More than you probably want to know
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Oct 20th, 2010
Here is the podcast summary for subject matter jurisdiction, particularly federal question or arising under jurisdiction: arising under. You may notice that the topic of Congress’ control over state court jurisdiction has not yet been part of a summary. I’ve decided that it fits best in the federal common law/law to apply section, and so […]
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Oct 20th, 2010
Here is the summary podcast for doctrines of imputation: imputation. We’re now done with the first half of the liability analysis: doctrines of offense and doctrines of imputation for offenses. We move on tomorrow to doctrines of defense, those “yes, but” defenses we have kept hinting about all semester.
Posted in Podcast Summaries on Oct 19th, 2010
I’m catching up to where we are on podcast summaries, here is the one for inchoate crimes, Inchoate, and the one on doctrines of imputation will follow. After that, there will be one last monster summary on defenses.
Posted in Posts on Oct 5th, 2010
Supreme Court case: Can a man exonerated of capital murder sue the prosecutor who convicted him? – By John Hollway – Slate Magazine. I have taught civil rights in addition to criminal law, and this implicates habeas, too, a little, which I sometimes teach in federal courts, and every time I read one of these […]
Posted in Posts on Oct 4th, 2010
I mentioned this situation on Thursday in class, and this article in the NY Times shows how relevant in many ways this is for what we are studying. Bullying, Suicide, Punishment – NYTimes.com. So what principles have we studied that are implicated? Culpability levels, causation, the theories of punishment and the legality principle all wrapped up […]
