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Property Law
Property Rights and the Bundle of Rights
Property Rights and the Bundle of Rights Property law is often described through a deceptively simple idea: ownership gives a person rights
Property Law
What Is Property
What Is Property? The word property seems simple. We use it every day. We say that a house is someone’s property, that a car belongs to some
Property Law
What Is Property Law
What Is Property Law? Property law is the branch of law that governs rights and interests in property. It determines who may own something,
Criminal Law
Vagueness in Criminal Statutes
Vagueness in Criminal Statutes Criminal law gives the government extraordinary power. It can investigate, arrest, prosecute, convict, and im
Criminal Law
Criminal Records and Their Legal Consequences
Criminal Records and Their Legal Consequences A criminal sentence does not always end the legal consequences of a criminal case. Even after
Criminal Law
Expungement and Sealing of Criminal Records
Expungement and Sealing of Criminal Records A criminal conviction can continue to affect a person long after the formal sentence has ended.
Criminal Law
Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Criminal Law
Mandatory Minimum Sentences Criminal sentencing normally involves some degree of judicial discretion. After a defendant is convicted, the co
Criminal Law
Sentencing in Criminal Law
Sentencing in Criminal Law A criminal case does not necessarily end when a defendant is found guilty. After conviction, another important st
Criminal Law
Retribution, Deterrence, Rehabilitation, and Incapacitation
Retribution, Deterrence, Rehabilitation, and Incapacitation Criminal punishment is one of the most difficult questions in criminal law. Once
Criminal Law
Disorderly Conduct
Disorderly Conduct Disorderly conduct is one of the broadest and most familiar public-order offenses in American criminal law. It generally
Criminal Law
Assault in Criminal Law
Assault in Criminal Law Assault is one of the most familiar concepts in criminal law, but it is also one of the most frequently misunderstoo
Criminal Law
Federal Crimes vs. State Crimes in the United States
Federal Crimes vs. State Crimes in the United States The United States does not have a single criminal law system. Instead, criminal law ope