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24 Jan 2009, 4:33 am
Although the substantive law outlawing such gender violence is now well established, significant obstacles remain to ensuring a robust system of gender justice in international criminal law. [read post]
15 Aug 2023, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Do the Justices believe that the underlying federal criminal laws that were applied to Judge Walter Nixon in that case cannot be validly applied to them? [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 2:17 pm by Sami Z Azhari
Obstructing Justice Under Illinois law pursuant to 720 ILCS 5/31-1, a person who knowingly resists or obstructs the performance by one known to the person to be a peace officer, firefighter, or correctional institution employee of any authorized act within his official capacity commits a Class A misdemeanor. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 3:54 am by Jack Chin
As I mentioned in a recent post, I believe the scholarly debate about whether particular defenses should be categorized as justifications or excuses has little practical utility to offer the criminal justice system. [read post]
25 Jun 2008, 11:04 am
Now Jack Straw is in a panic as he tries once more to patch up the damaged public confidence in the Criminal Justice System. [read post]
15 Dec 2015, 10:47 am by John Floyd
Justice Department had issued new policy guideline that would re-focus federal corporate criminal investigations towards holding individuals responsible for their corporate criminal actions. [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 2:54 pm by John Floyd
The fines are the largest anti-trust penalties collected by U.S. authorities. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 6:31 am
Justice Department has concluded that the commitment to criminal prosecution has paid off. [read post]
29 Dec 2013, 1:00 pm by Dan Ernst
The transition to modernity in criminal justice should be seen against the background of a Weberian monopolization of legitimate violence, as Western states claimed the sole authority to inflict punishment, displacing rivals that included nobles, heads of households, and the Church. [read post]
30 Apr 2020, 7:47 am by Thomas Surmanski
This article intends to clarify some of the basic procedures relating to criminal court in Ontario (particularly the Ontario Court of Justice) and what to expect on your first day. [read post]
14 May 2018, 8:15 am by Kent Scheidegger
  6-3 opinion by Justice Ginsburg, with Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissenting.I agree with the defendant on this one. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 6:18 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
An excerpt: In this Part, I argue that criminal jurisdiction on tribal lands already reflects major elements of the Bounded Pluralism approach I support, but that criminal justice in Indian Country could be improved if tribes had greater functional jurisdiction and if the federal government had greater supervisory authority to set fundamental-rights constraints on that jurisdiction. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 2:32 pm
Roman Polanski is in prison in Switzerland as Swiss authorities wait for a formal extradition request from U.S. authorities who have until late November to file that request. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
” — Walter Olson, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and author of The Litigation Explosion Other blurbs are by Deborah Rhode, Philip K. [read post]