Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The note advocates for the constitutionality and necessity of retroactive child sexual abuse laws, arguing that they provide victims with a pathway to justice despite statutes of limitations. It supports this stance with Supreme Court rulings and examples of successful implementations in states like California and Delaware, emphasizing the balance between victims' rights and defendants' rights.
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Fourteenth Amendment | Law | Legislation | Sexuality and the Law | Torts
Recommended Citation
Jenna Miller,
The Constitutionality of and Need for Retroactive Civil Legislation Relating to Child Sexual Abuse,
17
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
599
(2011).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol17/iss3/6
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