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Reinforcing Refugee Protection In The Wake Of The War On Terror, Edwin Odhiambo Abuya Jan 2007

Reinforcing Refugee Protection In The Wake Of The War On Terror, Edwin Odhiambo Abuya

Faculty Articles

This article examines how the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) can be used as a practical tool to enhance the protection of persons who have fled their home States in search of asylum in the wake of the global "war on terror." It compares and contrasts provisions of CAT to similar provisions contained in international refugee law. This article contends that, in some respects, the protection provisions of CAT are wider than those found in international refugee law, and, in other respects, narrower than those found in international refugee law. It concludes …

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Past Reflections, Future Insights: African Asylum Law And Policy In Historical Perspective, Edwin Odhiambo Abuya Jan 2007

Past Reflections, Future Insights: African Asylum Law And Policy In Historical Perspective, Edwin Odhiambo Abuya

Faculty Articles

This article argues that an understanding of the evolution of asylum is an essential ingredient in the search for ideas and perspectives to the plight facing forced migrants. Using Kenya as a case study, the paper evaluates the extent to which procedures used to determine claims for asylum, protection outcomes and entitlements met international human rights and refugee law standards. It is contended that limited resources, porous boundaries and the mass movement of asylum seekers have compromised the level of protection offered to those who seek surrogate protection in African states like Kenya. In conclusion, critics in the area of …

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Old Hate In New Bottles: Privatizing, Localizing, And Bundling Anti-Spanish And Anti-Immigrant Sentiment In The 21st Century, Steven W. Bender Jan 2007

Old Hate In New Bottles: Privatizing, Localizing, And Bundling Anti-Spanish And Anti-Immigrant Sentiment In The 21st Century, Steven W. Bender

Faculty Articles

Professor Bender’s introduction focuses on two trends that emerged or accelerated in the past few years - (1) the localization of anti-Spanish and anti-immigrant sentiment and (2) the bundling of anti-Spanish regulation with other anti-immigrant regulation. Although both of these practices have roots in the last century," no doubt of late they have become more widespread and pronounced.

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A Thousand Humiliations: What Brown Could Not Do, Bryan Adamson Jan 2007

A Thousand Humiliations: What Brown Could Not Do, Bryan Adamson

Faculty Articles

This article takes a critical examination of the current state of race and education. Particularly, it posits segregation within education is still largely intact today, despite various legal strides and pivotal court cases. In sum, it provides insight into the race landscape, and its legal evolution over the years.

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Textual Strategies To Resist Disappearance And The Mothers Of Plaza De Mayo, Alicia Partnoy Jan 2007

Textual Strategies To Resist Disappearance And The Mothers Of Plaza De Mayo, Alicia Partnoy

Modern Languages and Literatures Faculty Works

In her paper "Textual Strategies to Resist Disappearance and the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" Alicia Partnoy draws attention to the ways the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo use literature as both a form of protest and as a way to build solidarity. Focusing on four texts written by the Mothers, Partnoy attempts to correct the lack of attention that this literary work has drawn. Partnoy suggests that in addition to the forms of public protest engaged by the Mothers, their literary activities also play a central role in their efforts. In fact, their use of the literary form …

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The Land Of The Free: Human Rights Violations At Immigration Detention Facilities In America, Caitlin J. Mitchel Jan 2007

The Land Of The Free: Human Rights Violations At Immigration Detention Facilities In America, Caitlin J. Mitchel

LLM Theses and Essays

In America today, aliens who commit even minor visa violations can be detained in one of many immigration detention facilities throughout the U.S. These detainees may be transferred to a facility far away from their homes, families, and attorneys. While imprisoned in these detention facilities, some detainees are treated as and housed with criminals. Their substantive and procedural rights are limited and their human rights are violated. The U.S. laws that should protect them are the very laws that strip them of their rights to court proceedings, challenges of decisions regarding detention, and judicial review. By issuing substantial reservations, declarations, …

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The Need For A Transnational Appellate Arbitral Review Body, Priya Sampath Jan 2007

The Need For A Transnational Appellate Arbitral Review Body, Priya Sampath

LLM Theses and Essays

This thesis analyzes the necessity for the establishment of a transnational body of arbitral appeal. The paper also elaborates on how the establishment such a body will serve as a suitable replacement for judicial review and be an effective source of appeal in general. Also prescribed are suggestions based on which the appellate body may be conceived.

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Ethiopia's Sovereign Right Of Access To The Sea Under International Law, Abebe T. Kahsay Jan 2007

Ethiopia's Sovereign Right Of Access To The Sea Under International Law, Abebe T. Kahsay

LLM Theses and Essays

Since Eritrea’s secession from Ethiopia there has been continuous opposition by intellectuals and the opposition to the government’s policy of making Ethiopia a landlocked country. Some totally reject the secession, while others accept the independence as a "fait accompli" and voice concern over the lack of an outlet to the sea, and still others acknowledge the right of self-determination and secession of Eritrea but denounce the inconsistency of the application of the Transitional Charter regarding the Red Sea Afar and the Algiers Agreement for denying Ethiopia its legitimate right to access to the sea and allege that the government is …

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Social Network Enhanced Digital City Management And Innovation Success: A Prototype Design, Bih-Ru Lea, Wen-Bin Yu, Prashanth Kannan Jan 2007

Social Network Enhanced Digital City Management And Innovation Success: A Prototype Design, Bih-Ru Lea, Wen-Bin Yu, Prashanth Kannan

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Innovation is the process by which knowledge is transformed into products and services which in turn fuels economic development to create wealth and generates improvements in the standard of living. With the advance of technology, social networks that play a fundamental role as a medium for the spread of information, ideas, and influence among its members have taken a form of digital city to offer a range of online services, including access to social environments, community services, and e-commerce to its infohabitants. This study investigates how social network theories can be used to design and manage a web-based digital city …

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Corporate Blogs Of 40 Fortune 500 Companies: Distribution, Categorization And Characteristics, Shaoyi He, Jake Zhu Jan 2007

Corporate Blogs Of 40 Fortune 500 Companies: Distribution, Categorization And Characteristics, Shaoyi He, Jake Zhu

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

This paper studies corporate blogs as virtual communities, focusing on the distribution, categorization and characteristics of 40 Fortune 500 Companies’ blogs. Firstly, the 40 corporate blogs were classified by industries to see which industries are active advocates of corporate blogs. Secondly, the 40 corporate blogs were first grouped in direct competitor clusters and then categorized into four types of virtual communities: 1) Community of interest, 2) Goal-oriented community of interest, 3) Learner’s community, and 4) Community of practice. Thirdly, eight common elements were identified and compared for each of the 40 corporate blogs to find out their major characteristics. Finally, …

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Application Of Uml For Modeling Urban Traffic System Using Producer Consumer Theory To Generate Process Algebra Model, Manuj Darbari, Sanjay Medhavi, Abhay Kumar Srivastava Jan 2007

Application Of Uml For Modeling Urban Traffic System Using Producer Consumer Theory To Generate Process Algebra Model, Manuj Darbari, Sanjay Medhavi, Abhay Kumar Srivastava

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

UML is widely used as an industry standard for modeling any system. In this paper will be dealing with simple UML diagrams and show that low it can be transformed into process algebra models specially designated to model urban traffic systems. The model capture functionality at the level of mesoscopic as well as microscopic level and it is merged with process algebra’s producer consumer theory. The model is also formalized using Process algebra equations. This paper focuses on complex situational activity diagrams enhancing the expressivity by refining at the abstraction levels. Performance requirement is annotated by the UML profile for …

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Gardening Programs In Schools: A Proposed Solution To Reverse The Consequences Of The Current American Food Culture, Charlotte Grace Blessey Jan 2007

Gardening Programs In Schools: A Proposed Solution To Reverse The Consequences Of The Current American Food Culture, Charlotte Grace Blessey

Honors Theses

This thesis examines the problems with current food consumption and production practices, and proposes the implementation of school gardening programs as a possible remedy to these problems. Methods and procedures consisted of research on current publications, periodicals, internet sources and scholarly articles concerning these topics. It was found that current diet is a significant factor in widespread health problems facing populations today. This diet is intertwined with an environmentally destructive and vulnerable system of intensive industrial agriculture based on centralization, mass distribution, and standardization. School garden programs target children beginning at a young age and help to counter the culture …

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Soviet Language Policy In Uzbekistan: How The Role Of Russian Has Changed Through Soviet Times And Independence, Mary Catherine Boehmer Jan 2007

Soviet Language Policy In Uzbekistan: How The Role Of Russian Has Changed Through Soviet Times And Independence, Mary Catherine Boehmer

Honors Theses

This thesis examines the progression of Soviet language policy in Uzbekistan and its effects. It also examines how the perception of Russian has changed in post-Soviet Uzbekistan and Uzbeks now view their own language as a direct result of language policy. I based my research on the research of others and the interview of a former Peace Corps volunteer who lived in both Tashkent and Andijon for a total period of two years. Through my investigation, I discovered how the Central Asian languages were formed on the basis of language, how Soviet leaders used both Russian and ethnic languages to …

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Dynamics Of Transcriptional Repression By Λ Cro Repressor In Vivo, Dustin Land Markle Jan 2007

Dynamics Of Transcriptional Repression By Λ Cro Repressor In Vivo, Dustin Land Markle

Honors Theses

Cro is a regulatory protein that participates in the life cycle switch of bacteriophage lambda (X). While wild-type Cro is produced as a single domain polypeptide monomer, two monomers must assemble to form a dimer before Cro can act as a functional transcriptional repressor. We suspect that dimerization of Cro monomers determines, in part, the dynamics of the activity of the protein in vivo. Rate and equilibrium constants for dimerization of several Cro variants have already been determined in vitro,, and dimerization of Cro monomers is slow relative to other similar proteins. This study is concerned with exploring the in …

