tanah Bekas Hak Erfpacht Dalam Kaitannya Dengan Pilot Project Of Agrarian Reform Guna Mewujudkan Sustainable Development Di Desa Galengdowo, Kabupaten Jombang, Fadila Fernanda, Adhitya Widya Kartika

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The redistribution of land with erfpacht right in Galengdowo village is one of the agrarian reform programs in the form of distributing state land to cultivators by giving ownership right to the land they cultivate. These freehold land certificates can then be used as collateral to obtain business capital through Community Land Empowerment (CLE) which is aimed at becoming a pilot project for an agrarian reforma village producing coffee and dairy products by developing regional-level businesses to become national scale. This study uses an empirical legal research method that examines the implementation of law in society. The approach used is …

Keping Puzzle Yang Hilang: Menelaah Hak Yang Sirna Terhadap Narapidana, Muhammad Abdul Azis, Riski Ananda Kusuma Putri, Nur Rahman

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Prisons have a reputation for being cages of deprivation of freedom and atonement for wrongdoing. Prisoners lose their independence because prisons restrict their movement, including their sexual needs, which is like the "missing piece of the puzzle." The discussion in this article tries to explore the missing piece of prisoners' rights, examine, and analyze the impact of the Conjugal Visit program for prisoners in Indonesia, to bring new light to the realization of human rights in the prison system aimed at legal protection and fulfillment of human rights. This article uses normative legal methods. Systematic legal comparison is used to …

Menelisik Sikap Pemerintah Indonesia Dalam Menghadapi Kelangkaan Alat Pelindung Diri Ditengah Wabah Pandemi Coronavirus Disease (Ditinjau Dari Undang-Undang Nomor 36 Tahun 2009 Tentang Kesehatan), Marisca Gondokesumo, Nabbilah Amir

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

World Health Organization (WHO) has established coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), WHO recommends all countries to anticipate COVID-19. One important element needed to deal with the virus is personal protective equipment that is used by medical personnel to carry out medical treatment for patients infected with COVID-19, but the item is scarcity in Indonesia. What is the attitude of the Indonesian government in responding to the scarcity of personal protective equipment. The research method used is empirical juridical. The results showed that the scarcity of the availability of personal protective equipment due to …

Tanggung Jawab Hukum Inventor Atas Invensi Kecerdasan Buatan (Artificial Intelligence) Di Indonesia, Deslaely Putranti, Kurnia Dewi Anggraeny

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The pace of technological development can no longer be restrained until the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) which later, turns out to have a negative impact on its application. AI is a computer system program created by humans. However, the invention of AI in one hand makes human work easier, it is also noticeable that there are several criminal cases "performed" by AI. This research is qualitative research with doctrinal research. The data used include secondary data consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials. The method of data collection is done through document study. This research concludes that the …

Deregulasi Terhadap Paradoks Vaksin Covid-19 Sebagai Barang Publik Dan Vaksin Berbayar Dalam Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Nomor 19 Tahun 2021, Fikri Ahsan

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The Coronavirus Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine coronavirus (COVID-19) on pandemics is public goods that make public use of all societies in general, but in the regulation of the minister of health number 19 of 2021 regarding the second amendment to the regulation of the minister of health number 10 of 2021 regarding the implementation of vaccinations in the wake of the corona virus virus 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, Explains the cooperative vaccination that funding is imposed on individuals/individuals (paid). This goes against public goods and tends to become commercial private goods, so in this pandemic of covid-19 should not be …