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Conversations On Justice With Inamori Ethics Prize Winners, Silvia Fernández De Gurmendi, Levar Burton, Farouk El-Baz, Marian Wright Edelman Sep 2021

Conversations On Justice With Inamori Ethics Prize Winners, Silvia Fernández De Gurmendi, Levar Burton, Farouk El-Baz, Marian Wright Edelman

The International Journal of Ethical Leadership

No abstract provided.


Understanding And Promoting The Human Rights Of Autistic People, Keri E. Iyall Smith Phd Jul 2021

Understanding And Promoting The Human Rights Of Autistic People, Keri E. Iyall Smith Phd

Societies Without Borders

Rates of autism diagnosis are on the rise and autistic people are entering the public sphere in new ways, represented in theater, on television, as international experts, and more. Yet, do autistic people experience their full human rights? Experts argue that autistic people suffer discrimination and violations of their human rights, noting that more must be done to ensure the full entitlement of human rights for autistic people (Autism Society ND, Baron-Cohen 2017 and Sarrett 2012). To better understand and promote the human rights of autistic people, this paper applies theories of disability to autism, looking at the biomedical model, …


Global Human Rights Organizations And National Patterns: Amnesty International’S Responses To Darfur, Joachim J. Savelsberg Feb 2021

Global Human Rights Organizations And National Patterns: Amnesty International’S Responses To Darfur, Joachim J. Savelsberg

Societies Without Borders

This article provides an analysis of Amnesty International and its efforts to establish a global, human rights-based narrative on the mass violence in Darfur, Sudan, during the first decade of the 21st century. Interviews show how Amnesty’s narrative resembles that of the judicial field. Respondents insist that justice, once achieved, will help reach other goals such as peace. Relative unanimity in representing the violence supports the notion of globalizing forces highlighted by the world polity school, but national conditions also color narratives, in line with recent literature on national contexts of INGO work and a long tradition of neo-Weberian …


Sorting Out Concern: European Attitudes Toward Human Trafficking, Jennifer A. Cheek, Lindsey Peterson Feb 2021

Sorting Out Concern: European Attitudes Toward Human Trafficking, Jennifer A. Cheek, Lindsey Peterson

Societies Without Borders

Human trafficking is a global phenomenon, which is sometimes conflated with other cross-national social problems. While trafficking certainly occurs within countries, much of it occurs across borders. In this paper we examine one of the only available datasets that addresses individual concern about human trafficking: the Eurobarometer 2003. Individual concern about human trafficking matters, especially in democracies, because government policy is in part shaped by citizen preferences. When democratic governments are not responsive to citizens, they risk being voted out in the next election cycle. What we find is that concern for human trafficking varies by gender, age, marital status, …


Comparing Ignorance: Imagined Immigration And The Exclusion Of Migrantsin The U.S. And Western Europe, Daniel Herda Phd Feb 2021

Comparing Ignorance: Imagined Immigration And The Exclusion Of Migrantsin The U.S. And Western Europe, Daniel Herda Phd

Societies Without Borders

There exists a well-documented tendency among citizens to perceive immigrant populations as much larger than indicated by official statistics. This misperception has been linked to desires to halt the flow off immigration or restrict immigrants’ rights, raising concern about the consequences of pervasive faulty information. However, ignorance extends beyond questions of population size. There are also many qualitative misperceptions upon which individuals base their opinions about foreigners. In particular, citizens are likely to hold incorrect perceptions about the legal status of the typical immigrant (i.e. documented vs undocumented). The current study takes a unique approach by simultaneously examining both quantitative …


"Because It Is Wrong": An Essay On The Immorality And Illegality Of The Online Service Contracts Of Google And Facebook, Preston M. Torbert Jan 2021

"Because It Is Wrong": An Essay On The Immorality And Illegality Of The Online Service Contracts Of Google And Facebook, Preston M. Torbert

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

This essay argues that the behavioral-advertising business model under which an internet platform, such as Google or Facebook, provides free services in exchange for the user’s personal data is immoral and illegal. It is immoral because it relies on addiction, surveillance, and manipulation of the user to deplete the user’s autonomy. The contract between the company and the user is immoral. It can also be plausibly argued that the contract is illegal under California law because it is contrary to good morals, is unconscionable, and is against public policy. As society becomes more aware of these moral and legal defects, …


Creating Space For Community Representation In Police Reform, Ayesha Bell Hardaway Jan 2021

Creating Space For Community Representation In Police Reform, Ayesha Bell Hardaway

Faculty Publications

Input from affected communities is an essential component of the reform process aimed at remedying unconstitutional police practices. Yet, no court in DOJ-initiated police reform consent decree cases has ever granted a community organization’s motion to intervene as a matter of right. Judicial opinions in those cases have largely truncated the Federal Civil Rule 24 analysis when evaluating the interests of impacted communities. Thus, the most success achieved by a small few has been permissive intervention or amici status. The models used by the Department of Justice to elicit the community perspective have largely been frustrating and have failed to …


Proactive Remedies To Prevent Permanent Solutions: Enacting Narrowly Crafted Legislative Reform To Reduce Jail Suicides, Kathryn E. Meloni Jan 2021

Proactive Remedies To Prevent Permanent Solutions: Enacting Narrowly Crafted Legislative Reform To Reduce Jail Suicides, Kathryn E. Meloni

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Mental Health Care Disparity: The Highs And Lows Of Parity, Julie Gabella Jan 2021

Mental Health Care Disparity: The Highs And Lows Of Parity, Julie Gabella

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

Outstanding Note of the Year (2020)


Right-Sizing The Supreme Court: A History Of Congressional Changes, Michael C. Blumm, Kate Flanagan, Annamarie White Jan 2021

Right-Sizing The Supreme Court: A History Of Congressional Changes, Michael C. Blumm, Kate Flanagan, Annamarie White

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Challenge Of Deterring Bad Police Behavior: Implementing Reforms That Hold Police Accountable, Robert M. Bloom, Nina Labovich Jan 2021

The Challenge Of Deterring Bad Police Behavior: Implementing Reforms That Hold Police Accountable, Robert M. Bloom, Nina Labovich

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Volume 53 Jan 2021

Front Matter, Volume 53

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Foreword: American Society Of International Law's 10th Midyear Meeting, Michael P. Scharf, Bethany Gump Jones Jan 2021

Foreword: American Society Of International Law's 10th Midyear Meeting, Michael P. Scharf, Bethany Gump Jones

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Offender Rehabilitation In International Criminal Justice: Towards Implementation Of Tailored Rehabilitation Programs, Marina Maier Jan 2021

Offender Rehabilitation In International Criminal Justice: Towards Implementation Of Tailored Rehabilitation Programs, Marina Maier

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Traumatized Systems Theory: Accountability For Recurrent Systemic Harm, E. Christi Cunningham Jan 2021

Traumatized Systems Theory: Accountability For Recurrent Systemic Harm, E. Christi Cunningham

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.