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Sexuality And Civil Rights: Re-Imagining Anti-Discrimination Laws, Nan D. Hunter

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In this essay, I first describe the origins and current status of anti-discrimination laws that cover sexual orientation and/or gender identity. I examine the debates over whether existing laws are underutilized, and I analyze the variations in the structures of state and local laws that contribute to an unevenness in the patterns of utilization. These factors suggest that even persons living in states or local jurisdictions that already have anti-discrimination laws may lack meaningful mechanisms for redress. Part two raises the ante in my exploration of the relationship between sexuality and civil rights laws by asking whether there are ways …

The Digital Dilemma: Ten Challenges Facing Minority-Owned New Media Ventures, Marcelino Ford-Livene

Federal Communications Law Journal

Minority-owned companies competing in print publishing, radio, broadcast television, cable, and telecommunications industries have had no shortage of challenges, setbacks, and failures. Minority-owned companies are struggling to stake a claim in the new media frontier. Some challenges they face are unique to the underlying technology, uncertainty, and international reach of the Web. There should be a sense of urgency with respect to minority participation on the Web. If the promise of broadband leads to new media outlets that are profitable and more dynamic than traditional media, then minorities cannot afford to be left out.

Forum: New Approaches to Minority Media …

Reining-In A Rogue Policy: The Imperative Of Immigration Reform, Vernon M. Briggs Jr.

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Native Americans And Civic Identity In Alta California, Susan Scafidi

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Population Implosion Of The Developed World: Changing Attitudes Toward Immigration To Support Aging Societies, Leslie E. Schafer

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

Electronic Ballot Boxes: Legal Obstacles To Voting Over The Internet, Pamela A. Stone

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Medical Savings Account Provision Of The Hipaa: Is It Sound Health And Tax Policy?, Danshera Cords

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment argues that the Medical Savings Account (MSA) provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) fails to meet the goals of either tax policy or health policy. As a result of this failure, the demonstration program should be redesigned to provide valid and reliable information about whether the availability of tax-preferred MSAs will decrease the affordability of health care and its availability to the less healthy.

Immanence And Identity: Understanding Poverty Through Law And Society Research, Frank W. Munger

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.

Immanence And Identity: Understanding Poverty Through Law And Society Research, Frank W. Munger

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.

Bound For The Promised Land: The Gendered Character Of Higher Education, Jane Roland Martin

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Environmental Inequity: Economic Causes, Economic Solutions, Thom Lambert, Christopher Boerner

Faculty Publications

The article examines one such shortcoming: namely, that existing research fails to account for the dynamic nature of the housing market. Analyzing data from the St. Louis metropolitan area, this study finds that economic factors--not siting discrimination--are behind many claims of environmental racism. This phenomenon suggests the need to develop public policies that fit the economic nature of the problem. In particular, a policy that compensates individuals living near industrial sites is the key to securing environmental justice.

Di Goldine Medina (The Golden Land): Historical Perspectives Of Eugenics And The East European (Ashkenazi) Jewish-American Community, 1880-1925, Howard Markel, M.D., Phd.

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.

Mothers Who Kill: Coming To Terms With Modern American Infanticide, Michelle Oberman

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Afterword: New "Truths" And The Old First Amendment, David Skover, Ronald Collins

Faculty Articles

Written as an afterword to a Symposium on The Death of Discourse, this piece replies to commentaries on the relationship between "Noble Lies" and the First Amendment authored by Professors Shadia Drury (political science), Robert Hariman (rhetoric & communication studies), David Nyberg (philosophy), Loyal Rue (religion & philosophy), and Richard Stivers (sociology).

Florida's Official English Amendment, Donna M. Greenspan

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Counterspeech As An Alternative To Prohibition: Proposed Federal Regulation Of Tobacco Promotion In American Motorsport, David A. Locke

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Shirley Carrier V. Pro-Tech Restoration : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (through 1995)

APPEAL FROM THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH HONORABLE RAY M. HARDING, DISTRICT JUDGE, PRESIDING

“We Are Part Of Nature”: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights As A Basis For Environmental Protection In The Amazon Basin, Thomas S. O'Connor

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Taking Uncertainty Seriously: From Permissive Regulation To Preventative Design In Environmental Decision Making, R. Michael M'Gonigle, T. Lynne Jamieson, Murdoch K. Mcallister, Randall M. Peterman

