The Violence Against Women's Act: From The Criminalization Of Domestic Violence Through Modern Political Challenges,
2020
University of Nebraska at Omaha
The Violence Against Women's Act: From The Criminalization Of Domestic Violence Through Modern Political Challenges, Carrie Anderson
Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects
The Violence Against Women’s Act, or VAWA, is a landmark piece of federal legislation to combat domestic violence in the United States. It passed in 1994 following various state efforts to stop intimate partner violence. Broad federal legislation was needed to end domestic violence because of the unique nature of the crime including the strong connection between victims and perpetrators, the vast scale of the problem, and the reoccurring nature of domestic violence (Fagan, p. 28-29, 1996). VAWA has been expanded through reauthorization efforts in 2000, 2005, and 2013. Reform efforts have focused on increasing protections for victims especially focusing …
Working To Prevent Gun Violence In The United States: The Role Of Policy & Advocacy,
2020
Dominican University of California
Working To Prevent Gun Violence In The United States: The Role Of Policy & Advocacy, Allison Popovits
Political Science & International Studies | Senior Theses
There are several laws in place regarding the legal purchase and possession of firearms in the United States (Giffords Law Center, 2020). There are also laws regarding the prohibited purchase and possession of firearms (Giffords Law Center, 2020). Yet, prohibited persons purchase and possess firearms regularly (Giffords Law Center, 2020). This happens because there are loopholes in the law (Brady United, 2020). For example, federal law requires background checks for gun purchases from licensed firearm dealers, but not at gun shows where sellers may not be licensed. This means that a felon (prohibited purchaser and possessor) buying a gun from …
Coin, Currency, And Constitution: Reconsidering The National Bank Precedent,
2020
University of Wisconsin Law School
Coin, Currency, And Constitution: Reconsidering The National Bank Precedent, David S. Schwartz
Michigan Law Review
Review of Eric Lomazoff's Reconstructing the National Bank Controversy: Politics and Law in the Early American Republic.
Redefining Reproductive Rights And Justice,
2020
University of Michigan Law School
Redefining Reproductive Rights And Justice, Leah Litman
Michigan Law Review
Review of Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories edited by Melissa Murray, Katherine Shaw, and Reva B. Siegel.
The State Attorney General’S Duty To Advise As A Source Of Law,
2020
University of Richmond School of Law
The State Attorney General’S Duty To Advise As A Source Of Law, Winthrop Jordan
University of Richmond Law Review
This Comment seeks to help fill that gap by considering how a state attorney general’s duty to advise functions as a source of law, by proposing six general models of how the opinions of a state attorney general can alter the legal rights, duties, and relations of persons. In doing so, this Comment still seeks to acknowledge and respect the fact that each state’s individual constitution and traditions will create a unique role for its attorney general’s duty to advise in shaping state law.
Challenging Congress's Single-Member District Mandate For U.S. House Elections On Political Association Grounds,
2020
William & Mary Law School
Challenging Congress's Single-Member District Mandate For U.S. House Elections On Political Association Grounds, Austin Plier
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Debt Collection Pandemic,
2020
Texas A&M University School of Law
The Debt Collection Pandemic, Pamela Foohey, Dalié Jiménez, Christopher K. Odinet
Faculty Scholarship
As of May 2020, the United States' reaction to the unique and alarming threat of COVID-19 has partially succeeded in slowing the virus’s spread. Saving people’s lives, however, came at a severe economic cost. Americans’ economic anxiety understandably spiked. In addition to worrying about meeting basic expenses, people’s anxieties about money necessarily included what might happen if they could not cover already outstanding debts. The nearly 70 million Americans with debts already in collection faced heightened anxiety about their inability to pay.
