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Pictorial—Justice On Trial: Courtroom Sketches From The Federal Rodney King Trial, Mary Chaney

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Copping An Attitude: Rule Of Law Lessons From The Rodney King Incident, Thomas M. Riordan

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Law, Postmodernism And Resistance: Rethinking The Significance Of The Irish Hunger Strike, Part I, Richard F. Devlin Frsc

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

In recent years legal scholars have drawn upon the insights of postmodernism and deconstruction as methods for the interpretation of legal texts. In this article the author attempts to assess the work of Baudrillard, Derrida and Lyotard not merely as interpretative strategies but as potential socio-legal theories. In order to ground the analysis, the author locates the assessment in the context of the hunger strike by Irish prisoners in 1981. Drawing on the insights of postmodernism and deconstruction the author proposes that the fast can be understood as the erruption of a pre-colonial juridical consciousness by means of which the …

Issues Of Classification In Environmental Equity: How We Manage Is How We Measure, Rae Zimmerman

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article addresses how concepts of race and ethnicity have been operationalized as a basis for defining and locating subpopulations (either explicitly or implicitly) for the purpose of analyzing environmental equity issues, and recommends some future directions. Part II focuses on how subpopulations are currently defined and on some problems encountered to date. The implications of these inconsistencies on the accuracy of health and environmental risk measures for a given subpopulation are addressed. Part III focuses on how spatial areas have been defined to aggregate these subpopulations within confined geographic boundaries.

Notes From The Front Line, Nancy E. Anderson, Ph.D

Fordham Urban Law Journal

In the last five years, local thinking about environmental protection started to take shape. It is indisputable that cities are not neutral or homogenous geographies in terms of distributing benefits and burdens by class and race. This fact is applicable to local environmental politics. Environmental justice and fair share advocates – and in some instances the courts – are finding that cities like New York are extremely heterogeneous in terms of environmental conditions and the impact of implementing environmental laws. This Essay describes the Environmental Benefits Program, which the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has undertaken in order …

Shooting Down The Phoenix: Shaw V. Reno And The Controversy Over Race-Conscious Districting, Elizabeth Bachman

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Note analyzes the viability of race-conscious districting on two separate levels: first in terms of its efficacy as a means of empowering minority voters, and second, in light of Shaw v. Reno, which has restricted the ability of states and localities to create majority-minority districts. Part II critiques the assumptions underlying race-conscious districting and realistically evaluates the effects of such districting, concluding that despite its shortcomings, race-conscious districting has been very effective at empowering minority voters and furthering their political interests. Part III traces the history of the Voting Rights Act and how it influenced the Supreme Court's treatment …

The Quest For Freedom In The Post-Brown South: Desegregation And White Self-Interest, Davison M. Douglas

Faculty Publications

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The Community Reinvestment Act: A Preliminary Empirical Analysis, Leonard Bierman, Donald R. Fraser, Asghar Zardkoohi

UC Law Journal

The purpose of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is to encourage financial institutions "to help meet the credit needs of the local communities in which they are chartered consistent with the safe and sound operation of such institutions." Recent scholarly criticism of the CRA has argued that the standards it imposes are extremely vague and subjective, frequently force banks to make bad loans, and penalize banks that have conservative lending policies or hold assets in the form of marketable securities.

In their Article, Professors Bierman, Fraser, and Zardkoohi have undertaken a preliminary empirical analysis of the CRA. They have collected …

Erie And Florida Law Conflict At The Crossroads: The Constitutional Need For Statewide Stare Decisis, Brian E. Mattis, B. Taylor Mattis

Nova Law Review

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Should A U.S. Company Doing Business In The European Union Hire A Cross-Cultural Expert?, Patrick Henning

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

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Economic Credentialing: Your Money Or Your Life!, Brad Dallet

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

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Of Sneetches And Snakes: Race And Redistribution After Shaw V. Reno, Mark Inbody

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Acceptance Of Diversity: The Essence Of Peace In The North Of Ireland, John Hume

Fordham International Law Journal

True unity, as I have said, is based on respect for diversity. In Ireland, we must build political institutions that reflect the diversity of all our people, both North and South. These institutions will allow us to work together in our common economic interests to create hope for all our people. In time, the old sectarian barriers will break down and, in a generation or two, we will see a new Ireland. It will be very different from the models traditionally suggested by unionists and nationalists because it will be built on consensus and acknowledge the diversity of our people. …

