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How Administrative Law Halted the Death Penalty in Maryland
Rochvarg, Arnold - 2009
assistance of counsel, equal protection, right to trial by jury, and cruel and unusual punishment. The winning argument, however … Administrative Law. A death row inmate attacked the validity of the procedures for administering lethal injection capital punishment … which set forth the capital punishment process. In order for a Maryland agency to adopt a valid regulation, the agency must …
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The Criminalization of Compliance
Haugh, Todd - 2017
Corporate compliance is becoming increasingly “criminalized.” What began as a means of industry self-regulation has morphed into a multi-billion dollar effort to avoid government intervention in business, specifically criminal and quasi-criminal investigations and prosecutions. In order to...
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Comparative Deterrence from Private Enforcement and Criminal Enforcement of the U.S. Antitrust Laws
Lande, Robert H.; Davis, Joshua P. - 2010
This article shows that private enforcement of the U. S. antitrust laws-which usually is derided as essentially worthless-serves as a more important deterrent of anticompetitive behavior than the most esteemed antitrust program in the world, criminal enforcement by the Antitrust Division of the...
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The impact of fine size and uncertainty on punishment and deterrence : theory and evidence from the laboratory
Feess, Eberhard; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Schramm, … - 2015
of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when …
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Turning the lab into Jeremy Bentham's panopticon : the effect of punishment on offenders and non-offenders
Engel, Christoph; Irlenbusch, Bernd - 2010
The most famous element in Bentham's theory of punishment, the Panopticon Prison, expresses his view of the two … purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment … by manipulating how much information on punishment experienced by others is available to would-be offenders. Compared …
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Let the Punishment Fit the Criminal : Punishment Progressivity in a Self-governed Community in Southeastern Spain
Donna, Javier D. - 2019
We investigate the roles of individual characteristics and punishment progressivity on crime. Our analysis reconciles …
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The Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty? Evidence from British Commutations During World War I
Chen, Daniel L. - 2020
During World War I, the British military condemned over 3,000 soldiers to death, but only executed 12%; the others received commuted sentences. Many historians believe that the military command confirmed or commuted sentences for reasons unrelated to the circumstances of a particular case and...
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The Effect of Type-1 Error on Deterrence
Lando, Henrik - 2020
A common view in the law and economics literature holds that equal increases in type-1 and type-2 error lower deterrence by the same amount. We demonstrate that this view is generally incorrect both when the court's error concerns the assessment of the alleged offender's act (mistake of act) and...
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The Impact of Fine Size and Uncertainty on Punishment and Deterrence : Evidence from the Laboratory
Feess, Eberhard - 2014
likely to be punished if fines and uncertainty are high. We find that the punishment frequency decreases considerably in …
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Deterrence and the Optimality of Rewarding Prisoners for Good Behavior
Polinsky, A. Mitchell - 2015
In this article I examine the social desirability of rewarding prisoners for good behavior, either by reducing their sentences (granting “time off”), converting part of their sentences to a period of parole, or providing them with privileges in prison. Rewarding good behavior reduces the...
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