The coronavirus pandemic is set to metastasize into a debt collection pandemic. The federal government can and should …
Analyses Of Prosecutorial Power And Discretion In Mississippi: Evaluating Proposals To Address Misconduct And Abuse,
2020
University of Mississippi
Analyses Of Prosecutorial Power And Discretion In Mississippi: Evaluating Proposals To Address Misconduct And Abuse, Lucy Pruitt
Honors Theses
This thesis seeks to create a policy proposal in order to address incidences of prosecutorial misconduct and abuse of discretion in the Mississippi criminal justice system. To do so, the author has summarized and analyzed seven criminal cases in which defendants have become victims of prosecutorial misconduct in order to shed light on the lack of prosecutorial accountability in the state’s criminal justice system. In an attempt to solve the problem, the author has developed a novel grading rubric in order to objectively and systematically analyze and evaluate previously proposed policy recommendations by legal experts and justice organizations. The successes …
Foreword,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Foreword
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Table Of Contents,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Table Of Contents
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Dedication,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Dedication
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Jlia Editorial Board & Staff,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Jlia Editorial Board & Staff
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Autonomous Systems And The Meaning Of Humanity,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Autonomous Systems And The Meaning Of Humanity, David Danks, Noreen Herzfeld, Amy Pritchett, Matthias Scheutz
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Autonomous Systems & Domestic Security,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Autonomous Systems & Domestic Security, David Atkinson, Douglas Burig, Marc Canellas, Alan Wagner
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Autonomous Systems & International Norms,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Autonomous Systems & International Norms, Charles Dunlap, Richard Jordan, Elsa Kania, Michael Klare
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Autonomous Systems & The Ethics Of Conflict,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Autonomous Systems & The Ethics Of Conflict, Micah Clark, Claire Finkelstein, Oren Gross
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Autonomous Systems &Emerging Technology,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Autonomous Systems &Emerging Technology, William Casebeer, Kevin Chan, Brian David Johnson, Patrick Mcdaniel
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
No abstract provided.
Lessons From Game Theory About Humanizing Next-Generation Weapons,
2020
Penn State Dickinson Law
Lessons From Game Theory About Humanizing Next-Generation Weapons, Richard Jordan
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)
This article draws a parallel between nuclear weapons and the next generation of military technology, autonomous systems. It outlines some legal and ethical dilemmas the latter pose, and in particular aspects of the technology that make it dehumanizing. Autonomous systems share all of these attributes with nuclear weapons. This fact should be encouraging, because the dehumanizing effects of nuclear systems have been overcome. Drawing on the evolution of nuclear strategy and the nuclear taboo, I argue that, in negotiating the legal and ethical dilemmas posed by autonomous weapons systems, the role of international law and of normative entrepreneurs will be …
Guarantees And Capital Infusions In Response To Financial Crises B: U.S. Guarantees During The Global Financial Crisis,
2020
Yale School of Management
Guarantees And Capital Infusions In Response To Financial Crises B: U.S. Guarantees During The Global Financial Crisis, June Rhee, Andrew Metrick
Journal of Financial Crises
During 2008-09, the federal government extended multiple guarantee programs in an effort to restore the financial market and contain the panic and crisis in the market. For example, the Treasury provided a temporary guarantee program for the money market funds, the FDIC decided to stand behind certain debts and non-interest-bearing transaction accounts, and the Treasury, the FDIC, and the Federal Reserve agreed to share losses in certain assets belonging to Citigroup. This case reviews these guarantee programs implemented during the global financial crisis by the government and explores the different rationale that shaped certain design features of each program.
Does Description Equal Prescription? A Case For Gender Quotas In Latin America,
2020
Georgia Southern University
Does Description Equal Prescription? A Case For Gender Quotas In Latin America, Samuel E. Hobbs
Honors College Theses
Extant research demonstrates that gender quotas do increase women’s descriptive representation in national legislatures, including in Latin America (Smith 2016; Mark et al. 2012). However, there has been an evident lack of research conducted to identify the relationship between gender quotas and outcomes of gendered legislation. I argue that gender quotas implemented on the national legislature in Latin America do increase the outcome of gendered legislation. I test my hypothesis by examining the government of Chile to analyze the effects of the augmentation of women in national legislatures. To do so, I use the government’s national legislative database to search …
