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Full-Text Articles in Disaster Law
Lessons From Hurricane Katrina: Prison Emergency Preparedness As A Constitutional Imperative, Ira P. Robbins
Lessons From Hurricane Katrina: Prison Emergency Preparedness As A Constitutional Imperative, Ira P. Robbins
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters ever to strike the United States, in terms of casualties, suffering, and financial cost. Often overlooked among Katrina s victims are the 8,000 inmates who were incarcerated at Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) when Katrina struck. Despite a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, these men and women, some of whom had been held on charges as insignificant as public intoxication, remained in the jail as the hurricane hit, and endured days of rising, toxic waters, a lack of food and drinking water, and a complete breakdown of order within OPP Wien the …
Mitigating Disaster: A Communitarian Response, Robert M. Ackerman
Mitigating Disaster: A Communitarian Response, Robert M. Ackerman
Law Faculty Research Publications
In this essay, I present a communitarian view as to how we might best respond to disaster, and in particular, to losses suffered by the direct victims of disaster. My focus will be on financial compensation to disaster victims, which admittedly occupies only a small part of the spectrum of disaster response. Emergency "first responder" activities are matters about which I have no expertise; volunteering at my local food bank hardly qualifies me to advise FEMA or the Red Cross. The blunders for which these organizations have recently been responsible are apparent, and so are some of their causes, but …
N.O. Schools Or No Schools?: Absolute Deprivation Of Educational Opportunity In Post-Katrina New Orleans As A Violation Of A Fundamental Right, Cheryl S. Bratt
N.O. Schools Or No Schools?: Absolute Deprivation Of Educational Opportunity In Post-Katrina New Orleans As A Violation Of A Fundamental Right, Cheryl S. Bratt
Cheryl S. Bratt