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The "Pitiless Double Abuse" Of Battered Mothers, Justine A. Dunlap
The "Pitiless Double Abuse" Of Battered Mothers, Justine A. Dunlap
Faculty Publications
Mothers are expected to do and be all for their children, and those who fall short are criticized. Elizabeth Schneider makes this unassailable assertion in her book Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking. In the chapter entitled Motherhood and Battering, Schneider argues that society reserves its greatest opprobrium for mothers who harm their children or who are perceived to stand idly by while other harm their children. As Schneider demonstrates, women who fail to protect their children, even if they attempt to do so, can be legally liable and soundly condemned. This ill-conceived accountability is most likely to occur …
Popular Culture As A Lens On Legal Professionalism, Hillary B. Farber, Alexander Scherr
Popular Culture As A Lens On Legal Professionalism, Hillary B. Farber, Alexander Scherr
Faculty Publications
This Article argues that the cultural images of lawyering provide opportunities for teaching professionalism that go well beyond the teaching of ethical rules using hypothetical facts. We contend that use of different media allows teachers to chart the broad middle ground between disciplinary minima and aspirational maxima - the map of realistic professional practice. This ground includes both rule- and conduct-based ideas of professionalism: careful role definition; responsible practice management; appropriate balance between public and private commitments; and concerns over manners, dress, and work ethic. The middle ground also includes less traditional content, discussion of which brings students to appreciate …
On The Wagon Train To Afghanistan: Limitations On Star Trek's Prime Directive, Richard J. Peltz-Steele
On The Wagon Train To Afghanistan: Limitations On Star Trek's Prime Directive, Richard J. Peltz-Steele
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Part II of this article acquaints the reader with the Star Trek universe, both as a mirror of Western cultural development for the last three and a half decades, and conversely as a force that has had a remarkable impact on contemporary Western culture. This acquaintance provides a foundation to understand how and to what extent the Prime Directive, a product of science fiction, can be useful in understanding future intercultural contacts right here on Earth. Part III of this article reviews specifically the appearance of the Prime Directive in Star Trek lore, for the most part with reference to …