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.
The Review: Volume 16
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
Issue 2
featuring
- 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
- Undermining Congressional Oversight of Covert Intelligence Operations: The Reagan Administration Secretly Arms Iran
Issue 3
featuring
- Restricting Access to Federal Habeas Corpus: Justice Sacrificed on the Altars of Expediency, Federalism and Deterrence
- Alien Status Restrictions on Eligibility for Federally Funded Assistance Programs
- 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
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
Discusses impact of IRCA on undocumented workers; legislation to restrict immigrant workers is ineffective and misguided.
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.
Fairness in Immigration Proceedings
Discusses the shift in immigration deportation proceedings within the span of 80 years and the climate of immigration courts.
Volume 16 Issue 2
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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
Volume 16 Issue 4
Income Deeming in the AFDC Program: Using Dual Track Family Law to Make Poor Women Poorer
Analysis of the AFDC Program and the federal amendments to it which have imposed more familial obligations on the poor than on any other class.
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.
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]
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.