The Bill of Rights--Can It Survive?
The Supreme Court's decisions last term have eroded the protections afforded in the Bill of Rights, and looking forward it seems the trend will continue.
The Review: Volume 18
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
Issue 2
featuring
Issue 3
featuring
- On Metaphors, Mirrors, and Murders: Theodore Bundy and the Rule of Law
- The Role and Consequences of the Death Penalty in American Politics
- Ambivalence in State Capital Punishment Policy: An Empirical Sounding
- Is Racism Irrelevant? Or Should the Fairness in Death Sentencing Act Be Enacted to Substantially Diminish Racial Discrimination in Capital Sentencing?
Issue 4
featuring
- Tax Glasnost for Millionaires: Peeking behind the Veil of Ignorance along the Publicity-Privacy Continuum
- Mending the Safety Net's Safety Net: The Federal Courts Study Committee's Proposals for Reforming the Social Security Disability Benefits Review Process
- Woman Behind the Blindfold: Toward a Feminist Reconstruction of Rawls' Theory of Justice, The
- Classical Nostalgia: Racism, Contract Ideology, and Formalist Legal Reasoning in Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
In Depth Reading
Volume 18 Issue 1
Contractarians and Feminists Debate Prostitution
Comparing and contrasting Contractarian and Feminist arguments regarding the validity of legal prostituion.
Throwing the Book at Revelations: First Amendment Implications of Enforcing Reporters' Promises
Argues that protections erected by the Supreme Court shielding the press from defamation actions should be imported to the contract setting.
Confronting a New Obstacle to Reproductive Choice: Encouraging the Development of RU-486 through Reform of Products Liability Law
Analysis of products liability litigation and its potential application and adjustments to deal with new contraceptive medication.
Volume 18 Issue 2
Habeas Corpus as a Safety Valve for Innocence
Examination of if Teague and its exceptions continue to protect the innocent defendant as do the rules pertaining to abuse of the writ and procedural default.
Challenging the Death Penalty: Foreword
Overview of reasons for choosing the death penalty as the subject of the colloquium.
Innocence, Federalism, and the Capital Jury: Two Legislative Proposals for Evaluating Post-Trial Evidence of Innocence in Death Penalty Cases
Examination of inadequacy of state and federal level checks on preventing factual inaccuracies resulting in wrongful executions.
Death Penalty Opinion in the Post-Furman Years
Exploration of reasons for and possible explanations regarding the growing public support for the death penalty.
Volume 18 Issue 3
Is Racism Irrelevant? Or Should the Fairness in Death Sentencing Act Be Enacted to Substantially Diminish Racial Discrimination in Capital Sentencing?
Effects of implementing FIDSA and how it can be used to combat racism in death sentencing cases.
Ambivalence in State Capital Punishment Policy: An Empirical Sounding
High number of those given death penalty not many executed, reflecting state uncertainty around death penalty; looking at data to support this conclusion.
The Role and Consequences of the Death Penalty in American Politics
The death penalty has become a prominent issue in a wide range of American political campaigns.
Prosecutorial and Jury Decision-Making in Post-Furman Texas Capital Cases
Data shows decisions to charge and sentence defendants to death are not based on legally relevant factors; explores relevancy of factors in Texas cases.
Volume 18 Issue 4
Tax Glasnost for Millionaires: Peeking behind the Veil of Ignorance along the Publicity-Privacy Continuum
Discussion of if current law impedes forming public policy around the ability of the wealthy to pay higher taxes by allowing secrecy around income tax returns.
Mending the Safety Net's Safety Net: The Federal Courts Study Committee's Proposals for Reforming the Social Security Disability Benefits Review Process
Analyzing the social security review system which is subject to political influences and conflicting law, and suggesting reforms.
Classical Nostalgia: Racism, Contract Ideology, and Formalist Legal Reasoning in Patterson v. McLean Credit Union
Discussion of the intersection of race and contract theory/contract formalism.
Woman Behind the Blindfold: Toward a Feminist Reconstruction of Rawls' Theory of Justice, The
Examining Rawls' theory of justice through a feminist lens, and particularly how it fails to deal with sexism in a sexual/marital contract between men & women.