Brief Amicus Curiae, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey
Brief advocating the preservation of Roe v. Wade, and a woman's right to choose. Restrictive abortion laws hurt women's health and NYC resources.
The Review: Volume 19
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
- Much Ado about Nothing: NLRB Regulation of Union Affiliation Elections
- Choosing the Insidious Path: West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey and the Importance of Experts in Civil Rights Litigation
- A Deconstruction of (M)otherhood and a Reconstruction of Parenthood
- Beyond Accommodation: Ethical Feminism, Deconstruction, and the Law
Issue 2
featuring
- Refusing Life-Sustaining Treatment for Incompetent Patients: New York's Response to Cruzan
- Burying the Dead: The Case against Revival of Pre-Roe and Pre-Casey Abortion Statutes in a Post-Casey World
- Death in the Legislature: Inventing Legal Tools for Autonomy
- Abandoned But Not Forgotten: The Illegal Confinement of Elderly People in State Psychiatric Institutions
Issue 3
featuring
- Individualizing Back Pay Relief in Title VII Class Actions
- Sentencing Enhancements under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Punishment without Proof
- Determining Asylum Claims in the United States: A Case Study on the Implementation of Legal Norms in an Unstructured Adjudicatory Environment
- Capital Punishment in America
In Depth Reading
Volume 19 Issue 1
Beyond Accommodation: Ethical Feminism, Deconstruction, and the Law
Feminism takes as its distinctive focus gender-based injustices, and critically investigates the nature of and remedies for these injustices. Feminism flourishes in diverse fields of thought and practice, and its critical claims – centering on injustices to women – play
Diversity and Learning: Imagining a Pedagogy of Difference
It is not enough to increase diverse enrollment in law schools, and a change in law school pedagogy to better integrate everyone is necessary.
A Deconstruction of (M)otherhood and a Reconstruction of Parenthood
Discussion of gender roles, motherhood, & challenging societal construction of motherhood as a problem. Advocates for mothers to redefine and retain autonomy.
Volume 19 Issue 2
Death in the Legislature: Inventing Legal Tools for Autonomy
Examines the role of the legislature in shaping health care legislations with reference to the Patient Self Determination Act. Also examines the court's role.
Burying the Dead: The Case against Revival of Pre-Roe and Pre-Casey Abortion Statutes in a Post-Casey World
Discusses the problem of Casey and the confusion and ambiguity it has caused and argues against the revival of pre-Casey criminal abortion statutes.
Refusing Life-Sustaining Treatment for Incompetent Patients: New York's Response to Cruzan
Explores the impact of Cruzan in New York especially when it comes to incompetent patients being forcibly given treatment that does not benefit them.
Abandoned But Not Forgotten: The Illegal Confinement of Elderly People in State Psychiatric Institutions
Article about geriatric patients in pschiatric institutions being detained illegally. Examines the kind of medicines administered to them as well.
Volume 19 Issue 3
Individualizing Back Pay Relief in Title VII Class Actions
Discusses the goals of back pay relief and procedures under Title VII jurisprudence.
Systemic Deterrence against Prospective Asylum Seekers: A Study of the South Texas Immigration District
Explores the process of seeking asylum and analyses the procedural nuances involved with reference to South Texas.
Capital Punishment in America
Capital punishment has been applied in North America virtually since the first European settlers arrived. It has been estimated that about 16,000 people have been legally executed in the United States and its colonial predecessors; an unknown additional number of
Gestational Surrogacy: Unsettling State Parentage Law and Surrogacy Policy
Critical analysis of the rights of the surrogate gestator and the allied state policies that are applicable to these arrangements.
Volume 19 Issue 4
An Alternative to Privacy: The First Amendment Right of Intimate Association
Explores the role of the state in shaping our network and therefore, the importance of privacy in matters of our personal networks.
The Pending Crisis in Employer-Provided Health Benefits for Retirees: Are Tax Breaks for Employers the Answer
Explores post retirement benefits and the procedural and policy reforms that can enhance it.
Organization Life and Critical Legal Thought: A Psychopolitical Inquiry and Argument
Discusses critical legal studies, legal oppositionism and the notion of organisation life.
Resistances and Possibilities: A Critical and Practical Look at Public Interest Lawyering
Analyses the traditional role of public interest lawyering and addressed the issue of critical lawyering in the present legal framework.