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Full-Text Articles in Law
Holding A Child In Contempt, Maggie L. Hughey
The Communications Decency Act, Jim Exon
The Communications Decency Act, Jim Exon
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
A Focus On Children And The Law, Aviva A. Orenstein
A Focus On Children And The Law, Aviva A. Orenstein
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Drive-Through Deliveries: In Support Of Federal Legislation To Mandate Insurer Coverage Of Medically Sound Minimum Lengths Of Postpanum Stays For Mothers And Newborns, Freeman L. Farrow
Drive-Through Deliveries: In Support Of Federal Legislation To Mandate Insurer Coverage Of Medically Sound Minimum Lengths Of Postpanum Stays For Mothers And Newborns, Freeman L. Farrow
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
President Clinton signed the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 into law on September 26, 1996. The Act requires insurers that provide maternity benefits to cover medically sound minimum lengths of inpatient, postpartum stays according to the joint guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. This Note discusses the historical context in which the necessity for passage of protective legislation arose, the interplay between state and federal statutes that created the need for federal legislation to provide desired protections for postpartum patients and examines the provisions of the Act. This …
The Proposed Model Surrogate Parenthood Act: A Legislative Response To The Challenges Of Reproductive Technology, Murray L. Manus
The Proposed Model Surrogate Parenthood Act: A Legislative Response To The Challenges Of Reproductive Technology, Murray L. Manus
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
In this Article, Manus proposes a Model Surrogate Parenthood Act. He examines the medical and scientific history of surrogacy and reviews the jurisprudence in the area, specifically the constitutional relationship between procreation rights and surrogacy. The author asserts that surrogate motherhood cannot be, and indeed, should not be, eradicated through legislation criminalizing it. The proposed Model Act, presented here in its entirety, attempts to reduce the problems inherent in the concept of surrogate parenthood by putting the process under strict court supervision and by zealously protecting the rights of the surrogate mother and the child to be conceived.
At Loggerheads: The Supreme Court And Racial Equality In Public School Education After Missouri V. Jenkins, Roberta M. Harding
At Loggerheads: The Supreme Court And Racial Equality In Public School Education After Missouri V. Jenkins, Roberta M. Harding
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
June 12th of 1995 marked a somber occasion in the annals of school desegregation litigation. On that day, the United States Supreme Court sent disturbing messages in its opinion in Missouri v. Jenkins. The Court's decision hinders achievement of the objective of school desegregation litigation—providing equal educational opportunities for African-American public school children—and detrimentally impacts other substantive areas of civil rights litigation. This article examines what I believe are several important general consequences of Jenkins's the impairment of a trial judge's discretionary equitable remedial powers; the Court's establishment of a new agenda that sacrifices the interests of African-American …
Conflicts Of Interests In The Representation Of Children, Nancy J. Moore
Conflicts Of Interests In The Representation Of Children, Nancy J. Moore
Faculty Scholarship
Conflicts of interests arise whenever the representation of a client may be materially limited by the lawyer's duties to either another client or a third person or by the interests of the lawyer herself.' Analyzing such conflicts typically requires identifying situations involving a potentially impermissible conflict, determining whether the conflict is consentable, and, if it is, obtaining consent after full disclosure.2 Conflicts analysis is difficult enough when the client is an adult.3 When the client is a child, however, the analysis is complicated by a number of factors. For example, in the wide variety of cases in which children (or …
Flesh Of My Flesh But Not My Heir: Unintended Disinheritance, Laura M. Padilla
Flesh Of My Flesh But Not My Heir: Unintended Disinheritance, Laura M. Padilla
Faculty Scholarship
This article briefly explains how the laws of intestacy and adoption work together, providing background information on second parent adoptions. It then describes why these laws are inadequate for same sex partners who adopt each others' children. It is impractical to cover statutes throughout the United States, and because I seek legal reform in California, this article focuses on California statutes, with occasional reference to the Uniform Probate Code. However, the problems caused by California's statutes also arise in other states with similar statutes. Therefore, the issues raised in this article, as well as the solutions proposed, are relevant in …
Unemployment Compensation In A Time Of Increasing Work-Family Conflicts, Martin H. Malin
