Definitions of insanity in college students.
The legal concept of insanity has had many definitions throughout the years, and the precise definition used is critical in determining the status of a person in the legal system. Past research has demonstrated that different professions working in the legal system cannot agree on the definition of insanity...

Life whisperer, CFC: formidable woman psychologist offers powerful lessons on life.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The role of a forensic expert includes Functioning objectively in the complex world of criminal or civil litigation. Learning trial procedure and the rules of evidence are central to the ACFEI's Certified Forensic Consultant (CFC) program. As a new CFC designate, the author of this...

An introduction to the International Criminal Court, 3d ed.
9780521707541 An introduction to the International Criminal Court, 3d ed. Schabas, William A. Cambridge U. Pr. 2007 548 pages $50.00 Paperback KZ6310 Schabas (human rights law, National U. of Ireland) begins...

National Jury Summit to Address Threats to Jury System.
DALLAS, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Saving the jury trial will be the focus of next month's National Jury Summit hosted by the American Board of Trial Advocates. The Summit will be held at the Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 8-9. A myriad of issues raised...

Convoluting the confrontation right: Davis v. Washington.
Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause jurisprudence has undergone dramatic retooling in recent years, with the Supreme Court jettisoning the reliability-focused test of Ohio v. Roberts (1) as "permanently[] unpredictable" and lacking historical justification. (2) In an effort to restore coherence to the doctrine, the banner decision of Crawford v. Washington...

"Mock" mock juries: a field experiment on the ecological validity of jury simulations.
I. INTRODUCTION In an effort to provide insight for legal and public policy decisionmaking, jury researchers conduct jury simulation experiments because they can be performed in a repeatable and scientific manner, whereas systematic studies of juror behavior are difficult to conduct in situ. (1) Researchers who conduct...

Quality, not quantity: an analysis of confidential settlements and litigants' economic incentives.
INTRODUCTION The recent rise of "sunshine" legislation, which prohibits or reduces secret settlements of civil lawsuits, highlights public unease with confidential settlements. Recurring, highly publicized, dangerous events expose the costs of confidentiality: the Bridgestone/Firestone tire scandal and the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal are the most recent....

Resolution on EVAT.
THE EVAT law (RA 9337) having been declared constitutional in vesting the President with standby authority to raise the present 10 percent tax rate to 12 percent under certain conditions, the government financial advisers should not be worried by the fact that the government loses R130 million a day...

Are light and ultra-light cigarettes safer: perceptions of college students.
The reported study investigates college students' perceptions of light compared to regular and ultra-light compared to light cigarettes, and whether perceptions vary by smoking status (nonsmoker, former smoker, social smoker, or regular smoker) and gender. A survey of 172 college students found that all four smoking status groups perceived...

Admitting mental health evidence to impeach the credibility of a sexual assault complainant.
INTRODUCTION The 1970 edition of Wigmore on Evidence offers the proposition that every female complainant in a rape prosecution should be subject to a psychiatric examination and echoes turn-of-the century psychoanalysts in its explanation: "The unchaste (let us call it) mentality finds incidental but direct expression in...