American Criminal Law Review articles from January 1996

American Criminal Law Review archives from January 1996

Criminal law and women: giving the abused woman who kills a jury of her peers who appreciate trifles.
January 1, 1996... I. Introduction II. Stories A. The Story--"Fiction" B. The Story--"Fact" C. A Jury of Her Peers as a Pedagogic Device III. The Law; History and Politics A. Jurisprudential Debates Affecting Women B. The History of Legalized Woman...

Public school drug testing: the impact of Acton.
January 1, 1996... When the rights of children in the public schools(1) and the safeguards of the Fourth Amendment(2) intersect in a case before the United States Supreme Court, it is no surprise that both lose.(3) So it was that in Vernonia School District v....

The exclusionary rule at sentencing: new life under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines?
January 1, 1996... A new era in the federal criminal system began in November 1987. The process that was begun by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984(1) culminated in a brand new sentencing system, ruled by the United States Sentencing Commission and its Federal...

Factories with fences: an analysis of the Prison Industry Enhancement certification program in historical perspective.
January 1, 1996... I. Introduction II. Private Sector Involvement in Prison Industry in the Nineteenth Century A. The "Congregate" and "Separate" Systems B. Forms of Private Sector Involvement III. Decline of Private Sector: Prison Industry IV....

The misguided reliance in American jurisprudence on Jewish law to support the moral legitimacy of capital punishment.
January 1, 1996... I. INTRODUCTION The debate over capital punishment in the United States, particularly during the last quarter century, has engendered emotional diatribe regarding not only the constitutionality of the death penalty but also its inherent...

Reflections on Reves v. Ernst & Young: its meaning and impact on substantive, accessory, aiding abetting and conspiracy liability under RICO. (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)(25th Anniversary Issue)
January 1, 1996... There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. NICCOLO MACHTAVELLT, THE PRINCE 43 (William K Marriott trans....