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Sarah Bania-Dobyns On New Terror, New Wars By Paul Gilbert. Washington, Dc: Georgetown University Press, 2003. 176pp., Sarah Bania-Dobyns Nov 2006

Sarah Bania-Dobyns On New Terror, New Wars By Paul Gilbert. Washington, Dc: Georgetown University Press, 2003. 176pp., Sarah Bania-Dobyns

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

New Terror, New Wars by Paul Gilbert. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003. 176pp.


Constitutional Crisis In The Commonwealth: Resolving The Conflict Between Governors And Attorneys General, Michael Signer Nov 2006

Constitutional Crisis In The Commonwealth: Resolving The Conflict Between Governors And Attorneys General, Michael Signer

University of Richmond Law Review

In this article, I argue the solution to agency conflict and the broader problem of establishing the proper scope of executive authority lies in establishing that Virginia has a "statutory" rather than a "common-law" model of the Attorney General's powers, and that the Office of the Attorney General is therefore circumscribed by statute. Contrary to popular understanding, I will argue that Wilder v. Attorney General of Virginia effectively establishes Virginia as a statutory state and resolves the conflict in favor of the Governor. Because the Supreme Court of Virginia is unlikely to act more strongly in favor of the statutory …


Democracy Means That The People Make The Law, Gerald Torres Oct 2006

Democracy Means That The People Make The Law, Gerald Torres

New England Journal of Public Policy

Gerald Torres delivered the Robert C. Wood lecture at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at University of Massachusetts Boston in 2006. This is his talk.


The Political Economy Of Unfairness In U.S. Health Policy, Jonathan Oberlander Oct 2006

The Political Economy Of Unfairness In U.S. Health Policy, Jonathan Oberlander

Law and Contemporary Problems

Oberlander discusses the political economy of unfairness in US health policy by first highlighting the moral issues raised by the US's system of financing medical care and then by analyzing the political dynamics that sustain that system.


Separation Of Powers And The Governor's Office In West Virginia: Advocating A More Deferential Approach To The Chief Executive From The Judiciary, Jason C. Pizatella Sep 2006

Separation Of Powers And The Governor's Office In West Virginia: Advocating A More Deferential Approach To The Chief Executive From The Judiciary, Jason C. Pizatella

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Why Religion In Politics Does Not Violate La Conception Américaine De La Laïcité, Michael J. Perry Jul 2006

Why Religion In Politics Does Not Violate La Conception Américaine De La Laïcité, Michael J. Perry

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

La conception Am6ricaine de la Laĭcité consists principally of a constitutional norm-the nonestablishment norm-and of the laW that the U.S. Supreme Court has developed in the course of enforcing the norm. The nonestablishment norm forbids government-both the national government and state government-to "establish" religion. American laYcit6 also consists of what we may call "the morality of liberal democracy. " My aim in this essay is to explain why religion in politics does not violate American laYcit6; more specifically, my aim is to explain why political reliance on religiously grounded morality violates neither the nonestablishment norm nor the morality of liberal …


How The Voting Rights Act Works: Implementation Of A Civil Rights Policy, 1965-2005, Peyton Mccrary Jul 2006

How The Voting Rights Act Works: Implementation Of A Civil Rights Policy, 1965-2005, Peyton Mccrary

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


White Dollars, Black Candidates: Inequality And Agency In Campaign Finance Law, Terry Smith Jul 2006

White Dollars, Black Candidates: Inequality And Agency In Campaign Finance Law, Terry Smith

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Prelude To The Voting Rights Act: The Suffrage Crusade, 1962-1965, Steven F. Lawson Jul 2006

Prelude To The Voting Rights Act: The Suffrage Crusade, 1962-1965, Steven F. Lawson

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


No Exit - The Roberts Court And The Future Of Election Law, Richard L. Hasen Jul 2006

No Exit - The Roberts Court And The Future Of Election Law, Richard L. Hasen

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Racial Fairness And Traditional Districting Standards: Observations On The Impact Of The Voting Rights Act On Geographic Representation, Katharine Inglis Butler Jul 2006

