Sara Sun Beale

Charles L. B. Lowndes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law

School of Law

sun@law.duke.edu

Duke Law School Room 3179, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

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Selected Publications

Prosecuting Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Abroad: Congress, the Courts, and the Constitution

Journal Article Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2020 Link to item Cite

Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement

Book · 2020 Link to item Cite

The US

Chapter · 2019 Cite

United States’ Report on Prosecuting Corporations for Violations of International Criminal Law

Journal Article · 2018 Link to item Cite

Hacking the Internet of Things: Vulnerabilities, Dangers, and Legal Responses

Journal Article Duke Law & Technology Review · 2018 Link to item Cite

The Trafficking Victim Protection Act: The Best Hope for International Human Rights Litigation in the U.S. Courts?

Journal Article Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law · 2018 Link to item Cite

Hacking the Internet of Things: Vulnerabilities, Dangers, and Legal Responses

Conference · 2018 Cite

The Development and Evolution of the U.S. Law of Corporate Criminal Liability and the Yates Memo

Journal Article Stetson Law Review · 2016 Link to item Cite

The Constitution v. The Convention: The Evolution of the Court-Mandated Right to Counsel in the United States and Europe

Journal Article Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law · 2016 Link to item Cite

Prosecutorial Discretion in Three Systems: Balancing Conflicting Goals and Providing Mechanisms for Control

Journal Article · 2015 Link to item Cite

Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement

Book · 2015 Link to item Cite

The Development and Evolution of the U.S. Law of Corporate Criminal Liability

Journal Article Zeitshrift Für Die Gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft · 2014 Link to item Cite

Public Opinion and the Abolition or Retention of the Death Penalty Why is the United States Different?

Journal Article · 2014 Link to item Cite

A Report on Behalf of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Task Force on the Reform of Federal Sentencing for Economic Crimes

Report · 2014 Cite

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Chapter · 2014 Cite

The Story of Ewing: Three Strikes Laws and the Limits of the Eighth Amendment Proportionality Review

Chapter · 2013 Link to item Cite

Is Now the Time for Major Federal Sentencing Reform?

Journal Article Federal Sentencing Reporter · 2012 Link to item Cite

What Are the Rules if Everybody Wants to Play: Multiple Federal and State Prosecutors Acting as Regulators

Chapter · 2011 Cite

An Honest Services Debate

Journal Article Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law · 2010 Link to item Cite

Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement

Book · 2010 Link to item Cite

Enlisting and Deploying Federal Grand Juries in the War on Terrorism

Chapter · 2010 Cite

Rethinking the Identity and Role of United States Attorneys

Journal Article Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law · 2009 Link to item Cite

A Response to the Critics of Corporate Criminal Liability

Journal Article American Criminal Law Review · 2009 Link to item Cite

You've Come a Long Way, Baby: Two Waves of Juvenile Justice Reforms as Seen from Jena, Louisiana

Journal Article Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review · 2009 Link to item Cite

The Fifth Amendment and the Grand Jury

Journal Article Criminal Justice · 2007 Link to item Cite

Was He Guilty as Charged? An Alternative Narrative Based on the Circumstantial Evidence From 12 Angry Men

Journal Article Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2007 Link to item Cite

Was He Guilty as Charged? An Alternative Narrative Based on the Circumstantial Evidence From 12 Angry Men

Journal Article Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2007 Link to item Cite

In Appreciation: Katharine T. Bartlett

Journal Article Duke Law Journal · 2007 Link to item Cite

Is Corporate Criminal Liability Unique?

Journal Article American Criminal Law Review · 2007 Link to item Cite

The News Media's Influence on Criminal Justice Policy: How Market Driven News Promotes Punitiveness

Journal Article William and Mary Law Review · 2006 Link to item Cite

Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement

Book · 2006 Link to item Cite

What Developments in Western Europe Tell Us About American Critiques of Corporate Criminal Liability

Journal Article Buffalo Criminal Law Review · 2005 Link to item Cite

The Many Faces of Overcriminalization: From Morals and Mattress Tags to Overfederalization

