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Book Reviews
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Criminal Sentences Law Without Order by Marvin E. Frankel: This book discusses the crucial issues involved with sentencing by outlining the methods by which criminal defendants are sentenced and then offers possible remedies for improving the criminal justice system's sentencing guidelines. It addresses potential judicial incompetence with regard to sentencing, correctional facilities, and the lack of guidance in criminal codes. Super Tenant by John M. Striker and Andrew O. Shapiro: This book discusses the development and progress in the law of tenant's rights, including discussion of rent stabilization, landlord liability for tort damages, and more recent concepts such as the …
Books Received
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Books received includes: Abortion II: Making the Revolution. By Lawrence Lader. After Conviction: A Review of the American Correction System. By Ronald L. Goldfarb and Linda R. Singer. The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control. By David F. Musto. City Police. By Jonathan Rubinstein. The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting. By Daniel Bell. The Eleventh Amendment and Sovereign Immunity. By Clyde E. Jacobs. Handling Consumer Credit Cases. By Barkley Clark and John R. Fonseca. Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems. By Raoul Berger. In His Own Image: The Supreme Court in Richard Nixon's America. By James F. Simon. …
Notes
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Civil Rights- Municipalities as Parties- Waiver of Sovereign Immunity by a State does not Give a Federal Cause of Action for Damages under Sections 1983 and 1988 of the Civil Rights Act: This Note evaluates the Supreme Court's holding in Moor v. Alameda with reference to the development of sections 1983 and 1988 of the Civil Rights Act through other relevant case law, such as Monroe v. Pape and United Mine Workers v. Gibbs. It then summarizes the holding, which limits persons deprived of civil rights by a municipal employee and who are seeking damages from the municipality in federal …
Case Notes
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Constitutional Law- Freedom of Speech- Dismissal of Public School Teacher for Symbolic Expression of Political Opinion in the Classroom Held Unconstitutional. This case note discusses the first amendment issue in James v. Board of Education, 461 F.2d 566 (2d Cir. 1972), and the extent to which schools may limit a teacher's freedom of expression in the classroom. The note reviews the various tests used to analyze freedom of expression in general and then analyzes case law in the school context to infer that a court may permit state or local governments to control classroom expression when a teacher uses his …