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.
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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.
Introduction to the Articles in this issue, pertaining to a wide vareity of civil liberties and rights the Court will address in its upcoming term and beyond.
Comparing and contrasting Contractarian and Feminist arguments regarding the validity of legal prostituion.
Discussion of the increasingly difficulty of lititgating employment discrimination cases in light of new Court decisions.
Examines parameters within which defense counsel can argue that a prosecutor's closing statement establishes grounds for reversing a death sentence.
Discussion regarding the inadequacy of counsel provided to defendants i capital cases.
Examination of the of the increasing time limitations on death row inmate's ability to file habease corpus petitions.
Examination of inadequacy of state and federal level checks on preventing factual inaccuracies resulting in wrongful executions.
Data analysis of various habeas procedures and doctrines through looking at habeas cases in SDNY in a three year period.
Annotations of: FACING THE DEATH PENALTY: ESSAYS ON A CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. Edited by Michael L. Radelet. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989; THE DEATH PENALTY: A WORLD-WIDE PERSPECTIVE: A REPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON CRIME PREVENTION AND
Impact of Teague's limits on habeas corpus jurisdiction and the Teague nonretroactivity doctrine.
Article discusses the Ted Bundy case and debunks myths about Ted Budy receiving super due process and his attorneys caused delays in executing his sentence.
Discussion of the intersection of race and contract theory/contract formalism.
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.
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.
Discussion around the idea of family as kin and more modern conceptions of family and how it has become strongly politicized.