Promoting access to justice in Bangladesh: Towards a hybrid justice model
Promoting access to justice in Bangladesh: Towards a hybrid justice model Publication date: June 2024Source: International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, Volume 77Author(s): Md Jahirul Islam, Masahiro Suzuki, Nurunnahar…
Judges as Agents of Coloniality: Understanding the Coloniality of Justice at the Pre-trial Stage in Brazil
Judges as Agents of Coloniality: Understanding the Coloniality of Justice at the Pre-trial Stage in Brazil AbstractThis paper exposes how colonial ways of knowing and being shape judicial behaviour in…
The impact of childhood adversity on female‐perpetrated intimate partner violence in young adulthood
The impact of childhood adversity on female‐perpetrated intimate partner violence in young adulthood Abstract Purpose A common conception of intimate partner violence (IPV) is that women rarely use violence against…
Can Retributivism and Risk Assessment Be Reconciled?
Can Retributivism and Risk Assessment Be Reconciled? . Toby NapoletanoHanna Kiri Gunn Read the syndicated article here
The life of children in families affiliated with terrorism: an ecological systems theory approach
The life of children in families affiliated with terrorism: an ecological systems theory approach . Joana CookLynn SchneiderLeiden University and the International Center for Counter-Terrorism, The Hague, NetherlandsJoana Cook is…
Extraterritorial State Criminal Law, Post-Dobbs
Extraterritorial State Criminal Law, Post-Dobbs Like the federal government, states can apply their laws to people beyond their borders. Statutes can reach out-of-state conduct, such as fraud, that has effects…
The Rule of Lenity as a Disruptor
The Rule of Lenity as a Disruptor This article discusses the application of the rule of lenity in the American legal system. Although this constitutes a substantial element of criminal…
Fair Notice and Criminalizing Abortions
Fair Notice and Criminalizing Abortions The principle of legality requires that individuals receive “fair notice” of conduct that is criminal. Courts enforce this fair notice requirement through various interpretive principles…
Forbidden Purposes: A New Path for Limiting Criminalization
Forbidden Purposes: A New Path for Limiting Criminalization Activists and scholars have often complained that the American criminal justice system makes choices about criminalization and sentences based on nefarious reasons.…
What If Criminal Lawmaking Becomes Trustworthy?
What If Criminal Lawmaking Becomes Trustworthy? One common theoretical perspective posits that courts should assume a counter-majoritarian role in criminal law because the political process systematically disfavors the interests of…
Between Redemption and Retribution: Justifying Commutations for Life-without-parole Sentences in California
Between Redemption and Retribution: Justifying Commutations for Life-without-parole Sentences in California . Doris Schartmueller Read the syndicated article here