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Towards a New Archimedean Point for Maternal vs. Fetal Rights? 走向母亲与胎儿权利的新阿基米德点?
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-10-06 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3705975
Yehezkel Margalit
The year 2019 has been defined by some experts in the field as “a critical time for abortion rights,” since during the first half of the year alone almost 60 abortion restrictions were enacted in 19 American states, including 26 abortion bans, and many more have been introduced by state legislators. In this article we want to reevaluate whether these recent shifts may amount to a real legal tsunami that could yield a new Archimedean point for women’s and fetuses’ rights, or only a temporary and shallow wave, which will probably abate after the Trump presidency. After exploring in a nutshell the recent restrictive as well as liberal developments in American abortion regulation, we will extensively elaborate on the real meaning and consequences of the 2019 Alabama case of “Baby Roe.” We will critically examine whether this is indeed a groundbreaking precedent with far-reaching results or just an additional local ruling in one of the most stringent states in the U.S. After briefly exploring the two main and central doctrines – best interests of the child and protection of his rights – we will thoroughly and comprehensively discuss their problematic and nuanced implementation in the hotly debated issue of abortion. Finally, we will discuss whether we are slowly but surely stepping towards a new conceptualization of the fetus’s rights and more broadly towards a new Archimedean point for maternal vs. fetal rights.
2019年被该领域的一些专家定义为“堕胎权利的关键时刻”,因为仅在今年上半年,美国19个州就颁布了近60项堕胎限制,其中包括26项堕胎禁令,州立法者还引入了更多的堕胎限制。在这篇文章中,我们想重新评估这些最近的变化是否会成为一场真正的法律海啸,为妇女和胎儿的权利带来一个新的阿基米德点,或者只是一个暂时的浅波,可能会在特朗普总统任期后减弱。在简要探讨了最近美国堕胎法规的限制和自由发展之后,我们将广泛阐述2019年阿拉巴马州“婴儿罗伊”案的真正意义和后果。我们将批判性地审视这是否真的是一个具有深远影响的开创性先例,或者仅仅是美国最严格的州之一的另一个地方裁决。在简要探讨了两个主要和核心的理论——儿童的最大利益和保护他的权利——之后,我们将彻底和全面地讨论它们在激烈争论的堕胎问题上的问题和微妙的实施。最后,我们将讨论我们是否正在缓慢但坚定地朝着胎儿权利的新概念迈进,更广泛地说,朝着母亲与胎儿权利的新阿基米德观点迈进。
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引用次数: 1
A Louisiana Theory of Juridical Acts 路易斯安那州法律行为理论
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3749546
Nikolaos A. Davrados
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States’ Rights to Protect Gun-Owning Patients from Politicized Physician Speech 各州保护拥有枪支的病人免受政治化医生言论影响的权利
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2018-04-03 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3341808
F. Griffin
Recent mass shootings place patients’ gun rights in the public spotlight and may lead some physicians to discriminate against or harass law-abiding, gun-owning patients by expressing personal political views on gun ownership inside the patient-physician relationship in ways unrelated to patients’ medical care. Politicized physician gun speech is subject to regulation by state licensing authorities using their police powers, and laws compelling physician silence regarding non-medical gun advice are within States’ rights under the U.S. Constitution — including laws prohibiting physicians from discriminating against their lawful, gun-owning patients, from harassing those patients, and/or from making unnecessary inquiries or notations in their medical records.
最近的大规模枪击事件使患者的持枪权成为公众关注的焦点,并可能导致一些医生在医患关系中以与患者医疗无关的方式表达个人对持枪的政治观点,从而歧视或骚扰守法的持枪患者。政治化的医生枪支言论受到州许可证颁发机构使用其警察权力的监管,强制医生对非医疗枪支建议保持沉默的法律属于美国宪法规定的各州权利,包括禁止医生歧视合法持枪患者、骚扰这些患者的法律,和/或避免在他们的医疗记录中进行不必要的询问或标注。
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Custom as a Source of Law in Louisiana 习俗作为路易斯安那州法律的渊源
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2018-02-26 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3130198
Gail S. Stephenson
Custom is an ancient source of law that predates codified or written law. Once law began to be codified, custom filled the lacunae. Custom’s status as a source of law has declined in modern times, however, as to exist it requires a homogenous group of people with shared values who feel bound by custom’s unwritten rules. In 1987 Louisiana amended article 1 of its Civil Code to state that Louisiana’s sources of law are legislation and custom. The comments to the article now state that custom is a primary source of law. But Louisiana courts have not decided a case based on true custom in almost a century, and Louisiana’s size and diversity make it unlikely the populace feels bound by any unwritten law. The only possible modern source of customary law in Louisiana is jurisprudence constante — repeated decisions in a long line of cases interpreting a rule of law. Legislative history, however, reveals that jurisprudence was never intended to be a primary source of law in Louisiana. This Article briefly reviews the historical basis of consuetudinary law, examines the legislative history of the 1987 amendment to the Louisiana Civil Code, surveys Louisiana courts’ treatment of custom, and looks at custom’s present decline as authority. It concludes by suggesting that custom no longer exists as a primary source of law in Louisiana and that the Civil Code and its comments should be amended to clarify that jurisprudence constante is only a secondary, persuasive source of law.
