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2004

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Law and Society

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The Human Rights Dilemma: Rethinking The Humanitarian Project, Deborah M. Weissman Jan 2004

The Human Rights Dilemma: Rethinking The Humanitarian Project, Deborah M. Weissman

Deborah M. Weissman

This Article provides an interpretive account of the human rights discourse at a time when the U.S. legal community is deepening its relationship with these issues. It maps the context of the human rights project over the past one hundred years, with a critical eye and as a cautionary tale. It reviews the historical circumstances and the ideological framework in which human rights have been appropriated as an instrument of national policy, often to the detriment of humanitarian objectives. It considers the role of law, not only as an instrument by which colonial rule was maintained but as a system …

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Chipping: Could A High Tech Dog Tag Find Future American Mias?, Marren Sanders Dec 2003

Chipping: Could A High Tech Dog Tag Find Future American Mias?, Marren Sanders

Marren Sanders

No abstract provided.

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Achieving Batterer Accountability In The Child Protection System, Leigh Goodmark Dec 2003

Achieving Batterer Accountability In The Child Protection System, Leigh Goodmark

Leigh S. Goodmark

No abstract provided.

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Recognizing Friends Amidst The Rubble: Seeking Truth Outside The Culture Wars, Randy Lee Dec 2003

Recognizing Friends Amidst The Rubble: Seeking Truth Outside The Culture Wars, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

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General Causation At A Crossroads In Toxic Tort Cases, Alani Golanski Dec 2003

General Causation At A Crossroads In Toxic Tort Cases, Alani Golanski

Alani Golanski

Traditional approaches to specific causation are not feasible in toxic tort litigations. This article explores in depth the middle path between such unworkable, traditional approaches and institutionally improbable proposals that causation simply be abolished when toxic products are at issue. The middle way relies on the new judicial acceptance of certain forms of statistical proof. Epidemiological findings, especially when conjoined with case-specific differential diagnosis testimony, support causal inferences and should be attainable in a wide variety of toxic tort cases.

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