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Government Sponsored Summary And Arbitrary Executions, Matthew Lippman

Florida Journal of International Law

This article sketches the contemporary practice of summary or arbitrary executions and reviews the findings of the Special Rapporteur. It is argued that such practices violate international law and that a convention prohibiting and punishing summary or arbitrary executions is required.

Legislative Procedures And Perceptions Of Legitimacy, Megan Elizabeth Cox

Dissertations and Theses

While mechanisms of legitimacy development have been extensively studied in governments as a cohesive whole, procedural legitimation of the legislative branch has not been explored. Using a procedural justice framework to identify indicators of openness in legislative rules, this paper theorizes that the presence or absence of these indicators will be the key factor in public perceptions of legitimacy of the legislature. This paper hypothesizes that where more indicators are present, a legislature will be viewed as more legitimate by its citizens as compared to a legislature with fewer indicators.

Comparing Indonesia and the Philippines, two presidential democracies in Southeast …

Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (June 27, 2022), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on June 27, 2022.

A Critical Discourse Analysis Of How Youth In Care Describe Social Support, Jared Israel Best

Dissertations and Theses

There are nearly 422,000 youth in foster care in the United States with 20,000 aging out each year. Youth who age out of care demonstrate worse outcomes in all areas (education, employment, homelessness, justice system involvement, and social support) compared to the general population. These outcomes represent an ideological production, or a production of knowledge regarding the discursive youth in care. Thus, dominant discourses of youth are informed and constitutive of these problematic outcomes. Similarly, youthhood is dominantly defined by risk and informed by peer groups and social relationships. This study presents findings from interviews with 22 youth preparing to …

Probation Standards, Tyler Sheppard

Doctoral Student Association Conference

No abstract provided.

Decolonizing Cultural Safety Education In The Healthcare System Through Cultural Immersion In Indigenous Knowledge Sharing & Material Practice, Marlene Erickson, Darlene Mcintosh, Brenda Crabtree, Connie Watts, Zoe Laycock, Nicole Preissl, Nadia Beyzaei, Jean Chisholm, Caylee Raber, Sari Raber

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This project explores Indigenous-led arts and material practice workshops as a form of cultural safety education by fostering dialogue between non-Indigenous healthcare students and Indigenous students in the Lheidli T’enneh Territory (Prince George, Canada). Uniquely, this project is led by an art and design university, and combines Indigenous and designerly ways of knowing to consider an approach to cultural safety education that is not solely focused on the healthcare student or practitioner as the learner, but includes the community as key contributors to the learning experience. Core to the workshop model is the combination of sharing Indigenous histories and the …

Pragmatism, Design And Public Sector Innovation: Reflections On Action, Rodger Watson, Kees Dorst

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This reflective paper explores the intersection of Pragmatism, Design Research and Public Sector Innovation through the lens of a body of work undertaken at a public sector innovation, design research center between 2010-2018. This center drew explicitly on the work of Donald Schön and Charles Sanders Peirce in the development of its research methodology and practice. The paper includes an illustrative case study that demonstrates the application of Peirce’s model of Innovative Abduction, draws on recent interview data that demonstrates engagement with Deweyan Analysis of Reflective Thinking and reflects on the possibilities that may come from further engagement with the …

Diversity And Multi-Cultural Education In The 21st Century: An Oer / Coil / Ztc Course Text, Oluremi "Remi" Alapo

Open Educational Resources

CLDV100 (Liberal Arts) Introduction to Multicultural Studies in the 21st Century: 3 hrs. 3 crs.

A study of what culture is; how it influences the choices we make; how to deal positively with conflicts that inevitably arise in working/living situations with people of diverse cultures. It is a course structured to raise multicultural awareness and fortify students' social skills in dealing with cultural differences. It includes an ethnographic study of cultural groups in the U.S.A. Through the study of cultural concepts, this course develops skills in critical thinking, writing, and scholarly documentation. Not open to students with credit in CLDV …

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act And Its Effect On The International Kidnapping Of Children, Lori A. Balona

Florida Journal of International Law

When the late Brigitte M. Bodenheimer wrote her important work on the international kidnapping of children in 1977, only eight states had adopted the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA or Act). By adopting the UCCJA, these states were attempting to deter interstate and international abductions undertaken to obtain favorable custody awards. In 1977 UCCJA case law was sparse and Professor Bodenheimer could do little more than voice her concerns for today and her predictions for tomorrow. She stated that further study would indicate whether the early cases signified a trend toward growing judicial rationality on the international kidnapping scene. …

