Belief States In Criminal Law,
2016
Brooklyn Law School
Belief States In Criminal Law, James Macleod
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Blowing The Whistle On Nightclub Illegality To The Nevada Gaming Control Board And Nevada's Common Law Protections,
2016
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Blowing The Whistle On Nightclub Illegality To The Nevada Gaming Control Board And Nevada's Common Law Protections, Robert Loftus
UNLV Gaming Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Choosing A Criminal Procedure Casebook: On Lesser Evils And Free Books,
2016
University of Missouri School of Law
Choosing A Criminal Procedure Casebook: On Lesser Evils And Free Books, Ben L. Trachtenberg
Faculty Publications
Among the more important decisions a law teacher makes when preparing a new course is what materials to assign. Criminal procedure teachers are spoiled for choice, with legal publishers offering several options written by teams of renowned scholars. This Article considers how a teacher might choose from the myriad options available and suggests two potentially overlooked criteria: weight and price.
Unlikely Consequences: How Medical Marijuana Is Affecting Nevada's Gaming Industry,
2016
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Unlikely Consequences: How Medical Marijuana Is Affecting Nevada's Gaming Industry, Haley N. Lewis
UNLV Gaming Law Journal
No abstract provided.
To The "Status Quo" And Beyond: The Possible Unintended Consequence Of The "Restoration Of America's Wire Act",
2016
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
To The "Status Quo" And Beyond: The Possible Unintended Consequence Of The "Restoration Of America's Wire Act", Elijah James Hayon Tredup
UNLV Gaming Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Problem Of Purpose In International Criminal Law,
2016
University of Illinois College of Law
The Problem Of Purpose In International Criminal Law, Patrick J. Keenan
Michigan Journal of International Law
Keenan addresses the problem of purposes in this Article, with two principal objectives. The first is to sort through the competing theories to identify the core purposes of international criminal law. The second is to show how those purposes are or can be put into effect in actual cases. These questions are important because the purposes for which the law is deployed significantly influence how it is deployed. Prosecutors bring different kinds of cases and argue different theories based at least in part on what they hope to achieve. For example, in the domestic context, prosecutors might choose to prioritize …
Copwatching,
2016
Brooklyn Law School
Doug Kahn - A Personal Appreciation,
2016
University of Miami School of Law
Finding "Tapia Error": How Circuit Courts Have Misread 'Tapia V. United States' And Shortchanged The Penological Goals Of The Sentencing Reform Act,
2016
Vanderbilt University Law School
Finding "Tapia Error": How Circuit Courts Have Misread 'Tapia V. United States' And Shortchanged The Penological Goals Of The Sentencing Reform Act, Matt J. Gornick
Vanderbilt Law Review
The American criminal justice system is called many things; "compassionate" is usually not one of them. Yet in the course of federal criminal proceedings, a sentencing hearing allows a judge to convey compassion toward a defendant, if only to say, "I'm sorry about your situation, but this is how I must apply the law." Likewise, a defendant might throw herself on the mercy of the court in hopes that the judge exercises discretion compassionately. Mitigating factors and downward departures suggest that judges are capable of doing so. But how does a sentencing judge show compassion, as opposed to simply feeling …
Examining The Comparative Use, Experience And Outcomes Of Community Service Orders As Alternatives To Short Prison Sentences In Ireland.,
2016
Technological University Dublin
Examining The Comparative Use, Experience And Outcomes Of Community Service Orders As Alternatives To Short Prison Sentences In Ireland., Kate O'Hara
Doctoral
Background: In Ireland, under the Criminal Justice (Community Service) 1983 Act, a community service order (CSO) must only be imposed if a custodial sentence has first been considered. In 2011, an amendment to the 1983 Act was made, requiring courts to consider imposing CSOs as alternatives to prison sentences of less than one year. This amendment sought to address the underutilisation of community service, decrease the number of short-term committals, and benefit offenders and communities. Methodology: Administrative data from the Irish Prison and Probation Services pertaining to all cases sentenced to a short-term of imprisonment or CSO between 2011 and …
Around Campus,
2016
DePaul University
Around Campus
DePaul Magazine
Center for Community Health Equity Launches; Sustainability the Focus of the 2015 Vincent de Paul Lecture; The Women's Center Celebrates 20 Years with Feminist Editor; Craft of Composing Panel Addresses the Vocation of Writing; Third Annual Horror of the Humanities Unmasks the Monstrosities of Daily Life; DePaul Basketball Enjoys Game-Changing Groundbreaking Day; Bruno Marks 30th Season Coaching the Game He Lovers; Late-Season Rally Propels Men's Soccer to Postseason; Women's Soccer Qualifies for Sixth BIG EAST Tournament; Wyatt Excels On and Off the Field; Preseason Honors the BIG EAST; Polish Scholar Reflects on Solidarity Movement and Catholicism; The Sentencing Project Director …
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks,
2016
Cornell Law School
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In the following Review, I analyze the leading criminal law casebooks on the market and describe the ways in which they do — and do not — respond to the needs of criminal law teachers. At least part of the issue is the changing nature of law teaching — what actually happens in the classroom has changed in the last three decades. Moreover, there may be less uniformity in classroom practice than in the past; in other words, what works in one law school might not work in another, due in part to the changing profile of law students, as …
Reclaiming The Importance Of The Defendant's Testimony: Prior Conviction Impeachment And The Fight Against Implicit Stereotyping,
2016
Brooklyn Law School
Reclaiming The Importance Of The Defendant's Testimony: Prior Conviction Impeachment And The Fight Against Implicit Stereotyping, Anna Roberts
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
What's Islam Got To Do With It? Obstacles In Securing Fair Trial Rights Under Iran's Repressive Regime,
2016
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
What's Islam Got To Do With It? Obstacles In Securing Fair Trial Rights Under Iran's Repressive Regime, Sara Barlowe
Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law
The note argues that the principle of Velayate Faqhih in Iran undermines the rule of law and prevents the development of a functional criminal justice system. This principle, which establishes the supremacy of Islamic law and grants the Supreme Leader plenary authority over the judiciary, leads to arbitrary law enforcement, corruption, and human rights violations. The case of Maziar Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian journalist detained on vague charges of espionage, illustrates how the regime uses detention and torture to suppress dissent and maintain political control. The note contends that Iran’s legal system, dominated by Sharia law and lacking judicial independence, violates …
Mass Incarceration: An Annotated Bibliography,
2016
Roger Williams University School of Law
Mass Incarceration: An Annotated Bibliography, Nicole P. Dyszlewski, Lucinda Harrison-Cox, Raquel Ortiz
Law Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Foreword: Innocent Until Proven Poor,
2016
Texas A&M University School of Law
Foreword: Innocent Until Proven Poor, Sara Zampierin
Faculty Scholarship
One of the core tenets of our criminal justice system is the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. As the title of the Symposium recognizes, we have allowed our justice system to ignore that presumption for people living in poverty in a variety of ways. Instead, it often inflicts additional and harsher punishment on individuals because of their poverty.
Dna, Blue Bus, And Phase Changes,
2016
Texas A&M University School of Law
Dna, Blue Bus, And Phase Changes, Edward K. Cheng, G. Alexander Nunn
Faculty Scholarship
In ‘Exploring the Proof Paradoxes’, Mike Redmayne comprehensively surveyed the puzzles at the intersection of law and statistics, the most famous of which is the Blue Bus problem, which prohibits legal actors from ascribing liability purely on the basis of probabilistic evidence. DNA evidence, however, is a longstanding exception to Blue Bus. Like Blue Bus, DNA presents probabilistic evidence of identity. Unlike Blue Bus, DNA is widely accepted as legitimate, even when it stands alone as so-called ‘naked’ statistical evidence. Observers often explain such DNA exceptionalism in two ways: either that people break down in extreme cases, or relatedly, that …
Helplessly Imprisoned: State V. Hammonds Holds Involuntarily Committed Patients To The Same Constitutional Restraints As Prisoners,
2016
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Helplessly Imprisoned: State V. Hammonds Holds Involuntarily Committed Patients To The Same Constitutional Restraints As Prisoners, Thomas C. Wolff
North Carolina Central Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks,
2016
Cornell Law School
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
Michigan Law Review
Criminal law is a nasty business. The field takes as its point of departure the indignities that human beings visit upon each other—each one worse than the one before. A book or article about criminal law often reads like a parade of horribles, an indictment of humanity’s descent into moral weakness. For those who teach criminal law, everything else pales in comparison. Neither the business disputes of contract law nor the physical injuries described in a torts casebook can compare with the depravity of what we teach in criminal law. Criminal law professors are often addicted to their subject. Nothing …
An Evaluation Of The Federal Legal Services Program: Evidence From Crime Rates And Property Values,
2016
Portland State University
An Evaluation Of The Federal Legal Services Program: Evidence From Crime Rates And Property Values, Jamein P. Cunningham
Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper uses the city level roll-out of legal service grants to evaluate their effects on crime. Using Uniform Crime Reports from 1960 to 1985, the results show that there is a short run increase of 7 percent in crimes reported and also a 13 percent increase in crimes cleared by arrest. Results show an increase in the staffing of police officers in cities that received legal services. These cities are also associated with having higher median property values 10 years later. This supports the narrative that legal services changed police behavior through litigation or threats of litigation.
