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Towards A Compassionate And Cost-Effective Drug Policy: A Forum On The Impact Of Drug Policy On The Justice System And Human Rights
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This is a transcript from the the first of three panels on drug policy and the impact of drug policy on the justice system and human rights. Don Johnson of the New York Society for Ethical Culture and Tom Haines the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Partnership for Responsible Drug Information introduced the moderator Kathy Rocklen. Judge Sweet of the Southern District of New York is joined by experts on drug policy from the medical and academic worlds, private foundations and other interested organizations, who will give their views on the impact of drug policy on the justice …
Female Genital Mutilation: What Does The New Federal Law Really Mean?, Khadijah F. Sharif
Female Genital Mutilation: What Does The New Federal Law Really Mean?, Khadijah F. Sharif
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Comment considers the growing number of immigrants who bring the traditional practice of female genital mutilation to the United States and examines the difficulty in protecting victims from the practice of female genital mutilation in insular communities. Part I outlines the three types of female genital mutilation, the cultural and religious reasons for the ritual, and the existence of the practice in the United States. Part II examines the provisions of the Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Part III recognizes that the passage that the passage of the Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is timely, but argues that its …