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Beyond the Supreme Court: A Modest Plea to Improve Our Asylum System [PDF]
, 2000 Moderating a session at the Workshop on the Supreme Court and Immigration and Refugee Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, Peter Spiro asked just how important the Supreme Court really is to refugee and immigration law. Unfortunately, the Supreme
Schoenholtz, Andrew I.
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Beyond Legal Rights: Understanding Mental Health and Autonomy in Criminal Self‐Representation
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This qualitative study examines criminal defendants who waived legal representation to self‐represent in court. Through interviews with 16 participants and courtroom observations, findings reveal intersecting factors driving this decision: mental health challenges, desire for autonomy, attorney mistrust, dissatisfaction with past legal ...
Shai Farber
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A Patent Reformist Supreme Court and Its Unearthed Precedent [PDF]
, 2019 How is it that the Supreme Court, a generalist court, is leading a project of innovation reform in our times while the court of appeals established to encourage innovation is having its precedent stricken down time and again?
Ernst, Samuel F
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is an overrepresentation of Indigenous people (both as accused and victims of crime) and those with developmental delays in the Canadian Criminal Justice System. The current research examined the influence of defendant and victim race (involving Indigenous people), as well as defendant developmental and chronological age, on mock‐jurors’
Bailey M. Fraser +4 more
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Typhoon and Flooding Disasters’ Lived Experiences of Loboc Residents in Bohol, Philippines
Indonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues, 2021 This study described the meaning of lived experiences of the municipal leaders of Loboc, Bohol, Philippines, prior, during, and after typhoon “Seniang” in 2014. It investigated the initiatives and practices of the local government unit (LGU) and captured
Melinda Calipusan-Elnar +1 more
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Cunningham v. California [PDF]
, 2007 In Cunningham v. California, the United States Supreme Court voted 6-3 to invalidate California\u27s determinate sentencing law ( DSL ) as violative of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Court held that, notwithstanding the California Supreme Court\
Raab, Christopher P.
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Mediation Agreement in the Courtroom
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Existing European legal scholarship focuses primarily on legal frameworks and conditions for mediation, while not delving into practical aspects of mediation on the ground. Concurrently, the social sciences lack the analysis of roles and approaches of different actors in mediation.
Lenka Dušková, Jan Holas
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High Court Contests: Competition, Controversy and Cash in Pennsylvania & Wisconsin [PDF]
, 2009 Fund raising for the 2007 and 2008 judicial elections in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin fell in line with the national trend of increasingly expensive judicial races.
Linda Casey
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Building sexually diverse workplaces has become increasingly crucial for corporates. To create sexually diverse workplaces, firms require a high level of commitment collectively from their stakeholders, especially from corporate leadership.
Nuttavuth Nundhapana +2 more
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The Depositional Record, EarlyView.Despite advanced wastewater treatment, dilution by rainwater and mixing, and microbial modification, nitrogen nutrients derived from shallowly injected wastewater are detected in nearshore waters in the Florida Keys. Abstract Injection of treated wastewater into the shallow subsurface on islands and along coastlines is a common practice in areas like ...
Miquela Ingalls +3 more
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