Freedom's Conscience
Review of Women, Gays, and the Constitutionby David Richards.
The Review: Volume 24
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- Differences and Dialogue: School Finance in New York State
- The State as Parent: Using Attachment Theory to Develop Child Welfare Policy in the Best Interest of the Child
- Back to Afrolantica: A Legacy of (Black) Perseverance
- Getting Dirty: A Litigation Strategy for Challenge Sex Discrimination Law by Beginning with Transsexualism
In Depth Reading
Volume 24 Issue 1
Abortion and Women's Legal Personhood in Germany: A Contribution to the Feminist Theory of the State
Review and analysis of abortion law in pre and post unified Germany.
Book Annotations 24.1
Annotations of A Nationality of Her Own: Women, Marriage, and the Law of Citizenship by Candice Lewis Bredbenner (1998), and Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace: Freedom and Censorship on the Frontiers of the Online Revolution by Jonathan Wallace and Mark Mangan.
Not Just an Act of Mercy: The Demise of Post-Conviction Relief and a Rightful Claim to Clemency
Argument on the extent of executive authority and discretion to issue pardons
Volume 24 Issue 2
Book Annotations 24.2
Annotations of Rights Across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of Citizenship by David Jacobson (1996) and The Death Penalty in International Law by William Schabas (1997).
Testing the Strength of Title VII Sexual Harassment Protection: Can it Support a Hostile Work Environment Claim Brought by a Nude Dancer
Analysis of whether nude dancers should be protected under Title VII.
Trial Advocacy as Legal Reasoning--And Legal Realism
Argument in favor of adopting pedagogical, advocacy, and reasoning in Trial Advocacy: Inferences, Arguments, and Trial Techniques by Albert J. Moore et al
To Have and to Hold: Property and State Regulation of Sexuality and Marriage
Argument in favor of same-sex marriage and criticism of laws banning the intimacy of same-sex couples by way of analogy to Lovingand anti-miscegenation laws
Volume 24 Issue 3
Differences and Dialogue: School Finance in New York State
Arguing that inequality of school financing in New York State should be addressed not only through impact litigation but also through a community dialogic model
Back to Afrolantica: A Legacy of (Black) Perseverance
Review of Derrick Bell's Afrolantica Legacies, responding and disagreeing with certain arguments of Bell's.
Getting Dirty: A Litigation Strategy for Challenge Sex Discrimination Law by Beginning with Transsexualism
Arguing litigators should expand state and federal employment non-discrimination law to cover transsexuals by looking to European and New York judicial opinions
The State as Parent: Using Attachment Theory to Develop Child Welfare Policy in the Best Interest of the Child
Using theories of child development, specifically Attachment Theory, to argue for changes in child welfare policy.
Volume 24 Issue 4
The Island of Duty: The Practice of Immigration Law on Ellis Island
Detailing the historical practices of immigration officials at the turn of the twentieth century in order to inform current immigration lawyers.
The Politics of Schooling and Adolescent Life
As cultural trends change, each succeeding generation develops its own criticisms, anxieties, and frustrations about the purposes of education and the organization of schools.
The New Federalism and the ADA: State Sovereign Immunity from Private Damage Suits after Boerne
Examining Constitutional challenges to the Americans with Disability Act and their implications
Responding to the Wake-Up Call: A New Agenda for Poverty Lawyers
Arguing that poverty lawyers should turn to legislation, community building, and other strategies to gain rights and victories for the poor