Theme and variations on criminal law

B.A., City College of New York 1973; J.D., American University 1976; LL.M., New York University 1980.     

The cases of Alfred Dreyfus,Mendel Beilis,and Leo Frank

B.A., City College of New York 1973; J.D., American University 1976; LL.M., New York University 1980.     

Police informers and agents provocateurs: Accomplices or handmaidens of the law? Perspectives from the courts of eastern and southern africa

7. Conclusion The use of traps as an investigative technique has a long history. Today the police in many jurisdictions are resorting to them more and more to detect particularly complex crimes of an organized nature and, often, of a transnational character. Note should, however, be taken of the fact that the use of traps is not specifically provided for by statute and that it invariably involves violations of the law by those whose function it is to uphold and enforce the law. Moreover, as some of the cases discussed in this essay reveal, the use of traps may be very unfair to the accused to the extent of violating his or her constitutionally protected human rights. The courts have a bounden duty as watchdogs of those rights to be vigilant and to ensure that the police in their fight against crime do not turn into monsters. Professor of Law, University of Botswana, Gabarone, Botswana; LL.B., University of East Africa 1968; M.C.J., Howard University 1970; LL.M., New York University 1971; J.S.D., New York University 1975.     

Coping with ultimate evil through the criminal law

Editor in Chief,Criminal Law Forum: An International Journal; Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, New Jersey, United States; B.A., Victoria University of Wellington 1964; LL.B., Victoria University of Wellington 1964; LL.M., Victoria University of Wellington 1967; LL.M., Columbia University 1968; J.S.D., Columbia University 1972.     

Stocktaking after two sessions of the commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

B.A., Victoria University of Wellington 1964; LL.B., Victoria University of Wellington 1964; LL.M., Victoria University of Wellington 1967; LL.M., Columbia University 1968; J.S.D., Columbia University 1972. Professor Clark was a member of the former United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Control and represented New Zealand as an observer at the first two meetings of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Any views expressed here are his own.See generally Roger S. Clark,United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program: Formulation of Standards and Efforts at Their Implementation (forthcoming 1994).     

The internationalization of U.S. Criminal Law Enforcement

B.A., Victoria University of Wellington 1964; LL.B., Victoria University of Wellington 1964; LL.M., Victoria University of Wellington 1967; LL.M., Columbia University 1968; J.S.D., Columbia University 1972.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Lives of the Lord Chancellors , 1885–1940. By R. F. V. Heuston On Justice in Society . By Morris Ginsberg The Disinherited and the Law. By Dagobert D. Runes The Law of Quasi -Contract . By S. J. Stoljar , LL.B., LL.M., PH.D. Conveyancing Contracts , Conditions of Sale and Title . By J. T. Farrand , LL.B., Solicitor The Borderland of Criminal Justice . Essays in Law and Criminology. By Francis A. Allen , University Professor in the Law School at the University of Chicago Crime and the Community . A Survey of Penal Policy in New Zealand Völkerrecht . By Ignaz Seidl -Hohenveldern Federal Conflict of Interest Law . By Bayless Manning     

Developments in criminal law and criminal justice

LL.B., Victoria University of Wellington 1969; J.S.M., Stanford University 1972.     

Unrealistic expectations: The police and crime control

B.A., Gettysburg College 1961; M.A., New York University 1965; Ph.D., New York University 1971.     

Anchoring just deserts

B.A., Wheaton College 1971; J.D., DePaul University 1975; LL.M., Georgetown University 1993.     

Just say no to the war on drugs

B.A., State University of New York, Old Westbury, 1981; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, 1989.     

The Linguistic Turn of Social Contract Theory: Ernst Cassirer and the Conditions for the Possibility of a Promise

In this paper, we explore Cassirer’s view of social contract theory. We maintain that Cassirer has established a linguistic turn of social contract theory, by exploring the conditions for the possibility of a promise. For that purpose Cassirer’s theory of the linguistic sign, as inspired by the linguistic theory of Wilhelm von Humboldt, becomes decisive, because of its specific nature and direction into the future. First, in Section 1, we explore previous social contract theorists, from Nicholas von Cusa to Immanuel Kant. In Section 1, as a result, we establish the concept of the promise as the core concept of social contract theory, and as the fundamental philosophical problem conveyed by the natural lawyers. Moreover, in Section 2, we investigate the conditions for the possibility of a promise, and relate it to the symbolic nature of the human being. The promise, hence the capacity to enter into a contract, becomes a characteristically human activity, hence an expression of human dignity. LL.M. Candidate, New York University School of Law, Class of 2007; M.A., Leiden; J.S.D., Nijmegen     

BOOK REVIEW DEPARTMENT

Book reviewed in this article:
JUSTICE RUTLEDGE AND THE BRIGHT CONSTELLATION F owler V. H arper , Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, Inc., 1965, pp. xxv + 406, $6.95.
THE NEW DEAL AND THE PROBLEM OF MONOPOLY E llis W. H awley , Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1966, pp. xv & 525, $10.00.
POWERS OF ATTORNEY L ouis A uchincloss , Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Company, 1963, pp. 280, $4.50.
LAWYERS IN THE MAKING S eymour W arkov with J oseph Z elan , Chicago, Illinois: Aldine Publishing Company, 1965, pp. 171, $5.00.
THE TRIAL OF JACK RUBY J ohn K aplan and J on R. W altz , New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965, 392 pp., $7.95.
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION L ester W. M ilbrath , Chicago: Rand-McNally, 1965, pp.—, $3.50, $1.75 (paperback).
SOUTHERN JUSTICE L eon F riedman , New York, Pantheon Books Inc., 1965, $5.95.     