Unemployment Compensation In A Time Of Increasing Work-Family Conflicts, Martin H. Malin
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The demographics of the workplace have changed substantially since the nation's unemployment insurance system was enacted in the 1930s. The number of dual-earner and single-parent families has increased dramatically. Yet, the basic requirements for eligibility for unemployment compensation have not varied much since their initial enactment. In this Article, Professor Malin explores the availability of benefits to individuals who lose their jobs because of conflicts between work and family responsibilities and to unemployed individuals whose family responsibilities restrict the types of jobs that they are able to take. He finds that the states have differed greatly concerning the degree to …
Can Families Be Efficient? A Feminist Appraisal, Ann Laquer Estin
Can Families Be Efficient? A Feminist Appraisal, Ann Laquer Estin
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This Article examines the convergence of feminist and law and economics theory on family law questions, particularly issues of marriage and divorce. Both feminist legal theory and law and economics analysis have come to occupy a significant place in the American legal academy, demonstrated by growing numbers of conferences, journals, casebooks and monographs, and electronic mail lists in each area. Not surprisingly, as the two fields have grown, they have begun to touch, to overlap, and occasionally to come into conflict. This process has been evident in the extensive literature on sex discrimination in employment and is increasingly apparent in …
Granting Political Asylum To Potential Victims Of Female Circumcision, Gregory A. Kelson
Granting Political Asylum To Potential Victims Of Female Circumcision, Gregory A. Kelson
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Part I of this article examines two cases. In one case, a United States immigration court allowed female circumcision as a defense to deportation. In another case, the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board granted political asylum after recognizing female circumcision as a form of persecution. Part II assesses the extent of protections currently provided for potential victims of female circumcision under U.S. asylum law and analyzes the factors that a court should consider when making asylum determinations. Part III recommends that gender should be added to the enumerated grounds for persecution under U.S. asylum law. This section provides a hypothetical …
Second-Parent Adoption: Overcoming Barriers To Lesbian Family Rights, Maxwell S. Peltz
Second-Parent Adoption: Overcoming Barriers To Lesbian Family Rights, Maxwell S. Peltz
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Part I of this Article will discuss some of the legal difficulties associated with co-parenting and why lesbian couples have sought second-parent adoptions. Part II will examine the particular statutory obstacles to second-parent adoptions and then analyze the various ways courts in several states have overcome these obstacles. Finally, Part III will discuss the implications of these decisions in terms of their creation of legal and social norms.
China's Denial Of Tibetan Women's Right To Reproductive Freedom, Eva Herzer, Sara B. Levin
China's Denial Of Tibetan Women's Right To Reproductive Freedom, Eva Herzer, Sara B. Levin
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This Article first provides a historical account of the social and political context of the PRC's family planning policies in Tibet. Part B describes the PRC's official family policies from 1982 to the present. Part C discusses the PRC's actual practices, including its population quota controls, focusing on the forced and coerced abortions and sterilizations performed on Tibetan women. Part D applies international human rights law and concludes that the PRC's family planning policy, as implemented, violates international human rights laws. The Article concludes by recommending points of action for the PRC and international community to address these human rights …
Damned For Using Daycare: Appellate Brief Of Jennifer Ireland In Ireland V. Smith, Julie Kunce Field
Damned For Using Daycare: Appellate Brief Of Jennifer Ireland In Ireland V. Smith, Julie Kunce Field
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
At issue is custody of three-and-a-half-year-old Maranda (date of birth: April 22, 1991). The trial court found that Maranda had an established custodial environment with her mother, Jennifer Ireland, but then nominally ordered custody changed to Steven Smith. The court's order changing custody was based on a determination that day care is an inappropriate choice for care of a preschool child, and that no one effectively can be a single parent and a student at the same time. Those findings have no factual basis in the record, no legal basis under Michigan law, and no logical or even common sense …
Early Childhood, Youth And Families: Staff Draft Of The Idea Improvement Act, Stanley S. Herr
Early Childhood, Youth And Families: Staff Draft Of The Idea Improvement Act, Stanley S. Herr
Congressional Testimony
No abstract provided.
