Copyright (c) 2013 Duke Law All rights reserved. http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr_onlineforum Recent documents in Alaska Law Review Online Articles Forum en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 11:24:12 PDT 3600 http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr_onlineforum/2 http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr_onlineforum/2 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:11:39 PDT Recidivism data are a tool that can help policymakers determine how effectively a criminal justice system is working to protect the public. Such data can help answer whether the current system is appropriate, whether alternative methods could provide better results, and whether specialized programs such as therapeutic courts can help reduce recidivism rates. The Alaska Judicial Council published two reports in 2007 that sought to address these questions and more. This Comment has combined much of the data from these two reports in order to present them in a unified fashion, providing direct comparisons and contrasts where appropriate. The Council has also been busy at work responding to requests regarding the data originally published, and some of this new information is printed here. Finally, the Council has proposed that alternatives to incarceration be looked at in certain situations as a result of the findings and also has encouraged agencies sponsoring therapeutic courts to do more work in order to show the costs and benefits of that approach.

]]> Teresa W. Carns http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr_onlineforum/1 http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr_onlineforum/1 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:11:37 PDT This Article disputes analyses and conclusions presented in an article about Pebble Mine published in the Alaska Law Review’s June 2008 issue. This Article discusses the history of mining in Alaska and the Pebble Project and describes the permitting regime applicable to mining exploration or development projects as it has been developed by the Alaska Legislature and the United States Congress, implemented by state and federal administrative agencies, and interpreted by federal and state courts. The Authors argue that the mining industry in Alaska has not historically proved detrimental to the fishing industry and that numerous and adequate legal safeguards are provided by the existing permitting regime. They also dispute the previous article’s conclusion that development of the Pebble resource would harm fisheries. This Article concludes that a change in state law by which the owners of the Pebble resource are barred from developing the known deposit would effect a compensable regulatory taking.

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