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It’S Doom Alone That Counts: Can International Human Rights Law Be An Effective Source Of Rights In Correctional Conditions Litigation?, Michael L. Perlin, Henry A. Dlugacz
It’S Doom Alone That Counts: Can International Human Rights Law Be An Effective Source Of Rights In Correctional Conditions Litigation?, Michael L. Perlin, Henry A. Dlugacz
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Over the past three decades, the US judiciary has grown increasingly less receptive to claims by convicted felons about the conditions of their confinement while in prison. Although courts have not articulated a return to the 'hands off' policy of the 1950s, it is clear that it has become significantly more difficult for prisoners to prevail in constitutional correctional litigation. The passage and aggressive implementation ofthe Prison Litigation Reform Act has been a powerful disincentive to such litigation in many areas ofprisoners' rights law.
From the perspective of the prisoner, the legal landscape is more hopeful in matters that relate …
How To Cross-Train For Peak Lawyering, Heidi K. Brown
How To Cross-Train For Peak Lawyering, Heidi K. Brown
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Johnny's In The Basement/Mixing Up His Medicine: Therapeutic Jurisprudence And Clinical Teaching, Keri K. Gould, Michael L. Perlin
Johnny's In The Basement/Mixing Up His Medicine: Therapeutic Jurisprudence And Clinical Teaching, Keri K. Gould, Michael L. Perlin
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Clinical legal education is both more exhilarating and more stressful than "traditional" legal education. It forces students to confront their pre-existing assumptions about the practice of law and the representation of clients (frequently, indigent and marginalized individuals), and it similarly forces them to integrate new doctrine, theory, and practice in a very different way than "regular" law classes demand.
Therapeutic jurisprudence considers the role of the law as a therapeutic agent, and examines all aspects of the legal system in an effort to determine whether it is operating therapeutically or anti-therapeutically, and suggests that legal decision-makers consider the potential impact …
Decoding Right To Refuse Treatment Law, Michael L. Perlin
Decoding Right To Refuse Treatment Law, Michael L. Perlin
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Aids-Related Dementia And Competency To Stand Trial: A Potential Abuse Of The Forensic Mental Health System?, Michael L. Perlin, Joel Dvoskin
Aids-Related Dementia And Competency To Stand Trial: A Potential Abuse Of The Forensic Mental Health System?, Michael L. Perlin, Joel Dvoskin
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Ten Years After: Evolving Mental Health Advocacy And Judicial Trends, Michael L. Perlin
Ten Years After: Evolving Mental Health Advocacy And Judicial Trends, Michael L. Perlin
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An Invitation To The Dance: An Empirical Response To Chief Justice Warren Burger’S ‘Time-Consuming Procedural Minuets’ Theory In Parham V. J.R., Michael L. Perlin
An Invitation To The Dance: An Empirical Response To Chief Justice Warren Burger’S ‘Time-Consuming Procedural Minuets’ Theory In Parham V. J.R., Michael L. Perlin
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