Emery LjungFinal PostOver this past semester, this course made me think a lot about how our criminal justice system determines what we should criminalize and…Apr 27, 2022Apr 27, 2022
Emery LjungWeek 12: Felony MurderIn “Making the Best of Felony Murder,” Binder discusses the felony murder doctrine and why it is a controversial topic in United States…Apr 13, 2022Apr 13, 2022
Emery LjungWeek 11: Laws that are Made to be BrokenJames Edwards’s paper “Laws that are Made to be Broken” discusses a vital topic regarding our current criminal justice system and the…Apr 6, 2022Apr 6, 2022
Emery LjungWeek 9: Possession OffensesI thought Ashworth’s piece on “The Unfairness of Risk-Based Possession Offences” was fascinating and vital in light of our current criminal…Mar 23, 2022Mar 23, 2022
Emery LjungWeek 8: Failure to RescueVon Hirsch’s writings on “Criminalizing Failure to Rescue” discuss the different arguments for answering such a debate. Many of the legal…Mar 16, 2022Mar 16, 2022
Emery LjungWeek 7: The Voluntary Act RequirementYaffe’s writings on the Voluntary Act Requirement were fascinating and, I believe, offers a fundamental approach to how we understand…Mar 3, 2022Mar 3, 2022
Emery LjungWeek 6: The Wrongness ConstraintIn Simester and von Hirsch’s Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs, the authors introduce a “general limiting principle” to enforcing criminal law (7)…Feb 23, 2022Feb 23, 2022
Emery LjungWeek 5: The Sovereignty PrincipleI thought Ripsetin’s Beyond the Harm Principle was very interesting, and it helped me grasp the ideas of both Mill’s harm principle and…Feb 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022
Emery LjungWeek 4: Legal MoralismSo far, legal moralism is the most confusing topic discussed in class for me. Duff explains legal moralism as that which “picks out a…Feb 9, 2022Feb 9, 2022
Emery LjungWeek 3: PaternalismOverall, I thought Dworkin’s Paternalism was very interesting and something that I had never heard of or considered before. Surface level…Feb 2, 2022Feb 2, 2022