Property and Projection
Maureen E. BradyThis Article argues that property law can and should address projection claims by private owners. It traces the history of property tort claims involving light, explaining how the law developed to emphasize economic and physical harm and identifying the forgotten strands of doctrine that nonetheless support liability for targeted projections.
Policing Project Drafts Innovative New Use of Force Policy For Camden
The Policing Project NYU School of LawThe Camden County Police Department recently announced adoption of its innovative, revised use of force policy drafted with the help of the Policing Project.
Risk and Resources: A Qualitative Perspective on Low-Level Sentencing in Virginia
Anne Metz, John Monahan, Brandon Garrett and Luke SiebertVirginia’s sentencing guidelines include alternative sanctions based on the use of a quantitative instrument called the Nonviolent Risk Assessment (NVRA) that identifies individuals convicted of drug and property crimes that are considered to be at lower risk of recidivism. In this study, the authors explore how judges make use of the NVRA instrument when sentencing individuals convicted of low‐level drug and property crimes.
Our Data-Driven Future: Promise, Perils, and Prognoses
Fred Feinberg and Dana TurjemanNowadays, most of our activities and personal details are recorded by one entity or another. These data are used for many applications that fundamentally enrich our lives, such as navigation systems, social networks, search engines, and health monitoring.
How Do Prosecutors (and the Rest of Us) Get Sentencing So Wrong?
James M. DoyleThis article is a response to a recent New York Times op ed piece in which James Forman, Jr. and Sarah Lustbader pose the question, “What can we do to shrink our prison population, the world’s largest?”.
Oregon, Indigenous Nations, Manifest Destiny, and the Doctrine of Discovery
Robert J. MillerThis talk will explain the elements, or factors, that make up this international law and argue that the Doctrine of Discovery morphed into “American Manifest Destiny” and was used, and is still being used today, to justify the United States’ acquisition of the lands and assets of the Indian Nations and peoples.