Stephen J. Schulhofer

The ALI is now in the process of updating and revising this Model Penal Code. The proposed revisions on sexual assault have proven unusually controversial. At the May 2016 annual meeting, the ALI members overwhelmingly rejected a proposal advanced by the ALI Reporters (Stephen J. Schulhofer and ...

The American Law Institute, an elite group that includes the nation's federal and state appellate judges, considered an amendment to the federal Model Penal Code requiring an affirmative consent standard for sexual assault, drafted by New York University law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin ...

THIS is a strange moment for sex in America. We've detached it from pregnancy, matrimony and, in some circles, romance. At least, we no longer assume that intercourse signals the start of a relationship. But the more casual sex becomes, the more we demand that our institutions and government police ...

The act of sex is not illegal. But if two members of the American Law Institute have their way, it will be — unless you follow their rules. Law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin Murphy are trying to update the criminal code when it comes to sex offenses, believing current definitions of rape and sexual ...

whereas law professor Stephen Schulhofer favored (and still does favor) the complete abolition of plea bargaining and a return to an exclusively trial-based criminal justice system, see Stephen J. Schulhofer, “Plea Bargaining as Disaster,” 101 Yale L. J. 1979, 2009 (1992) (“Plea bargaining is a disaster.

Stephen J. Schulhofer, a New York University law professor, said many states still require proof of physical aggression, though a growing number no longer do. Instead, they focus on the need for consent and therefore include situations such as assaults of people too intoxicated to give consent. Even so ...

Malthe Thomsen, a teaching student from Copenhagen, was rapidly becoming a fixture at the International Preschools in Midtown Manhattan. The beginning of his internship, in February, was celebrated with a lunch in his honor. And he was starting to take on more responsibility, accompanying children on ...

The following statement, which UCLA law professor Adam Winkler and I crafted, was signed by more than fifty of the nation's most distinguished constitutional law professors. The statement refutes unfounded claims that the Second Amendment precludes Congress from enacting legislation to reduce gun ...

Criminal defense systems are in a state of perpetual crisis, routinely described as “scandalous.” Public defender offices around the country face crushing caseloads that necessarily compromise the quality of the legal representation they provide. The inadequacy of existing methods for serving the indigent is ...

At the May 2016 annual meeting, the ALI members overwhelmingly rejected a proposal advanced by the ALI Reporters (Stephen J. Schulhofer ...

... an affirmative consent standard for sexual assault, drafted by New York University law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin Murphy and ...

... an affirmative consent standard for sexual assault, drafted by New York University law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin Murphy and ...

Professor Stephen J Schulhofer, who co-wrote the amended rape law, told the New York Times that the case for legislating confirmative ...

Moreover, Stephen J. Schulhofer, the law professor who co-wrote the model penal code, told me that he and his co-author have already ...

Law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin Murphy are trying to update the criminal code when it comes to sex offenses, believing current ...

Stephen J. Schulhofer, a New York University law professor, said many states still require proof of physical aggression, though a growing ...

Stephen J. Schulhofer, a law professor at New York University, said that lying about the existence of videos or fingerprints was a standard ...

The following statement, which UCLA law professor Adam Winkler and I crafted, was signed by more than fifty of the nation's most distinguished ...

Criminal defense systems are in a state of perpetual crisis, routinely described as “scandalous.” Public defender offices around the country face ...

Over six years ago, law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and David Friedman proposed the idea of using incentives to align the interests of the ...

At the May 2016 annual meeting, the ALI members overwhelmingly rejected a proposal advanced by the ALI Reporters (Stephen J. Schulhofer ...

... an affirmative consent standard for sexual assault, drafted by New York University law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin Murphy and ...

Professor Stephen J Schulhofer, who co-wrote the amended rape law, told the New York Times that the case for legislating confirmative ...

Moreover, Stephen J. Schulhofer, the law professor who co-wrote the model penal code, told me that he and his co-author have already ...

Law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin Murphy are trying to update the criminal code when it comes to sex offenses, believing current ...

Stephen J. Schulhofer, a New York University law professor, said many states still require proof of physical aggression, though a growing ...

Stephen J. Schulhofer, a law professor at New York University, said that lying about the existence of videos or fingerprints was a standard ...

Criminal defense systems are in a state of perpetual crisis, routinely described as “scandalous.” Public defender offices around the country face ...

Over six years ago, law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and David Friedman proposed the idea of using incentives to align the interests of the lawyer and the indigent client.

Initially, the ALI asked lawyers Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin E. Murphy to draft a new model law. This law would replace the Model Penal Code produced by the ALI in 1962, which the legal community regards as a poor definition of rape and sexual assault.

At the May 2016 annual meeting, the ALI members overwhelmingly rejected a proposal advanced by the ALI Reporters (Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin E. Murphy, both professors at New York University School of Law) to impose an affirmative consent ...

... appellate judges, considered an amendment to the federal Model Penal Code requiring an affirmative consent standard for sexual assault, drafted by New York University law professors Stephen J. Schulhofer and Erin Murphy and first submitted last year.