风俗是一种古老的法律渊源,它早于成文法或成文法。一旦法律开始编纂,习俗就填补了空白。习俗作为法律渊源的地位在现代已经下降,然而,为了生存,它需要一群具有共同价值观的人,他们感到受到习俗不成文规则的约束。1987年,路易斯安那州修改了《民法典》第一条,规定路易斯安那州的法律渊源是立法和习俗。这篇文章的评论现在表明习俗是法律的主要来源。但近一个世纪以来,路易斯安那州的法院还没有根据真正的习俗来裁决一个案件,而且路易斯安那州的面积和多样性使民众不太可能感到受到任何不成文法的约束。路易斯安那州习惯法的唯一可能的现代来源是判例常备法——在解释法律规则的一长串案件中反复作出的裁决。然而,立法史表明,法学从未打算成为路易斯安那州法律的主要来源。本文简要回顾了习惯法的历史基础,考察了1987年路易斯安那州民法典修正案的立法历史,调查了路易斯安那州法院对习俗的处理,并着眼于目前习俗作为权威的衰落。它的结论是,习惯法不再作为路易斯安那州的主要法律渊源而存在,《民法典》及其评注应予以修订,以澄清常见法只是一种次要的、具有说服力的法律渊源。
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A Tribute to Thanassi: The Influence of Justinian on American Common Law Property 致敬塔纳西:查士丁尼对美国普通法财产法的影响
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3458691
Sally Brown Richardson
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The Right to Redemption: Juvenile Dispositions and Sentences 救赎的权利:青少年的倾向和判决
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2016-11-28 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2876769
Federle
The punishment of juveniles remains a troubling yet under-theorized aspect of the criminal and juvenile justice systems. These systems emphasize accountability, victim restoration, and retribution as reasons to punish underage offenders. In fact, American juvenile systems will remove the most egregious offenders to criminal courts for trial and sentencing. The United States Supreme Court in recent years, however, has issued a number of opinions emphasizing that the Eighth Amendment requires that the punishment of children must account for their lesser moral culpability, developmental immaturity, and potential for rehabilitation. State courts also have begun to reconsider their own dispositional and sentencing schemes in light of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence.The reality of ‘juveniles’ immaturity militates in favor of a right to redemption. This Article begins by discussing the available data about the number and types of dispositions juveniles receive, waivers to criminal court, and the criminal sentences imposed. The analysis also considers the collateral consequences for minors who are adjudicated delinquent or who are criminally convicted. The discussion then turns to the effects of juvenile and criminal court involvement on children and the subsequent impact on life outcomes. The analysis considers theoretical, jurisprudential, and constitutional implications of juvenile sentencing with a special emphasis on the Supreme Court’s recent decisions. This Article concludes with the proposal for the contours of a right to redemption and its implications for reform to the current system and suggests strategies for the individual defense lawyer.
对青少年的惩罚仍然是刑事和青少年司法系统中一个令人不安但理论化不足的方面。这些制度强调问责、受害者复原和报复,以此作为惩罚未成年罪犯的理由。事实上,美国的青少年制度将把最严重的罪犯移送刑事法庭进行审判和判决。然而,近年来,美国最高法院发表了一些意见,强调第八修正案要求对儿童的惩罚必须考虑到他们的道德罪责较轻、发育不成熟和康复的潜力。各州法院也开始参照最高法院的判例,重新考虑自己的处置和量刑方案。“青少年”不成熟的现实不利于救赎的权利。本文首先讨论了有关青少年接受处置的数量和类型、对刑事法庭的弃权以及所施加的刑事判决的现有数据。该分析还考虑了未成年人被判犯罪或被刑事定罪的附带后果。然后,讨论转向少年法庭和刑事法庭介入对儿童的影响以及随后对生活结果的影响。该分析考虑了少年量刑的理论、法理和宪法含义,并特别强调了最高法院最近的判决。本文最后提出了赎回权的轮廓及其对现行制度改革的启示,并提出了个人辩护律师的策略。
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引用次数: 1
Swinging at the Facts: How Baseball Informs Legal Argument 挥击事实:棒球如何影响法律论证
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2016-05-30 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2786676
Josephine R. Potuto
In this article, I use baseball as a springboard for discussing persuasive legal argument. In particular, I compare a lawyer making a legal argument to a batter at the plate. A batter with a well-made bat is poised to hit, but he or she still must connect with the ball. A lawyer with an accurate and complete rendition of applicable black letter law is poised to craft a persuasive argument, but he or she still must connect with the facts. The article was great fun to write (especially the footnotes), and, I hope, will be fun to read. I also hope it is instructive on the subject of written advocacy and also on the subject of baseball. Baseball long has held fascination for legal scholars. This article joins the long line of law review articles that use baseball as focus or jumping off point.
在这篇文章中,我用棒球作为跳板来讨论有说服力的法律论据。特别地,我把律师进行法律辩论比作棒球场上的击球手。击球手用一根制作精良的球棒准备击球,但他或她仍然必须与球接触。一个律师如果能准确、完整地诠释适用的黑体字法律,就能写出有说服力的论点,但他或她仍然必须与事实联系起来。这篇文章写起来很有趣(尤其是脚注),我希望读起来也很有趣。我也希望它对书面宣传的主题和棒球的主题有指导意义。长期以来,棒球一直吸引着法律学者。这篇文章加入了一长串以棒球为焦点或出发点的法律评论文章。
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Restitution and the Excessive Fines Clause 赔偿和超额罚款条款
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2016-01-29 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2724857
Kevin Bennardo
Restitution is a component of many criminal sentences. There is little agreement, however, upon whether and how the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution limits restitution orders in criminal cases. Courts have long been divided over whether the Excessive Fines Clause applies to restitution orders at all, whether to apply the “grossly disproportional” test to restitution orders or some other causation-based test, and how to measure gross disproportionality in the restitution context. First, the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment should be read as a limit on restitution orders in criminal cases. The Eighth Amendment applies because these monetary payments are partially punitive. And, although restitution payments are not made to the sovereign, the concept of “fines” for purposes of the Excessive Fines Clause is properly understood to encompass payments to third parties that result from government-initiated action. Second, the same “grossly disproportional” test that has been applied to criminal fines and forfeitures should apply to restitution orders as well. Indeed, all monetary sanctions should be pooled together for purposes of a single Excessive Fines Clause proportionality analysis. The constitutionally-relevant question should be whether an offender’s total monetary sanction is grossly disproportional to the gravity of the offense. Although causation between the offense conduct and the victim’s loss is generally a statutory requirement of restitution orders, it is not a constitutional one. The causation requirement furthers restitution’s remedial purpose; it is not relevant to the Eighth Amendment’s excessiveness inquiry, which functions to limit the punitive severity of monetary sanctions. Lastly, the question of gross disproportionality is largely an exercise of judgment that should be left to the judiciary. Some courts have inappropriately wholly relied on analyzing whether the monetary sanction was authorized by the legislature in assessing the constitutionality of the penalty. This approach inappropriately collapses the constitutional inquiry into the statutory one. Although the statutory restitution or fine range may be a useful input in the constitutional analysis, it cannot be the sole component. In the end, the judiciary's independent judgment must be trusted to weigh proportionality and detect unconstitutionally excessive monetary sanctions.
