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
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Issue 2
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- Equitable Estoppel, Unjust Enrichment and the Good Samaritan Doctrine: Three Possible Defenses to a Farmers Home Administration Foreclosure Proceeding
- Book Review: Agent Orange on Trial: Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts
- An Attorney General's Role in the Farm Crisis: The Minnesota Experience
- Recovery of Unemployment Insurance Over-Payments: The Role of Equity and Good Conscience
Issue 3
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- Petition for Extraordinary Relief: If the LaRouche AIDS Initiative Had Passed in California
- Employees, Not-So-Independent Contractors, and the Case of Migrant Farmworkers: A Challenge to the Law and Economics Agency Doctrine
- Symposium on Federal and State Methods of Repressing Political Activism, February 21, 1987
- Rejection of Collective Bargaining Agreements in Chapter 11 and the Probability of Strikes: Tipping the Balance of Equities
Issue 4
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In Depth Reading
Volume 15 Issue 1
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.
Employee Ownership: An Economic Development Tool for Anchoring Capital in Local Communities
Demonstrates employee ownership may not keep jobs and capital in communities; recommends federal policy and examples that could prevent these pitfalls.
Creative Strategies for Community Finance--Introductory Remarks
Overview of development/creative strategies in financing community economic development.
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?
Foreign Farm Workers in the U.S.: The Impact of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Analyzes each of the major provisions of IRCA that affect foreign farm workers.
Volume 15 Issue 3
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.
Symposium on Federal and State Methods of Repressing Political Activism, February 21, 1987
Keynote address on federal and state methods of repressing political activism.
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
Criminal Defense of the Poor in New York City Appendices
Click the PDF above for Appendices to Issue 15.4, Criminal Defense of the Poor in New York City.
The Structure and Operation of the 18-B Panel and the Legal Aid Society
Introduces the structure and operation of the 18-B Panel and Legal Aid Society.
Caseload Division Between the 18-B Panel and the Legal Aid Society
Outlines criteria and difficulties in obtaining data about respective caseloads of 18-B Panel and Legal Aid Society attorneys.
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.