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Advocacy And Scholarship, Paul F. Campos
Advocacy And Scholarship, Paul F. Campos
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The apex of American legal thought is embodied in two types of writings: the federal appellate opinion and the law review article. In this Article, the author criticizes the whole enterprise of doctrinal constitutional law scholarship, using a recent U.S. Supreme Court case and a Harvard Law Review article as quintessential examples of the dominant genre. In a rhetorical tour de force, the author argues that most of modern constitutional scholarship is really advocacy in the guise of scholarship. Such an approach to legal scholarship may have some merit as a strategic move towards a political end; however, it has …
Transracial Adoption In Texas: Should The Best Interests Standard Be Color-Blind., Jo Beth Eubanks
Transracial Adoption In Texas: Should The Best Interests Standard Be Color-Blind., Jo Beth Eubanks
St. Mary's Law Journal
Legislative amendments must go further than limiting race from being a primary factor in adoptions; amendments must eliminate race as an acceptable factor. Diverging opinions of “race matching” in foster care and adoption exist. Administrative policies regulating adoption hold that same-race placement, between the adoptive parent and child, is a primary consideration when awarding custody in Texas. Basing child placement on the race or ethnicity of the parties involved raises serious constitutional concerns. The best interest standard is the predominant method in determining child placement, for both custody and adoption proceedings. The premise of the best interest standard is prioritization …
The Breadth Of Context And The Depth Of Myth: Completing The Feminist Paradigm, Emily Calhoun
The Breadth Of Context And The Depth Of Myth: Completing The Feminist Paradigm, Emily Calhoun
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Silence And The Word, Paul Campos