Reconceptualizing criminal law defenses.

University of Pennsylvania Law Review;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...In 1933, one of the leading theorists of the criminal law, Jerome Michael, wrote openly of the criminal law as an instrument of the state. (1) Today, criminal law is largely allergic to claims of political theory; commentators...

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ATTORNEY TO SPEAK ABOUT PRACTICE OF CRIMINAL LAW

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 22, 2007 ;     513 words ......address "Mentoring Students in Careers in Criminal Law" as part of UM's National Center for...he plans to address various areas of criminal law, including private practice and the...students that it is possible to enter criminal law and to be a successful attorney at the...

The pathological politics of criminal law.

Michigan Law Review;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Substantive criminal law defines the conduct that the state...in prison. Most discussions of criminal law, whether in law reviews, law school...of criminal punishment tracks criminal law as it is defined by code books...

Process, the Constitution, and substantive criminal law.

Michigan Law Review;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Criminal law scholars have pined for a substantive constitutional criminal law ever since Henry Hart and Herbert Packer first...as close as it ever has to constitutionalizing criminal law's other Latin half, the element of actus reus...

Criminal Law: The Basics

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin;  August 1, 2006 ;     580 words ...Criminal Law: The Basics, Frank A. Schubert, Roxbury...distilling the seemingly endless facets of criminal law into an easily readable and comprehensive...describes the foundation and intent behind criminal law and then succinctly outlines the general...

Criminal Law

Canadian Encyclopedia;      700+ words ...A. PRINGLE Canadian Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Criminal Law Author: A. PRINGLE Criminal law , in its widest sense, includes substantive criminal law, the operation of penal institutions, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE and evidence...

China to Make Large-Range Amendments to Criminal Law

Xinhua English Newswire;  December 24, 1996 ;     411 words ...Draft amendments to China's Criminal Law were sent today to the Standing Committee...the basic principles of the country's Criminal Law that has been practiced for 17 years...amendment is being made to improve the criminal law system, concerning the state system...

Third-party interests in criminal law

Texas Law Review;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......would harm third parties? Traditional criminal law theories say "no"; none of the dominant...conduct, and set the overarching goals of criminal law-primarily deterrence, retribution, or...how to punish. Those concerns guide criminal law administration. Despite that commitment...

What is and is not pathological in criminal law.

Michigan Law Review;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......review, William J. Stuntz argues that criminal law in the United States suffers from a...prosecutorial dominance in contemporary criminal law. Overcriminalization may be the distorted...an expectation that the aims of the criminal law will parallel the aims of ordinary morality...

Philosophical Analysis and the Limits of the Substantive Criminal Law.

Criminal Justice Ethics;  June 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ...George P. Fletcher, Basic Concepts of Criminal Law New York: Oxford University Press, 1998...George Fletcher's Basic Concepts of the Criminal Law(1) carefully, and thus to prepare to...in the intersection of philosophy and criminal law, I have tended to be dissatisfied with...

Advancing social inclusion: the implications for criminal law and policy...

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......The literature on social inclusion and criminal law is almost non-existent, not surprisingly...contradiction that is revealed by juxtaposing criminal law against the notion of social inclusion. Advancing social inclusion through criminal law is a daunting objective because ...

Amended Criminal Law to Punish Polluters

Xinhua English Newswire;  April 10, 1997 ;     306 words ...The newly amended criminal law, which is scheduled to take effect...Nepa), said implementation of the Criminal Law would help control the discharge and import of hazardous wastes. The new Criminal Law, which was amended and passed by...

Criminal law comes home. (criminal law applied to domestic violence)

Yale Law Journal;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......PUBLIC INTEREST, AND CONTROL INTRODUCTION Criminal law is ever expanding. It tends to seek...lawmakers and prosecutors is to make criminal law reach further and cover more terrain...only outward but inward. Traditionally, criminal law did not enter the intimate familial...

CRIMINAL LAW DECISIONS OFFERED ON DISK BY BARCLAYS

Legal Publisher;  February 17, 1994 ;     156 words ......begun the production of the full text of all California criminal law decisions on diskette for $95 per year. Criminal Law Cases on Disk is a companion product to Barclays' Criminal Law Bulletin and is available only to those who receive the...

SEEMO CONCERNED ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGES TO CRIMINAL LAW

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  June 30, 2003 ;     279 words ......concerned about the proposed changes to the criminal law by the Croatian government.According...proposed the change of Article 203 of the criminal law by removing the shield protecting journalists...libel.In addition, Article 200 of the criminal law, nullifies the defense of "truth". ...