Community Finance in the Age of Gramm-Rudman
Advocates for the expansion of credit unions in low-income neighborhoods as a tool to stimulate reinvestment in these communities.
The Review: Volume 15
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
Issue 2
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- America's Decision: Will We Save the Family Farm?
- Equitable Estoppel, Unjust Enrichment and the Good Samaritan Doctrine: Three Possible Defenses to a Farmers Home Administration Foreclosure Proceeding
- Pacific Gas & Electric v. Public Utilities Commission of California: Negative First Amendment Rights for Corporations
- Book Review: Agent Orange on Trial: Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts
Issue 3
featuring
- Symposium on Federal and State Methods of Repressing Political Activism, February 21, 1987
- Challenging Fake Abortion Clinics: Protecting Women's Privacy Interests without Violating the First Amendment
- Rejection of Collective Bargaining Agreements in Chapter 11 and the Probability of Strikes: Tipping the Balance of Equities
- Employees, Not-So-Independent Contractors, and the Case of Migrant Farmworkers: A Challenge to the Law and Economics Agency Doctrine
Issue 4
featuring
In Depth Reading
Volume 15 Issue 1
Community Development Corporations: Discussion
Panel discussion on the future of Community Development Corporations and how to spur and sustain local development projects.
Employee Ownership: A New Strategy for Economic Development
Explores employee ownership as an underutilized route to economic development in low-income communities that relies neither upon altruism nor outside funders.
Worker Ownership As the Basis for an Integrated, Proactive Development Model
PACE supports businesses in becoming employee-owned. Urges its replication elsewhere to promote economic development and better account for workers' needs.
Volume 15 Issue 2
Pacific Gas & Electric v. Public Utilities Commission of California: Negative First Amendment Rights for Corporations
Analyzes 1st amendment rights for corporations by examining the Supreme Court case Pacific Gas and the Berger Court's definition of property rights.
Recovery of Unemployment Insurance Over-Payments: The Role of Equity and Good Conscience
In unemployment insurance, states should not have right as in NY to recover unemployment insurance over-payments from own errors; should be equity-based
America's Decision: Will We Save the Family Farm?
Considering how farming should take place in the US -- how will givernment approach the farm economy?
An Attorney General's Role in the Farm Crisis: The Minnesota Experience
Argues state attorneys general have a crucial role to play in the farm crisis; case study of Minnesota.
Volume 15 Issue 3
Petition for Extraordinary Relief: If the LaRouche AIDS Initiative Had Passed in California
Petition for extraordinary relief against CA statute requiring HIV positive persons to report themselves to the Dept of Health.
Challenging Fake Abortion Clinics: Protecting Women's Privacy Interests without Violating the First Amendment
Argues state attorneys can challenge fake abortion clinics under existing state statutes without violating 1st amendment.
Employees, Not-So-Independent Contractors, and the Case of Migrant Farmworkers: A Challenge to the Law and Economics Agency Doctrine
Article argues that under law and economics, unskilled migrant farmworkers should be categorically recognized as employees.
Rejection of Collective Bargaining Agreements in Chapter 11 and the Probability of Strikes: Tipping the Balance of Equities
Defines how much weight a court should give to strike likelihood when evaluating a debtor's motion to reject its labor contracts.
Volume 15 Issue 4
The Intractability of Reform
Goals of the indigent defense system do not account for actual needs of defendants, leading to deficiencies within the system.
The Lawyering Practices of 18-B Panel Attorneys
Examines the lawyering practices of 18-B Panel attorneys and the extent to which they effectively advocate for their clients.
The "Shedding" of Legal Aid Society Cases to 18-B Panel Attorneys at Arraignment
Examines frequency of non-conflict cases that Legal Aid "sheds" to 18-B Panel attorneys at arraignment, and the quality of defense provided for such cases.
The Origins, Goals and Development of the Indigent Defense System
Investigates the origins and development of the indigent defense system worldwide, esp. in NYC.