Racial Fairness And Traditional Districting Standards: Observations On The Impact Of The Voting Rights Act On Geographic Representation, Katharine Inglis Butler

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Politics And Telecommunications, Larry Pressler Jun 2006

Politics And Telecommunications, Larry Pressler

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


On Letters Of Reference As Frames Of Reference, Roderick A. Macdonald, Alexandra Law Apr 2006

On Letters Of Reference As Frames Of Reference, Roderick A. Macdonald, Alexandra Law

Dalhousie Law Journal

Requesting, writing and reading letters of reference are everyday features of academic life. Yet they are neglected as a matter of professorial training and their pedagogical importance is rarely acknowledged. This paper reviews various practical aspects of the reference process, with emphasis on its politics and ethics. It argues that letters of reference frame the lived experience of candidate, writer, reader and community-both for the present and the future.


Diminishing Borders In Trade And Terrorism: An Examination Of Regional Apllicability Of Gatt Article Xxi National Security Trade Sanctions, Eric J. Lobsinger Jan 2006

Diminishing Borders In Trade And Terrorism: An Examination Of Regional Apllicability Of Gatt Article Xxi National Security Trade Sanctions, Eric J. Lobsinger

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The concept of "war" has undergone extensive usage in U.S. foreign policy since the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001.


The Continuing Role Of State Policy, Jeffrey A. Hart Jan 2006

The Continuing Role Of State Policy, Jeffrey A. Hart

Federal Communications Law Journal

A review of Hernan Galperin's New Television, Old Politics: The Transition to Digital TV in the United States and Britain, Cambridge University Press, 2004. Based on comparative case studies in Britain and the United States, this book analyzes the transition to digital television in both countries, considers governmental regulatory strategies, and focuses on the impact of various factors, including political influence and market and technological changes.


Rights-Based Approaches To Development: Introduction, Sarah Hamilton Jan 2006

Rights-Based Approaches To Development: Introduction, Sarah Hamilton

Human Rights & Human Welfare

This digest offers a multidimensional, well-chosen, and timely compilation of resources analyzing the myriad relationships between fields devoted to the realization of human rights and human development. I appreciate having the opportunity to introduce the issue for two reasons. First, the contributors perform a tremendous service to both fields. They have created an accessible pathway to works that engage: the normative, substantive, and empirical dimensions of the human rights/development nexus; key debates among theoreticians, policy-makers, and practitioners concerning this nexus; inclusive analysis of institutional frameworks and actors; and attention to both opportunities for, and challenges to, the realization of increasingly …


Bringing Women In: Global Strategies For Gender Parity In Political Representation, Yvonne Galligan Jan 2006

Bringing Women In: Global Strategies For Gender Parity In Political Representation, Yvonne Galligan

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Political Ideology As A Religion: The Idolatry Of Democracy, Maxwell O. Chibundu Jan 2006

Political Ideology As A Religion: The Idolatry Of Democracy, Maxwell O. Chibundu

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


The Processes Of Constitutional Change: From Partisan Entrenchment To The National Surveillance State, Jack M. Balkin, Sanford Levinson Jan 2006

The Processes Of Constitutional Change: From Partisan Entrenchment To The National Surveillance State, Jack M. Balkin, Sanford Levinson

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Originalism As A Political Practice: The Right's Living Constitution, Robert Post, Reva Siegel Jan 2006

Originalism As A Political Practice: The Right's Living Constitution, Robert Post, Reva Siegel

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Does It Really Matter? Conservative Courts In A Conservative Era, Mark A. Graber Jan 2006

Does It Really Matter? Conservative Courts In A Conservative Era, Mark A. Graber

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Chicken Soup, Tracy E. Higgins Jan 2006

Constitutional Chicken Soup, Tracy E. Higgins

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The New Constitution And The Judicialization Of Pure Politics Worldwide, Ran Hirschl Jan 2006

The New Constitution And The Judicialization Of Pure Politics Worldwide, Ran Hirschl

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Political Power And Judicial Power: Some Observations On Their Relation, Mark Tushnet Jan 2006

Political Power And Judicial Power: Some Observations On Their Relation, Mark Tushnet

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.