Disrupting The School To Prison Pipeline: Using Culturally Responsive Classroom Practices To Support Black Students, Latory Jacobs, Kelly Brown, Kathryn Washington, Johnny Oconnor, Meredith Lundin

School Leadership Review

The school to prison pipeline is a social phenomenon in which students become formally involved with the criminal justice system due to behavior issues being addressed with law enforcement consequences rather than school-imposed consequences (Owens, 2015). Culturally responsive practices can also support educators' understanding of the unique abilities and untapped assets in students of color while encouraging a more appropriate response to their behavior (Quigley, 2014). This qualitative study was conducted to determine if culturally responsive practices can disrupt the school to prison pipeline for Black students. The study included campuses across five school districts in southeast Texas. The purpose …

Fort Hays State University Tiger Weekly, June 24, 2022, University Relations

Tiger Weekly Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Classic Liberal Philosophers And Their Contributions To Democracy & Justice: Discourses On Freedom, Equality, Reason, And Law, Rosalva Resendiz, Lucas E. Espinoza, Luis E. Espinoza

Journal of Ideology

The goal of this article is to review the ideas set forth by classic liberal philosophers which contributed to the establishment of democratic values and the institutionalization of reason as a method. The emphasis is to examine the critical ideas which led to the study of natural law and civil society, focusing on freedom, equality, reason, and law. This review will provide social science students the foundational knowledge to understand the goals of human progress as expounded by classic liberal philosophers, as well as understanding reason as inextricable to democracy and the advancement of knowledge. The ideals set forth by …

Judgments V Reasons In Federal Court Refugee Claim Judicial Reviews: A Bad Precedent, Sean Rehaag, Pierre-André Thériault

Articles & Book Chapters

This article offers an empirical examination of policies on the publication of refugee law decisions in Canada’s Federal Court. In 2015, the Court issued a notice describing the Court’s general practice of publishing written reasons in cases that the deciding judge considers as having precedential value and of issuing unpublished judgments in cases that the deciding judge does not view as precedential. In 2018, the Court reversed course and issued a new notice. This time, the Court indicated that all final decisions on the merits will be published.

Drawing on data obtained via automated data scraping processes from thousands of …

From The Editors, Robert Dinerstein, Jeremy Paul, Sonia E. Rolland, Ezra Rosser

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

A Christian Response To Pride Month: Pride And Sabbath, Donald Roth

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"We... confess that the world is broken in deep ways, and we don’t have to shy from the reality of the ways that people suffer and are marginalized in this world."

Posting about Sabbath as a Christian response to Pride Month from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/a-christian-response-to-pride-month-pride-and-sabbath/

Judgments V Reasons In Federal Court Refugee Claim Judicial Reviews: A Bad Precedent, Sean Rehaag, Pierre-André Thériault

Dalhousie Law Journal

This article offers an empirical examination of policies on the publication of refugee law decisions in Canada’s Federal Court. In 2015, the Court issued a notice describing the Court’s general practice of publishing written reasons in cases that the deciding judge considers as having precedential value and of issuing unpublished judgments in cases that the deciding judge does not view as precedential. In 2018, the Court reversed course and issued a new notice. This time, the Court indicated that all final decisions on the merits will be published.

Drawing on data obtained via automated data scraping processes from thousands of …

Book Review Of The Rage Of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth & Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’S Fight For Fairness, Peter A. Joy

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Und Strategic Planning Focus Group Notes: Provost’S Executive Council On Creativity, Discovery, And Innovation, University Of North Dakota

LEADS Development Documents

Notes from a June 22, 2022 UND strategic planning focus group with the Provost’s Executive Council on creativity, discovery, and innovation. The notes capture academic leadership perspectives on research, teaching, collaboration, innovation, interdisciplinary work, institutional strengths, and opportunities for UND’s future.

Individualizing Criminial Law's Justice Judgments: Shortcomings In The Doctrines Of Culpability, Mitigation, And Excuse, Paul H. Robinson, Lindsay Holcomb

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

The Doctor Will See You Now: The Fourth Circuit Revives The Juvenile Detainee's Right To Treatment By Adopting The Professional Judgment Standard In Doe 4, Matthew Skolnick

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Review Of Cannabis Use Among Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander People, Julia Butt, Mandy Wilson, Jocelyn Jones, Simon Lenton

Journal of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

The health effects of cannabis use may not always be seen as a high priority for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. However, the impact of cannabis use on physical and mental health can have significant consequences. It is known that the use of high potency cannabis has increased over the last two decades, with a corresponding increased risk to health. In particular, young people are at increased risk of experiencing harms to mental health. Physical harms to health include effects on the respiratory system, cardiovascular system, an increased risk of cancer, and in-utero effects from maternal use. The review …

