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Brains Without Money: Poverty As Disabling, Emily R.D. Murphy May 2022

Brains Without Money: Poverty As Disabling, Emily R.D. Murphy

Connecticut Law Review

The United States has long treated poverty and disability as separate legal and social categories, a division grounded in widespread assumptions about the “deserving” and “undeserving” poor. In the case of disability, individuals generally are not thought to be morally responsible for their disadvantage, whereas in the case of poverty, individuals are assumed to be at fault for their disadvantage and are therefore less deserving of aid. This Article argues that recent advances in brain and behavioral science undermine the factual basis for those assumptions. Poverty inhibits brain development during childhood and, later in life, adversely affects cognitive capacities that …


What Is The Value Of Associations, Or Is It Safe To Row Alone, Darcy Kirk Jan 2012

What Is The Value Of Associations, Or Is It Safe To Row Alone, Darcy Kirk

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Some Thoughts On Herb Johnson's Favorite Court, R. Kent Newmyer Apr 2005

Some Thoughts On Herb Johnson's Favorite Court, R. Kent Newmyer

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The Deanship, Ellen Ash Peters Jan 2003

The Deanship, Ellen Ash Peters

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From Odysseus To Capgras: Seven Episodes Of Personal Identity In Law, Robert Birmingham Jan 1998

From Odysseus To Capgras: Seven Episodes Of Personal Identity In Law, Robert Birmingham

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Proving Miracles And The First Amendment, Robert Birmingham Jan 1996

Proving Miracles And The First Amendment, Robert Birmingham

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The Research Assistant Pool In The Law Library, Darcy Kirk Jan 1994

The Research Assistant Pool In The Law Library, Darcy Kirk

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