Sigler on the Methodology of Desert

Mary Sigler (Arizona State University – College of Law) has posted The Methodology of Desert (Arizona State Law Journal, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In a series of books and articles Paul Robinson (along with various coauthors) builds…

Stubbs on Restorative Justice and Domestic Violence

Julie Stubbs (University of NSW - Faculty of Law) has posted Relations of Domination and Subordination: Challenges for Restorative Justice in Responding to Domestic Violence on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Restorative Justice (RJ) is often promoted as a response...

“CIA removed terror suspects from Guantanamo to avoid due process: AP”

Jurist points to and expands on this AP story: WASHINGTON — Four of the nation's most highly valued terrorist prisoners were secretly moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2003, years earlier than has been disclosed, then whisked back into overseas...

Borgers & Stevens on the Use of Illegally Gathered Evidence in the Dutch Criminal Trial

Matthias J. Borgers and Lonneke Stevens (VU University Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam) have posted The Use of Illegally Gathered Evidence in the Dutch Criminal Trial on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This report, written for the the XVIIIth International...

Beale on Ewing v. California

Sara Sun Beale (Duke University - School of Law) has posted The Story of Ewing V. California: Three Strikes Laws and the Limits of the Eighth Amendment Proportionality Review (CRIMINAL LAW STORIES, Donna Coker, Robert Weisberg, eds., Foundation Press, Forthcoming)...

“England has worse crime rate than the US, says Civitas study”

Crime and Consequences excerpts this article from the London Telegraph. England and Wales has one of the worst crime rates among developed nations for rapes, burglaries and robberies, a major report has found. However, offenders are locked up for shorter...

“Defense Lawyers in Rubashkin Case Question Federal Judge’s Ties to Prosecution”

From the BLT: “The government’s own memoranda show that more than six months before the raid, Judge Linda Reade began a series of meetings in which she collaborated with the law-enforcement team that prosecuted the case against Sholom Rubashkin,” Lewin,...

Lee on Reasonable Provocation and Self Defense

Cynthia Lee (George Washington University Law School) has posted Reasonable Provocation and Self-Defense: Recognizing the Disctincton between Act Reasonableness and Emotion Reasonableness (CRIMINAL LAW CONVERSATIONS, Paul H. Robinson, Stephen Garvey, Kimberly Ferzan, eds., Oxford University Press, 2009) on SSRN. Here...

Hylton on Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Criminal Law

Keith N. Hylton (Boston University) has posted Some Notes on Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Criminal Law (RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON THE ECONOMICS OF CRIMINAL LAW, A. Harel, K. Hylton, eds., Edward Elgar, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The...

“Treasury Department to issue license for terror suspect defense”

Jurist has this update on the challenge to the federal law requiring a special license to provide legal services to "Specially Designated Terrorists."

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