In the Media: Paul H. Robinson
- Blackmail is a “wonderfully curious offense,” to use the phrase of Paul H. Robinson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and his coauthors in a recent paper. A threat to tell the truth is no crime, and neither is asking someone for money. But if you demand money to prevent the truth from being told, Professor Robinson said, you’ve crossed the line. At its core, he explained, the offense is “a form of wrongful coercion.” (10/3/2009).
New York Times.
- "The rules of international law governing the use of force by victims of aggression are embarrassingly unjust and would never be tolerated by any domestic criminal law system," Penn Law Professor Paul Robinson writes in an op-ed. "They give the advantage to unlawful aggressors and thereby undermine international justice, security and stability." (9/22/2009).
Wall Street Journal.
- Professor Paul Robinson’s concept of an interactive alternative to traditional scholarly publishing is “an experiment that an Oxford University Press editor calls ‘American Idol meets peer review and 2.0 publishing,’ in which criminal-law scholars compete in cyberspace to determine whose essays will appear in a book (6/6/2008).
The Chronicle of Higher Education .
- Online criminal law debate “brings peer-review to legal scholarship, but it’s more like peer-in-your-face,” says Professor Paul H. Robinson, editor of a forthcoming book from Oxford University Press (5/20/2008).
Story.
- Law Professor Paul Robinson, whose earlier efforts at rewriting the Illinois criminal code were deemed too radical, argues that a "Band-Aid approach" will not work. The Chicago Tribune (3/2/2007).
Article - requires Westlaw sign on - Citation #2007 WLNR 4032787.
- The Asian Centre for Human Rights discusses whether the Maldivian President will implement the criminal code recommendations proposed by Law Professor Paul Robinson under the U.N. Development Program (UMDP). (2/28/2007).
Article.
- Professor Paul Robinson comments on the proposed updated Illinois criminal code that "the size of the reduction suggested that the commission could have done more." The National Law Journal. Nat'l L.J. 4, (Col. ) (1/8/2007).
- Professor Paul Robinson opposes mandatory minimum sentences, contending that the impetus for mandatory minimums comes from "politicians who don't trust crazy soft-on-crime judges." Philadelphia Daily News. (4/17/2006).
- Professor Paul Robinson discusses how the U.S. government occasionally steps in on homicide cases even though "criminal law for the most part is not a federal business." (4/10/2006).
Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
- The Maldivian penal code, drafted by Professor Paul Robinson and a team of Penn Law students under the auspices of the UNDP, will be placed on the parliamentary agenda. (3/1/2006).
Article.
- Professor Paul Robinson comments on the Maldives' criminal justice system as "systematically failing to do justice and regularly doing injustice." Minivan News (4/26/2005).
Article.
- Professor Paul Robinson and his class were featured on "The Osgood File" on CBS for their work drafting the penal code for the Maldives. (4/5/2005).
- Professor Paul Robinson describes how his class proceeded to develop a criminal code for the Maldives (subject to parliamentary approval). The Times Higher Education Supplement (1/7/2005).
- Professor Paul Robinson refutes Virginia's risk assessment sentencing that is based on a predictive recidivism model, stating that "you're not in the business of doing justice anymore" by penalizing offenders differently. The New York Times Magazine (1/2/2005).
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