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00456. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS. The concepts of freedom and free will held by the founding fathers of the American Constitution are examined. The need for some form of governmental control of the media and other forms of daily life... (more) |
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00256. A FAIR TRIAL AND THE FREE PRESS. Good study of the conflict between these two ideals, with examples from Speck and Hauptmann cases; second half of paper finds that Oswald could not have gotten fair trial after Dallas police... (more) |
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53526. MEXICAN DRUG LAWS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. Good detailed summary of Mexico's drug laws, their enforcement on citizens and foreigners, and how this conflicts with the (idealistic) provisions of the UN Declaration on Human Rights. A very... (more) |
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53359. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES. Good, very detailed study of the qualifications, duties, organization, and even the retirement benefits of Superior Court judges in California. 15 pages, 14 footnotes, 11 bibliographic... (more) |
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53330. COURT ADMINISTRATION AND COURT MANAGEMENT. Very good study of the problems of administering the housekeeping and other nonjudicial business functions; development of court management as a specialized field, (very limited), duties of a court... (more) |
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53300. THE ISSUE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY. Original and provocative argument that the insanity defense ought to be junked and all offenders comprehensively treated in reformed prisons; major points are that legal and medical definitions of... (more) |
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53178. PLEA BARGAINING OR "COPPING A PLEA." Thorough study of the practice of plea bargaining, whereby prosecution and defense agree to plead guilty to a lesser charge to save time (both the court's tine and the defendant's time in the real... (more) |
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52890. COMPULSORY FLAG SALUTE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Two landmark legal decisions of the Supreme Court on the question of flag salute are detailed., The arguments in Minersville School District vs.Gobitis (1940) and West Virginia Board of Education vs.... (more) |
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52697. RELIGIOUS EXERCISES AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Balanced overview of what the Supreme Court has and has not said in banning religious instruction from public schools. 6p., 7f.,... (more) |
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52662. THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CHILD BENEFIT THEORY. Basic overview of the Supreme Court's decisions allowing state aid to parochial schools if it is meant to help the children, not advance the religion. Sp., 4f.,... (more) |
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52517. HUGO BLACK. An analysis of the background and positions of Roosevelt's first appointee to the Supreme Court, with a discussion of his opinions on civil rights, free speech and other progressive causes. ... (more) |
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51892. MARBURY VS. MADISON: A CASE STUDY. Good analysis of the legal and political issues posed in this famous case concerning the validity of a last-minute appointment by an outgoing President, how Justice Marshall established the doctrine... (more) |
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51754. JUSTICE HARLAN'S DISSENT IN PLESSEY VS. FERGUSON. Good discussion of the issues raised by Harlan's dissent from the decision that legalized segregation in 1896; the source of the quote "Our Constitution is color-blind," Harlan foreshadowed the Warren... (more) |
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51640. LAW AND THE MASS MEDIA. a study of the Federal Communications Commission and the controls it has exerted over the broadcast industry since its inception; Supreme Court decisions are listed in formal style, with citation,... (more) |
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51546. FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS BEFORE TRIAL. Good, detailed summary of the rules governing permissible pretrial motions in Federal Court. 12 pages, 16 footnotes, 3 bibliographic... (more) |
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16164. BOOK REVIEW: STRUGGLE POR JUSTICE. Sympathetic summary and review of this book by the American Friends Service Committee, which focuses on the injustice of our prison system. Sp., Of.,... (more) |
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16153. A FAIR TRIAL VS. A SENSATIONALIST PRESS. Good discussion of the legal-philosophical problems raised by the conflict between the right of the accused to a fair trial, and the right of the press to print stories that sell; illustrated by... (more) |
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16139. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Good overview of its constitutional role, discussion of judicial restraint versus judicial activism; also procedures, ripeness and standing. 11 pages, 0 footnotes, 0 bibliographic sources. ... (more) |
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16101. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN AND THE WARREN COURT. Brief biography of Warren and the major accomplishments of the Warren Court; analysis of Brown decision, other issues. 8 pages, 22 footnotes, 7 bibliographic sources.... (more) |
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16046. SCHOOL PRAYER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A detailed study of the constitutional issues in the school prayer question. Concludes that the issue is far from dead. 8 pages, 15 footnotes, 6 bibliographic... (more) |
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