The Canadian charter and the protection of international human rights

B.A., University of Alberta 1960; LL.B., University of Alberta 1961; LL.M., University of California at Berkeley 1963.     

Juvenile offenders

LL.B., Leeds University 1955; LL.M., University of Singapore 1963.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
PRINCIPLES OF REAL ESTATE LAW, Paul G. Creteau., Portland, Maine: Castle Publishing Company
MODERN BUSINESS LAW: AN INTRODUCTION TO GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS, 2nd Edition, Thomas W. Dunfee and Frank F. Gibson. Columbus, Ohio: Grid
LAW FOR BUSINESS MANAGERS: THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, Thomas J. Harron. Boston: Holbrook Press
BUSINESS LAW: TEXT AND CASES, Rate A. Howell, John R. Allison and Gaylord A. Jentz. Hinsdale, Illinois: The Dryden Press
BUSINESS LAW, 2nd Edition, Michael P. Litka. Columbus, Ohio: Grid, Inc.
A CONCISE TEXTBOOK ON LEGAL CAPITAL Bayless Manning. Mineola, New York: The Foundation Press
SCHAUM'S OUTLINE OF THEORY AND PROBLEMS OF COLLEGE BUSINESS LAW R. Robert Rosenberg & William G. Ott. New York:
THE LAWYER AND BUSINESS: AN ANTHOLOGY George J. Siedel, Editor. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co.
ONEL Scott Turow. New York: Putnam
GOVERNANCE OF FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCIES David M. Welborn. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press
THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL TRADITION: PROFILES OF LEADING AMERICAN JUDGES G. Edward White. Oxford: Oxford University Press     

REVIEWS

The Worker and the Law. First edition. By Professor K. W. Wedderburn, M.A., LL.B. The Restrictive Practices Court. By R. B. Stevens and B. S. Yamey. Sale of Goods. By G. H. L. Fridman, B.C.L., M.A. (Oxon), LL.M. (Adelaide). Casebook on Sale of Goods. By E. R. Hardy Ivamy, LL.B., PH.D. Charlesworth's Company Law. Eighth edition. By T. E. Cain, M.A., Barrister-at Law. Essentials of Mercantile Law. By Kenneth Smith and Denis J. Keenan. International Law. By D. P. O'Connell. The Sources and Evidences of International Law. By Clive Parry. Rights in Air Space. By David Johnson. The Law and Practice of the International Court. By Shabtai Rosenne. The Constitutions of the Australian States. Second edition. By R. D. Lumb, LL.B.(Melb.), D.PHIL.(Oxon), Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Queensland. Law and Orders. By Sir Carleton Kemp Allen. Third edition. The Language of the Law. Selected and edited by Louis Blom-Cooper, assisted by Edward Jackson, with a Foreword by Lord Radcliffe. The Rent Act 1965. By Ashley Bramall, M.A., Barrister-at-Law. Matrimonial Offences with particular reference to the Magistrates' Courts. By Lionel Rosen, LL.M., PH.D.(lond.), Solicitor Second Edition. Politics and Law. By Gerhard Leibholz, Justice Associate of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Professor at the University of Göttingen, Titular Professor at the College of Europe at Bruges.     

Criminal law theory and criminal code reform

M.A., University of Tartu 1979; Ph.D., All-Union Institute of Criminology (Moscow) 1986; LL.M., Columbia University 1993.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
BEFORE THE LAW: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL PROCESS (Second Edition) John J. Bonsignore, Ethan Katsh, Peter d'Errico, Ronald M. Pipkin, Stephen Arons, Janet Rifkin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Pp. 545.
THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HANDBOOK Tracy D. Connors, Editor in Chief. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1980. Pp. 740.
ISSUES IN FINANCIAL REGULATION Franklin R. Edwards, Editor. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. Pp. 526.
CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS LAW, PRINCIPLES AND CASES Ralph C. Hoeber, J. David Reitzel, Donald P. Lyden, Nathan J. Roberts, and Gordon B. Severance. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1930. Pp. 1139.
TAX SHELTERS THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE Judith H. McQuown. New York McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1979. Pp. 222 plus appendices and index.
THEANTEL0PE:THEORDEALOFRECAPTUREDAFRICANS IN THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF JAMES MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. John T. Noonan, Jr. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. 1977. Pp. 198.
RECKLESS HOMICIDE Lee Patrick Strobel. South Bend, Indiana: And Books, 1980. Pp. 286.     

Review essay / “a constitution for a religious and moral people”: Greenawalt and perry on politics and religion

Kent Greenawalt, Religious Convictions and Political Choice New York Oxford University Press, 1988. Michael J. Perry, Morality, Politics and Law New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.