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.
The Review: Volume 16
Preview
Issue 1
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Issue 2
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- Pregnancy Police: The Health Policy and Legal Implications of Punishing Pregnant Women for Harm to Their Fetuses
- Undermining Congressional Oversight of Covert Intelligence Operations: The Reagan Administration Secretly Arms Iran
- Parratt v. Taylor: Unauthorized Deprivations and the Content of an Adequate Remedy
Issue 3
featuring
- Alien Status Restrictions on Eligibility for Federally Funded Assistance Programs
- Sandbagging Constitutional Rights: Federal Habeas Corpus and the Procedural Default Principle
- The Misadventures of State Postconviction Remedies
- The Right to Counsel after Kuhlmann v. Wilson: Deliberate Elicitation or Interrogation
In Depth Reading
Volume 16 Issue 1
Fairness in Immigration Proceedings
Discusses the shift in immigration deportation proceedings within the span of 80 years and the climate of immigration courts.
INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca: The Decision and Its Implications
Analysis of INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca and comparison of refugee law with similar legal systems; Court read the Refugee Act of 1980 to be more flexible.
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.
Volume 16 Issue 2
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.
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.
Volume 16 Issue 3
Restricting Access to Federal Habeas Corpus: Justice Sacrificed on the Altars of Expediency, Federalism and Deterrence
Critical analysis of the limited acces to federal habeas corpus by state prisoners with reference to proposed legislations and their impact on this issue.
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.
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 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.
Volume 16 Issue 4
Squatting in New York City: Justification and Strategy
Addresses the problem of squatting in NYC and how the many objections to squatting can be dismissed. It describes squatting campaigns like ACORN and MHANY.
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 Antinomies of Poverty Law and a Theory of Dialogic Empowerment
Examines the perception of poverty law. Posits that it is vindicated, not when lawyers effect change through litigation, but by empowering the poor.