Federal Courts At The Crossroads: Adapt Or Lose, Robert M. Parker, Leslie J. Hagin

MC Law Review

Symposium on Federal Judicial Administration: Stewardship in a Changing Environment

Trends In Constitution-Based Litigation In The Federal Courts, Douglas O. Linder

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The North Dakota Agricultural Mediation Service, Roger L. Johnson

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Proposed Environmental Justice Act: "I Have A (Green) Dream", Claire L. Hasler

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment addresses the concept of environmental racism, the tools that have been used to fight it, and the proposed Environmental Justice Act of 1993. Part II begins with an examination of the evidence minority communities have relied on as proof that environmental racism exists. The evidence contained in numerous articles clearly shows inequalities in the amounts of environmental and health hazards minority communities bear, and this evidence validates the existence of pervasive environmental injustice in our society. Part III addresses the limited case law involving attempts by minority communities to challenge perceived environmental racism and assesses the effectiveness of …

Nafta And The Environment: The “Greening” Of Mexico, Lawrence A. Organ, John M. Williams

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

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Fairness In Water Quality: A Descriptive Approach, Katrina Smith

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Goals 2000: Educate America Act: The Federalization And Legalization Of Educational Policy, Michael M. Heise

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Rhetoric Of Moderation: Desegregating The South During The Decade After Brown, Davison M. Douglas

Faculty Publications

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Reconsidering The Tribal-State Compact Process, David E. Wilkins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

This essay evaluates the tribal‐state compact process, as one of several alternative, nonadversarial processes, warranting attention. It argues that, because of its binding character and relatively low cost (in contrast to litigation), and because it is based in the idea of tribes and states exhibiting mutual respect, the compact process is an advanced version of negotiation and bargaining that tribes and states should consider where appropriate.

Practical Company Experience In Entering U.S. Markets: Significant Issues And Hurdles From The Issuer's Perspective, M. Shane Warbrick

Fordham International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Treaties As Instruments For Managing Internationally-Shared Water Resources: Restricted Sovereignty Vs. Community Of Property, Joseph W. Dellapenna

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Cumulative Subject Index To Volumes 1-26, Index

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Foreign Companies And U.S. Securities Markets In A Time Of Economic Transformation, Richard C. Breeden

Fordham International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Tribute: A Tribute To Justice Harry A. Blackmun: "The Kind Voice Of Friends", William H. Rehnquist, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Richard Arnold, A.M. Keith, Paul R. Baier, Allan Gates, Erwin N. Griswold, Edward Lazarus, Norval Morris, Gregg Orwoll, Estelle H. Rogers, Herman Schwartz, Nina Totenberg, Sarah Weddington

American University Law Review

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Conference: Supreme Court, Racial Politics, And The Right To Vote: Shaw V. Reno And The Future Of The Voting Rights Act, Julian Bond, Katharine Inglis Butler, Penda Hair, Anita S. Hodgkiss, Samuel Isaacharoff, Richard Jerome, David Kairys, Pamela S. Karlan, Robert A. Kengle, Loretta King, J. Morgan Kousser, Allan J. Lichtman, Binny Miller, Frank R. Parker, Richard H. Pildes, Jamin B. Raskin, Edward Still, Donald B. Verilli, Jr., Alex Willingham, Brenda Wright

American University Law Review

On September 9, 1994, The American University Law Review and the Law and Government Program of The Washington College of Law cohosted a conference addressing voting rights, with an emphasis on recent Supreme Courtjurisprudence, and Shaw v. Reno in particular. The conference brought together many of the leading scholars and practitioners involved in this area of the law. The day's events included four panel discussions and a luncheon speech by Julian Bond, the transcripts of which the Law Review is honored to publish.

The Democratic Entitlement, Thomas M. Franck

University of Richmond Law Review

Elsewhere, writing in January, 1992, I indicated my belief that we are witnessing "the emergence of a community expectation: that those who seek the validation of their empowerment" must "patently govern with the consent of the governed. Democracy, thus, is on the way to becoming a global entitlement, one that increasingly will be promoted and protected by collective international processes.."

Federal Courts At The Crossroads: Adapt Or Lose, Robert M. Parker, Leslie J. Hagin

MC Law Review

Symposium on Federal Judicial Administration: Stewardship in a Changing Environment