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A Legal Standard For Post-Colonial Land Reform, Amelia Peterson Sep 2012

A Legal Standard For Post-Colonial Land Reform, Amelia Peterson

Amelia Peterson

This article proposes a legal standard for the design of post-colonial land redistribution policies. It confronts the complex interface between the need for land reform to alleviate land pressure in many developing countries, and the importance of upholding the idea of property. Regardless of which side of the post-colonial milieu we most quickly sympathize with, human rights law removes the tendency to seek out the victim by framing its language in terms of the homo sapien, not one particular race, gender, or economic status. It is in the interest of the various stakeholders enmeshed in post-colonial land imbalance debates and …


"Destinations:" A Comparison Of Sex Trafficking In India And The United States, Sarah Montana Hart Jan 2012

"Destinations:" A Comparison Of Sex Trafficking In India And The United States, Sarah Montana Hart

Sarah Montana Hart

This paper finds similarities in the sex trafficking industries in the United States and India, and offers some suggestions for the international community moving forward.


Blood Quantum, Race, And Identity In Indian Country, Sarah Montana Hart Jan 2011

Blood Quantum, Race, And Identity In Indian Country, Sarah Montana Hart

Sarah Montana Hart

This article discusses how blood quantum laws affect racism and other relations between Indian nations and the United States.


Religious Rules: The Judeo-Christian Nature Of The Aba Model Rules And What It Means For The Legal Profession, Sarah Montana Hart Sep 2010

Religious Rules: The Judeo-Christian Nature Of The Aba Model Rules And What It Means For The Legal Profession, Sarah Montana Hart

Sarah Montana Hart

This article argues that the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct are not only biased in favor of Judeo-Christian biblical values, but actually are religious rules based in the Bible. The religious nature of the Model Rules affects lawyers in several different ways. There must be awareness of and a conscious choice about the nature and effects that these rules have on law students, bar applicants, and practicing lawyers.


An Unintended Casualty Of The War On Terror, Aya Gruber Mar 2010

An Unintended Casualty Of The War On Terror, Aya Gruber

Aya Gruber

As the dust of the Bush administration’s war on terror settles, casualties are starting to appear on the legal battlefield. The United States’ human rights reputation and the Supreme Court’s international influence lay wounded in the wake of U.S. policies that flouted international law by advocating torture, suborning indefinite detention, and erecting irregular tribunals. Through declining citation, the courts of the world are telling the Supreme Court that if it does not respect international and foreign law, international and foreign courts will not respect it. Some might object that the Supreme Court should not be lumped with the Bush administration …