Beth A. Colgan

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law

Vice Dean of Faculty & Intellectual Life and Professor of Law

385 Charles E. Young Dr. East

Room 1242

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476

United States

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1.

Reviving the Excessive Fines Clause

California Law Review, Vol. 102, No. 2, 2014
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 04 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2014
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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fines, restitution, debt, collateral consequences, punishment, Eighth Amendment, criminal, juvenile, poverty, originalism, history, colonial

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The Excessive Fines Clause: Challenging the Modern Debtors' Prison

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2018, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-15
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 28 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Eighth Amendment, Excessive Fines, restitution, punishment, poverty, sentencing

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Fines, Fees, and Forfeitures

Academy for Justice: A Report on Scholarship and Criminal Justice Reform, Erik Luna, ed., 2017, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-25
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2017
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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fines, forfeitures, eighth amendment, excessive fines clause, due process, equal protection, poverty, right to counsel, policing

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Justice Deserts: Spatial Inequality and Local Funding of Indigent Defense

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 219, 2010, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 216
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 06 May 2010
Lisa R. Pruitt and Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Davis - School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
Downloads 344 (133,235)
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criminal procedure, Sixth Amendment, right to counsel, indigent defense, Equal Protection Clause, geography, spatial inequality, uneven development, American Indian, juvenile justice, criminal justice, state and local government, local taxation, property tax, rural, rural and urban, nonmetropolitan

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Wealth-Based Penal Disenfranchisement

72 Vand. L. Rev. 55 (2019), UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 19-10
Number of pages: 135 Posted: 09 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2019
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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voting, poverty, fines, restitution, punishment, equal protection, due process, sentencing

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Graduating Economic Sanctions According to Ability to Pay

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 103, 2017
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Dec 2017
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Fines, Fees, Restitution, Punishment, Poverty, Equality

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Constitutional Line Drawing at the Intersection of Childhood and Crime

Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Vol. IX, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2014
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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juvenile, life without parole, cruel and unusual punishment, Eighth Amendment

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Paying for Gideon

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 99, p. 1929, 2014, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 14-13
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2014
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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right to counsel, Gideon, collateral consequences, equal protection, due process, indigent

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Lessons from Ferguson on Individual Defense Representation as a Tool of Systemic Reform

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 58, No. 4, 2017, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-15
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 01 May 2017 Last Revised: 10 May 2017
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Economic Sanctions, Fines, Debtors' Prisons, Excessive Fines Clause, Poverty, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Policing

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The Burdens of the Excessive Fines Clause

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 63, 2020/21
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 25 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2021
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Financial Hardship and the Excessive Fines Clause: Assessing the Severity of Property Forfeitures After Timbs

The Yale Law Journal Forum (2020)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Jan 2020
Beth A. Colgan and Nicholas McLean
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law
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punishment, poverty, property, Eighth Amendment, excessive fines, forfeitures

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Revenue, Race, and the Potential Unintended Consequences of Traffic Enforcement Reform

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 4, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 18 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2023
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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policing, law enforcement, fines, forfeitures, policing for profit, traffic

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Teaching a Prisoner to Fish: Getting Tough on Crime by Preparing Prisoners to Reenter Society

Colgan, Beth A. (2012) "Teaching a Prisoner to Fish: Getting Tough on Crime by Preparing Prisoners to Reenter Society," Seattle Journal for Social Justice: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 19
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 02 Aug 2013
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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prison reentry, treatment, training, rehabilitation

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Beyond Graduation: Economic Sanctions and Structural Reform

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 69, No. 7, 2020
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 May 2020
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Fines, Fees, Punishment, Abolition, Structural Reform, Poverty, Forfeiture

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Public Health and Safety Consequences of Denying Access to Justice for Victims of Prison Staff Sexual Misconduct

UCLA Women's Law Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Aug 2013
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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prison, prosecutorial discretion, sexual abuse

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The Presidential Politics of Prisoner Reentry Reform

Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2007
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 03 Aug 2013
Beth A. Colgan
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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prison reentry

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Revisiting Hate Crimes in the Shadow of Mass Incarceration

95 N.Y.U. L. Rev. Online 149 (2020)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Nov 2022
Shirin Sinnar and Beth A. Colgan
Stanford University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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hate crimes, policing, bias, compensation, restorative justice