Closing Remarks
Author disusses her role in ACLU and the assistance she provides to immigrants from countries like Romania, Hungary, Poland and El Salvador.
The Review: Volume 16
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
Issue 2
featuring
- Parratt v. Taylor: Unauthorized Deprivations and the Content of an Adequate Remedy
- 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
Issue 3
featuring
- The Misadventures of State Postconviction Remedies
- Sandbagging Constitutional Rights: Federal Habeas Corpus and the Procedural Default Principle
- Alien Status Restrictions on Eligibility for Federally Funded Assistance Programs
- The Right to Counsel after Kuhlmann v. Wilson: Deliberate Elicitation or Interrogation
In Depth Reading
Volume 16 Issue 1
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.
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.
Unions and the New Immigration Law
Transcript of panel discussion presenting different views about the impact of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 on labor unions and their members.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Child Support for Welfare Families: Family Policy Trapped in Its Own Rhetoric
Explores the flaws of the child support system. Duscusses the social benefit of child support and analyses alternative child support mechanisms.
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]
Mobilization on the Margins of the Lawsuit: Making Space for Clients to Speak
Exploration of welfare litigation to further education and mobilization the poor.