The Right to Violate Victims‘ Rights – A Constitutional Review

Can criminal justice system‘s officials freely violate crime victims‘ rights, despite the alleged recent ‘victims‘ revolution‘? The constitutional value of provisions protecting officials from criminal or civil ramifications of their failures, limiting civil and criminal accountability and impact, is analyzed in this article. It exists, for example, under US federal law and in Israel, and...

Panel 162, WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 2018 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM