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Criminal Law’S Tribalism, Molly Townes O'Brien
Criminal Law’S Tribalism, Molly Townes O'Brien
Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal
No abstract provided.
A Look At In Re Fabian A.: Examining The Extension Of Due Process Protections And Failure To Object As Waiver In The Juvenile Justice System, Elizabeth Bannon
A Look At In Re Fabian A.: Examining The Extension Of Due Process Protections And Failure To Object As Waiver In The Juvenile Justice System, Elizabeth Bannon
Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal
Vol. 11, No. 1
Coalition, Cross-Cultural Lawyering, And Intersectionality: Immigrant Identity As A Barrier To Effective Legal Counseling For Domestic Violence Victims, Jessica H. Stein
Coalition, Cross-Cultural Lawyering, And Intersectionality: Immigrant Identity As A Barrier To Effective Legal Counseling For Domestic Violence Victims, Jessica H. Stein
Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal
Vol. 11, No. 1
Copyright And Social Movements In Late Nineteenth-Century America, Steven Wilf
Copyright And Social Movements In Late Nineteenth-Century America, Steven Wilf
Faculty Articles and Papers
The cultural turn in copyright law identified authorship as a rhetorical construct employed by economic interests as a mechanism to establish claims to property rights. Grassroots intellectual property political movements have been seen as both a means of countering these interests’ ever-expanding proprietary control of knowledge and establishing a more public regarding copyright system. This Article examines one of the most notable intellectual property political movements, the emergence of late nineteenth-century agitation to provide copyright protection for foreign authors as a social movement. It places this political and legal activism within the larger framework of Progressive Era reform. During this …
Constituent Authority, Richard Kay
Constituent Authority, Richard Kay
Faculty Articles and Papers
The force of a constitution, like the force of all enacted law, derives, in significant part, from the circumstances of its enactment. Legal and political theory have long recognized the logical necessity of a “constituent power.” That recognition, however, tells us little about what is necessary for the successful enactment of an enduring constitution. Long term acceptance of a constitution requires a continuing regard for the process that brought it into being. There must be, that is, recognition of the “constituent authority” of the constitution-makers. This paper is a consideration of the idea of “constituent authority” drawing on a comparison …
Two Views Of Class Action, Alexandra Lahav
Two Views Of Class Action, Alexandra Lahav
Faculty Articles and Papers
No abstract provided.