Monday, December 7, 2009

Materials on Megan's Law

History of California Megan's Law



Maureen Hopbell, Balancing the Protection of Children Against the Protection of Constitutional Right: The Past, Present and Future of Megan's Law, Duquesne Law Review (2004) A good summary of the origins of Megan's Law.

Note, Making Outcasts Out of Outlaws: The Unconstitutionality of Sex Offender Registration and Criminal Alien Detention, Harvard Law Review (2004). An attack on the constitutionality of Megan's laws

Constitutional Law, Harvard Law Review (2003) Review and comment on the Supreme Court's decisions in Smith v Doe and Connecticut Dept of Public Safety v Doe

Smith v Doe US Supreme Court 2003


Doe v Pataki, Partial invalidation of NY Megan's law (1996)

Doe v Poritz, NJ Supreme Court upholds NJ Megan's Law (1995)


US v Ursurey


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