Taking It to the Streets
Discussion of the benefits and challenges of a community based public defense system then looks at a case study. Concerns are also addressed.
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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.
Covers the ethical issues in public defense as a result of "problem solving courts" and the rise of plea deals.
Advice to policy makers about how to educate themselves to create effecive policy regarding the criminal defense system.
Argues that the educational tax exemption regime raises risks of arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement and offers a mask of objectivity.
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 ineffective assistance of counsel cases; argues that courts need to define instances when the court's integrity is implicated.
Discusses monogamy and its alternatives. Imagines how law is used to encourage people to express monogamy as a preference.
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.
Reviews pre and post 9/11 terrorism legislation and tensions between the three branches of government in grappling with threats to national security.
Compares Japanese Internment with post 9/11 programs targeting Muslims such as the Absconder Apprehension Initiative and explores its constitutionality.
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.
2004 NYU Review of Law and Social Change Colloquium, Keynote Address
Explores the problems behind the proposed "solution" of police desegregation and focus on changing Blacks' perceptions instead of changing the police itself.
Argues that the Court must confront the reality of inner-city crime in its search and seizure jurisprudence and take into account crime statistics.