Cold Winds from the North: An Analysis of Recent Shifts in North American Refugee Policy
Traces refugee policy in the U.S. and Canada, coming to the conclusion that such changes are ultimately not progress for providing refugees a safe haven.
The Review: Volume 16
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
- The Right of Undocumented Workers to Reinstatement and Back Pay in Light of Sure-Tan, Felbro, and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
- Defending the Rights of the Undocumented: A Challenge to the Civil Rights Movement and Local Governments
- Fairness in Immigration Proceedings
- INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca: The Decision and Its Implications
Issue 2
featuring
- Undermining Congressional Oversight of Covert Intelligence Operations: The Reagan Administration Secretly Arms Iran
- Pregnancy Police: The Health Policy and Legal Implications of Punishing Pregnant Women for Harm to Their Fetuses
- Parratt v. Taylor: Unauthorized Deprivations and the Content of an Adequate Remedy
Issue 3
featuring
- Restricting Access to Federal Habeas Corpus: Justice Sacrificed on the Altars of Expediency, Federalism and Deterrence
- The Right to Counsel after Kuhlmann v. Wilson: Deliberate Elicitation or Interrogation
- The Misadventures of State Postconviction Remedies
- Alien Status Restrictions on Eligibility for Federally Funded Assistance Programs
Issue 4
featuring
- Administrative Closings of Public Assistance Cases: The Rise of Hunger and Homelessness in New York City
- Income Deeming in the AFDC Program: Using Dual Track Family Law to Make Poor Women Poorer
- Child Support for Welfare Families: Family Policy Trapped in Its Own Rhetoric
- The Antinomies of Poverty Law and a Theory of Dialogic Empowerment
In Depth Reading
Volume 16 Issue 1
Implementation and Impact of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: Who Carries the Burden of the Bill
Transcript of panel discussion about IRCA and role of Immigration and Naturalization Service in enforcing it, focusing on legalization and employer sanctions.
Immigration Reform: Rights for America's Undocumented: Keynote Address
Keynote address from the colloquium discussing the need for immigration reform and steps, both proposed and actual, taken to effect change.
Defending the Rights of the Undocumented: A Challenge to the Civil Rights Movement and Local Governments
Analyses discriminatory practises against immigrants based on race and national origin, with special reference to undocumented immigrants.
Volume 16 Issue 2
Parratt v. Taylor: Unauthorized Deprivations and the Content of an Adequate Remedy
Analyses actions by the state, whether remedies can be obtained from a federal court and the due process implications of the same.
Undermining Congressional Oversight of Covert Intelligence Operations: The Reagan Administration Secretly Arms Iran
Discusses covert arms sales and the violation of Title V of the National Securities Act, 1947 and executive privilege in intelligence matters.
Pregnancy Police: The Health Policy and Legal Implications of Punishing Pregnant Women for Harm to Their Fetuses
Analyses sanctions to pregnant women for any harm they may cause to their unborn children. Analyses a subjective and objective health policy standard.
Volume 16 Issue 3
The Right to Counsel after Kuhlmann v. Wilson: Deliberate Elicitation or Interrogation
Analysis of the right to cousel following miranda warnings and the ambiguity between deliberate elicitation and interrogation.
Alien Status Restrictions on Eligibility for Federally Funded Assistance Programs
Analyzes changes to the IRCA and compares them with restrictions on aliens eligibility for federally funded assistance programs.
Sandbagging Constitutional Rights: Federal Habeas Corpus and the Procedural Default Principle
Discussion on finality of criminal proceedings and the shrinking scope of habeas corpus. Addresses the issue of possible procedural reform.
The Misadventures of State Postconviction Remedies
Argues that potential federal habeas corpus petitioners should not be required to exhaust state postconviction remedies before applying for federal relief.
Volume 16 Issue 4
Colloquium
Index
Administrative Closings of Public Assistance Cases: The Rise of Hunger and Homelessness in New York City
Analyses the problem of restricted public assistance programs due to bureaucratic hurdles in NYC. [Abstract only]
The Transformation of Aid to Families with Dependent Children: The Family Support Act in Historical Context
Discussion on aid to female-headed households in poverty and the reforms of the federal Family Support Act, 1988.
Welfare Litigation to Prevent Homelessness
Analysis of welfare litigation to mitigate the problem of homelessness. Also explores the relationship between the volume of welfare schemes and homelessness.