Limits on the State's Power to Confine 'Dangerous' Persons: Constitutional Implications of Foucha v. Louisiana

Authors

James W. Ellis, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1992

Abstract

This Article does not attempt a complete analysis of all the constitutional implications of Foucha,nor does it attempt to provide a definitive answer to the question of the constitutionality of Washington's sexual predator statute. Rather, because Foucha addressed important due process and equal protection questions relevant to the Washington statute, the Article is an attempt to analyze the case's basic constitutional holdings and discussion on the issue of state deprivation of physical liberty.

Publication Title

Seattle University Law Review

Volume

15

First Page

635

Last Page

653

Keywords

disability law

Recommended Citation

James W. Ellis, Limits on the State's Power to Confine 'Dangerous' Persons: Constitutional Implications of Foucha v. Louisiana, 15 Seattle University Law Review 635 (1992).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/562

Comments

Journal originally published under: University of Puget Sound Law Review