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Executive Acquiescence To Constitutional Norms And Judicial Decision-Making In South Africa, Andrew Konstant, Shayda Vance

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

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Evidentiary Rulings As Police Reform, Seth Stoughton

University of Miami Law Review

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Trafficked? Aids, Criminal Law And The Politics Of Measurement, Aziza Ahmed

University of Miami Law Review

Since early in the HIV epidemic, epidemiologists identified individuals who transact sex as a high-risk group for contracting HIV. Where the issue of transacting sex has been framed as sex work, harm-reduction advocates and scholars call for decriminalization as a primary legal solution to address HIV. Where the issue is defined as trafficking, advocates known as abolitionists argue instead for the criminalization of the purchase of sex.

Global health governance institutions are porous to these competing ideas and ideologies. This article first historicizes the contestation between harm-reduction and abolition in global governance on health. The paper then turns to a …

Federal Trial Judges: Dealing With The Real World, Jack B. Weinstein

University of Miami Law Review

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Dignifying Madness: Rethinking Commitment Law In An Age Of Mass Incarceration, Jonathan Simon, Stephen A. Rosenbaum

University of Miami Law Review

Modern nation-states have been trapped in recurring cycles of incarcerating and emancipating residents with psychiatric disabilities. New cycles of enthusiasm for incarceration generally commence with well-defined claims about the evils of allowing “the mad” to remain at liberty and the benefits incarceration would bring to the afflicted. A generation or two later, at most, reports of terrible conditions in institutions circulate and new laws follow, setting high burdens for those seeking to imprison and demanding exacting legal procedures with an emphasis on individual civil liberties. Today, we seem to be arriving at another turn in the familiar cycle. A growing …

Prison Litigation And District Court’S Effect On The Electoral Process, Lawrence K. Karlton

University of Miami Law Review

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Prisoners’ Rights Lawyers’ Strategies For Preserving The Role Of The Courts, Margo Schlanger

University of Miami Law Review

This Article is part of the University of Miami Law Review’s Leading from Below Symposium. It canvasses prisoners’ lawyers’ strategies prompted by the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”). The strategies comply with the statute’s limits yet also allow U.S. district courts to remain a forum for the vindication of the constitutional rights of at least some of the nation’s millions of prisoners. After Part I’s introduction, Part II summarizes in several charts the PLRA’s sharp impact on the prevalence and outcomes of prison litigation, but demonstrates that there are still many cases and situations in which courts continue to …

Advancing A Human Rights Framework To Reimagine The Movement To End Gender Violence, Rosie Hidalgo

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Convergeing Around The Study Of Gender Violence: The Gender Violence Clinic At The University Of Maryland Carey School Of Law, Leigh Goodmark

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Best Emerging Holistic Advocacy Practices To Break The Cyclical Trauma, Depression, Alienation And Criminalization Afflicting Our Returning War Heroes, Paul Freese, Natalie Klasky

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Autocatalytic Regime Theory And Unsc Spawned Cooperative Counterterrorism Part Ii: Addressing The Apprehension, Nawi Ukabiala

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Panel On Beyond The Rape Exception: Using Law And Movement Building To Ensure Reproductive Health And Justice To All Gender Violence Survivors (Transcript), Sara Ainsworth, Jamie Vanaria (Moderator), Jessica Gonzáles-Rojas, Lillian Hewko, Angela Hooton

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act: Protecting The United States From Cyber-Attacks, Fake Dating Profiles, And Employees Who Check Facebook At Work, Kristin Westerhorstmann

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Why Opposing Hyper-Incarceration Should Be Central To The Work Of The Anti-Domestic Violence Movement, Donna Coker, Ahjané D. Macquoid

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Plenary 4—Mobilization (Transcript), Caroline Bettinger-López, Quanita Toffee (Moderator), Terra Slavin, Nan Stoops, Cindy Wiesner

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Finding The Middle Ground: Reimagining Responses To Women’S Use Of Force, Lisa Young Larance, Susan L. Miller

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Panel On The Violence Of The Legal System (Transcript), Joan Meier, James Ptacek (Moderator), Angela Diaz-Vidaillet, Alesha Durfee, Wayne Thomas

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Introduction: Converge! Reimagining The Movement To End Gender Violence, Donna Coker, Leigh Goodmark, Marcia Olivo

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Plenary 2—Redefining Gender Violence (Transcript), Andrea Ritchie, Leigh Goodmark (Moderator), Juanita Flores, Julie Goldscheid, Spearit

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Gender Neutrality And The “Violence Against Women” Frame, Julie Goldscheid

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Panel On Colonization, Culture, And Resistance (Transcript), Sarah Deer, Zanita Fenton (Moderator), Val Kalei Kanuha, Eesha Pandit

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Panel On Immigrant Rights, Women, And Gender Violence: Structural Violence And Organizing Strategies (Transcript), María Rodriguez, Donna Coker, Lis-Marie Alvarado, Beatrice Bianchi Fasani, Ramandeep Kaur Mahal, Rebecca Sharpless

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Panel On The Possibilities And Limits Of Criminal Justice Reform (Transcript), Michelle Kaminsky, Leigh Goodmark, Connie Burk, Sandra S. Park

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Panel On Intersections Of Gender, Economic, Racial, And Indigenous (In) Justice (Transcript), Margaret Johnson, James Ptacek (Moderator), Nicole Matthews, Hillary Potter

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Building Towards Transformative Justice At Sakhi For South Asian Women, Soniya Munshi, Bhavana Nancherla, Tiloma Jayasinghe

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Plenary 3—Harms Of Criminalization And Promising Alternatives (Transcript), Mimi Kim, Donna Coker, Sujatha Baliga, Alisa Bierria

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Panel On Alternatives To The Crime-Centered Approach To Gender Violence (Transcript), C. Quince Hopkins, Staci Haines, Tiloma Jayasinghe, Andrew Sta. Ana

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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Equal Protection For Survivors Of Gender-Based Violence: From Criminalization To Law Enforcement Accountability, Sandra S. Park

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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On The Same Bodies: Exploring The Shared Historical Legacy Of Violence Against Women And Reproductive Injustice, Eesha Pandit

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

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