Dockets

• Bloom v. Jennings

  7:2012cv00057
  Filed in Virginia Western District Court
  Type of Suit: Civil Rights
  Petitioner: Daniel V.F. Bloom. Defendant: W.D. Jenning.
  Judge: Norman K. Moon
  Cause Of Action: Prisoner Civil Rights
  (February 5, 2012)

• Burden et al v. Daviess County Detention Center

  4:2012cv00019
  Filed in Kentucky Western District Court
  Type of Suit: Civil Rights
  Plaintiff: Troy W. Burden and Franklin L. Howell, II. Defendant: Daviess County Detention Center.
  Judge: Joseph H. McKinley
  Cause Of Action: Prisoner Civil Rights
  (February 5, 2012)

• Antoine Ashworth v. Mitch Perry

  12-1137
  Filed in Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  Type of Suit: General
  Petitioner - Appellant: ANTOINE ASHWORTH. Respondent - Appellee: MITCH PERRY, Warden.
  (February 5, 2012)

• Browne v. Page County Jail et al

  7:2012cv00059
  Filed in Virginia Western District Court
  Type of Suit: Civil Rights
  Plaintiff: James F. Browne. Defendant: Magistrate Office, Page County Commonwealth and Page County Jail.
  Judge: Glen E. Conrad
  Cause Of Action: Prisoner Civil Rights
  (February 5, 2012)

• Burton v. Villmer et al

  4:2012cv00018
  Filed in Kentucky Western District Court
  Type of Suit: General
  Petitioner: Rick G. Burton. Respondent: Tom Villmer and Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  Judge: Joseph H. McKinley
  Cause Of Action: Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)
  (February 5, 2012)

Legislation

• Bill Introduced: S.Res.724 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the horrific ...

  A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the horrific terrorist attacks and siege in Mumbai, India, beginning on November 26, 2008, and concluding on November 29, 2008.
  (December 7, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.Res.707 An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to ...

  An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the facts of the failure of Joshua Bolten, as the Custodian of Records at the White House, to appear before the Committee on the Judiciary and produce documents as required by Committee subpoena.
  (November 17, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.Res.708 An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to ...

  An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the facts of the failure of Karl Rove to appear and testify before the Committee on the Judiciary and to produce documents as required by Committee subpoena.
  (November 17, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.3689 Economic Recovery Act of 2008

  A bill making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
  (November 15, 2008)

• Bill Enacted: H.R.2095 Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
  October 15, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-432.
  (October 14, 2008)

Regulations

• Proposed Rule - Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563

  Department of Justice
  Proposed Rule
  Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563
  ,
  34003 [2011-14089]
  Proposed Rules Federal Register Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 112 / Friday, June 10, 2011 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 2 CFR Chapter XXVII 5 CFR Chapter XXVIII 8 CFR Chapter V 21 CFR Chapter II 27 CFR Chapter II 28 CFR Chapters I, III, V, and VI 31 CFR Chapter IX 40 CFR Chapter IV 41 CFR Chapter 128 45 CFR Chapter V 48 CFR Chapter 28 [FDMS Docket No. DOJ-LA-2011-0016] Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review Under E.O. 13563 AGENCY: Department of Justice. ACTION: Request for... [read document]
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  (June 9, 2011)

• Rule - Chemical Mixtures Containing Listed Forms of Phosphorus and Change in Application Process

  Drug Enforcement Administration
  Rule
  Chemical Mixtures Containing Listed Forms of Phosphorus and Change in Application Process
  ,
  31824-31831 [2011-13686]
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Drug Enforcement Administration 21 CFR Part 1310 [Docket No. DEA-228F] RIN 1117-AA66 Chemical Mixtures Containing Listed Forms of Phosphorus and Change in Application Process AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Department of Justice. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This rulemaking finalizes a June 25, 2010, notice of proposed rulemaking in which DEA proposed regulations which establish those chemical mixtures containing red phosphorus or hypophosphorous acid and... [read document]
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  (June 1, 2011)

• Rule - Procedures Governing Administrative Review of a United States Trustees Decision to Deny ...

  Department of Justice
  Rule
  Procedures Governing Administrative Review of a United States Trustees Decision to Deny a Chapter 12 or Chapter 13 Standing Trustees Claim of Actual, Necessary Expenses
  ,
  31225-31230 [2011-12187]
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 28 CFR Part 58 [Docket No.: EOUST 103] RIN 1105-AB16 Procedures Governing Administrative Review of a United States Trustee's Decision To Deny a Chapter 12 or Chapter 13 Standing Trustee's Claim of Actual, Necessary Expenses AGENCY: Executive Office for United States Trustees (``EOUST''), Justice. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule (``rule'') sets forth the procedures for a chapter 12 or chapter 13 standing trustee (``trustee'') to obtain administrative review of... [read document]
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  (May 30, 2011)

• Proposed Rule - Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction in Certain Areas of ...

