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Taking Fuel From the Fire: Regulating the Introduction of Rape Myth Infused and Irrelevant Evidence About Complainants in Rape Trials

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers how victim‐blaming and stereotypical attitudes about appropriate victim behaviour can impact upon the operation of rape trials, particularly by prejudicing a complainant's testimony where s/he can be portrayed as having departed from the stereotypical norm of a ‘real victim’.
Susan Leahy
wiley   +1 more source

Zivotofsky v. Kerry: Of Passports, Politics, and Foreign Policy Powers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This commentary profiles the upcoming Supreme Court decision in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, which will decide, for the first time in United States history, the dividing line between legislative and executive authority to recognize foreign nations.
Grand, Cara J.
core   +4 more sources

Assessment of Elements of Abuse of Authority (Detournement De Pouvoir) Based on the Decision of the Constitutional Court

open access: yesJurnal Konstitusi, 2023
Detournement de pouvoir was regulated in administrative and criminal law. However, the assessment of it was often confused. Therefore, the Constitutional Court through Decision 25/PUU-XIV/2016 provides a line of demarcation in assessing the element of ...
Muhammad Reza Baihaki
doaj   +1 more source

Cunningham v. California [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.
core   +1 more source

Automatic Card Shufflers and Antitrust Litigation: An Arbitration Perspective

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines an American Arbitration Association (AAA) class action proceeding in which Mohawk Gaming Enterprises LLC alleges that Light & Wonder Inc. and L&W Gaming Inc. fraudulently obtained and enforced patents, thereby monopolizing the market for automatic card shufflers and violating Sections 2 and 3 of the Sherman Act.
Tariq K. Alhasan
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges Facing the European Union in Taxing the Digital Economy

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Iuridica
The world of the digital economy is constantly evolving and will be the main vehicle for global trade in the future. The transfer of transactions to the Internet requires appropriate tax regulations that, on the one hand, prevent tax fraud and abuse ...
Roman Wiatrowski
doaj   +1 more source

Taxation of Gratuitous Acquisition of the Ownership of Tangible Property and Property Rights in Polish and Lithuanian Tax Legislation Selected Problems

open access: yesTeisė, 2019
[full article, abstract in English] The comparison of the inheritance tax legislation in Poland and Lithuania shows clearly that inheritance tax is a simple tax, with no special legal or financial complexity.
Stefan Babiarz
doaj   +1 more source

Newbs Lose, Experts Win: Video Games in the Supreme Court [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This Article focuses on the role of the lawyers using the framework described by Professor Richard J. Lazarus in his 2008 article, Advocacy Matters Before and Within the Supreme Court: Transforming the Court by Transforming the Bar.
Campbell, Angela J.
core   +2 more sources

Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

High Court Contests: Competition, Controversy and Cash in Pennsylvania & Wisconsin [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core  

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