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The 5th Annual Stonewall Lecture: Featuring Keynote Speaker Taylor Brown, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

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How The Gun Control Act Disarms Black Firearm Owners, Maya Itah

Washington Law Review

Through 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), the Gun Control Act (GCA) outlaws the possession of a firearm “in furtherance of” a drug trafficking crime. The statute’s language is broad, and federal courts have interpreted it expansively. By giving prosecutors wide discretion in charging individuals with § 924(c) violations, the language enables the disproportionate incarceration of Black firearm owners.

This Comment addresses this issue in three parts. Part I discusses the ways early gun control laws overtly disarmed Black firearm owners. Additionally, Part I provides context for the passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968, which coincided with the backlash to …

Perils Of The Reverse Silver Platter Under U.S. Border Patrol Operations, D. Anthony

University of Massachusetts Law Review

In the face of expanding U.S. Border Patrol operations across the country, that agency often acquires evidence during its searches that is unrelated to immigration or other federal crimes but may involve state crimes. States are then faced with the question of whether to accept such evidence for state prosecutions when it was lawfully obtained by federal agents consistent with federal law but in violation of the state’s own search and seizure provisions. Sometimes referred to as “reverse silver platter” evidence, states have come to widely varying conclusions as to the admissibility of federally obtained evidence that would clearly have …

Law School News: A Juneteenth Message From The Dean, Gregory W. Bowman

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Law School News: Lynette Labinger: Doctor Of Laws, Honoris Causa 05-16-2021, Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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From The Frontlines Of The Modern Movement To End Forced Arbitration And Restore Jury Rights, F. Paul Bland, Myriam Gilles, Tanuja Gupta

Chicago-Kent Law Review

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Constitutional Regulations Of Liberties And Fundamental Right S

UAEU Law Journal

Human rights has been safeguarded through several means (e.g. political, judicial, legal). Constitution is one of the legal means to establish and protect basic human rights. A constitution lay down between an external party ( i.e. international covenants ) and an internal party ( i.e. national legislation ). It is important, therefore, to demonstrate the links among the three parties.

The prime question of this article is : what is the role of the constitution in regulating and safeguarding liberties and fundamental rights ? It will discuss this issue with especial reference to the practice in the Arab Countries.

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Rwu Law News: The Newsletter Of Roger Williams University School Of Law 04-2021, Michael M. Bowden, Barry Bridges, Political Roundtable

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Constitutional Protection Of The Rights And Fundamental Freedoms, Eid Ah. Alhosban

UAEU Law Journal

Due to the significance of this subject, and due to its marginal status in the Arabic systems compared to its central status in the Western constitutional systems, this study sheds light on its constitutional characteristics including its nature and system in order to ingrain it in the Arab Constitutional mind

Control As A Response Mechanism To The Variables Of The Constitutional Reality In The Maghreb Countries: Tunisia, Algeria And Morocco, Dr. Smaein Lebadi

UAEU Law Journal

In response to constitutional changes, and the tendency of the Maghreb countries to reinforce the rights and freedoms, constitutional monitoring has been incorporated through the exception mechanism of unconstitutionality of individuals, in the context of recent constitutional changes in the Maghreb countries: Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. This mechanism, which is expected to be implemented in 2019 for the first time, although it is constitutionally prescribed, but the legislative texts organizing the mare different in terms of application which revolves between openness and tightening the rules in each of these countries .The Tunisian legislator has extended the scope of monitoring with …

Legal Security Considerations In The Provisions Of The Iraqi Constitutional Court: A Comparative Study, Nather Alqaisi

UAEU Law Journal

The importance of monitoring the constitutionality of laws by establishing the foundations of the principle of legality and the protection of rights and freedoms relating to individuals, and when the constitutional judiciary exercise its function in the control of the constitutionality of laws, the provisions of the unconstitutional text of the law has been applied for a period of time and arranged the rights of individuals requires that the implementation of the provision impact Retroactive to the principle of legality, but the application of this concept to launch may lead to the absence of the principle of stability of legal …

Law School News: Professor Gonzalez Is 2020 Rhode Island Lawyer Of The Year 01/11/21, Barry Bridges, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Privacy-As-Property: A New Fundamental Approach To The Right To Privacy And The Impact This Will Have On The Law And Corporations, Sevion Dacosta

CMC Senior Theses

The most popular conception of the right to privacy stems from Warren and Brandeis’s description of privacy as “the right to be left alone.” This theory ultimately points to a more fundamental approach to the right to privacy rooted in property rights. This fundamental approach - which I call privacy-as-property - is what I establish in this paper. I argue that the Lockean concept of property that “every man has a property in his own person” provides the foundation for the right to privacy. Privacy-as-property begins with the fundamental right to control oneself. Because of this intrinsic right, your property …