The Review: Volume 18

Preview

Issue 3

featuring

The Great Writ in Action: Empirical Light on the Federal Habeas Corpus Debate
Reclaiming the Gavel: Making Sense out of the Death Penalty Debate in State Legislatures
The Execution of the Innocent: The Tragedy of the Hauptmann-Lindbergh and Bigelow Cases
Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988

Issue 4

featuring

Mending the Safety Net's Safety Net: The Federal Courts Study Committee's Proposals for Reforming the Social Security Disability Benefits Review Process
Tax Glasnost for Millionaires: Peeking behind the Veil of Ignorance along the Publicity-Privacy Continuum
A Family Like any Other Family: Alternative Methods of Defining Family in Law
Woman Behind the Blindfold: Toward a Feminist Reconstruction of Rawls' Theory of Justice, The

In Depth Reading

Volume 18 Issue 1

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.

Limiting the Right to a Bias-Free Workplace: A Survey of the Employment Discrimination Decisions of the 1988-89 Term

Discussion of the increasingly difficulty of lititgating employment discrimination cases in light of new Court decisions.

Reclaiming a Public Resource: The Constitutionality of Requiring Broadcasters to Provide Free Television Advertising Time to Candidates for Federal Office

Analyzing constitutional validity of requiring broadcasters to provide free advertising time to political candidates.

Affirmative Action: Unresolved Questions Amidst a Changing Judiciary

Examination of increasing challenges to affirmative action in the context of an increasingly conservative judiciary.

Volume 18 Issue 2

Chipping Away at the Great Writ: Will Death Sentenced Federal Habeas Corpus Petitioners Be Able to Seek and Utilize Changes in the Law

Discussion of the scope and availability of habeas corpus defenses to capital case defendants in light of recent Supreme Court decisions.

The Chiropractor as Brain Surgeon: Defense Lawyering in Capital Cases

Discussion regarding the inadequacy of counsel provided to defendants i capital cases.

Prosecutors' Closing Arguments at the Penalty Trial

Examines parameters within which defense counsel can argue that a prosecutor's closing statement establishes grounds for reversing a death sentence.

Since its inception in 1970, the Review of Law & Social Change has hosted a series of symposia and colloquia on topics which its members have considered timely and important. These events, which bring together leading aca- demics and practitioners,

Volume 18 Issue 3

More Than Slightly Retro: The Rehnquist Court's Rout of Habeas Corpus Jurisdiction in Teague v. Lane

Impact of Teague's limits on habeas corpus jurisdiction and the Teague nonretroactivity doctrine.

The Execution of the Innocent: The Tragedy of the Hauptmann-Lindbergh and Bigelow Cases

Looking at Hauptmann and Bigelow capital punishment cases to explore how our system is still fallible and how innocents can be sentenced to death.

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.

Reclaiming the Gavel: Making Sense out of the Death Penalty Debate in State Legislatures

Supreme Court hasn't examined fairness in death penalty cases and reduced obstacles to its use; abolitionists need legislative and political strategies.

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.

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Legal Scholarship for Systemic Change