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A Comparative Examination of Police Interrogation of Criminal Suspects in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand, and the United States
Get PDFThe interrogation process is central to the investigation and resolution of criminal matters throughout the world. It is fundamental to a comprehensive understanding of comparative criminal procedure to study and appreciate the different approaches to the interrogation process in different nations. This Article developed through a series of conversations between six international criminal justice professionals— practicing attorneys, scholars, and judges—regarding the interrogation practices and rules in their respective countries. Providing a comparative look at this important area, this Article examines the applicable practices and procedures in the common law nations of Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand, and the United States
Fixing False Truths: Rethinking Truth Assumptions and Free-Expression Rationales in the Networked Era
Get PDFThe First Amendment makes no mention of truth. Assumptions about truth, however, have become the foundations for free-expression rationales, the very bases for such freedoms in a democratic society. The Supreme Court gradually, over time, wedded Enlightenment assumptions about truth to the marketplace of ideas rationale for free expression. This Article examines, in light of massive, widespread adoption of networked technologies and AI and Supreme Court decisions that have undermined the distinctive role of truth, whether truth should be removed or replaced as a crucial, justifying concept in freedom of expression. The Article examines the marketplace approach’s history and assumptions, as well as alternative, philosophical understandings of truth and how the Supreme Court has communicated understandings about truth in its opinions. The Article concludes by outlining how installing revised truth assumptions, those that align more with discursive and phenomenological understandings, will better protect these freedoms, as well as the flow of information, in the twenty-first century
Lock It or List It: Limiting Landlord Risk Through the Adoption of a Uniform Lock Change Law for Domestic Violence Victims
Get PDFOnce based on the rendering of agricultural services, landlord-tenant agreements have become increasingly complex over the last century. In exchange for rent, modern landlords assume certain contractual obligations including an implied duty to keep their property habitable and a more explicit duty to protect their tenants from certain types of foreseeable harm. These duties have been broadly construed to mean that landlords must take reasonable steps to protect their tenants from foreseeable third-party crimes committed on the rental property. To this end, most states now require landlords to install and maintain basic security devices like locks and exterior lighting. Failure to properly maintain these devices can serve as a basis for both contract and tort liability.
This Note suggests that the duty to protect gives rise to another, related obligation: landlords must comply with tenant lock change requests where the requesting tenant is domestic violence victim who is seeking to exclude her abuser. Recent caselaw suggests that a landlord could face substantial liability if he does not perform the lock change. However, if the victim and abuser are both on the lease, performing the lock change could expose the landlord to a different set of legal and financial risks. This Note argues that the adoption of a uniform lock change law would reduce uncertainty and mitigate the heightened risk to landlords resulting from such a broad reading of their duties. This can be done most effectively by updating the Violence Against Women Act to include a mandatory, federal lock change law for domestic violence victims
Legal and Administrative Pitfalls That May Confront Climate Regulation
No full textThis paper surveys the legal vulnerabilities and administrative obstacles to the rapid adoption of regulatory measures capable of achieving meaningful GHG reductions. This analysis does not purport to identify which climate policies would be the most effective in the abstract, or in the absence of administrative and legal constraints. Nor does this paper make any claims about what sorts of measures can pass Congress now or in the future. Rather, this analysis seeks to inform the choice of climate strategies by highlighting the risks faced by climate measures once they are enacted by Congress or promulgated by federal regulatory agencies.
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American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative East Asia Bureau
No full textThis summer, I will be working with the East Asia Bureau of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative. I will focus on their Vietnam portfolio, researching topics such as money laundering, big data, and the availability of legal resources to human trafficking victims
Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network in Atlanta, Georgia
No full textThis summer, I will conduct research on immigration and asylum laws as they relate to domestic violence applications. I will draft motions and memoranda and participate in client interviews, working closely with defense attorneys and providing support to non-profit organizations that focus on delivering aid to refugees, victims of human trafficking, and asylum seekers
Democracy for Development in Pristina, Kosovo
No full textThis summer, I will contribute to D4D\u27s mission of advancing socio-economic development, improving governance, and promoting democratic values and institutions in Kosovo. D4D is committed to developing an engaged and informed citizenry that can utilize the public arena and decision-making process to achieve efficient and equitable outcomes
International Foundation for Electoral Systems
No full textThis summer, I will contribute to research and programming efforts that support electoral justice, legal and regulatory frameworks for elections and governance in new and emerging democracies
