D.C. Criminal Code Revisions: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Judiciary of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, in Conjunction with the Judiciary Committee of the Council and the Law Revision Commission of the District of Columbia, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session .... |
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... matter . Distributor's liability Effect of State laws ... 200 , 207 201 199 204 197 Fair use Federal law 195 198 Grading Need for legislation_ Public protection Sound - alikes 204 196 199 197 State laws 193 Tape piracy . 196 , 208 Tape ...
... matter . Distributor's liability Effect of State laws ... 200 , 207 201 199 204 197 Fair use Federal law 195 198 Grading Need for legislation_ Public protection Sound - alikes 204 196 199 197 State laws 193 Tape piracy . 196 , 208 Tape ...
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... matter before us . I am confident that these hearings will be as productive as they are unprecedented . They will allow interested and affected citizens of the District , as well as criminal justice experts , a full opportunity to in ...
... matter before us . I am confident that these hearings will be as productive as they are unprecedented . They will allow interested and affected citizens of the District , as well as criminal justice experts , a full opportunity to in ...
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... matter about which I am extremely concerned is the sen- tencing and use of - it seems to me everyone is aware of my concern about dangerous weapons , not just firearms . Persons can be just as deadly and have just as much fear if a gun ...
... matter about which I am extremely concerned is the sen- tencing and use of - it seems to me everyone is aware of my concern about dangerous weapons , not just firearms . Persons can be just as deadly and have just as much fear if a gun ...
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... matter . COSTS Very significantly , there seems to have been little or no considera- tion given to the budgetary impact of the Commission's recommenda- tions . According to the Institute for Law and Social Research , in 1974 , the ...
... matter . COSTS Very significantly , there seems to have been little or no considera- tion given to the budgetary impact of the Commission's recommenda- tions . According to the Institute for Law and Social Research , in 1974 , the ...
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... matter to which the phrase applies is not one as to which a state of mind must be proved . ( 16 ) The term " infraction " means conduct described in a statute or regulation the authorized punishment for which does not in- clude ...
... matter to which the phrase applies is not one as to which a state of mind must be proved . ( 16 ) The term " infraction " means conduct described in a statute or regulation the authorized punishment for which does not in- clude ...
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Page 424 - For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die : but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.
Page 427 - Then fell she down straightway at his feet and yielded up the ghost ; and the young men came in, and found her dead, and carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
Page vi - Commission. (2) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission, members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5 of the United States Code.
Page 528 - To receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law. 4. To recommend, from time to time, such changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law, and to bring the law of this state, civil and criminal, into harmony with modern conditions.
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Page 398 - In 1985 he conducted a study at the Sellin Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (Director: Prof.
Page 427 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page x - Be it enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia, That this act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Law Revision Commission Expansion act".
Page 39 - It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that...
Page 391 - Right forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne ; But that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.