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
- Back to Afrolantica: A Legacy of (Black) Perseverance
- 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
In Depth Reading
Volume 24 Issue 1
Beyond Guinier: A Critique of Legal Pedagogy
Applying Guinier to NYU Law, analysis of how Law School pedagogy suppresses women and detracts from the learning experience / empowerment of women
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.
Lessons and Challenges of Becoming Gentlemen
Analysis of how UPENN Law School's pedagogy suppresses women and detracts from the learning experience.
Volume 24 Issue 2
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
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).
Civil Liberites, Sexuality and the Law
Review of Donald G. Casswell's Lesbians, Gay Men, and Canadian Law, praising the book as a first of its kind and thorughly researched
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
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.
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
Back to Afrolantica: A Legacy of (Black) Perseverance
Review of Derrick Bell's Afrolantica Legacies, responding and disagreeing with certain arguments of Bell's.
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.
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 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