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This paper contrasts two paradigms of environmental regulatory decision making, "permissive regulation" and "preventative design," with respect to their treatment of scientific and legal uncertainty and the allocation of legal standards and burdens of proof. "Permissive regulation," which is the predominant approach in Canada, suffers two types of statistical errors. A type I error occurs when, for example, a pollution control device is unjustly imposed on an industry. A type II error occurs when no action is taken to control an industry when, in fact, damage is taking place. Concern to prevent type I errors often leads to type II …

The Use Of Interpreters For The Deaf And The Legal Community's Obligation To Comply With The A.D.A., Jo Anne Simon

Journal of Law and Health

Title II of the ADA, which most closely resembles section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, requires that state and local government facilities, including courts, be accessible to individuals with disabilities. Title III of the Act requires that public accommodations be accessible to persons with disabilities. The Act specifically includes attorney's offices in its definition of public accommodation. Title II and III of the Act require that reasonable accommodations be provided to qualified persons with disabilities, unless such provision would fundamentally alter the goods, services or programs provided. Reasonable accommodations can take the form of auxiliary aids and services, …

Spousal Rights In Our Multiple-Marriage Society: The Revised Uniform Probate Code, Lawrence W. Waggoner

Articles

The transformation of the American family constitutes one of the great phenomenons of the past two decades. The traditional Leave It to Beaver family no longer prevails in American society. To be sure, families consisting of the wage-earning husband, the homemaking and child-rearing wife, and their two joint children still exist. But divorce rates are astonishingly high and remarriage abounds. In fact, there is an increasing prevalence in the population of marriages that are more likely to end in divorce than others-marriages in which one or both partners were divorced before and marriages of couples who cohabited prior to marriage.

Equitable Distribution Of Military Pensions - Re-Thinking The Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act, Mary Elizabeth Hammerstrom

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

Children Without Homes: Rights To Education And To Family Stability, Stanley S. Herr

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Representing "The Real Deal", Lucie White

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 31 Number 3, Spring 1989, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - VISION Santa Clara's new president talks about his priorities for the University in the decade ahead.

15 - FAMILY IN CRISIS Is the Silicon Valley family an endangered species?

18 - DUBLIN: CITY OF 1,000 YEARS Today it is a bustling European capital. But progress has come at a price.

22 - GEORGE AND THE SILVER FOX A behind-the-scenes look at President and Mrs. Bush.

27 - WHO SHALL CARE .. . AND HOW? By 2020 every fourth American may be 65 or over.

Book Review. The Political Theology Of Abbo Of Fleury: A Study Of The Ideas About Society And Law Of The Tenth-Century Monasic Reform Movement By Marco Mostert, Richard M. Fraher

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Deaf Prison Inmates: Time To Be Heard, Bonnie P. Tucker

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Dna Identification Tests And The Courts, Laurel Beeler, William R. Wiebe

Washington Law Review

This Comment assesses the current state of forensic DNA tests and analyzes whether courts should admit the results of these tests as evidence. Section I provides a background discussion of how DNA tests work. This knowledge is essential for attorneys and courts seeking to evaluate expert testimony and analyze important issues concerning the reliability and admissibility of DNA test results. Section I also proposes safeguards and standards to facilitate the judicial acceptance of forensic DNA tests. Section II discusses judicial approaches to the admissibility of novel scientific techniques such as DNA tests, and concludes that courts should admit the results …

Dna Identification Tests And The Courts, Laurel Beeler, William R. Wiebe

Washington Law Review

This Comment assesses the current state of forensic DNA tests and analyzes whether courts should admit the results of these tests as evidence. Section I provides a background discussion of how DNA tests work. This knowledge is essential for attorneys and courts seeking to evaluate expert testimony and analyze important issues concerning the reliability and admissibility of DNA test results. Section I also proposes safeguards and standards to facilitate the judicial acceptance of forensic DNA tests. Section II discusses judicial approaches to the admissibility of novel scientific techniques such as DNA tests, and concludes that courts should admit the results …

Museletter: September 1988, Muse Law Library Staff

Museletter

Table of Contents:

Here We Go Again...

Microcomputer Lab Opens: IBM-Compatibility and Laser Printing Featured

WordPerfect Version 5.0

Legaltrac: CD-ROM Legal Periodicals Index Greatly Speeds Research

Lexis/Westlaw Access Changes: PC's Replace Dedicated Terminals

Books, Machines, & People on the Move: Space Crunch Necessitates Changes

Recreational Reading Reviews by Joyce Manna Janto, Acquisitions Librarian

Questions & Suggestions