Closing Address
This Colloquium goes to the heart of what our legal system is all about; that our society is not ready to address such crucial issues is troublesome, and very damning.
The Review: Volume 14
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- Constitutional Privacy and Homosexual Love
- In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term 1985, Michael J. Bowers, Petitioner, v. Michael Hardwick, et al., Respondents--Brief Amicus Curiae for the Lesbian Rights Project, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Inc., and the National Women's Law Center
- Book Reviews - Index
- Lesbian Mothers, Lesbian Families: Legal Obstacles, Legal Challenges
In Depth Reading
Volume 14 Issue 1
Criminal Trials, Negotiated Pleas, and the Effective Assistance of Counsel: Notes about and Toward a Theory of the Attorney's Role in Case Resolution
These bench tri-als may have their place, and attorneys may effectively represent particulardefendants at these trials; but this admission is a far cry from a convincing argument that bench trials are both realistic and desirable alternatives to the possibility of
Keynote Address -- Effective Assistance of Counsel for the Indigent Criminal Defendant: Has the Promise Been Fulfilled
Unless criminal defense lawyers are adequately compensated and are able to function effectively, the capacity of government to overreach will not be challenged, and the great protections of the Bill of Rights will not be realized by all citizens.
Responses to Systemic Challenge and Strategies for Reform Papers
The ultimate questions are who is going to be employed in these defender agencies and what is their commitment to the individuals and the necessary lawyering tasks.
Volume 14 Issue 2
Religious Rights of Children: A Gallery of Judicial Visions
Throughout the development of the public education system in this country, the Supreme Court, Congress, and the American majority have supported the power and right of the public schools to serve a socialization function.
The Legality of Detaining Refugees in the United States
This policy of deterrence violates domestic and international law and it should be curtailed. Only by eliminating the detention policy will the human rights of refugees and other aliens be vindicated.
New Jersey v. T.L.O. - Closing the Schoolhouse Gate on the Fourth Amendment
Replacing the constitutionally mandated requirement of probable cause with a reasonableness standard subject to wide interpretation is especially dangerous where aright as fundamental as privacy is at stake.
Feminism's Idealist Error
Some feminist theorists and most judicial decisions obscure the duality between the law's treatment of the employment rights of the majority and the minority of women.
Volume 14 Issue 3
Overview: Court-Awarded Attorney's Fees
In an era of soaring government deficits and a conservative Civil Rights Commission and Justice Department, the role of public interest litigation is becoming increasingly essential in protecting the rights of the under-represented.
Promoting Settlement, Foregoing the Facts
Only if we consciously seek deregulation in the judicial branch does it make sense to significantly reduce or omit the fact determination process.,
Family Mediation
While there are appropriate limitations to a mediator's intervention in family disputes, mediation is a process which can be helpful to families throughout the family life cycle.
Tennessee v. Garner: The Issue Not Addressed
It is reasonably clear that the data in these tables support the contention of the plaintiff's assertion in Garner of racial discrimination in the use of deadly force.
Volume 14 Issue 4
Politically Motivated Boycotts with Commercial Benefits: A Consolidated Rule of Reason Judicial Standard
The "consolidated" rule of reason is in-tended to assist courts in distinguishing genuine politically motivated boycotts with commercial benefits from general anti-competitive ones.