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Civil Society Engagement In Free Trade Negotiations: Cafta Opposition Movements In El Salvador, Rose J. Spalding Jan 2007

Civil Society Engagement In Free Trade Negotiations: Cafta Opposition Movements In El Salvador, Rose J. Spalding

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Faculty and Staff Works

This article analyzes civil society participation in the free trade debate by focusing on networks that opposed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in El Salvador. Drawing on documents, observations, and semi-structured interviews with civil society leaders, two kinds of opposition coalitions are identified. “Critic negotiators,” emphasizing active engagement and policy research, used the limited participation space opened by authorities to push for reform. “Transgressive resisters,” repudiating the formal consultation process, deployed confrontational tactics and posed more fundamental challenges. This work uses social movement theory to explore coalition resource mobilization, the role of movement entrepreneurs, strategic decision-making, mechanisms linking …

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Toward A General Theory On Law And Technology: Introduction, Gaia Bernstein Jan 2007

Toward A General Theory On Law And Technology: Introduction, Gaia Bernstein

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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A Synthetic Theory Of Law And Technology, Arthur Cockfield, Jason Pridmore Jan 2007

A Synthetic Theory Of Law And Technology, Arthur Cockfield, Jason Pridmore

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Technology, Commerce, Development, Identity, Andrea M. Matwyshyn Jan 2007

Technology, Commerce, Development, Identity, Andrea M. Matwyshyn

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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C.B.C. Distribution And Marketing, Inc. V. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Lp: Why Major League Baseball Struck Out And Won't Have Better Luck In Its Next Trip To The Plate, Daniel Mead Jan 2007

C.B.C. Distribution And Marketing, Inc. V. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Lp: Why Major League Baseball Struck Out And Won't Have Better Luck In Its Next Trip To The Plate, Daniel Mead

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Determinism And The Death Of Folk Psychology: Two Challenges To Responsibility From Neuroscience, Stephen J. Morse Jan 2007

Determinism And The Death Of Folk Psychology: Two Challenges To Responsibility From Neuroscience, Stephen J. Morse

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Polluting Medical Judgment? False Assumptions In The Pursuit Of False Claims Regarding Off-Label Prescribing, Sandra H. Johnson Jan 2007

Polluting Medical Judgment? False Assumptions In The Pursuit Of False Claims Regarding Off-Label Prescribing, Sandra H. Johnson

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Five Ethical Questions For Scnt Stem Cell Research, Ronald M. Greem Jan 2007

Five Ethical Questions For Scnt Stem Cell Research, Ronald M. Greem

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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The Role Of The University In Promoting Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research And Stem Cell Therapies, Dan S. Kaufman Jan 2007

The Role Of The University In Promoting Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research And Stem Cell Therapies, Dan S. Kaufman

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.

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Constitutionalizing Email Privacy By Informational Access, Manish Kumar Jan 2007

Constitutionalizing Email Privacy By Informational Access, Manish Kumar

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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The Imposition Of An Age Restriction On Over-The-Counter Access Of Plan B Emergency Contraception: Violating Constitutional Rights To Privacy And Exceeding Statutory Authority, Sydney Kokjohn Jan 2007

The Imposition Of An Age Restriction On Over-The-Counter Access Of Plan B Emergency Contraception: Violating Constitutional Rights To Privacy And Exceeding Statutory Authority, Sydney Kokjohn

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Developing Oversight Frameworks For Nanobiotechnology, Jordan Paradise, Susan M. Wolf, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Efrosini Kokkoli, Ralph Hall, Jennifer Kuzm Jan 2007

Developing Oversight Frameworks For Nanobiotechnology, Jordan Paradise, Susan M. Wolf, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Efrosini Kokkoli, Ralph Hall, Jennifer Kuzm

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.

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What Does Justice Require For The Victims Of Katrina And September 11?, John G. Culhane Jan 2007

What Does Justice Require For The Victims Of Katrina And September 11?, John G. Culhane

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

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Lessons From Katrina: Response, Recovery And The Public Health Infrastructure, Elizabeth A. Weeks Jan 2007

Lessons From Katrina: Response, Recovery And The Public Health Infrastructure, Elizabeth A. Weeks

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

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Preparing Vulnerable Populations For A Disaster: Inner-City Emergency Preparedness - Who Should Take The Lead?, Michael Greenberger Jan 2007

Preparing Vulnerable Populations For A Disaster: Inner-City Emergency Preparedness - Who Should Take The Lead?, Michael Greenberger

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

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Probation And Parole Officers Speak Out--Caseload And Workload Allocation, Matthew Demichele, Brian K. Payne Jan 2007

Probation And Parole Officers Speak Out--Caseload And Workload Allocation, Matthew Demichele, Brian K. Payne

Sociology & Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

The article deals with the perceptions of the Probation and Parole Officers on making case load and workload decisions. Caseload is the number of offenders an officer supervised while the workload is the amount of time needed to accomplish a task. The American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) provides baseline data in assisting policy-makers to resolve caseload and workload allocation issues. According to the article, officials should establish a definite goal to diminish recidivism through research-based processes.

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