The Review: Volume 30

Preview

Issue 2

featuring

The Reality of False Confessions - Lessons of the Central Park Jogger Case
Immigrant Workers and Workers' Compensation after Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. N.L.R.B.
The Neglectful Parens Patriae: Using Child Protective Laws to Defend the Safety Net
Probative Weight: Rethinking Evidentiary Standards in Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases

Issue 3

featuring

More than an Incidental Effect on Foreign Affairs: Implementation of Human Rights by State and Local Governments
The Spirit of Our Times: State Constitutions and International Human Rights
Testing Human Rights: The Impact of High-Stakes Tests on English Language Learners' Right to Education in New York City
Foreword-Realizing Domestic Social Justice Through International Human Rights

In Depth Reading

Volume 30 Issue 1

The Bill for Rights: State and Local Financing of Public Education and Indigent Defense

Discussion of the battle to shift financing of public education and indigent defense from local entities to states.

Single-Sex Schools and the Antisegregation Principle

Analysis of sex segregated schools in light of equality/antisegregation principles and positive from an intersectional perspective.

While Dangers Gather: The Bush Preemption Doctrine, Battered Women, Imminence, and Anticipatory Self-Defense

Application of the international terrorism-based Preemption Doctrine to domestic violence, arguing that battered women should be able to act in anticipatory self-defense.

Implementing Planned Development: The Case of New Jersey

Critical analysis of state vs. local control over land use policies and regulations, favoring greater state control, using New Jersey as an example.

Volume 30 Issue 2

The Reality of False Confessions - Lessons of the Central Park Jogger Case

Trial judges should have an increased role in identifying potentially false confessions before they get to the jury.

The Neglectful Parens Patriae: Using Child Protective Laws to Defend the Safety Net

States should use parens patriae power to assist children living in poverty, instead of using it only when children are removed from their families.

Immigrant Workers and Workers' Compensation after Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. N.L.R.B.

The Supreme Court's decision in Hoffman does not require states to deny workers compensation benefits to undocumented immigrants.

Probative Weight: Rethinking Evidentiary Standards in Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases

Women are disproportionately affected by workplace weight discrimination, and the correlation with sex is strong enough for weight to be covered by Title VII.

Volume 30 Issue 3

Foreword-Realizing Domestic Social Justice Through International Human Rights

For most in the United States, discussion of international human rights law brings to mind situations such as Abu Ghraib, the use of child soldiers in Africa, or the practices of the Taliban with regard to women. These egregious civil

The Spirit of Our Times: State Constitutions and International Human Rights

The US Constitution and principles of federalism require US courts to consider international law when making decisions that touch on human rights.

Testing Human Rights: The Impact of High-Stakes Tests on English Language Learners' Right to Education in New York City

Standarized testing infringes on the human right to education, especially for English language learner and minority children.

More than an Incidental Effect on Foreign Affairs: Implementation of Human Rights by State and Local Governments

Inward-looking ocal and state legislation can improve human rights in the US despite the federal government not executing the ICESCR.

N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change

Legal Scholarship for Systemic Change