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The Ties That Bind: Attachment Theory And Child Welfare—Considering The Benefits Of Maintaining Biological Connections For Children In Foster Care, Keli Iles-Hernandez Sep 2016

The Ties That Bind: Attachment Theory And Child Welfare—Considering The Benefits Of Maintaining Biological Connections For Children In Foster Care, Keli Iles-Hernandez

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

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Down But Not Out! How Law School Clinics Can Help Bridge The Small Claims Court Access To Justice Gap, Rebecca Nieman Sep 2016

Down But Not Out! How Law School Clinics Can Help Bridge The Small Claims Court Access To Justice Gap, Rebecca Nieman

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

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Forgiveness, Blame, And Punishment, James Staihar Sep 2016

Forgiveness, Blame, And Punishment, James Staihar

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

When someone commits a crime with no exculpatory defenses,he is blameworthy and deserves to be punished. Nevertheless, assuming the criminal were to satisfy some conditions, he could become forgivable. In this Essay I defend a restorative theory of what it means to forgive a criminal and when the forgiveness of a criminal would be warranted. My defense is unique in that I ultimately derive my theory offorgiveness from a novel theory of when criminals deserve to be punished. My restorative theory of forgiveness yields at least two general insights that are generally not appreciated in the prior literature on forgiveness. …


A Tale Of Two Clinics: Similarities And Differences In Evidence Of The Clinic Effect On The Development Of Law Students' Ethical And Altruistic Professional Identities, Jonel Newman, Donald Nicolson Sep 2016

A Tale Of Two Clinics: Similarities And Differences In Evidence Of The Clinic Effect On The Development Of Law Students' Ethical And Altruistic Professional Identities, Jonel Newman, Donald Nicolson

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

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