Journal Article American University Law Review · 2005 Link to item Cite

Still Tough on Crime? Prospects for Restorative Justice in the United States

Journal Article Utah Law Review · 2003 Link to item Cite

The Unintended Consequences of Enhancing Gun Penalties

Chapter · 2003 Cite

Governmental and Academic Integrity at Home and Abroad

Journal Article Fordham Law Review · 2003 Link to item Cite

Assessing the USA Patriot Act's Changes to Grand Jury Secrecy

Journal Article Criminal Justice · 2002 Cite

Federal Criminal Jurisdiction; Mail: Federal Mail Fraud Act; and Sentencing: Procedural Protections

Chapter · 2002 Cite

The Consequences of Enlisting Federal Grand Juries in the War on Terrorism: Assessing the Patriot Act's Changes to Grand Jury Secrecy

Journal Article Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy · 2002 Link to item Cite

The Unintended Consequences of Enhancing Gun Penalties: Shooting Down the Commerce Clause and Arming Federal Prosecutors

Journal Article Duke Law Journal · 2002 Link to item Cite

Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement

Book · 2000 Link to item Cite

The Conflict Between Federalizing Crime and Sentencing Reform

Other Defender's Advocate · 2000 Cite

Federalizing Hate Crimes: Symbolic Politics, Expressive Law, or Tool for Criminal Enforcement?

Journal Article Boston University Law Review · 2000 Link to item Cite

Comparing the Scope of the Federal Government's Authority to Prosecute Federal Corruption and State Corruption: Some Surprising Conclusions and a Proposal

Journal Article Hastings Law Journal · 2000 Link to item Cite

Federal Criminal Law and Related Actions: Crimes, Forfeiture, the False Claims Act and RICO

Book · 1998 Link to item Cite

What's Law Got to Do with It?: The Political, Social, Psychological and Other Non-Legal Factors Influencing the Development of (Federal) Criminal Law

Journal Article Buffalo Criminal Law Review · 1997 Link to item Cite

Should We Rush to Reform the Criminal Jury? Consider Conviction Rate Data

Journal Article Judicature · 1997 Link to item Cite

Grand Jury Law and Practice

Book · 1997 Link to item Cite

Should We Rush to Reform the Criminal Jury? Consider Conviction Rate Data

Journal Article Judicature · 1997 Link to item Cite

Revenge for the Condemned

Journal Article Michigan Law Review · 1996 Link to item Cite

Law's Emperor

Journal Article Texas Law Review · 1996 Link to item Cite

Revenge for the Condemned

Journal Article Michigan Law Review · 1996 Link to item Cite

Federalizing Crime: Assessing the Impact on the Federal Courts

Journal Article Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science · 1996 Link to item Cite

Reporter's Draft for Working Group on Principles to Use When Considering the Federalization of Criminal Law

Journal Article Hastings Law Journal · 1995 Link to item Cite

Too Many and Yet Too Few: New Principles to Define the Proper Limits for Federal Criminal Jurisdiction

Journal Article Hastings Law Journal · 1995 Link to item Cite

New Reno Bluesheet: A Little More Candor Regarding Prosecutorial Discretion, The

Journal Article Federal Sentencing Reporter · 1994 Link to item Cite

Procedural Issues Raised by Guidelines Sentencing: the Constitutional Significance of the "Elements of the Sentence"

Journal Article William & Mary Law Review · 1993 Link to item Cite

Federal Criminal Law and Its Enforcement

Book · 1993 Link to item Cite

Prior Similar Acts in Prosecutions for Rape and Child Sex Abuse

Journal Article Criminal Law Forum · 1993 Link to item Cite

Grand Jury

Chapter · 1991 Cite

Drugging the Federal Courts

Other Duke Law Magazine · 1991 Cite

Get Drug Cases Out of Federal Court

Other Wall Street Journal · 1990 Cite

Wade H. McCree, Jr.

Journal Article Michigan Law Review · 1987 Link to item Cite

Grand Jury Law and Practice

Book · 1986 Link to item Cite

Reconsidering Supervisory Power in Criminal Cases: Constitutional and Statutory Limits on the Authority of the Federal Courts

Journal Article Columbia Law Review · 1984 Link to item Cite

Integrating Statistical Evidence and Legal Theory to Challenge the Selection of Grand and Petit Jurors

Journal Article Law & Contemporary Problems · 1983 Link to item Cite

Book Review

Journal Article Journal of Legal Education · 1982 Link to item Cite

Note, Self-Incrimination: Privilege, Immunity and Comment in Bar Disciplinary Proceedings

Journal Article Michigan Law Review · 1973 Link to item Cite