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Letter From The Executive Director, Paisley Currah Oct 2006

Letter From The Executive Director, Paisley Currah

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

Heterosexuality is under attack--not by the authors of a new "I hate straights" broadsheet, not by vacationers in Provincetown, but by state judges in the US. In August, New York's highest court ruled that the New York State Constitution "does not compel recognition of marriages between members of the same-sex." Their reasoning? In part, the decision declared, because opposite-sex relationships are "often too casual," and thus result in the production of children by "accident or impulse." And so, "unstable relationships between people of the opposite sex present a greater danger that children will be born into or grow up in …


No Direction Home: Will The Law Keep Pace With Human Tracking Technology To Protect Individual Privacy And Stop Geoslavery, William A. Herbert Jul 2006

No Direction Home: Will The Law Keep Pace With Human Tracking Technology To Protect Individual Privacy And Stop Geoslavery, William A. Herbert

Publications and Research

Increasingly, public and private employers are utilizing human tracking devices to monitor employee movement and conduct. Due to the propensity of American labor law to give greater weight toemployer property interests over most employee privacy expectations, there are currently few limitations on the use of human tracking in employment. The scope and nature of current legal principles regarding individual privacy are not sufficient to respond to the rapid development and use of human tracking technology. The academic use of the phrase “geoslavery” to describe the abusive use of such technology underscores its power. This article examines the use of such …


Constitution Day: An Opportunity For Paralegal Educators To Design Creative Law Learning Activities For The Entire College/University Community, Marissa Moran Apr 2006

Constitution Day: An Opportunity For Paralegal Educators To Design Creative Law Learning Activities For The Entire College/University Community, Marissa Moran

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Teaching Writing In Clinical, Lawyering, And Legal Writing Courses: Negotiating Professional And Personal Voice, Andrea Mcardle Jan 2006

Teaching Writing In Clinical, Lawyering, And Legal Writing Courses: Negotiating Professional And Personal Voice, Andrea Mcardle

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Teaching Law Students To Self-Critique And To Develop Critical Clinical Self Awareness In Performance, Beryl Blaustone Jan 2006

Teaching Law Students To Self-Critique And To Develop Critical Clinical Self Awareness In Performance, Beryl Blaustone

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No abstract provided.


Legislative Arrogance And Constitutional Accountability, Caitlin Borgmann Jan 2006

Legislative Arrogance And Constitutional Accountability, Caitlin Borgmann

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No abstract provided.


Casting A Wider Net: Another Decade Of Legislative Expansion Of The Death Penalty In The United States, Jeffrey Kirchmeier Jan 2006

Casting A Wider Net: Another Decade Of Legislative Expansion Of The Death Penalty In The United States, Jeffrey Kirchmeier

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Dead Innocent: The Death Penalty Abolitionist Search For A Wrongful Execution, Jeffrey Kirchmeier Jan 2006

Dead Innocent: The Death Penalty Abolitionist Search For A Wrongful Execution, Jeffrey Kirchmeier

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Empire State Injustice: Based Upon A Decade Of New Information, A Preliminary Evaluation Of How New York's Death Penalty System Fails To Meet Standards For Accuracy And Fairness, Jeffrey Kirchmeier, Sara Darehshori, Colleen Quinn Brady, Evan Mandery Jan 2006

Empire State Injustice: Based Upon A Decade Of New Information, A Preliminary Evaluation Of How New York's Death Penalty System Fails To Meet Standards For Accuracy And Fairness, Jeffrey Kirchmeier, Sara Darehshori, Colleen Quinn Brady, Evan Mandery

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No abstract provided.


The Saga Of A Song: Authorship And Ownership In The Case Of ‘Guantanamera’, Peter L. Manuel Jan 2006

The Saga Of A Song: Authorship And Ownership In The Case Of ‘Guantanamera’, Peter L. Manuel

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No abstract provided.


Domestic And Sexual Violence As Sex Discrimination: Comparing American And International Approaches, Julie Goldscheid Jan 2006

Domestic And Sexual Violence As Sex Discrimination: Comparing American And International Approaches, Julie Goldscheid

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No abstract provided.


Indigenous Peoples And The Oil Frontier In Amazonia: The Case Of Ecuador, Chevrontexaco, And Aguinda V. Texaco, Judith Kimerling Jan 2006

Indigenous Peoples And The Oil Frontier In Amazonia: The Case Of Ecuador, Chevrontexaco, And Aguinda V. Texaco, Judith Kimerling

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Proactive Procurement: Using New York City's Procurement Rules To Foster Positive Human Services Policies And Serve Public Goals, Natalie Gomez-Velez Jan 2006

Proactive Procurement: Using New York City's Procurement Rules To Foster Positive Human Services Policies And Serve Public Goals, Natalie Gomez-Velez

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


The Shell Game: Who Is Responsible For The Overuse Of The Lsat In Law School Admissions, Pamela Edwards Jan 2006

The Shell Game: Who Is Responsible For The Overuse Of The Lsat In Law School Admissions, Pamela Edwards

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No abstract provided.


The South African Judicial Appointments Process, Penelope Andrews Jan 2006

The South African Judicial Appointments Process, Penelope Andrews

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No abstract provided.