Vertical conflicts in sentencing practices: custody, credit, and concurrency
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Due to the unintended effects of existing laws, a defendant cannot serve concurrent federal and state prison sentences if he is sentenced in federal court first. This is unfair and should be changed by requiring the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to accept prisoners serving concurrent terms, or by allowing federal courts to enforce decisions of concurrency made by state judges.
Publication Name: New York University Annual Survey of American Law
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0066-4413
Year: 2000
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Are New York police officers safely playing or playing it safe? Eliminating the forty-eight hour rule
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New York City's forty-eight hour rule forbids police officers who are witnesses in or targets of misconduct charges from being questioned for forty-eight hours after the incident which resulted in charges. This rule should be abolished and replaced by other safeguards.
Publication Name: New York University Annual Survey of American Law
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0066-4413
Year: 2000
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A principle of justified promise-breaking and its application to contract law
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The theory of efficient breach of contract is often criticized as being immoral. However, the efficient breach theory can be changed to take morality into consideration and should, in this form, be adopted into the legal system.
Publication Name: New York University Annual Survey of American Law
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0066-4413
Year: 2000
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