Changes to Legal Aid: The Legal Aid System in Saskatchewan
by Vancoghnett, Doreen
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice. 16:325. While there have been many reports on Saskatchewan Legal Aid and Indian and Native justice, Doreen Vancoughnett focuses in this paper on the way Legal Aid can work closely with Native Justice Committees and Indian groups....
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Making the Invisible Visible: Historical Perspective
by Brooks Hunter, Mary Jo
June 4, 2015
Source: (1997) Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice. 1:89. In this paper Mary Jo Brooks Hunter responds to two panel presentations on “Making the invisible visible: Historical Perspectives.â€? One presentation dealt with the historical impact of federal policies on Native...
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Mediating University Sexual Assault Cases
by Chanda, Rajib
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Harvard Negotiation Law Review. 6:265. Rajib Chanda begins this essay recounting the handling of a sexual assault case by school authorities at Brown University in Rhode Island. The handling of the case led to a report recommending a number of changes in the disciplinary system...
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Mediation-An Alternative Approach for the New Jersey Juvenile Justice System?
by McConnell, Marianne
June 4, 2015
Source: (1996) Seton Hall Legislative Journal. 20:433. Marianne McConnell, using an actual case as an example of the current juvenile justice system in New Jersey, points to public frustration over the state’s inability to resolve the crisis of rising juvenile crime. Various critics and...
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Tribal Court Systems: Impacting sovereignty
by Baranzini, Richard D
June 4, 2015
Source: (2002) Native American Law Digest. 12(11): 1-4. Growth and Change. This is a time of growth and change for tribal courts, both numerically and in terms of the subject matter of the cases they hear. As Professor Frank Pommersheim observed in “Tribal Courts: Providers of Justice...
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Transcript of Symposium Proceedings: September 22-23, 1998. Community Supervision of Juveniles. Panel Discussion # 3.
by Editor
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Southern Illinous Law Journal. 23:347. Over two days in September 1998, a number of experts gathered at Southern Illinois University School of Law to discuss juvenile justice issues. This particular panel discussion focused on community supervision of juveniles. Participants...
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Schools: Lessons from the Agreement
by Tyrrell, Jerry
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Fordham International Law Journal. 22:1680. In the context of the troubles in Northern Ireland, the authors of this paper seek to draw lessons for education from the Good Friday Agreement in the interests of building peace and reconciliation for the future in Northern Ireland....
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Personal and Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
by van der Vyver, Johan D
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Emory International Law Review. 14:1. Johan van der Vyver notes that chapter two of the International Criminal Court Statute – dealing with “Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Applicable Lawâ€? – was the focus of some of the most...
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Restorative Justice in Uganda and Russia
by Liebmann, Marian
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Paper presented at the Restorative and Community Justice: Inspiring the Future conference. Winchester. March 28-31, 2001. This paper is based on one training visit to Uganda in 1999 and two training visits to Russia, one in 1999 and the other in 2001. The reflections are drawn...
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Forgiveness as a Problem-solving Tool in the Courts: A Brief Response to the Panel on Forgiveness in Criminal Law
by Denckla, Derek A
June 4, 2015
Source: (2000) Fordham Urban Law Journal. 27:1613. In this paper, Derek Denckla begins by responding in the affirmative to the general question whether the criminal law can make room for forgiveness. Yet, he believes, more pointed questions remain. Can the criminal courts make room for...
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Innovation Needs Training: The Restorative Justice Experience
by Wright, Martin
June 4, 2015
Source: (2001) Criminal Justice Matters. 45: 10-11. With the emergence of restorative justice in the 1970s, various initiatives were undertaken to apply the new principles in, for example, New Zealand, Australia, and England (the Thames Valley Police). Wright observes that in England at least...
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Sex Offender Legislation and the Antitherapeutic Effects on Victims
by Simon, Leonore M.J
June 4, 2015
Source: (1999) Arizona Law Review. 41: 485. Historically, writes Lenore Simon, sex offenses have generated more attention and revulsion by the public and the legal system than other types of offense. The assumption has been that sex offenders are distinguishable from other offenders by their...
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A Response to Scheff: Don’t Write-Off the Courts
by Rottman, David B
June 4, 2015
Source: (1998) Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico. 67: 653. As characterized by David Rottman and Pamela Casey, Thomas Scheff has proposed a merger of therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative justice, with the community conference as a promising mechanism for such a merger. Rottman...
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Community Input at Sentencing: Victim’s Right or Victim’s Revenge?
by Long, Katie
June 4, 2015
Source: (1995) Boston University Law Review. 75:187. Citing examples of community response to decisions in the criminal justice system, Katie Long asserts that communities are seeking greater influence over the process of criminal justice. One emerging focal point of community activism is...
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Final Report January 1994.
by Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Task Force on the Juvenile Justice System, Robert E
June 4, 2015
Source: (1994) William Mitchell Law Review. 20:595. This document presents the results of a year-long study of significant aspects of Minnesota’s juvenile justice system. The Advisory Task Force, convened in the fall of 1992, was directed to examine procedural and policy matters...
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