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A Message From The Dean, Willaim Robinson
A Message From The Dean, Willaim Robinson
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Tragic View Of Poverty Law Practice, Paul R. Tremblay
A Tragic View Of Poverty Law Practice, Paul R. Tremblay
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
Poverty lawyers, we are told, can do as much harm as good for their clients. This humbling theme has been a fixture in the literature and research surrounding the role of lawyers for the poor for some time. The theme captures several deep truths about poverty law. It reminds us that lawyers for the poor can, and do, exclude their clients in the work that they do, view the lives of clients through the distorted prism of law training and law practice, and tend to expend their energies on remedies and processes, largely litigation oriented, which are unlikely to lead …
An Integrated Jurisprudence And Its Influence In Fighting Poverty, Kevin L. O'Shea
An Integrated Jurisprudence And Its Influence In Fighting Poverty, Kevin L. O'Shea
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
No Easy Walk To Freedom, Stephen T. Maher
No Easy Walk To Freedom, Stephen T. Maher
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Newly Disenfranchised: A Constitutional Right Withheld, Herman R. Brown Jr.
The Newly Disenfranchised: A Constitutional Right Withheld, Herman R. Brown Jr.
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
Traditionally, Blacks and women have been denied their constitutional rights based strictly on race and sex. This brand of disenfranchisement has in many instances made these groups feel like "second class" citizens. Although recently, these groups have been able to share in some rights previously withheld, the "playing field of equality of rights" is still not level. For example, women still earn less pay for comparable work performed by their male counterparts. Blacks continue to be shut out of the system based strictly on race. Just as women and Blacks have been denied their rights, other groups have suffered similar …
Child Support Enforcement For Low-Income Children: Part Of The Problem Or Part Of The Solution?, Paula Roberts
Child Support Enforcement For Low-Income Children: Part Of The Problem Or Part Of The Solution?, Paula Roberts
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Use Of Government Funding To Discourage Abortion: Who Will Protect The Rights Of The Poor?, Claudia J. Postell
The Use Of Government Funding To Discourage Abortion: Who Will Protect The Rights Of The Poor?, Claudia J. Postell
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The War On Poverty: A Civilian Perspective, Edgar S. Cahn, Jean C. Cahn
The War On Poverty: A Civilian Perspective, Edgar S. Cahn, Jean C. Cahn
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
This article does two things: it articulates a vision and it lays out a specific blueprint. The core of the vision regards legal representation as "a form of enfranchisement, as an attempt to institutionalize the functions of dissent and criticism, and as a means of revitalizing the democratic process." This explains why the article triggered a movement that was perceived as going beyond the orthodox delivery of legal aid. While others legislate or purport to breath life into the democratic process, lawyers, in their unique role as advocates, discharge a constitutionally protected role. And in light of the retaliation to …
Legal Services: Has It Succeeded?, Alan W. Houseman
Legal Services: Has It Succeeded?, Alan W. Houseman
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The New Law Governing General Public Assistance, Sarah Mulken
The New Law Governing General Public Assistance, Sarah Mulken
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Health-Care Rights Of The Poor: An Introduction, Michele Melden, Michael Parks, Laura Rosenthal
Health-Care Rights Of The Poor: An Introduction, Michele Melden, Michael Parks, Laura Rosenthal
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
Improving access to health care is a high priority for low-income people and their advocates. A variety of tools exist to establish legal rights to reimbursement and services. Mastery of these tools can provide dramatic improvements in the lives of the poor. This article provides a brief overview of the primary reimbursement sources for health care-Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, and state and county indigent care programs. It covers the issues involved in and approaches to insuring the uninsured. It also explains the protection of access to health care provided by the Hill-Burton program, emergency room law, and civil rights. Basic …
Victimization, The Poor, And Payne V. Tennessee, Richard Bender Abell
Victimization, The Poor, And Payne V. Tennessee, Richard Bender Abell
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Beyond The New Property: The Right To Become And Remain Productive, Edgar S. Cahn
Beyond The New Property: The Right To Become And Remain Productive, Edgar S. Cahn
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
The sixties and seventies saw the creation of new rights and the expansion of old ones in response to discrimination, disenfranchisement, and poverty. The new rights were both participatory rights' and substantive rights.2 They effected a redistribution of wealth and power. Essentially, they were rights to consume and rights to share. We called these rights "The New Property."3 As we moved from an era of sustained growth and surplus to budget deficits and trade deficits, we have been less willing to address social problems by expansion of those rights. Political and judicial receptivity to further redistribution diminished sharply.' Litigation seeking …