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.
The Review: Volume 19
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
- Off the Pedestal and into the Arena: Toward Including Women in Experimental Protocols
- Choosing the Insidious Path: West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey and the Importance of Experts in Civil Rights Litigation
- In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1991, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al., Petitioners and Cross-Respondents, v. Robert P. Casey, et al., Respondents and Cross-Petitioners--Brief of the City of New York, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committees on Sex and Law, Civil Rights and Medicine and Law, and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners and Cross-Respondents
- Deconstruction of (M)otherhood and a Reconstruction of Parenthood, A
Issue 2
featuring
- Refusing Life-Sustaining Treatment for Incompetent Patients: New York's Response to Cruzan
- Death in the Legislature: Inventing Legal Tools for Autonomy
- Abandoned But Not Forgotten: The Illegal Confinement of Elderly People in State Psychiatric Institutions
- Burying the Dead: The Case against Revival of Pre-Roe and Pre-Casey Abortion Statutes in a Post-Casey World
Issue 3
featuring
- Individualizing Back Pay Relief in Title VII Class Actions
- Gestational Surrogacy: Unsettling State Parentage Law and Surrogacy Policy
- Sentencing Enhancements under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Punishment without Proof
- Systemic Deterrence against Prospective Asylum Seekers: A Study of the South Texas Immigration District
Issue 4
featuring
- Resistances and Possibilities: A Critical and Practical Look at Public Interest Lawyering
- Organization Life and Critical Legal Thought: A Psychopolitical Inquiry and Argument
- Pending Crisis in Employer-Provided Health Benefits for Retirees: Are Tax Breaks for Employers the Answer, The
- Alternative to Privacy: The First Amendment Right of Intimate Association, An
In Depth Reading
Volume 19 Issue 1
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.
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.
In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1991, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al., Petitioners and Cross-Respondents, v. Robert P. Casey, et al., Respondents and Cross-Petitioners--Brief of the City of New York, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committees on Sex and Law, Civil Rights and Medicine and Law, and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners and Cross-Respondents
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Volume 19 Issue 4
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.
Alternative to Privacy: The First Amendment Right of Intimate Association, An
Explores the role of the state in shaping our network and therefore, the importance of privacy in matters of our personal networks.
Pending Crisis in Employer-Provided Health Benefits for Retirees: Are Tax Breaks for Employers the Answer, The
Explores post retirement benefits and the procedural and policy reforms that can enhance it.