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Shawn Boyne Associate Professor of Law Co-Chair, Global Crisis Leadership Forum Dean's Fellow, Grimes Fellow, and DRIVE Fellow Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Lawrence W. Inlow Hall, Room 327 530 W. New York Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225 Phone: (317) 278-4781 E-Mail: smboyne@iupui.edu SSRN Curriculum Vitae Web Page

Education

B.A. (cum laude), 1980,Cornell University;M.B.A, 1985, University of Minnesota;J.D., 1991, University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law;M.A., 2002, Ph.D., 2007, University of Wisconsin;LL.M., 2008, Justus-Liebig-Universität (Giessen, Germany)

Courses

Evidence, criminal law, criminal procedure, comparative national security law, cybercrime

Bio

Shawn Boyne joined the faculty in the summer of 2008 as associate professor of law, teaching evidence, criminal law, and criminal procedure. Prior to joining IU she was a DAAD Post-doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg, Germany, as well as a graduate fellow with the Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School. She has also been a visiting fellow with the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies.

Early in her career, Professor Boyne served as a senior trial prosecutor for the State of New Mexico, specializing in the prosecution of child sexual abuse and domestic violence cases. She worked for several years as a defense attorney and served on the boards of several non-profit organizations dedicated to protecting the rights of children. As a law student, she served on the staff of the Southern California Law Review and was the co-founder of the Southern California Review of Law and Women’s Studies. She received the Warren J. Ferguson Award for the best essay on social justice for her early research that examined the conditions of incarceration of HIV-positive women in the California prison system.

Professor Boyne’s research interests span the intersection of the fields of criminal law, politics, and culture. Her recent scholarship examines the meaning of prosecutorial "objectivity" in Germany's civil law system. In 2011, the American Society of Comparative Law selected the working draft of her article entitled, "The Many Faces of Objectivity: A Look at German Sexual Assault Cases, 67 Wash. & Lee. L.R. 1287 (2010) as one of six papers to be discussed at its annual works-in-progress workshop held at Yale Law School. Her 2012 article, “The Cultural Limits of Formalism and Uniformity” was selected through a blind review by the Young Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law for its 2012 conference held at George Washington University. She has presented papers at the University of Virginia School of Law, Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, Washington & Lee Law School and also at conferences in the United States, Germany and Austria. She is currently working on a book project that uses ethnographic research to probe the degree of prosecutorial discretion in Germany.

In the classroom, Professor Boyne strives to introduce innovative teaching methods that hone students' leadership and advocacy skills. On biennial basis, students in her Comparative National Security Law Seminar join with students from IU's School of Public and Environmental Affairs to participate in a full-day counterterrorism simulation. The 2009 simulation was the basis for the documentary aired on public television entitled, "Tough Decisions: Defending the Homeland." The documentary won a regional Emmy award in 2011. Seeking to expand the law school's leadership training programs, Professor Boyne serves as the law school's chair of the newly created Global Crisis Leadership Forum. The forum aims to hone the crisis decision-making skills of students as well as the public and private sector communities.

In Spring 2010, Professor Boyne was awarded an IUPUI DRIVE (Developing Diverse Researchers with InVestigative Expertise) Fellowship. In 2012, she received a Trustee’s Teaching Award, an Alumni Association Teaching Grant, as well as a Prestigious External Award Recognition (PEAR Award). She is a two time recipient of a John S. Grimes Research Grant. She serves as a member of the American Association of Law School’s (AALS) Curriculum Committee and an member of the Society of American Law Teacher’s (SALT) LGBT Committee.

Publications

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Books and Chapters

"Procedural Economy in Pre-Trial Procedures: A Comparison of the U.S. and Germany," in COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (eds. Ross & Thaman)(Routledge 2014).

"Translating Civil Law 'Objectivity' with an Adversarial Brain: An Ethnographic Perspective" in THE ROLE OF TRANSLATION IN COMPARATIVE LAW(Routledge Press 2013).

"Is the Journey from the In-Box to the Out-Box a Straight Line? The Drive for Efficiency and the Prosecution of Low-Level Criminality in Germany," Book Chapter in The Prosecutor in Transnational Perspective, Oxford University Press, 2012. (Luna & Wade,eds.)

"Speech, Radicalisation, and Terror: Targeting an Uncertain Link," in STATE POWER & THE LEGAL REGULATION OF EVIL[ebook]Francesca Dominello (ed.)pp. 21-35(Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2010).

The Criminalization of Speech in an Age of Terror: Casting a Wide Net for Evildoers, in RIGHTS, CITIZENSHIP AND TORTURE: PERSPECTIVES ON EVIL, LAW AND THE STATE (John Parry & Welat Zeydanlioglu eds.) Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press (2009)


Law Review and Journal Articles

*"The Cultural Limits on Uniformity and Formalism in the German Penal Code," Crime, Law, and Social Change, Volume 58, Issue 3 (2012), Page 251-293 (Draft available on SSRN).

*"Crisis in the Classroom: Using Simulations to Enhance Critical Thinking Skills," 62 Journal of Legal Education(November 2012).

Free Speech, Terrorism, and European Security: Defining and Defending the Political Community, 30 Pace Law Rev. 417 (Winter 2010).

The Many Faces of Objectivity: A Look at German Sexual Assault Cases, 67 Wash. & Lee. L.R. 1287 (2010)(paper selected for presentation at the 2011 American Society of Comparative Law Works-in-Progress Workshop, Yale University).

The Tension between Politics and Justice: German Courts and the 9/11 Suspect Cases, 14 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 543 (2005).

Law, Terrorism & Social Movements: How Politics has Shaped Germany's Anti-Terrorism Legislation, 12 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 41 (Summer 2004).

The Future of Liberal Democracies in a Time of Terror, 11 Tulsa J. Comp & Int'l Law 111 (Fall 2003).

Death in the Desert: A New Look at the Involuntary Intoxication Defense, 32 N.M. L. Rev. 243 (co-authored with Gary C. Mitchell)(2002).


Essays and Reports

Preserving the Role of Law in a Time of Terror: Germany's Response to Terrorism, in LAW VS. WAR: COMPETING APPROACHES TO FIGHTING TERRORISM. U.S. Army Strategic Studies Inst. (eds., pp. 17-21 (2005).


Book Reviews

Review of EU PROCEDURAL RIGHTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS,(T. Spronken, G. Vermeulen, D. de Vocht, and Lauren Van Puyenbrock, 2009). 12 J. Eur. L. Reform (2010)(Issue 3-4).

Review of INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE RUSSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM by Boris Leonidovich Zimnenko, 18 Law & Politics Book Review 15 (2008).

Review of STRENGTHENING THE JUDICIARY'S INDEPENDENCE IN EUROPE (Albrecht & Thomas). Law & Politics Book Review (2011).


Other Publications

Editorial, "Pursuit of Convictions puts Justice in Jeopardy," Indianapolis Star, Monday, April 13, 2009.

Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin: "Prosecutorial Discretion in Germany's Rechtsstaat: Varieties of Practice and the Pursuit of Truth." (2007)

"Beginnings," 1 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Women's Stud. 1 (1992).

Note, Women in Prison with AIDS: An Assault on the Constitution? 64 So.Cal. L.Rev. 741 (1991).

"Behind Walls of Fear and Ignorance: Women in Prison with AIDS face a system infected with hostility," THE WOMEN'S QUARTERLY. (Winter 1990)


Work in Progress

The German Prosecution Service: Guardians of the Law? (Forthcoming Book 2013)

Paper Tigers?: The Role of the Defense in Inquisitorial Systems