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Full-Text Articles in Law
Curtailing Inherited Wealth, Mark L. Ascher
Curtailing Inherited Wealth, Mark L. Ascher
Michigan Law Review
One of the most dominant themes in American ideology is equality of opportunity. In our society, ability and willingness to work hard are supposed to make all things possible. But we know there are flaws in our ideology. Differences in native ability unquestionably exist. Similarly, some people seem to have distinctly more than their fair share of good luck. Both types of differences are, however, beyond our control. So we try to convince ourselves that education evens out most differences. Still, we know there are immense differences in the values various parents imbue in their children. And we also know …
The Limits Of Social Policy, Cary Coglianese
The Limits Of Social Policy, Cary Coglianese
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Limits of Social Policy by Nathan Glazer
The Ethics Of The "Unprofessional Profession", Gerald Caplan
The Ethics Of The "Unprofessional Profession", Gerald Caplan
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing by Edwin J. Delattre
Family Traits, Inga Markovits
Family Traits, Inga Markovits
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Transformation of Family Law: State, Law and Family in the United States and Western Europe
Happy Slaves: A Critique Of Consent Theory, Adam C. Sloane
Happy Slaves: A Critique Of Consent Theory, Adam C. Sloane
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Happy Slaves: A Critique of Consent Theory by Don Herzog
Crimes Of Obedience: Toward Social Psychology Of Authority And Responsibility, Michael Kenneth Isenman
Crimes Of Obedience: Toward Social Psychology Of Authority And Responsibility, Michael Kenneth Isenman
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Crimes of Obedience: Toward Social Psychology of Authority and Responsibility by Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton
The Law's Secrets, Gary T. Marx
The Law's Secrets, Gary T. Marx
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Legal Secrets: Equality and Efficiency in the Common Law by Kim Lane Scheppele
Critical Legal Studies, Michael F. Colosi
Critical Legal Studies, Michael F. Colosi
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Critical Legal Studies by Allan C. Hutchinson
The Child Sexual Abuse Literature: A Call For Greater Objectivity, John E.B. Myers
The Child Sexual Abuse Literature: A Call For Greater Objectivity, John E.B. Myers
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse by Hollida Wakefield and Ralph Underwager., The Battle and the Backlash: The Child Sexual Abuse War by David Hechler., On Trial: America's Courts and Their Treatment of Sexually Abused Children by Billie Wright Dziech and Chales B. Schudson.
Shattered Mirrors: Our Search For Identity And Community In The Aids Era, William J. Aseltyne
Shattered Mirrors: Our Search For Identity And Community In The Aids Era, William J. Aseltyne
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Shattered Mirrors: Our Search for Identity and Community in the AIDS Era by Monroe E. Price
Sociological Justice, Christopher M. Adams
Sociological Justice, Christopher M. Adams
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Sociological Justice by Donald Black
Meanness As Racial Ideology, Derrick Bell
Meanness As Racial Ideology, Derrick Bell
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Port Chicago Mutiny: The Story of the Largest Mutiny Trial in U.S. History by Robert L. Allen
Toward An Expanded Conception Of Law Reform: Sexual Harassment Law And The Reconstruction Of Facts, Holly B. Fechner
Toward An Expanded Conception Of Law Reform: Sexual Harassment Law And The Reconstruction Of Facts, Holly B. Fechner
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note uses feminist reform of sexual harassment law to show how the reconstruction of factual descriptions can lead to change in the law. Part I describes the feminist methodology of consciousness raising and analyzes Catharine MacKinnon's Sexual Harassment of Working Women as an example of a successful consciousness-raising tool. Part II discusses sexual harassment doctrine and presents a case study illustrating how changing the way legal decision makers think about facts can lead to law reform. Part III discusses how social construction theory aids understanding of changes in sexual harassment law.
Social Irresponsibility, Actuarial Assumptions, And Wealth Redistribution: Lessons About Public Policy From A Prepaid Tuition Program, Jeffrey S. Lehman
Social Irresponsibility, Actuarial Assumptions, And Wealth Redistribution: Lessons About Public Policy From A Prepaid Tuition Program, Jeffrey S. Lehman
Michigan Law Review
In this article, I shall try to illuminate the question of how governments, as opposed to private insurers, grapple with the problem of intergenerational social irresponsibility. I shall do so by analyzing and criticizing a single public program. That program, the Michigan Education Trust (MET), was the most widely publicized government action in the field of higher education finance during the 1980s. MET allows parents of young children to purchase contracts promising to cover the children's tuition at Michigan public colleges when they enroll up to eighteen years later.
In setting forth this case study, I also attempt to develop …
Homelessness: A Historical Perspective On Modern Legislation, Mark Peters
Homelessness: A Historical Perspective On Modern Legislation, Mark Peters
Michigan Law Review
This Note will demonstrate how current legislative responses to homelessness are bound and crippled by the social reform theories of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Before legislators can devise more efficient remedies to tackle current problems, they must identify and transcend earlier, ineffective thinking. This requires viewing the homelessness problem· in historical perspective. Specifically, legislatures must (1) examine the origins of the legal system's underlying conceptions about homelessness, (2) understand how these conceptions undermined earlier legislation designed to deal with the crisis, and (3) isolate, and escape, the modem manifestations of these conceptions.
This Note examines the early twentieth …
English-Only Rules And The Right To Speak One's Primary Language In The Workplace, Juan F. Perea
English-Only Rules And The Right To Speak One's Primary Language In The Workplace, Juan F. Perea
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Article analyzes the issues raised by English-only rules and the decisions discussing these rules. Part I reviews the leading cases on English-only rules. The Article then explores several issues that must be considered in deciding any English-only rule case under Title VII. Part II addresses whether speaking one's primary language should constitute a protected right as an aspect of national origin under Title VII. This Article argues that primary language should be protected under Title VII for several reasons: the courts and the EEOC construe the term "national origin" broadly; primary language constitutes a fundamental aspect of ethnicity and …
Spousal Probate Rights In A Multiple-Marriage Society, Lawrence W. Waggoner
Spousal Probate Rights In A Multiple-Marriage Society, Lawrence W. Waggoner
Other Publications
Nearly everyone knows about the transformation of the American family that has taken place over the last couple of decades. The changes comprise one of the great events of our age-from the latter half of the 1970's into the present. Articles on one aspect or another of the phenomenon frequent the popular press, and a special edition of Newsweek was recently devoted to the topic. The traditional "Leave It To Beaver" family no longer prevails in American marriage behavior. To be sure, the wage-earning husband, the homemaking and child-rearing wife, and their two joint children-this type of family still exists. …
Gender And Race Bias Against Lawyers: A Classroom Response, Suellyn Scarnecchia
Gender And Race Bias Against Lawyers: A Classroom Response, Suellyn Scarnecchia
Articles
In reviewing other clinicians' approaches to teaching about bias, I identified problems that eventually led me to design a two-hour class session on bias against lawyers. The following is a review of a few other teaching methods and a description of my own approach, detailing its own strengths and weaknesses. This is not an exhaustive review of all possible approaches to bias. It is offered to promote classroom discussion of bias against lawyers and to invite the development of innovative alternatives to my approach.