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Addiction-Informed Immigration Reform, Rebecca Sharpless Dec 2019

Addiction-Informed Immigration Reform, Rebecca Sharpless

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Immigration law fails to align with the contemporary understanding of substance addiction as a medical condition. The Immigration and Nationality Act regards noncitizens who suffer from drug or alcohol substance use disorder as immoral and undesirable. Addiction is a ground of exclusion and deportation and can prevent the finding of "good moral character" needed for certain immigration applications. Substance use disorder can lead to criminal behavior that lands noncitizens, including lawful permanent residents, in removal proceedings with no defense. The time has come for immigration law to catch up to today's understanding of addiction. The damage done by failing to …


Deploying Mindfulness To Gain Cognitive Advantage: Considerations For Military Effectiveness And Well-Being, Amishi P. Jha, Scott L. Rogers, Eric Schoomaker, Edward Cardon Apr 2019

Deploying Mindfulness To Gain Cognitive Advantage: Considerations For Military Effectiveness And Well-Being, Amishi P. Jha, Scott L. Rogers, Eric Schoomaker, Edward Cardon

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Mindfulness involves paying attention to present moment experience without discursive commentary or emotional reactivity. Mindfulness training (MT) programs aim to promote this mental mode via introduction to specific mindfulness exercises, related in-class discussion, and ongoing engagement in mindfulness exercises. MT is being increasingly offered to high-demand, high-stress military/uniformed and civilian cohorts with a wide array of reported benefits. Herein, we begin by discussing recent theoretical models regarding MT’s mechanisms of action from a cognitive training/cognitive neuroscience perspective, which propose that MT engages and strengthens three key processes [e.g., 1]. These are: 1) attentional orienting, which is the ability to select …


Preserving Reef-Building Coral Genetic Resources With Assisted Migration: Balancing Precaution And Risk, Richard J. Bartz, Annie Brett Apr 2019

Preserving Reef-Building Coral Genetic Resources With Assisted Migration: Balancing Precaution And Risk, Richard J. Bartz, Annie Brett

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Masthead Apr 2019

Masthead

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Editor In Chief Comment Apr 2019

Editor In Chief Comment

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Discriminatory And Illegal Practices Administered In The United States' Discretion When Employing The National Security Exception To Claim Inadmissibility Of Syrian Refugees For Resettlement, Cynthia Gonzalez Apr 2019

Discriminatory And Illegal Practices Administered In The United States' Discretion When Employing The National Security Exception To Claim Inadmissibility Of Syrian Refugees For Resettlement, Cynthia Gonzalez

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Political Extremism And Domestic Terrorism In America, Mark Potok Apr 2019

Political Extremism And Domestic Terrorism In America, Mark Potok

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Charging Crimes As "Terrorism", Jenna Mclaughlin Apr 2019

Charging Crimes As "Terrorism", Jenna Mclaughlin

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Federal Rule Of Criminal Procedure 15 And Terrorism Cases, Daniel Rashbaum, Melissa Rashbaum Apr 2019

Federal Rule Of Criminal Procedure 15 And Terrorism Cases, Daniel Rashbaum, Melissa Rashbaum

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Combatting Narcoterrorism, Andrea Villa Apr 2019

Combatting Narcoterrorism, Andrea Villa

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Does "Meaningful Human Control" Have Potential For The Regulation Of Autonomous Weapon Systems?, Kevin Neslage Apr 2019

Does "Meaningful Human Control" Have Potential For The Regulation Of Autonomous Weapon Systems?, Kevin Neslage

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Unfair To The Unborn: A Look At Ortiz And The Injustice Of The Feres Doctrine When Applied To Injuries Incurred To A Fetus While In The Womb Of An Active Duty Service Woman, Tiffany-Ashley Disney Apr 2019

Unfair To The Unborn: A Look At Ortiz And The Injustice Of The Feres Doctrine When Applied To Injuries Incurred To A Fetus While In The Womb Of An Active Duty Service Woman, Tiffany-Ashley Disney

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Cyberspace: The 21st Century Battlefield, Cameron Ryan Scullen Apr 2019

Cyberspace: The 21st Century Battlefield, Cameron Ryan Scullen

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Prefatory Matter & Table Of Contents Apr 2019

Prefatory Matter & Table Of Contents

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Prefatory Matter And Table Of Contents Apr 2019

Prefatory Matter And Table Of Contents

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

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Stealing Press Credentials: Law Enforcement Identity Misappropriation Of The Press In The Cyber Era, Andy T. Wang Apr 2019

Stealing Press Credentials: Law Enforcement Identity Misappropriation Of The Press In The Cyber Era, Andy T. Wang

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

No abstract provided.