Download or read book Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States written by United States. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Jury and the Search for Truth written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

Download or read book Animal Cruelty and Freedom of Speech written by Abigail Perdue and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collaboration between an attorney and an animal protection advocate, this work utilizes the extremely controversial and high-profile "crush video" case, US v. Stevens, to explore how American society attempts to balance the protection of free speech and the prevention of animal cruelty. Starting from the detailed case study of a single prominent ruling, the authors provide a masterful survey of important issues facing society in the area of animal welfare. The Stevens case included various "hot topic" elements connected to the role of government as arbiter of public morality, including judicial attitudes to sexual deviance and dogfighting. Because it is one of only two animal rights cases that the US Supreme Court has handled, and the only case discussing the competing interests of free speech and animal cruelty, it will be an important topic for discussion in constitutional and animal law courses for decades to come. The Stevens case arose from the first conviction under 18 USC § 48 (Section 48), a federal law enacted in 1999, which criminalized the creation, sale, and/or possession of certain depictions of animal cruelty. The US Congress intended Section 48 to end the creation and interstate trafficking of depictions of animal cruelty in which animals are abused or even killed for entertainment's sake. Proponents of Section 48 predicted that countless benefits to both humans and animals would flow from its enforcement. Opponents of the law argued that it was too far-reaching and would stifle protected speech. Critics of Section 48 appeared to have prevailed when the US Supreme Court struck the law down as unconstitutionally overbroad. Although a law tailored to address the Supreme Court's concerns was quickly enacted, the free speech/animal cruelty controversy is far from over.

Download or read book Terror Detentions and the Rule of Law written by Robert Hall Wagstaff and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States and the United Kingdom detained suspected terrorists in a manner incompatible with the due process, fair trial, and equality requirements of the Rule of Law. The legality of the detentions was challenged and found wanting by the highest courts in the US and UK. The US courts approached these questions as matters within the law of war, whereas the UK courts examined them within a human rights criminal law context. In Terror Detentions and the Rule of Law: US and UK Perspectives, Dr. Robert H. Wagstaff documents President George W. Bush's and Prime Minister Tony Blair's responses to 9/11, alleging that they failed to protect the human rights of individuals suspected of terrorist activity. The analytical focus is on the four US Supreme Court decisions involving detentions in Guantanamo Bay and four House of Lords decisions involving detentions that began in the Belmarsh Prison. These decisions are analyzed within the contexts of history, criminal law, constitutional law, human rights and international law, and various jurisprudential perspectives. In this book Dr. Wagstaff argues that time-tested criminal law is the normatively correct and most effective means for dealing with suspected terrorists. He also suggests that preventive, indefinite detention of terrorist suspects upon suspicion of wrongdoing contravenes the domestic and international Rule of Law, treaties and customary international law. As such, new legal paradigms for addressing terrorism are shown to be normatively invalid, illegal, unconstitutional, counter-productive, and in conflict with the Rule of Law.

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Download or read book Crisis Lawyering written by Ray Brescia and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shines a light on the emerging field of law dedicated to responding to and resolving the crises of the twenty-first century In an increasingly globalized world, a complex and interlocking web of nations, governments, non-state actors, laws, and rules affect human behavior. When crisis hits—whether that be extrajudicial detention, unprompted deportation, pandemics, or natural disasters—lawyers are increasingly among the first responders, equipped with the knowledge necessary to navigate the regulations of this ever more complex world. Crisis Lawyering explores this phenomenon and attempts to identify and define what it means to engage in the practice of law in crisis situations. In so doing, it hopes to sketch out the contours of the emerging field of crisis lawyering. Contributors to this volume explore cases surrounding domestic violence; dealing with immigrants in detention and banned from travel; policing in Ferguson, Missouri; the kidnapping of journalists; and climate change, among other crises. Their analysis not only serves as guidance to lawyers in such situations, but also helps others who deal with crises understand those crises—and the role of lawyers in them—better so that they may respond to them more effectively, efficiently, collaboratively and creatively. Crisis Lawyering shines a light on the emerging field of law dedicated to responding to and resolving the complex crises of the twenty-first century.

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Download or read book The Jury and the Search for Truth The Case Against Excluding Relevant Evidence at Trial written by Orrin G. Hatch and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the problem of excluding relevant evidence from trial. Reviews proposals to alter the remedy for unreasonable search & seizures under the 4th amendment & to revisit Congress' earlier attempt to ensure that voluntary confessions are brought before the jury. Witnesses: Akhil R. Amar, Yale Law School; William Gangi, St. John's U.; Paul J. Larkin, Jr., King & Spaulding; Judge Ralph Adam Fine, Wisc.; Joseph D. Grano, Wayne State U. Law School; Paul G. Cassell, U. of Utah College of Law; Michael McCann, DA, Milwaukee, WI; Carol S. Steiker, Harvard Law School; & Thomas Y. Davies, U. of Tenn. Coll. of Law.

Download or read book Criminal Law Series written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petitions and briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Download or read book Death Penalty written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Anatomy of Torture written by William J. Aceves and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of one of the most significant examples of human rights litigation in the U.S., presented as a documentary history. The pleadings and documents appear with minimal editing and are supplemented through commentary.