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Veiled Women In The American Courtroom: Is The Niqab A Barrier To Justice?, Anita L. Allen
Veiled Women In The American Courtroom: Is The Niqab A Barrier To Justice?, Anita L. Allen
All Faculty Scholarship
U.S. courts and policy-makers have recently authorized laws and practices that interfere with the wearing of religious modesty attire that conceals the hair or face in contexts such as courtroom testimony or driver’s license issuance. For example, in response to a court’s dismissal of the case of a woman who refused to remove her niqab in the courtroom, the Michigan Supreme Court decided that judges can exercise “reasonable control” over the appearance of courtroom parties. But what degree of control over religious attire is reasonable? The Constitution will not allow a blanket niqab removal policy based on any of the …
Immigration, Association, And The Family, Matthew J. Lister
Immigration, Association, And The Family, Matthew J. Lister
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In this paper I provide a philosophical analysis of family-based immigration. This type of immigration is of great importance, yet has received relatively little attention from philosophers and others doing normative work on immigration. As family-based immigration poses significant challenges for those seeking a comprehensive normative account of the limits of discretion that states should have in setting their own immigration policies, it is a topic that must be dealt with if we are to have a comprehensive account. In what follows I use the idea of freedom of association to show what is distinctive about family-based immigration and why …
Richmond Medical Center For Women V. Herring, Taylor Towe Denslow
Richmond Medical Center For Women V. Herring, Taylor Towe Denslow
South Carolina Law Review
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The Dialogue Between Biomedicine And Law In An “Intraamerican Transnational Perspective”, Charles Baron
The Dialogue Between Biomedicine And Law In An “Intraamerican Transnational Perspective”, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
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