The Two-Parent Family In The Liberal State: The Case For Selective Subsidies, Amy L. Wax
The Two-Parent Family In The Liberal State: The Case For Selective Subsidies, Amy L. Wax
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
This Article seeks to explore in a preliminary way some questions that would be raised by the adoption of such a program. The initial issue raised by the proposal is: does the government ever have any legitimate business favoring some family forms over others? The first-pass answer would appear to be "yes." The law recognizes marriage, restricts it to persons of the opposite sex (at least for now), and confers upon married couples comparative rights and privileges-although fewer than have been enjoyed in the past. The more difficult questions are: what exactly is the nature of the government's interest in …
Report Of The Working Group On The Allocation Of Decision Making, Pamela Mohr
Report Of The Working Group On The Allocation Of Decision Making, Pamela Mohr
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Report Of The Working Group On Determining The Best Interest Of The Child, Robert Schwartz
Report Of The Working Group On Determining The Best Interest Of The Child, Robert Schwartz
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
From Vulnerability To Voice: Appointing Counsel For Children In Civil Litigation, Catherine J. Ross
From Vulnerability To Voice: Appointing Counsel For Children In Civil Litigation, Catherine J. Ross
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Conflicts Of Interests In The Representation Of Children, Nancy J. Moore
Conflicts Of Interests In The Representation Of Children, Nancy J. Moore
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Conflicts Between Attorneys And Social Workers Representing Children In Delinquency Proceedings, Lisa A. Stranger
Conflicts Between Attorneys And Social Workers Representing Children In Delinquency Proceedings, Lisa A. Stranger
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Paradigm For Determining The Role Of Counsel For Children, Martin Guggenheim
A Paradigm For Determining The Role Of Counsel For Children, Martin Guggenheim
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Lawyer As Caregiver: Child Client's Competence In Context, Peter Margulies
The Lawyer As Caregiver: Child Client's Competence In Context, Peter Margulies
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ten Thousand Tiny Clients: The Ethical Duty Of Representation In Children's Class-Action Cases, Martha Matthews
Ten Thousand Tiny Clients: The Ethical Duty Of Representation In Children's Class-Action Cases, Martha Matthews
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Roles And Content Of Best Interests In Client-Directed Lawyering For Children In Child Protective Proceedings, Jean Koh Peters
The Roles And Content Of Best Interests In Client-Directed Lawyering For Children In Child Protective Proceedings, Jean Koh Peters
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Youth Perspectives On Lawyers' Ethics: A Report On Seven Interviews, Janet A. Chaplan
Youth Perspectives On Lawyers' Ethics: A Report On Seven Interviews, Janet A. Chaplan
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Conflicts Of Interests In The Representation Of Children In Dependency Cases, Christopher N. Wu
Conflicts Of Interests In The Representation Of Children In Dependency Cases, Christopher N. Wu
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Judge's Ethical Dilemma: Assessing A Child's Capacity To Choose, Wallace J. Mlyniec
A Judge's Ethical Dilemma: Assessing A Child's Capacity To Choose, Wallace J. Mlyniec
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
"I Know The Child Is My Client, But Who Am I?", Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Sharon S. England
"I Know The Child Is My Client, But Who Am I?", Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Sharon S. England
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Decontextualizing The Child Client: The Efficacy Of The Attorney-Client Model For Very Young Children, Annette R. Appell
Decontextualizing The Child Client: The Efficacy Of The Attorney-Client Model For Very Young Children, Annette R. Appell
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.