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
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Issue 2
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Issue 3
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- Individualizing Back Pay Relief in Title VII Class Actions
- Capital Punishment in America
- Systemic Deterrence against Prospective Asylum Seekers: A Study of the South Texas Immigration District
- Determining Asylum Claims in the United States: A Case Study on the Implementation of Legal Norms in an Unstructured Adjudicatory Environment
Issue 4
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- An Alternative to Privacy: The First Amendment Right of Intimate Association
- The Pending Crisis in Employer-Provided Health Benefits for Retirees: Are Tax Breaks for Employers the Answer
- Recognizing Rape as a Method of Torture
- Resistances and Possibilities: A Critical and Practical Look at Public Interest Lawyering
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
Choosing the Insidious Path: West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey and the Importance of Experts in Civil Rights Litigation
The disallowance of shifting testimony fees to the losing party in civil rights cases impedes access to courts for parties that cannot afford it.
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
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.
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.
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
Sentencing Enhancements under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Punishment without Proof
Critical analysis of standards of proof and federal sentencing guidelines. Also examines burden of proof determination.
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.
Determining Asylum Claims in the United States: A Case Study on the Implementation of Legal Norms in an Unstructured Adjudicatory Environment
Article discusses the problems in asylum claims and focuses on the legislative and judicial framework to decide them.
Volume 19 Issue 4
Rethinking the Work-Family Conflict in the Labor Arbitration Context
Analyses the need to change the narrow perception of the worker to a more holistic one and hopes to reconcile the work-family divide.
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.
Recognizing Rape as a Method of Torture
Discusses recognising rape as a method of torture with reference to international conventions and by analysing the physical and emotional dimensions of rape.
Organization Life and Critical Legal Thought: A Psychopolitical Inquiry and Argument
Discusses critical legal studies, legal oppositionism and the notion of organisation life.