赔偿是许多刑事判决的一个组成部分。然而,对于宪法第八修正案是否以及如何限制刑事案件中的赔偿令,几乎没有达成一致意见。长期以来,法院对过度罚款条款是否适用于赔偿令、是否对赔偿令适用“严重不成比例”检验或其他基于因果关系的检验,以及如何衡量赔偿情况下的严重不成比例,一直存在分歧。首先,第八修正案的超额罚款条款应被理解为对刑事案件中的赔偿令的限制。第八修正案适用,因为这些货币支付部分是惩罚性的。而且,虽然赔偿款项不是向主权支付的,但为“超额罚款条款”的目的,“罚款”的概念应恰当地理解为包括因政府发起的行动而向第三方支付的款项。第二,适用于刑事罚款和没收的“严重不成比例”检验也应适用于赔偿令。事实上,所有的货币制裁应该集中在一起,以便进行单一的“超额罚款条款”比例分析。与宪法有关的问题应该是,对违法者的全部金钱制裁是否与罪行的严重程度严重不成比例。虽然犯罪行为与受害人损失之间的因果关系通常是赔偿令的法定要求,但它不是宪法要求。因果关系要件进一步促进了赔偿的救济目的;它与第八修正案的过度调查无关,该调查的功能是限制货币制裁的惩罚性严重程度。最后,严重不成比例的问题在很大程度上是一种判断,应该留给司法部门。一些法院在评价处罚是否合宪性时,不恰当地完全依赖于分析货币制裁是否得到立法机关的授权。这种做法不恰当地将宪法调查瓦解为法定调查。虽然法定赔偿或罚款范围可能是宪制分析中有用的输入,但它不能是唯一的组成部分。最后,必须信任司法机构的独立判断,以衡量相称性,并发现违宪的过度货币制裁。
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Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: A Balanced Retributive Account 排除合理怀疑的证据:平衡的报复性解释
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2015-12-07 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2562563
A. Walen
The standard of proof in criminal trials in many liberal democracies is proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the BARD standard. It is customary to describe it, when putting a number on it, as requiring that the fact finder be at least 90% certain, after considering the evidence, that the defendant is guilty. Strikingly, no good reason has yet been offered in defense of using that standard. A number of non-consequentialist justifications that aim to support an even higher standard have been offered; all are morally unsound. Meanwhile, consequentialist arguments plausibly support a substantially lower standard — in some cases so low as to undermine the idea that punishment is what is at stake. In this paper, I offer a new retributive justification that supports excluding the instrumental benefits of punishment from the balance that sets the standard. The resulting balance supports a standard arguably in the ballpark of the customary understanding of BARD: a standard requiring that the fact finder have a high, though not maximally high, degree of confidence that the defendant is guilty.
在许多自由民主国家,刑事审判中的证据标准是排除合理怀疑的证据,即BARD标准。在给它加上一个数字时,习惯上是这样描述的,即要求事实鉴定人在考虑证据后,至少有90%的把握认为被告有罪。引人注目的是,目前还没有一个好的理由来为使用这一标准辩护。一些非结果主义的理由旨在支持更高的标准;这些都是不道德的。与此同时,结果主义的论点似乎支持一个低得多的标准——在某些情况下,低到足以削弱惩罚才是关键的观点。在本文中,我提出了一种新的报复性理由,支持将惩罚的工具性利益从设定标准的平衡中排除。由此产生的平衡支持了一个标准,可以说是对BARD的习惯理解:这个标准要求事实发现者对被告有罪有很高的信心,尽管不是最高的信心。
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引用次数: 42
Comparative Jury Procedures: What a Small Island Nation Teaches the United States About Jury Reform 比较陪审团程序:一个小岛屿国家对美国陪审团改革的启示
Q4 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2015-02-25 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2569689
K. Klein
The literature considering various possible procedural reforms to United States jury trial practice suffers from a high dose of American Exceptionalism. The experience of other nations rarely is acknowledged, much less considered as possibly informative. This Article argues that as a British-derived system of roughly identical vintage as the United States, the jury practices of Malta can inform American practice in three respects: (1) the desirability of increased juror interaction – in particular allowing oral juror questions to witnesses and allowing deliberation during the trial, (2) the utility of eliminating voir dire in jury selection, and (3) the possibility of procedural reform such as modifying the verdict form to insulate jurors from external pressures on the verdict.
考虑对美国陪审团审判实践进行各种可能的程序改革的文献受到美国例外论的严重影响。其他国家的经验很少得到承认,更不用说被认为可能提供信息了。本文认为,作为一种源自英国、与美国年份大致相同的制度,马耳他的陪审团制度可以在三个方面为美国的实践提供借鉴:(1)增加陪审员互动的可取性——特别是允许陪审员向证人口头提问,并允许在审判过程中进行审议;(2)在陪审团选择中取消口头审查的效用;(3)程序改革的可能性,如修改裁决形式,使陪审员免受外界对裁决的压力。
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