Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Abstract

This Article traces the roots of the current emphasis on plea agreements to confusion about indicia of retroactivity in cases involving quasi-economic transactions and those involving laws that are targeted at wrongful conduct. Although economic transactions are properly evaluated in terms of standards such as reliance, reliance has no proper application with respect to laws that govern wrongful conduct. Instead, when wrongful conduct is at issue, the proper question is whether the person had fair notice of the degree of consequences.

First Page

1743

Volume

30

Publication Date

2003

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