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Designing Plea Bargaining from the Ground Up: Accuracy and Fairness Without Trials as Backstops [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
American criminal procedure developed on the assumption that grand juries and petit jury trials were the ultimate safeguards of fair procedures and accurate outcomes.But nowthat plea bargaining has all but supplanted juries, we need to think through what
Bibas, Stephanos
core   +1 more source

Green Subsidies and the Promotion of Eco‐Social Policy in Germany and the United States

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The climate crisis poses an acute threat to humanity. Eco‐social policy can help mitigate this threat, but eco‐social policy and the green transition are expensive. Our paper contributes to a better understanding of the role that green subsidies play in advancing eco‐social politics and policies.
Benedikt Bender, Daniel Kinderman
wiley   +1 more source

Plea Bargaining

open access: yesPleiades: Literature in Context, 2023
Bertrand Perrin, Pascal de Preux
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“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court actors across eight states understand the organizational processes supporting the fiscal logic of legal financial obligations (LFOs).
Sarah K. S. Shannon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

De los trasplantes legales a las traducciones legales: la globalización del plea bargaining y la tesis de la “americanización” en el proceso penal

open access: yesRevista Discusiones, 2019
El artículo analiza la implementación e influencia del sistema procesal norteamericano en otras jurisdicciones, con especial énfasis en el procedimiento penal y el denominado juicio abreviado.
Máximo Langer
doaj   +1 more source

Making a Deal in Criminal Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Professor Alkon describes her experiences using plea bargaining exercises in her first year, first semester, criminal law ...
Alkon, Cynthia
core   +1 more source

Beyond Democratic Backsliding: Bureaucracy, Elite Dynamics and Administrative Change in Authoritarian Transitions

open access: yesGovernance, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how political and administrative elites shape regime transformations under authoritarian rule, proposing an elite‐centered analytical perspective that complements prevailing accounts of “democratic backsliding.” We show how embedding political–administrative relations within a broader elite‐theoretical framework clarifies ...
Kutsal Yesilkagit, Johan Christensen
wiley   +1 more source

Plea Bargaining with Budgetary Constraints [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we construct a simple model that illustrates a perverse effect associated with plea bargaining in which an increase in sanctions can lead to reduced deterrence.
Joanne Roberts, Steeve Mongrain
core  

Why Plea Bargains Are Not Confessions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Is a plea bargain a type of confession? Plea bargaining is often justified as, at its core, a process involving in-court confession. The U.S. Supreme Court\u27s early decisions approved plea bargains as something more than a confession which admits that
Garrett, Brandon L.
core   +2 more sources

Front‐Footed Defense: Leveraging Early Counsel Intervention for Expedited Justice

open access: yesLaw &Policy, Volume 48, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Contemporary criminal justice systems have increasingly prioritized efficiency as a key guiding principle in their institutional processes. This research examines the role of defense counsel to analyze whether and how lawyers strategically adapt their advocacy methods as they balance the demands of procedural efficiency with their professional
Chengchen He, Enshen Li
wiley   +1 more source

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