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Lining Up: Ensuring Equal Access To Vote, Gilda R. Daniels
Lining Up: Ensuring Equal Access To Vote, Gilda R. Daniels
All Faculty Scholarship
This booklet ( a joint project of the Advancement Project and the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law) provides an extensive overview of restrictive voting laws, especially concerning minority voters. Daniels begins with a summary of voter obstructions and intimidation in the 2012 election, and then places that within the context of the history of voting and race in America.
Most recently, the Section 5 protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were effectively removed by the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court decision. Daniels then explains what this means practically and legally for minority voters and how …
After The Revolution: Egypt's Changing Forms Of Corruption, M. Patrick Yingling, Mohamed A. Arafa
After The Revolution: Egypt's Changing Forms Of Corruption, M. Patrick Yingling, Mohamed A. Arafa
University of Baltimore Journal of International Law
Egypt’s revolution of January 25, 2011 was impelled by a desire to eliminate “conventional corruption,” a particular kind of corruption that occurs when government officials illegally abuse public office for private gain. Illegal quid pro quo transactions, including acts of bribery, are prominent examples of conventional corruption. This form of corruption is to be contrasted with “unconventional corruption,” a form of corruption that has (thus far) been absent in Egypt. Unconventional corruption occurs when elected officials put personal campaign finances ahead of the public interest without engaging in a quid pro quo transaction. These different forms, conventional and unconventional corruption, …
Luogo E Spazio, Place And Space: Gender Quotas And Democracy In Italy, Rachel A. Van Cleave
Luogo E Spazio, Place And Space: Gender Quotas And Democracy In Italy, Rachel A. Van Cleave
University of Baltimore Law Review
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Beyond A Beautiful Fraud: Using A Human Rights Framework To Realize The Promise Of Democracy, Janel A. George
Beyond A Beautiful Fraud: Using A Human Rights Framework To Realize The Promise Of Democracy, Janel A. George
University of Baltimore Law Review
"[Politics] is a beautiful fraud that has been imposed on the people for years . . ."
-The late Honorable Shirley Chisholm'
Symposium Foreword: Applied Feminism And Democracy
Symposium Foreword: Applied Feminism And Democracy
University of Baltimore Law Review
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