Bracing the Armor: Extending Rape Shield Protections to Civil Proceedings

resignation of an attorney in civil proceedings

resignation of an attorney has important effects on the principal and the process of trial. if the court or principal do not know about the resignation of the attorney, it may create irreparable losses for principal or cause prolongation of proceedings. so determining exact and comprehensive criterions about the resignation of attorney is necessary. if the attorney does not observe these criter...

Explaining Rape during Civil War: Cross-National Evidence (1980–2009)

Why do some armed groups commit massive wartime rape, whereas others never do? Using an original dataset, I describe the substantial variation in rape by armed actors during recent civil wars and test a series of competing causal explanations. I find evidence that the recruitment mechanism is associated with the occurrence of wartime rape. Specifically, the findings support an argument about wa...

Characterization of a novel scale maille contralateral breast shield: SMART Armor

During breast radiotherapy treatment, the contralateral breast receives radiation doses to the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused mainly from incident electron contamination and low energy photon scatter radiation. Measurements have shown that for a typical hybrid tangential treatment, these dose levels can be up to 17% of maximum applied prescription dose if no shielding is used during the tr...

The Admissibility of Criminal Convictions in Subsequent Civil Proceedings

The Role of Counsel in Civil Commitment Proceedings: Emerging Problems