The Ex Post Facto Clause
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Author | : Wayne A. Logan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2022-10-28 |
Genre | : Ex post facto laws |
ISBN | : 019005350X |
"This volume provides the first book-length, modern-era examination of the Ex Post Facto Clause, contained in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, and its role in tempering the penal populism of American legislatures. As one of the few rights specified in the body of the Constitution itself, the Clause was intended, as James Madison put it, to serve as a "bulwark" against the tendency of legislatures to enact retroactive laws increasing or imposing new burdens on disdained individuals. For the first several decades of the nation's history, the Supreme Court enforced the Clause with vigor, for instance invalidating retroactive laws enacted after the Civil War targeting supporters of the Confederacy. Today, however, the Clause is a hollowed out shell of its former self, reflecting and enabling the nation's shift toward politically popular tough-on-crime policies. The book chronicles this evolution and provides a blueprint for how the Ex Post Facto Clause can be restored to its rightful place as a bulwark against the punitive impulses of modern-day legislators, whether state or federal"--
Author | : Robert Dittmer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 830 |
Release | : 2016-05-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
This is a sourcebook of Supreme Court decisions on the ex post facto clause and the contracts clause. Supreme court decisions are in the public domain and are freely available at such websites as supreme.justia.com and law.cornell.edu
Author | : United States Sentencing Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Criminal justice, Administration of |
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Author | : David F. Forte |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 2014-09-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1621573524 |
A landmark work of more than one hundred scholars, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution is a unique line-by-line analysis explaining every clause of America's founding charter and its contemporary meaning. In this fully revised second edition, leading scholars in law, history, and public policy offer more than two hundred updated and incisive essays on every clause of the Constitution. From the stirring words of the Preamble to the Twenty-seventh Amendment, you will gain new insights into the ideas that made America, important debates that continue from our Founding, and the Constitution's true meaning for our nation
Author | : Richard Wooddeson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1792 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Aaron Xavier Fellmeth |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0195369386 |
This provides a comprehensive approach and includes both literal translations and definitions with several useful innovations. Included is not only the modern English pronunciation but also the classical or 'restored' one. Each entry is also cross-referenced to related terms for ease of use.
Author | : Joseph Story |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 800 |
Release | : 1833 |
Genre | : Constitutional history |
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Release | : 19?? |
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Author | : Heikki E.S. Mattila |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 613 |
Release | : 2016-05-23 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1317163028 |
This book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through German, French, Spanish and English. This second edition has been fully revised, updated and enlarged. A new chapter on legal Spanish takes into account the increasing importance of the language, and a new section explores the use (in legal circles) of the two variants of the Norwegian language. All chapters have been thoroughly updated and include more detailed footnote referencing. The work will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the areas of legal history and theory, comparative law, semiotics, and linguistics. It will also be of interest to legal translators and terminologists.
Author | : Daniel E. Troy |
Publisher | : American Enterprise Institute |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780844740232 |
The principle in law that the rules are not changed in the middle of game, is embodied in the notion that legislation should apply prospectively. This study analyzes the legal constraints on retroactive legislation and the presumption of prospectivity and constitutional limits on such lawmaking.