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Perp Walks And Prosecutorial Ethics, Ernest F. Lidge Iii Sep 2006

Perp Walks And Prosecutorial Ethics, Ernest F. Lidge Iii

Nevada Law Journal

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Rape As A Badge Of Slavery: The Legal History Of, And Remedies For, Prosecutorial Race-Of-Victim Charging Disparities, Jeffrey J. Pokorak Sep 2006

Rape As A Badge Of Slavery: The Legal History Of, And Remedies For, Prosecutorial Race-Of-Victim Charging Disparities, Jeffrey J. Pokorak

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Is Looting Ever Justified?: An Analysis Of Looting Laws And The Applicability Of The Necessity Defense During Natural Disasters And States Of Emergency, Stephanie J. Hamrick Sep 2006

Is Looting Ever Justified?: An Analysis Of Looting Laws And The Applicability Of The Necessity Defense During Natural Disasters And States Of Emergency, Stephanie J. Hamrick

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Minor Discrepancies: Forging A Common Understanding Of Adolescent Competence In Healthcare Decision-Making And Criminal Responsibility, Kimberly M. Mutcherson Mar 2006

Minor Discrepancies: Forging A Common Understanding Of Adolescent Competence In Healthcare Decision-Making And Criminal Responsibility, Kimberly M. Mutcherson

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Something's Happening Here: Children And Human Rights Jurisprudence In Two International Courts, Bernardine Dohrn Mar 2006

Something's Happening Here: Children And Human Rights Jurisprudence In Two International Courts, Bernardine Dohrn

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Defending And Despairing: The Agony Of Juvenile Defense, Abbe Smith Mar 2006

Defending And Despairing: The Agony Of Juvenile Defense, Abbe Smith

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


It Takes A Lawyer To Raise A Child?: Allocating Responsibilities Among Parents, Children, And Lawyers In Delinquency Cases, Kristin Henning Mar 2006

It Takes A Lawyer To Raise A Child?: Allocating Responsibilities Among Parents, Children, And Lawyers In Delinquency Cases, Kristin Henning

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Report Of The Working Group On The Role Of Age And Stage Of Development, Working Group On The Role Of Age And Stage Of Development Mar 2006

Report Of The Working Group On The Role Of Age And Stage Of Development, Working Group On The Role Of Age And Stage Of Development

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Recommendations Of The Unlv Conference On Representing Children In Families: Child Advocacy And Justice Ten Years After Fordham, Unlv Conference On Representing Children In Families: Child Advocacy And Justice Ten Years After Fordham Mar 2006

Recommendations Of The Unlv Conference On Representing Children In Families: Child Advocacy And Justice Ten Years After Fordham, Unlv Conference On Representing Children In Families: Child Advocacy And Justice Ten Years After Fordham

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Report Of The Working Group On The Lessons Of International Law, Norms, And Practice, Working Group On The Lessons Of International Law, Norms, And Practice Mar 2006

Report Of The Working Group On The Lessons Of International Law, Norms, And Practice, Working Group On The Lessons Of International Law, Norms, And Practice

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Coming Out For Kids: Recognizing, Respecting, And Representing Lgbtq Youth, Barbara Fedders Mar 2006

Coming Out For Kids: Recognizing, Respecting, And Representing Lgbtq Youth, Barbara Fedders

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Logistical And Ethical Difficulties Of Informing Juveniles About The Collateral Consequences Of Adjudications, Michael Pinard Mar 2006

The Logistical And Ethical Difficulties Of Informing Juveniles About The Collateral Consequences Of Adjudications, Michael Pinard

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Girl Talk--Examining Racial And Gender Lines In Juvenile Justice, Kim Taylor-Thompson Mar 2006

Girl Talk--Examining Racial And Gender Lines In Juvenile Justice, Kim Taylor-Thompson

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Salt 2006 Awards Dinner Program, Society Of American Law Teachers Jan 2006

Salt 2006 Awards Dinner Program, Society Of American Law Teachers

Meetings & Events

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Bringing Families In: Recommendations Of The Incarceration, Reentry And Family Roundtables, Ann Cammett, Johnna Christian, Nancy Fisherman, Lori Scott-Pickens Jan 2006

Bringing Families In: Recommendations Of The Incarceration, Reentry And Family Roundtables, Ann Cammett, Johnna Christian, Nancy Fisherman, Lori Scott-Pickens

Scholarly Works

Building on the findings of the New Jersey Reentry Roundtable and a growing concern around the state about how to improve outcomes for the more than 70,000 individuals expected to return home from prison over the next five years, the roundtable examined the complex role that families – broadly defined – play in the lives of prisoners during incarceration and after their release. This document presents a set of recommendations emerging directly from roundtable sessions and provides a road map for individual and collaborative efforts accepted by a range of key players in New Jersey, including government officials, community and …


Against Bipolar Black Masculinity: Intersectionality, Assimilation, Identity Performance, And Hierarchy, Frank Rudy Cooper Jan 2006

Against Bipolar Black Masculinity: Intersectionality, Assimilation, Identity Performance, And Hierarchy, Frank Rudy Cooper

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In this article, Professor Frank Rudy Cooper contends that popular representations of heterosexual black men are bipolar. Those images alternate between a Bad Black Man who is crime-prone and hypersexual and a Good Black Man who distances himself from blackness and associates with white norms. The threat of the Bad Black Man label provides heterosexual black men with an assimilationist incentive to perform our identities consistent with the Good Black Man image.

The reason for bipolar black masculinity is that it helps resolve the white mainstream's post-civil rights anxiety. That anxiety results from the conflict between the nation's relatively recent …


Reflections Of A Former Dean, Nancy B. Rapoport Jan 2006

Reflections Of A Former Dean, Nancy B. Rapoport

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law school admininstration, higher education governance, dean, deaning


The Visible Brain: Confidentiality And Privacy Implications Of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Stacey A. Tovino Jan 2006

The Visible Brain: Confidentiality And Privacy Implications Of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Stacey A. Tovino

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has built on a number of technologies, including electroencephalography, magnetoencephalography, positron emission tomography, and single-photon emission computed tomography, to become one of the decade’s most powerful tools for mapping sensory, motor, and cognitive function. Scientists also are using fMRI to study the neural correlates of a range of conditions, characteristics, and social behaviors, including severe brain injury, major depression, schizophrenia, dyslexia, cocaine addiction, compulsive gambling, pedophilia, racial evaluation, deception, cooperation, altruism, and even sexual preference. Poised to move outside the research context, fMRI and its ability to detect correlations between brain activations and sensitive and …