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Welfare Servitude, Julie Nice
Welfare Servitude, Julie Nice
Julie A. Nice
In Welfare Servitude, Professor Nice considers whether mandating work as a condition for receiving welfare violates the Thirteenth Amendment’s prohibition of involuntary servitude and also explores the recurring intersection between race and class. She first describes the redoubling of efforts to increase enforcement of welfare work requirements once racial minorities were no longer excluded from receiving welfare benefits. Next she analyzes judicial decisions construing what constitutes involuntary servitude, including historic cases addressing indentured servitude, the padrone system, peonage, and the surety system, as well as modern cases challenging various welfare work requirements. Professor Nice distills three doctrinal types of involuntary …
Foreword: The Jurisprudence Of Reconstruction, Angela Harris
Foreword: The Jurisprudence Of Reconstruction, Angela Harris
Angela P Harris
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Shaky Grounds: The Case Against The Case Against Antidiscrimination Laws [Review Essay On Richard Epstein, Forbidden Grounds], Peter Siegelman
Shaky Grounds: The Case Against The Case Against Antidiscrimination Laws [Review Essay On Richard Epstein, Forbidden Grounds], Peter Siegelman
Peter Siegelman
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A Moral Justification For Gay And Lesbian Civil Rights Legislation, Vincent Samar
A Moral Justification For Gay And Lesbian Civil Rights Legislation, Vincent Samar
Vincent Samar