Reporters’ Perspective
Two Restatement projects, Economic Harm Torts and Liability Insurance, were reviewed and approved for the final time by ALI membership at the 2018 Annual Meeting, marking the completion of both projects.
Brendan Dassey’s false confession shows we need to be more careful when interrogating juveniles
A recent USA Today Op-ed piece addresses the topic of juvenile interrogation tactics.
The New Essentialism in Property
Since the late 1990s, prominent scholars have rejected the conventional wisdom that the bundle metaphor defines property.
The Reliable Application of Fingerprint Evidence
In November 2017, a state appellate court did something almost unprecedented: It held that a trial judge made an error by admitting testimony on latent fingerprinting.
An Overview of Practicing American Indian Criminal Law in Federal, State, and Tribal Courts, and an Update About Recent Expansion of Criminal Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians
As a result of changes in federal law, criminal defendants or defense attorneys are now more likely to find themselves appearing in American Indian tribal courts.
Interrogation Parity
Over the past several years there has been increased focus on the way police are treated by the criminal justice system and their own internal disciplinary mechanisms. Scholars and the media have taken note of special interrogation protections afforded to the police when they become the target of internal or criminal investigation.
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