I have recently seen some press pieces with various types of discussion of what might be expected in various areas of law and policy that connect to criminal justice and sentencing.
So here is a short round-up: From Forbes, "Bureau Of Prisons: 2024 Year In Review And Outlook for 2025" From The Hill, "Yes, policies advancing justice can prevail [...]
Hans Gribnau (Tilburg), Equality in Tax Law: The Tension Between Democracy and the Rule Of Law: Taxes make a decent existence in human society possible. But at the same time,
they are an infringement upon a person's freedom. These two diverging interests - the undisturbed enjoyment of one's freedom and... [...]
On January 9, 2025, Eliana Cusato (Univ. of Amsterdam - Law) will give the next lecture of the TwoLaW Lecture Series on the Laws of War. The topic is: “International law,
nature, and violence: Conceptualizing the ecology of war and peace.” Details are here. [...]
Time and International Adjudication fills a gap in legal literature in the field of international dispute settlement, by providing a wide selection of stimulating contributions
by leading international scholars and lawyers, aimed at discussing the role of time in proceedings before international courts and tribunals. [...]
Perhaps this is an odd place to write about the only president since Andrew Johnson never to have nominated a Supreme Court justice. Nonetheless, two major gaps
in the public discussion of him deserve attention. One is President Carter’s pivotal role in anti-poverty law. And the other is why Jimmy Carter could never [...]
A recently released House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight report accuses former Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney of unethical conduct and concludes that “the
Federal Bureau of Investigation must also investigate Representative Cheney.” The report is the House Republican majority’s investigation of the House’s own [...]
David A. Hyman (Georgetown), Jing Liu (East China University) & Joshua C. Teitelbaum (Georgetown; Google Scholar), Does the 1L Curriculum Make a Difference?, 21 J. Empirical
Legal Stud. 375 (2024): Georgetown Law’s Curriculum B (also known as Section 3) offers a unique opportunity to study an alternative 1L curriculum. [...]
The editors of the Federal Sentencing Reporter are seeking articles for a new FSR issue on “A Justice System Crossroads: Reflecting on Biden’s Record and Projecting a Second
Trump Term.” Here is some background on this call for papers: Every major federal election impacts sentencing and criminal justice policy and practice in many [...]
Josh Blackman (South Texas; Google Scholar), What is the Future of the Federalist Society?: Over the past four decades, the Federalist Society (FedSoc) has climbed from an
obscure organization to the apex of influence. What started as a group of students criticizing the liberal legal order has now become the... [...]
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