This report presents the findings of a survey of pretrial services programs
recently completed by the Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI), with funding from the JEHT
Foundation and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). This is the fourth such survey
over the past 30 years, with the prior studies...
This article is the first, to our knowledge, to examine the conditions under which strategies of election violence to help incumbent leaders stay in power. We argue that election violence is a costly tradeoff for governments. When used in the pre-election period, including on election day, govern...
Surveying trial court judges presents a variety of serious challenges, but recent SupremeCourt decisions and the use of increasingly complex scientific evidence in trials make itnecessary to assess trial judges’ knowledge and views of scientific evidence. In this article,we describe a successful ...
Ponencia presentada en el I Encuentro Interamericano: Red del Programa de Formación de Capacitadores para la Reforma Procesal Penal, Perú 12 de octubre 2007.
Ley fundamental del país, que contiene preceptos jurídicos para la formación, organización y funcionamiento de los poderes del estado consagrando los derechos sociales reconocidos por el estado. Texto en inglés.
Ley fundamental del país, que contiene preceptos jurídicos para la formación, organización y funcionamiento de los poderes del estado consagrando los derechos sociales reconocidos por el estado.
Ley fundamental del país, que contiene preceptos jurídicos para la formación, organización y funcionamiento de los poderes del estado consagrando los derechos sociales reconocidos por el estado. Texto en inglés.
The author explains his conclusion that the Supreme Court, as a matter of conscience, considers racial discrimination to be good for America. That conclusion, he argues, offers the only plausible account of the Court's repeated insistence on displacing populist efforts to promote racial equality ...
Reseña: The author explains his conclusion that the Supreme Court, as a matter of conscience, considers racial discrimination to be good for America. That conclusion, he argues, offers the only plausible account of the Court's repeated insistence on displacing populist efforts to promote racial e...
This article analyses H.L.A. Hart's concept of international law from the perspective of anaytical jurisprudence and in light of the state of contemporary international law. The article challenges Hart's view that international law is law but not a legal system. Hart arrives at this conclusion on...
