Effects of Cult Membership and Activities
Panel discussion on legal issues surrounding cults and the practice of new religions
The Review: Volume 9
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
Issue 2
featuring
- Califano v. Boles: Unequal Protection for Illegitimate Children and Their Mothers
- Black Landowners Beware: A Proposal for Statutory Reform
- Federal Jurisdiction and the Protection of International Human Rights
- Campus Handicap--Disabled Students and the Right to Higher Education--Southeastern Community College v. Davis
Issue 3
featuring
- Beyond Hollow Victories: The Affirmative Obligations Remedy for Exclusionary Zoning-Park View Heights Corp. v. City of Black Jack
- The Constitutionality of Mandatory Retirement for Nonphysical Government Employment
- Sex Discrimination and the Sexually Charged Work Environment
- Thomas v. Review Board of Indiana Employment Security Division: Denying Freedom of Religion in Unemployment Compensation Cases
In Depth Reading
Volume 9 Issue 1
Religious Movements, the State, and the Law: Reconceptualizing the Cult Problem
Reframing of conversation surrounding cults to focus on (1) activities escaping scrutiny b/c of First Amendment and (2) conflicts with other institutions
Religious Totalism as Slavery
Argues that viewing "religious totalism" as slavery is violation of 13th Amend., or at least implicates values giving rise to state interest to regulate
Alterantive Religions: Government Control and the First Amendment--Preface
Preface to colloquium focused on potential abuses in alternative religions and possible means of regulation that do not conflict with First Amendment
Volume 9 Issue 2
Califano v. Boles: Unequal Protection for Illegitimate Children and Their Mothers
Examines the equal protection case for children born outside of marriage in the case Califano v. Boles
Federal Jurisdiction and the Protection of International Human Rights
Arguing that aliens have jurisdiction to bring torture claims under the Alien Tort Claims Act in federal court focusing upon the case of Filartiga v. Pena-lral
Black Landowners Beware: A Proposal for Statutory Reform
Surveys and argues for reformation of the laws that remove black people from their land and shift ownerships from blacks to whites
Campus Handicap--Disabled Students and the Right to Higher Education--Southeastern Community College v. Davis
Analyses readings of protections for people with disabilities, and argues for broad interpretations after the case of Southeasrn Community College v. Davis
Volume 9 Issue 3
Beyond Hollow Victories: The Affirmative Obligations Remedy for Exclusionary Zoning-Park View Heights Corp. v. City of Black Jack
Analyses affirmative remedies imposed on municipalities to provide relief to plaintiffs in exclusionary zoning, by looking at 8th Cir. case: Black Jack III
Sex Discrimination and the Sexually Charged Work Environment
Arguing that the sexually charged workplaces and requirements to wear provocative clothing violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Thomas v. Review Board of Indiana Employment Security Division: Denying Freedom of Religion in Unemployment Compensation Cases
Examining whether denying unemployment benefits when termination of employment was for religious reasons violates free exercise of religion
The Constitutionality of Mandatory Retirement for Nonphysical Government Employment
Views mandatory retirement laws and policies as age discrimination and suggests viable alternatives