Brief Of Professor Brandon Hasbrouck As Amicus Curiae In Support Of Appellant: Bell V. Streeval, Brandon Hasbrouck

Scholarly Articles

The core question raised by this case is whether a federal prisoner serving an unconstitutional sentence can be foreclosed from post-conviction habeas relief by the gatekeeping provisions of § 2255. The Constitution answers that question in the negative through the Suspension Clause. “[F]reedom from unlawful restraint [i]s a fundamental precept of liberty,” and the writ of habeas corpus “a vital instrument to secure that freedom.” Boumediene, 553 U.S. at 739. The importance of the common law writ was such that the Framers specified that it could be suspended only in the most exigent circumstances. U.S. Const. art. I, § …

A Christian Response To Pride Month: Is Pride Revolution Or Carnival?, Donald Roth

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Many aspects of the status quo seem rather persistent in the face of otherwise revolutionary pressures, a fact bemoaned by many who are advocating for change."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­processing the celebrations and symbols of Pride Month from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/a-christian-response-to-pride-month-is-pride-revolution-or-carnival/

Technology In The Security Sector: Mexico, Vanessa J. Gutierrez, Melina Ponte, Angiee Rosario, Arleen Castillo, Henry Saldarriaga, Hector Tejeda, Stephanie Reich, Rosemary Barberet

Publications and Research

The use of technology in policing seeks to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the daily duties police officers may encounter. However, there is mixed empirical data on the use of technology and if it is really contributing to the institutional goals of the security sector, or, if it is contributing to other factors. This report provides an exploratory approach to understanding what information technology is being used in Mexico at the state level, in order to compare where broader application of information technology could make impactful contributions to the security situation in the country.

With a focus on six …

Responding To Pope Francis’ Call For A Global Compact On Education: Insights From Interviews By The Global Catholic Education Project, Quentin Wodon

Journal of Global Catholicism

In September 2019, Pope Francis suggested the need for a Global Compact on Education to renew our passion for a more open and inclusive education. He called for a broad alliance “to form mature individuals capable of overcoming division and antagonism, and to restore the fabric of relationships for the sake of a more fraternal humanity.” The Pope called for seven commitments: (1) to make human persons the center; (2) to listen to the voices of children and young people; (3) to advance the women; (4) to empower the family; (5) to welcome; (6) to find new ways of understanding …

A Dog's Bark To Act As A Nark, Bailey R. Geller

Arkansas Law Review

This Comment therefore advocates for systemic reconsideration of dog scent lineups at trial. It will not claim that all dog scent lineups are flawless, particularly given the slipshod manner in which many are performed. But dog scent identifications are increasingly more valuable than our legal system currently acknowledges when they are properly conducted. They should be admissible.

Vengeance Is Mine How Religious Southern White Supremacy Shaped The Prison Industrial Complex, Kristen Davis

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

White supremacy and the prison industrial complex have a long history of reinforcing one and other. Throughout this history Southern white religious groups have co-opted Christianity to inform their beliefs on crime and punishment. As a result, social, political, and economic efforts to maintain religious white supremacist ideals have bled into and shaped the criminal justice system. This research explores the evolution of these groups’ impact starting with American slavery and ending with the present day by assessing the strategic integration of Christianity, white supremacy, and the politics of crime. This chronological analysis reveals historical foundations as well as modern …

Burl Cain, Angola, And Parchman: The National Institution Of Slavery, Cameron Dougherty

Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal

Former warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary and current commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections Burl Cain’s career has drawn national attention for his supposed heraldry of penal reform. Having declared himself to be fulfilling a divinely mandated mission, Cain has frequently cited his criteria of a “good prison: good playing, good praying, good food and good medicine.”1 This article seeks to critically examine these criteria as they relate to Cain’s tenures in both Louisiana and Mississippi while answering the following question: what is the human impact of Burl Cain’s approach to wardency? Despite his focus on the provision …

The Child Welfare Workforce Crisis – What We’Re Hearing From The Field, Quality Improvement Center For Workforce Development

Other QIC-WD Products

The Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD) and the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) in collaboration with the Capacity Building Centers for States, Tribes, and Courts, recently worked with representatives of the Children’s Bureau to listen to concerns of state child welfare and human resources (HR) leaders about the child welfare workforce. This blog post highlights what leaders (representing 29 states) described as their biggest concerns and what strategies agencies have put in place to reduce turnover and improve the applicant pool. We have also included links to information about evidence-informed efforts that could help jurisdictions address some …

Snitches Cause Stitches: The Need For Legislative Reform On Jailhouse Informant Testimony Laws, Jennifer Sutterer

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.