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When Globalization Hits Home: International Family Law Comes Of Age, Barbara Stark
When Globalization Hits Home: International Family Law Comes Of Age, Barbara Stark
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Not that long ago, international family law (IFL) referred to a series of multilateral conventions basically concerned with conflicts of law questions. It could be studied as part of a course on family law or as part of a course on conflicts of law. But IFL, or family law in which more than one State has an interest, has grown up and become a subject of its own. This is not merely a curricular development. Rather, it reflects and reinforces two of the most powerful trends of the last fifteen years: globalization and the spread of human rights. Globalization is …
A Developing Trend: Laws And Policies On Internal Displacement, Jessica Wyndham
A Developing Trend: Laws And Policies On Internal Displacement, Jessica Wyndham
Human Rights Brief
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A Return To Eyes On The Prize: Litigating Under The Restored New York City Human Rights Law, Craig Gurian
A Return To Eyes On The Prize: Litigating Under The Restored New York City Human Rights Law, Craig Gurian
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The recent enactment of the Local Civil Rights Restoration Act ("Restoration Act") reflects the New York City Council's concern that the City Human Rights Law "has been construed too narrowly." The law explicitly rejects the "carbon copy" theory and seeks an independent construction from similar or identical provisions of New York state or federal statutes. The Restoration Act proceeds along two basic tracks. One track consists of a series of amendments to particular sections of the law. These amendments expand retaliation protection, raise the maximum civil penalties that can be awarded in proceeding brought administratively, protect domestic partners against all …