Emotion, proof and prejudice: The cognitive science of gruesome photos and victim impact statements

SA Bandes, JM Salerno - Ariz. St. LJ, 2014 - HeinOnline
The current framework for sorting the probative from the prejudicial considers emotion to be
the hallmark of unfair prejudice. Emotions elicited by evidence are thought to" inflame" the …

Ruined

M Romero - Geo. LJ, 2022 - HeinOnline
My first real position in legal academia was as a visiting assistant professor at the J. Reuben
Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. I was a small-town …

Diverse Originalism

C Mulligan - U. Pa. J. Const. L., 2018 - HeinOnline
Orginalism has a dlfficult relationship with race and gender. People of color and white
women were largely absent from the process of drafting and rati ing the Constitution. Today …

The community in criminal justice: Subordination, consumption, resistance, and transformation

MC Bell - Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 2019 - cambridge.org
This article sets forth four modalities of the relationship between members of marginalized
communities and the criminal justice system: subordination, consumption, resistance, and …

Tort answers to the problem of corporate criminal mens rea

EL Sheley - NCL Rev., 2018 - HeinOnline
TORT ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEM OF CORPORATE CRIMINAL MENS REA* Page 1 TORT
ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEM OF CORPORATE CRIMINAL MENS REA* ERIN L. SHELEY …

Contrition in the courtroom: Do apologies affect adjudication

JJ Rachlinski, C Guthrie, AJ Wistrich - Cornell L. Rev., 2012 - HeinOnline
Should a defendant apologize to ajudge? A sincere expression of remorse might mollify a
judge who feels angry toward a defendant, thereby shortening that defendant's sentence or …

Negligence without harm

Y Adar, R Perry - Geo. LJ, 2022 - HeinOnline
The harm requirement is one of the most fundamental tenets of negligence law: the tort is
incomplete and there can be no legal redress without proof of actual damage.'Mere …

The language of harm: what the Nassar victim impact statements reveal about abuse and accountability

JR Abrams, A Potts - U. Pitt. L. Rev., 2020 - HeinOnline
ABSTRACT This Article examines 148 Victim Impact Statements that were delivered to the
court in the Larry Nassar criminal sentencing. Larry Nassar was a doctor for the United …

Chronicle of a Death Foretold: The Future of US Human Rights Litigation Post-Kiobel

R Altholz - Calif. L. Rev., 2014 - HeinOnline
Until recently, the most prominent human rights litigation tool in the United States was the
Alien Tort Statute (ATS)-a tort law enacted in 1789 to address the inadequate vindication of …

Victim testimony in international and hybrid criminal courts: Narrative opportunities, challenges, and fair trial demands

JD Ciorciari, A Heindel - Va. J. Int'l L., 2016 - HeinOnline
Victim Testimony in International and Hybrid Criminal Courts: Narrative Opportunities,
Challenges, and Fair Trial Demands Page 1 ARTICLE Victim Testimony in International and …