  Department of Justice
  Proposed Rule
  Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction in Certain Areas of Indian Country
  ,
  29675-29680 [2011-12541]
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 28 CFR Part 50 [Docket No. OAG 142; AG Order No. 3279-2011] RIN 1105-AB38 Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction in Certain Areas of Indian Country AGENCY: Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: This rule proposes to establish the procedures for an Indian tribe whose Indian country is subject to State criminal jurisdiction under Public Law 280 (18 U.S.C. 1162(a)) to request that the United States accept... [read document]
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  (May 22, 2011)

• Proposed Rule - Consolidation of Seizure and Forfeiture Regulations

  Drug Enforcement Administration
  Proposed Rule
  Consolidation of Seizure and Forfeiture Regulations
  ,
  26660-26678 [2011-9826]
  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Drug Enforcement Administration 21 CFR Part 1316 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 28 CFR Parts 8 and 9 [Docket No. OAG 127; AG Order No. 3263-2011] RIN 1105-AA74 Consolidation of Seizure and Forfeiture Regulations AGENCY: Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (the Department) proposes to revise, consolidate, and update its seizure and forfeiture regulations, to conform those regulations to the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform... [read document]
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  (May 8, 2011)

Articles

• Federal Mens Rea Interpretation and the Limits of Culpability’s Relevance

  Law and Contemporary Problems, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-08 Darryl K. Brown University of Virginia School of Law Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads Killing in the Fog of War Rutgers School of Law-Newark Research Paper, Forthcoming Adil Ahmad Haque Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - School of Law-Newark Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Working Paper Series 6 downloads The Failure of Parole: Rethinking the Role of the State in Reentry New Mexico Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, Fall 2011 Christine S. Scott-Hayward Columbia Law School Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads The Revolution and the Criminal Law Criminal Law and Philosophy, Vol. 6, 2012 Adil Ahmad Haque Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - School of Law-Newark Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads Theatres of Procedure Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper Anders Walker Saint Louis University School of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Working Paper Series 1 downloads Federal White Collar Sentencing in the United States – A Work in Progress Columbia Public Law Research Paper Daniel C. Richman Columbia Law School Date Posted: February 05, 2012 Working Paper Series Forfeiture of Illegal Gains and Implied Risk Preferences The Pennsylvania State University Legal Studies Research Paper, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper Murat C. Mungan and Jonathan Klick Florida State University - College of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: February 05, 2012 Working Paper Series 4 downloads Initiation of Investigations & Selection of Cases TOWARDS CODIFICATION OF GENERAL RULES AND PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, Goran Sluiter, ed., Oxford University Press, 2012, Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper Margaret M. deGuzman and William A. Schabas Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law and University College, Galway (UCG) - Faculty of Law Date Posted: February 05, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 7 downloads Case Note: The Achughbabian Case: Impact of the Return Directive on National Criminal Legislation Diritto Penale Contemporaneo, 2012 Rosa Raffaelli New York University (NYU) - School of Law Date Posted: February 04, 2012 Accepted Paper Series Judicial Challenges to Mandatory Minimum Sentences: A New Frontier in the Debate Over Child Pornography Sentencing? Sex Offender Law Report, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2012, CUA Columbus School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Mary Leary Catholic University of America (CUA) Date Posted: February 04, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Narratives of Legitimacy: Police Expansionism and the Contest Over Policing Carolyn Côté-Lussier London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Methodology Institute Date Posted: February 03, 2012 Working Paper Series 3 downloads The Promise of Trailing-Edge Guidelines to Resolve the Conflict between Uniformity and Judicial Discretion U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-02 Mark William Osler Univ. of St. Thomas (MN) Date Posted: February 03, 2012 Working Paper Series 2 downloads What (Can) (Should) (Must) Defense Counsel Withhold from The Prosecution in Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Proceedings? The Champion, Vol. 18, No. 35, December 2011 David M. Siegel New England Law - Boston Date Posted: February 03, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Rebellious State Crimmigration Enforcement and the Foreign Affairs Power Washington University Law Review, Vol. 89, 2012 , University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2011-29 Mary D. Fan University of Washington - School of Law Date Posted: February 02, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads A Method for Careful Study: A Proposal for Reforming the Child Pornography Guidelines Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 24, No. 2, p. 108, December 2011 Troy K. Stabenow Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Missouri Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Accepted Paper Series Lies, Honor, & the Government’s Good Name: Seditious Libel & the Stolen Valor Act UCLA Law Review Discourse, Forthcoming, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-01 Christina E. Wells University of Missouri School of Law Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Last Revised: February 07, 2012
  (February 6, 2012)

