The semester is winding down quickly. Here are two more podcasts: Supreme Court Review and Abstention. I just have to put the finishing touches on the law to apply podcast, and we will be all caught up. I’ll likely have that done early next week.
Two additional podcasts for Federal Courts
Nov 5th, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
Arising Under Jurisdiction
Oct 20th, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
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 it will be covered in that summary. Next up will be Supreme Court review of state court decisions.
Imputation podcast
Oct 20th, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
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.
Inchoate Crimes Podcast
Oct 19th, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
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.
Supreme Court case: Can a man exonerated of capital murder sue the prosecutor who convicted him? – By John Hollway – Slate Magazine
Oct 5th, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
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 cases I’m stunned by how hard these cases are and the high cost of mistakes.
Bullying, Suicide, Punishment – NYTimes.com
Oct 4th, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
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 together. I’m guessing that this will be a final exam question in lots of criminal law classes this semester.
Jurisdiction Stripping
Sep 22nd, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
Here’s a podcast on jurisdiction stripping: jurisdiction stripping. The script is, as usual, on TWEN. Hope you’re having a good week!
Homicide etc.
Sep 17th, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
Hot off the press. homicide and causation
How False Confessions Get so Detailed
Sep 14th, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
The NY Times has a really interesting article today on how innocent people end up confessing to crimes they didn’t commit and how they end up seeming to know things only the guilty person should know. The article reports on a study done by a law professor at the University of Virginia. Here’s a link to a place where the professor’s study can be downloaded, here’s the link to the article’s appendix, and here’s a link to the library of documents related to people who confessed but who were exonerated later by DNA evidence. It’s very interesting stuff.
Justiciability Podcast
Sep 9th, 2010 by Marcia McCormick
Now that we’re finished with the justiciability section, here is the audio summary for it. justiciability. I’ll warn you, it’s kind of long, in that it’s more than 20 minutes, which is my usual target max. But there’s a lot of stuff that’s closely related, so it all makes sense together.
Let me know if you have questions or want me to cover anything differently or in greater depth.
