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Poverty, Inequality, And Class In The Structural Constitutional Law Course, Stephen Loffredo
Poverty, Inequality, And Class In The Structural Constitutional Law Course, Stephen Loffredo
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Article argues that poverty and income inequality issues should be taught in a constitutional law course. Furthermore, it argues that these issues should not only be considered when discussing due process, equal protection, the First Amendment, but in also within the context of structural constitutional law, i.e. separation of powers and federalism.
Community Development Clinics: What Does Poverty Have To Do With Them?, Alicia Alvarez
Community Development Clinics: What Does Poverty Have To Do With Them?, Alicia Alvarez
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Essay argues that in a legal community development clinic, professors should "do more than teach students to be good transactional lawyers." Legal clinic professors should "focus their efforts on the elimination and reduction of poverty."
Poverty Law And Civil Procedure: Rethinking The First-Year Course, Helen Hershkoff
Poverty Law And Civil Procedure: Rethinking The First-Year Course, Helen Hershkoff
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Essay argues that poverty and inequality issues should be integrated into first-year civil procedure courses. It examines what framework could be achieved to examine these issues in a civil procedure context. And finally, it connects the author's proposed approach with the broader mission of legal education.
Creeping Impoverization: Material Conditions, Income Inequality, And Erisa Pedagogy Early In The 21st Century, Maria O'Brien Hylton
Creeping Impoverization: Material Conditions, Income Inequality, And Erisa Pedagogy Early In The 21st Century, Maria O'Brien Hylton
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Essay argues that the current trend focusing on the law and economics theory does a disservice to the full-spectrum of legal issues. Law and economics, according to the author, is a value -neutral approach to the law. It fails to take into account poverty and other social values when thinking about the law. Finally, law schools should recalibrate their approach and, in some instances, take social values into account when teaching the law.