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Book Review. Law's Patriarchy, Lynne N. Henderson Jan 1991

Book Review. Law's Patriarchy, Lynne N. Henderson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Ethics Of Emergency Lawyering, Barbara Glesner Fines Jan 1991

The Ethics Of Emergency Lawyering, Barbara Glesner Fines

Faculty Works

The fast pace of modern law practice increasingly requires emergency lawyering: client situations that demand immediate attention and solution. Unlike medicine, however, the legal profession does not yet consider itself as having an emergency specialty. Yet, observation of today's law practice readily reveals that the analogy is accurate. The pressure of today's rapidly changing business climate, the complexity of legal regulations and relationships and the widening application of law to address a host of problems, all contribute to an increasing need for an immediate, available legal response: what I term here "emergency lawyering."

Viewing the delivery of legal services through …


Retreat From The Melting Pot: Cultural Pluralism And Public Policy, Douglas O. Linder Jan 1991

Retreat From The Melting Pot: Cultural Pluralism And Public Policy, Douglas O. Linder

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Recent Developments In Civil Rights Law (As Presented At The Common Cause 20th Anniversary Celebration At St. Mary's School Of Law On November 3, 1990) Address., Archibald Cox Jan 1991

Recent Developments In Civil Rights Law (As Presented At The Common Cause 20th Anniversary Celebration At St. Mary's School Of Law On November 3, 1990) Address., Archibald Cox

St. Mary's Law Journal

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The Scope Of The Eighth Amendment Does Not Include A Per Se Bar To The Use Of Victim Impact Evidence In The Sentencing Phase Of A Capital Trial., Jimmie O. Clements Jr. Jan 1991

The Scope Of The Eighth Amendment Does Not Include A Per Se Bar To The Use Of Victim Impact Evidence In The Sentencing Phase Of A Capital Trial., Jimmie O. Clements Jr.

St. Mary's Law Journal

In Payne v. Tennessee, the United States Supreme Court held the scope of the Eighth Amendment does not include a per se bar to the use of victim impact evidence in the sentencing phase of a capital trial. As a result of Payne, the realm of information admissible during the sentencing phase of a capital trial now includes victim impact evidence. The use of victim impact evidence improperly diverts the sentencer’s attention away from the defendant’s moral blameworthiness to the victim’s character and reputation. Although advocates of victim’s rights may see this decision as a victory, the reasoning of the …


A Coda On Supplemental Jurisdiction, Stephen B. Burbank, Thomas D. Rowe Jr., Thomas M. Mengler Jan 1991

A Coda On Supplemental Jurisdiction, Stephen B. Burbank, Thomas D. Rowe Jr., Thomas M. Mengler

All Faculty Scholarship

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Abortion And Consensus: The Futility Of Speech, The Power Of Disobedience, Charles R. Disalvo Jan 1991

Abortion And Consensus: The Futility Of Speech, The Power Of Disobedience, Charles R. Disalvo

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Toward An Abolitionist Interpretation Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Robin West Jan 1991

Toward An Abolitionist Interpretation Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Robin West

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

It is by now an open secret that current interpretations of the meaning of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and of its relevance and mandate for contemporary problems of racial, gender, and economic justice, are deeply and, in a sense, hopelessly conflicted. The conflict, simply stated, is this: to the current Supreme Court, and to a sizeable and influential number of constitutional theorists, the "equal protection of the laws" guaranteed by the Constitution is essentially a guarantee that the categories delineated by legal rules will be "rational" and will be rationally related to legitimate state ends. To …


Bright Lines, George D. Brown Dec 1990

Bright Lines, George D. Brown

George D. Brown

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Dealing With Younger Abstention As A Part Of Federal Courts Reform - The Role Of The Vanishing Proposal, George D. Brown Dec 1990

Dealing With Younger Abstention As A Part Of Federal Courts Reform - The Role Of The Vanishing Proposal, George D. Brown

George D. Brown

No abstract provided.


Rights, Communities, And Tradition, Brian Slattery Dec 1990

Rights, Communities, And Tradition, Brian Slattery

Brian Slattery

This paper argues that there is a close connection between basic human rights and communal bonds.  It criticizes the philosophical views of Alan Gewirth and Alasdair MacIntyre, which in differing ways deny this connection.