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.
The Review: Volume 19
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
- Diversity and Learning: Imagining a Pedagogy of Difference
- Choosing the Insidious Path: West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey and the Importance of Experts in Civil Rights Litigation
- Brief Amicus Curiae, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey
- Much Ado about Nothing: NLRB Regulation of Union Affiliation Elections
Issue 2
featuring
- The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?
- Burying the Dead: The Case against Revival of Pre-Roe and Pre-Casey Abortion Statutes in a Post-Casey World
- Abandoned But Not Forgotten: The Illegal Confinement of Elderly People in State Psychiatric Institutions
- Death in the Legislature: Inventing Legal Tools for Autonomy
Issue 3
featuring
- Capital Punishment in America
- Gestational Surrogacy: Unsettling State Parentage Law and Surrogacy Policy
- Individualizing Back Pay Relief in Title VII Class Actions
- Determining Asylum Claims in the United States: A Case Study on the Implementation of Legal Norms in an Unstructured Adjudicatory Environment
Issue 4
featuring
- Organization Life and Critical Legal Thought: A Psychopolitical Inquiry and Argument
- Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius
- Rethinking the Work-Family Conflict in the Labor Arbitration Context
- The Pending Crisis in Employer-Provided Health Benefits for Retirees: Are Tax Breaks for Employers the Answer
In Depth Reading
Volume 19 Issue 1
Off the Pedestal and into the Arena: Toward Including Women in Experimental Protocols
Note discussing sex discrimination against women in medical trials and the deletirious consequences this may have on the results.
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.
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.
Volume 19 Issue 2
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.
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.
The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?
Since 1976 have been working with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and various allied organizations. These groups work to advance the interests of low and moderate income people, which certainly implies significant social change. ACORN is
Book Annotations
In The Past and Future of Affirmative Action, Ronald Turner strives to describe and explain the law without joining in the debate over the moral and political justifications of affirmative action. His goal is to explain in detail how the
Volume 19 Issue 3
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.
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.
Volume 19 Issue 4
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.
Organization Life and Critical Legal Thought: A Psychopolitical Inquiry and Argument
Discusses critical legal studies, legal oppositionism and the notion of organisation life.
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.
Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius
In 1968, a First Amendment lawyer named Charles Rembar published a book entitled The End of Obscenity. Rembar described his adventures defending such twentieth century literary classics as Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer and D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover against