Recently added articles from Ave Maria Law Review:
Putting faith in prison programs, and its constitutionality under Thomas Jefferson's faith-based initiative.
Mar 22, 2008; Davids, James A. ... In what appears now to be a bit of theological irony, ... Thomas Jefferson rooted his ideas about [the] doctrine [of separation between church and state not in secularism but] in the religious belief "that Almighty God has created the mind free ... [and, therefore] the Holy Author ... ...
Coordinating the exercise and Establishment Clauses: a narrow Establishment Clause test for government funding of prisoner rehabilitation services by religious providers.
Mar 22, 2008; Garry, Patrick M. ... INTRODUCTION Any time religious organizations interact with government, there looms the potential application of the Establishment Clause. (1) Its invocation becomes a near certainty whenever public funds pass to religious institutions. (2) But this is where the certainty ends, ...
"The devil is in the details": a continued dissection of the constitutionality of faith-based prison units.
Mar 22, 2008; Branham, Lynn S. ... To protect his privacy, I'll call him "Bob." Bob had reached what, for him, was a low point in his life. Diagnosed with a brain tumor and suffering from epilepsy, he was struggling to cope with the physical debilitation and the uncertainty that attend serious medical problems. To compound ...
"InnerChange": conversion as the price of freedom and comfort - a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of faith-based prison units.
Mar 22, 2008; Luchenitser, Alex J. ... In the State of Iowa's prison system, enrolling in a program called "The InnerChange Freedom Initiative" could bring an inmate many benefits. Inmates, for example, drew closer to parole because treatment credits they needed for release were more easily available through the program. (1) ...
To reform or to abolish? Christian perspectives on punishment, prison, and restorative justice.
Mar 22, 2008; Ballot, Jordan J. ... Efforts to modify or replace public systems of criminal justice in accord with the principles of restorative justice have long been understood to include a variety of practices, ranging from educational programs to victim-offender conferencing. What has only come to the forefront ...
The enduring achievement of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Mar 22, 2008; Ericson, Edward E., Jr. ... In an old joke from the Soviet era, a teacher asks the class, "Who was Leonid Brezhnev?" and a schoolgirl replies, "Wasn't he some politician in the Age of Solzhenitsyn?" It didn't take anywhere near a century for Brezhnev's name to pass into oblivion. Trouble is, Solzhenitsyn's name ...
The prisoner's ombudsman: protecting constitutional rights and fostering justice in American corrections.
Mar 22, 2008; Heskamp, Brian D. ... The Spirit of Christ, the Redeemer of the world, must breathe even where people are chained in prisons according to the logic of a still necessary human justice. Punishment cannot be reduced to mere retribution, much less take the form of social retaliation or a sort of institutional ...
Discovering child pornography: the death of the presumption of innocence.
Mar 22, 2008; LaRoy, Anna K. ... INTRODUCTION Child pornography cases, by their very nature, create a tension between protecting the child-victim's natural innocence and preserving the defendant's presumption of innocence. It is not surprising, then, that two opposing lines of cases have emerged in a debate ...
Hugs and drugs: research ethics, conflict of interest, and why the FDA's attempt to preempt pharma failure-to-warn claims is a dangerous prescription.
Mar 22, 2008; Martin, Christina Marie ... INTRODUCTION One of the most common claims brought by patients against drug manufacturers involves the failure to warn consumers of the risks associated with taking a drug. The Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") recently adopted labeling rules and issued an accompanying ...
It is what it is: legal recognition of acquaintance rape.
Mar 22, 2008; Robinson, Leslie D. ... INTRODUCTION From 1993 to 2005, the frequency of rapes and sexual assaults in the United States decreased by an amazing 69%, thanks in large part to reformers who participated in decades of debate, lobbying, and crusades to raise public awareness. (1) Even with this significant ...
