Somali Criminal Codification Initiative
Somalia’s tragic past of warlord conflict has left the country teetering on lawlessness. Yet, there are reasons for long-term optimism.
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Delaware Recodification Project
The Criminal Justice Improvement Committee (CJIC) asked Professor Robinson and the CLRG to undertake a comprehensive review of Delaware’s substantive criminal law. The following is the result of this process.
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Legal Interdiction of Foreign Terrorist Fighters
A joint project with the US Military’s Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) to use domestic criminal law statutes to interdict foreign terrorist fighters on their way to or from Islamic State forces.
Pennsylvania Criminal Code Grading Study
A study of offense grading in Pennsylvania commissioned by the Pennsylvania Legislature’s Senate Judiciary Committee and Assembly Judiciary Committee.
American Criminal Code Project: General Defenses
A study of general defenses in all 52 American jurisdictions, with a statutory formulation of each defense that reflects the majority American view, resulting in a scholarly article published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Legal Analysis.
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Paul H. Robinson
Colin S. Diver Professor of Law and Director, Criminal Law Research Group
Tel: 215.898.1017