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Latino Education In Texas: A History Of Systematic Recycling Discrimination, Albert H. Kauffman Jan 2019

Latino Education In Texas: A History Of Systematic Recycling Discrimination, Albert H. Kauffman

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All of Texas was once part of Mexico. Texas has never forgotten it. This is the historical basis for much of the Texas Latino population's struggle for equal educational opportunities. This article will discuss those struggles endured by the Latino population in their quest for equal educational opportunity from the time of Texas's entry into the Union in 1845 to present-with greater emphasis on the last half century. In each Section, I will briefly describe the history of discrimination against Mexican- Americans in that segment of education history and the relationship between the developments in that segment of education history …


After Years Of Working With ‘Ritmo’ Detainees, I Know The Inhumane Facility Doesn’T Deserve A Second Chance, Erica B. Schommer Jul 2018

After Years Of Working With ‘Ritmo’ Detainees, I Know The Inhumane Facility Doesn’T Deserve A Second Chance, Erica B. Schommer

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The Mystery Of Life In The Laboratory Of Democracy: Personal Autonomy In State Law, Adam J. Macleod Jan 2011

The Mystery Of Life In The Laboratory Of Democracy: Personal Autonomy In State Law, Adam J. Macleod

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Recent controversies, such as enactment of an individual mandate to purchase health insurance and the legalization of assisted suicide in Washington and Montana, have renewed the war over personal autonomy. Debates about the value and limits of personal autonomy also play major roles in the controversies over abortion, same-sex intimacy, and same-sex marriage. On one side of the autonomy war, advocates of unfettered individual freedom assert that by her un-coerced and autonomous choice, the individual person determines the value of human goods such as life, health, and marriage.

On the other side, proponents of strong government restrictions on personal choice …


Face At The Bottom Of The Well (Book Review), Willy E. Rice Jan 1993

Face At The Bottom Of The Well (Book Review), Willy E. Rice

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Judicial And Adminstrative Enforcement Of Individual Rights Under The National Labor Relations Act And Under The Labor-Management Relations Act Between 1935 And 1990 - An Historical And Empirical Analysis Of Unsettled Intercircuit And Intracircuit Conflicts, Willy E. Rice Apr 1991

Judicial And Adminstrative Enforcement Of Individual Rights Under The National Labor Relations Act And Under The Labor-Management Relations Act Between 1935 And 1990 - An Historical And Empirical Analysis Of Unsettled Intercircuit And Intracircuit Conflicts, Willy E. Rice

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This Article is concerned with exploring the extent to which both the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 have protected individual employees' rights in administrative and judicial proceedings.