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
The Review: Volume 24
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- Getting Dirty: A Litigation Strategy for Challenge Sex Discrimination Law by Beginning with Transsexualism
- The State as Parent: Using Attachment Theory to Develop Child Welfare Policy in the Best Interest of the Child
- Differences and Dialogue: School Finance in New York State
- Back to Afrolantica: A Legacy of (Black) Perseverance
In Depth Reading
Volume 24 Issue 1
Confronting Unequal Protection of the Law
Review of Race, Crime, and the Lawby Randall Kennedy
Lessons and Challenges of Becoming Gentlemen
Analysis of how UPENN Law School's pedagogy suppresses women and detracts from the learning experience.
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.
Volume 24 Issue 2
Civil Liberties, Sexuality and the Law
With the publication of Professor Donald G. Casswell's monumental work Lesbians, Gay Men, and Canadian Law in November, 1996, the Canadian discussion of the legal rights of lesbians and gay men has reached a level of sophistication commensurate with its
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
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
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.
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 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
Workfare: Current Challenges in Organizing and Litigation
Discussing the problems and challenges presented by workfare policies.
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
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.