Fairness in Immigration Proceedings
Discusses the shift in immigration deportation proceedings within the span of 80 years and the climate of immigration courts.
The Review: Volume 16
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
- Cold Winds from the North: An Analysis of Recent Shifts in North American Refugee Policy
- Defending the Rights of the Undocumented: A Challenge to the Civil Rights Movement and Local Governments
- Implementation and Impact of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: Who Carries the Burden of the Bill
- Fairness in Immigration Proceedings
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
- Alien Status Restrictions on Eligibility for Federally Funded Assistance Programs
- Sandbagging Constitutional Rights: Federal Habeas Corpus and the Procedural Default Principle
- The Right to Counsel after Kuhlmann v. Wilson: Deliberate Elicitation or Interrogation
- The Misadventures of State Postconviction Remedies
Issue 4
featuring
- Squatting in New York City: Justification and Strategy
- Mobilization on the Margins of the Lawsuit: Making Space for Clients to Speak
- Child Support for Welfare Families: Family Policy Trapped in Its Own Rhetoric
- Administrative Closings of Public Assistance Cases: The Rise of Hunger and Homelessness in New York City
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Volume 16 Issue 4
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.
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.
Litigation Strategies for Addressing Bureaucratic Disentitlement
An analyses of statutory rights aimed at providing welfare that are stymied by bureaucratic processes rendering those rights virtually useless.
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.