I. Introduction A. The Problem of International Money Laundering In an increasingly global marketplace, the effects of money laundering[1] have been as significant as they are widespread. Money laundering has been tied to terrorist financing and to drug cartels, and risks the integrity of individual countries’ financial stability as well as the integrity of the […] Continue Reading >
The Foreign Founding: Rights, Fixity, and the Original Constitution
The Foreign Founding: Rights, Fixity, and the Original Constitution
Anyone today who wishes to understand the American Founding must first come to terms with a central fact: By our lights, it is a foreign world.[1] To properly understand how and what people thought back then requires considerable abstraction and conceptual translation. It demands a willingness to look beneath surface-level familiarity by attending to, rather […] Continue Reading >
The Conformity Rule and Relationship Evidence in Texas Domestic Assault Trials
Rebutting the Presumption: A Proposed Amendment to Regulate International Business Conduct Through § 1964(c)
The Conformity Rule and Relationship Evidence in Texas Domestic Assault Trials
I. Introduction American criminal law has long prohibited prior-acts evidence used to prove action in conformity with character[1]—variously called conformity evidence, propensity evidence, or simply character evidence—for good reason. Character evidence creates a nullification risk: the risk that a jury might convict the defendant because they detest his uncharged actions despite having reasonable doubts about […] Continue Reading >
The Foreign Founding: Rights, Fixity, and the Original Constitution