Yakima Herald-Republic articles from December 2005

Yakima Herald-Republic archives from December 2005

Is capital punishment morally required? Acts, omissions, and life-life tradeoffs.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. EVIDENCE II. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: MORAL FOUNDATIONS AND FOUR OBJECTIONS A. Morality and Death B. Acts and Omissions 1. Is the act/omission distinction coherent with respect to government?...

No, capital punishment is not morally required: deterrence, deontology, and the death penalty.(response to article by Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule in this issue, p. 703)
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. PRIVATE MURDERS ARE NOT EQUIVALENT TO EXECUTIONS AS A MORAL MATTER: NONPURPOSEFUL VERSUS PURPOSEFUL KILLINGS II. PRIVATE MURDERS ARE NOT EQUIVALENT TO EXECUTIONS AS A MATTER OF JUSTICE: REGULATION VERSUS...

Uses and abuses of empirical evidence in the death penalty debate.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. THEORY: WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMICIDE RATES? II. A CENTURY OF MURDERS AND EXECUTIONS III. THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPARISON GROUPS A. Canada Versus the United States B. Non-Death...

Deterring murder: a reply.(response to article by Carol Steiker, John Donohue, and Justin Wolfers in this issue, p. 751, 791)
December 1, 2005... We are most grateful to John Donohue, Justin Wolfers, and Carol Steiker for their valuable and illuminating responses to our article. (1) Donohue and Wolfers explore empirical questions, (2) on which we have little to say. Steiker investigates...

Hendricks-Robinson as crowbar: removing the certification bar to disability-based employment-discrimination class actions.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. THE "INDIVIDUALIZED INQUIRY" IN DISABILITY RIGHTS STATUTES A. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 B. Americans with Disabilities Act II. RULE 23 CLASS ACTIONS AND DISABILITY RIGHTS LITIGATION A. Commonality in...

Fixing FACA: the case for exempting presidential advisory committees from judicial review under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION I. THE BIRTH OF FACA II. THE PROBLEM A. Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice and Its Progeny B. In re Cheney C. Ass'n of American Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. v. Clinton D....

Consent to Sexual Relations.(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... CONSENT TO SEXUAL RELATIONS. By Alan Wertheimer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. INTRODUCTION I. A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE BOOK'S ARGUMENT A. Wertheimer' s Central Claims B. Problems Internal to the Argument ...