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Abortion, The Undue Burden Standard, And The Evisceration Of Women's Privacy, Caitlin Borgmann
Abortion, The Undue Burden Standard, And The Evisceration Of Women's Privacy, Caitlin Borgmann
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Diminishing The Legal Impact Of Negative Social Attitudes Toward Acquaintance And Intimate Rape Victims, Michelle Anderson
Diminishing The Legal Impact Of Negative Social Attitudes Toward Acquaintance And Intimate Rape Victims, Michelle Anderson
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Labor And The Bank: Investigating The Politics Of The World Bank's Employing Workers' Index, Suzan Kang
Labor And The Bank: Investigating The Politics Of The World Bank's Employing Workers' Index, Suzan Kang
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For many years, trade unions have pressured international financial organizations such as the World Bank to better incorporate protections for workers. A recent development in this contestation was the World Bank’s 2009 announcement regarding its controversial “Employing Workers Index” in its widely circulated Doing Business report. Trade unions had argued that the index, which promoted flexible labor market policies, did not respect the international norm of worker protections, and urged the World Bank to change the index. As a result, the Doing Business Group pledged to reform the Employing Workers Index and to create a new index on protecting workers. …
Diminishing The Legal Impact Of Negative Social Attitudes Toward Acquaintance Rape Victims, Michelle J. Anderson
Diminishing The Legal Impact Of Negative Social Attitudes Toward Acquaintance Rape Victims, Michelle J. Anderson
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Appellate Review Of Social Facts In Constitutional Rights Cases, Caitlin E. Borgmann
Appellate Review Of Social Facts In Constitutional Rights Cases, Caitlin E. Borgmann
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There is great confusion among scholars and courts about whether and when appellate courts may, or must, defer to trial courts' findings of social fact in constitutional rights cases. The Supreme Court has never directly decided the question and indeed has addressed it only once, in passing. A common assumption, promoted by scholars and adopted as binding by some circuits, is that the deferential, "clearly erroneous" standard of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a)(6) does not apply to social facts. This Article challenges that assumption. There is nothing in the text of the rule that supports this conclusion. Moreover, except …
Legal Research As A Fundamental Skill: A Lifeboat For Students And Law Schools, Sarah Valentine
Legal Research As A Fundamental Skill: A Lifeboat For Students And Law Schools, Sarah Valentine
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Archives & Records In Armed Conflict: International Law And The Current Debate Over Iraqi Records And Archives, Douglas Cox
Archives & Records In Armed Conflict: International Law And The Current Debate Over Iraqi Records And Archives, Douglas Cox
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Poverty, Guardianship, And The Vulnerable Elderly: Human Narrative And Statistical Patterns In A Snapshop Of Adult Guardianship Cases In New York City, Joseph Rosenberg
Poverty, Guardianship, And The Vulnerable Elderly: Human Narrative And Statistical Patterns In A Snapshop Of Adult Guardianship Cases In New York City, Joseph Rosenberg
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Legal Research As A Fundamental Skill: A Lifeboat For Students And Law Schools, Sarah Valentine
Legal Research As A Fundamental Skill: A Lifeboat For Students And Law Schools, Sarah Valentine
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