The Steel Valley Authority
Local response to disinvestment by big intdustries in small communities. Avoiding shut downs and attempting to counteract their effects through eminent domain.
The Review: Volume 15
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
Issue 2
featuring
- Foreign Farm Workers in the U.S.: The Impact of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
- Recovery of Unemployment Insurance Over-Payments: The Role of Equity and Good Conscience
- Book Review: Agent Orange on Trial: Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts
- Pacific Gas & Electric v. Public Utilities Commission of California: Negative First Amendment Rights for Corporations
Issue 3
featuring
- 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
- Petition for Extraordinary Relief: If the LaRouche AIDS Initiative Had Passed in California
- Symposium on Federal and State Methods of Repressing Political Activism, February 21, 1987
In Depth Reading
Volume 15 Issue 1
Federal Tax Reform and State-Local Economic Development Policy
Effects of federal tax reform on state and local governments. Forecasts future reforms, particularly revenue-generating changes enacted alongside tax reforms.
Creative Strategies for Community Finance--Introductory Remarks
Overview of development/creative strategies in financing community economic development.
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.
Volume 15 Issue 2
Book Review: Agent Orange on Trial: Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts
In a high-technology society many of us are exposed to toxic substances, often without realizing it. The air in our homes might contain radon. The fish we eat might be contaminated with PCBs. News reports abound with stories of newly
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Symposium on Federal and State Methods of Repressing Political Activism, February 21, 1987
Keynote address on federal and state methods of repressing political activism.
Volume 15 Issue 4
The 18-B Panel's Operational Structure, Demographic Characteristics, and Work and Income Patterns
Discusses rotational assignments structure, demographics of Panel, as well as the effect of the rotations on the activity level of Panel attorneys.
Research Goals and Method
Outlines methodology for conducting research on the 18-B Panel and how it differs from data on the Legal Aid Society.
Research Goals and Method
These documents enabled us to analyze the Society's citywide assignments and dispositions and to compute the number of Criminal Court cases and citywide trials completed by the Society, the proportionate share of indigent defendants represented and the average cost per
The Origins, Goals and Development of the Indigent Defense System
Investigates the origins and development of the indigent defense system worldwide, esp. in NYC.