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Reparations: A Remedies Law Perspective, Darren Hutchinson Jul 2007

Reparations: A Remedies Law Perspective, Darren Hutchinson

Darren L Hutchinson

This article provides a general overview of reparations discourse in the United States and offers suggestions concerning how advocates of reparations might frame their claims. The author discusses how remedies law might be a useful means of redress for litigants and examines some of the political and legal barriers to reparations in the United States. The barriers include the failure of opponents to treat remedies for gross human rights or civil rights deprivations as a public good, rather than as a series of private transactions that benefit or burden individuals. The author ultimately sets the litigation model aside as providing …


Enter The Poor: American Welfare Reform, Solidarity And The Capability Of Human Flourishing, Vincent Rougeau Dec 2005

Enter The Poor: American Welfare Reform, Solidarity And The Capability Of Human Flourishing, Vincent Rougeau

Vincent D. Rougeau

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