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…2 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Mar 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)…2 min read·Feb 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…2 min read·Feb 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…2 min read·Feb 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…2 min read·Feb 2, 2022----