From Day One: Who's in Control as Problem Solving and Client-Centered Sentencing Take Center Stage
Covers the ethical issues in public defense as a result of "problem solving courts" and the rise of plea deals.
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Covers the ethical issues in public defense as a result of "problem solving courts" and the rise of plea deals.
Discussion of the benefits and challenges of a community based public defense system then looks at a case study. Concerns are also addressed.
A history of the US and Israeli public defense systems and a comparison between the two.
Public defense's public perception and ability to be effective and reduce crime in communities.
Discusses ineffective assistance of counsel cases; argues that courts need to define instances when the court's integrity is implicated.
A discussion of several policy and social issues within the adoption and foster care systems and their effects on these systems and the children within them.
Discusses monogamy and its alternatives. Imagines how law is used to encourage people to express monogamy as a preference.
Argues that the educational tax exemption regime raises risks of arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement and offers a mask of objectivity.
Reviews pre and post 9/11 terrorism legislation and tensions between the three branches of government in grappling with threats to national security.
Explores the role of judges during war and the balancing of the risk of government overreach against the risk of enforcing certain constitutional rights.
Explores the vocabulary used in the war on terror and how it reflects the indecision of the executive branch on what to call terrorism suspects.
Brief of Amicus Curiae Fred Korematsu who challenged the constitutionality of Japanese internment.
Examines the ideological underpinnings of the Civil Rights Movement and questions whether these principles form a viable framework for shaping today's advocacy.
Explores the problems behind the proposed "solution" of police desegregation and focus on changing Blacks' perceptions instead of changing the police itself.
Explores the absence of state-sanctioned barriers to educational access in Latin American, segregation in Brazil and the rhetorical value of Brown v. Board.
Argues that the Court must confront the reality of inner-city crime in its search and seizure jurisprudence and take into account crime statistics.