• Theatres of Procedure

  Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper Anders Walker Saint Louis University School of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Working Paper Series 1 downloads Federal White Collar Sentencing in the United States – A Work in Progress Columbia Public Law Research Paper Daniel C. Richman Columbia Law School Date Posted: February 05, 2012 Working Paper Series The Promise of Trailing-Edge Guidelines to Resolve the Conflict between Uniformity and Judicial Discretion U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-02 Mark William Osler Univ. of St. Thomas (MN) Date Posted: February 03, 2012 Working Paper Series 2 downloads Rebellious State Crimmigration Enforcement and the Foreign Affairs Power Washington University Law Review, Vol. 89, 2012 , University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2011-29 Mary D. Fan University of Washington - School of Law Date Posted: February 02, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Williams v. Illinois and the Confrontation Clause: Does Testimony by a Surrogate Witness Violate the Confrontation Clause? Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-007 Ronald J. Coleman and Paul F. Rothstein Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown University Law Center Date Posted: January 25, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 20 downloads Blaming as a Social Process: The Influence of Character and Moral Emotion on Blame Law & Contemporary Problems, Forthcoming, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-01, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 12-01 Janice Nadler Northwestern University School of Law Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 17 downloads Response Essay: Some Observations on Professor Schwartz's 'Foundation' Theory of Evidence Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-008, Georgetown Law Journal Online, Vol. 100, 2012 Paul F. Rothstein Georgetown University Law Center Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 38 downloads The Law and Paraphilias: Sex Crimes (Re)Constructed as Mental Disorders Melissa Hamilton University of South Carolina - School of Law Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Working Paper Series 26 downloads Predators and Propensity: The Proper Approach for Determining the Admissibility of Prior Bad Acts Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse Prosecutions Basyle J. Tchividjian Liberty University School of Law Date Posted: January 20, 2012 Working Paper Series 3 downloads The Law and Economics of Fluctuating Criminal Tendencies FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 570, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 12-1 Murat C. Mungan Florida State University - College of Law Date Posted: January 19, 2012 Last Revised: February 07, 2012
  (February 6, 2012)

• Federal Habeas Review of State Prisoner Claims Based on Alleged Violations of Prophylactic ...

  Kansas Law Review, Vol. 60, p. 231, 2011 William A. Schroeder affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 20, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads Predators and Propensity: The Proper Approach for Determining the Admissibility of Prior Bad Acts Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse Prosecutions Basyle J. Tchividjian Liberty University School of Law Date Posted: January 20, 2012 Working Paper Series 3 downloads The Link between Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Offending: Systems Neglect of Adolescents Family Matters, Vol. 89, pp. 31-41, 2011, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 12/03 Judith Cashmore University of Sydney - Faculty of Law Date Posted: January 20, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 11 downloads The Racial Profiling Act: How Does it Work? Jungmin Lee Sogang University Date Posted: January 20, 2012 Working Paper Series 1 downloads When the Child Abuser Has a Bible: Investigating Child Maltreatment Sanctioned or Condoned by a Religious Leader Center Piece: Official Newsletter of the National Child Protection Training Center, 2011 Basyle J. Tchividjian and Victor Vieth Liberty University School of Law and National Child Protection Training Center Date Posted: January 20, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 5 downloads Pain, Love, and Voice: The Role of Domestic Violence Victims in Sentencing Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2012 Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg and Dana Pugach Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Law and Ono Academic College Faculty of Law Date Posted: January 19, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 33 downloads Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: What is It and Does It Work in Our Criminal System Sandra Lowe affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 19, 2012 Working Paper Series 8 downloads The Law and Economics of Fluctuating Criminal Tendencies FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 570, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 12-1 Murat C. Mungan Florida State University - College of Law Date Posted: January 19, 2012 Last Revised: February 07, 2012
  (February 6, 2012)

• EU Criminal Justice: The Challenge of Due Process Rights within a Framework of Mutual Recognition

  North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Vol. XXXVII, 2011, Warwick School of Law Research Paper No. 2012/12 Jacqueline Hodgson University of Warwick - School of Law Date Posted: January 31, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 7 downloads Reconciling Universal Jurisdiction with Equality Before the Law Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 47, 2011 Ariel Zemach Ono Academic College Faculty of Law Date Posted: January 31, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 13 downloads Thoughts on the Corporation as a Person for Purposes of Corporate Criminal Liability Stetson Law Review, Vol. 41, 2011 Joan MacLeod Heminway University of Tennessee College of Law Date Posted: January 31, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 150 downloads Why Do People Comply with the Law? Legitimacy and the Influence of Legal Institutions Jonathan Jackson , Ben Bradford , Mike Hough , Andy Myhill , Paul Quinton and Tom Tyler London School of Economics & Political Science - Methodology Institute , University of Oxford - Centre for Criminology , University of London - Institute for Criminal Policy Research , National Policing Improvement Agency , National Policing Improvement Agency and New York University (NYU) - Department of Psychology Date Posted: January 31, 2012 Last Revised: February 06, 2012
  (February 5, 2012)

• Further Evidence that Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime: A Reply to Joyce

  NBER Working Paper No. w9532 John J. Donohue III, John J. Donohue III and Steven D. Levitt Stanford Law School , Stanford Law School and University of Chicago Date Posted: January 18, 2012 Working Paper Series HIV, Consent and Criminal Wrongs Criminal Law Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 4, p. 464, 2011 Carissima Mathen and Michael Plaxton University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law and College of Law, University of Saskatchewan Date Posted: January 18, 2012 Last Revised: February 05, 2012
  (February 4, 2012)

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