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Slow But Sure, Africa's Path To Democracy: [Bridled] Globalization, Education, And The Middle Class, Thomas Kojo Stephens Jan 2011

Slow But Sure, Africa's Path To Democracy: [Bridled] Globalization, Education, And The Middle Class, Thomas Kojo Stephens

Cornell Law School J.D. Student Research Papers

Africa! The word has been associated with poverty, greed, brutality and gangsterism. Why is Africa, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, still wallowing in poverty while the great mass of nations are moving forward, some taking strides while others making gargantuan leaps? Is there any hope that African countries will in large part become democratic? How do they get there? In this paper, I give a short historical background of how Africa has evolved over the years into modern day Africa in order to understand how Africa has come to be what, and where it is today. I make the argument that the …


Institutional Constraints, Politics, And Good Faith: A Case Study Of School Finance Reform In Massachusetts , Rachel Wainer Apter Jul 2008

Institutional Constraints, Politics, And Good Faith: A Case Study Of School Finance Reform In Massachusetts , Rachel Wainer Apter

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


To Dream Or Not To Dream: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of The Development, Relief, And Education For Alien Minors (Dream) Act, Youngro Lee Oct 2006

To Dream Or Not To Dream: A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of The Development, Relief, And Education For Alien Minors (Dream) Act, Youngro Lee

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Bargaining And Distribution In Special Education, Daniela Caruso Jul 2005

Bargaining And Distribution In Special Education, Daniela Caruso

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Comparative Perspectives On The Office Of Chief Justice, J. Clifford Wallace Jan 2005

Comparative Perspectives On The Office Of Chief Justice, J. Clifford Wallace

Cornell International Law Journal

A comparative study of the duties & activities of Chief Justices indicates that there is considerable variability in the approach of Chief Justices to such things as judicial administration, oversight, & representation. Information was obtained from an informal survey of Chief Justices from 27 countries who were attending a June 2003 Conference of Chief Justices of Asia & the Pacific. Special attention is given to three key aspects of global judicial education: information transmission, training, & peer exchange. The survey responses indicated that Chief Justices encounter similar challenges & share common purposes; however, there are substantial differences in the extent …


Speaking Truth To Power: Challenging The Power Of Parents To Control The Education Of Their Own, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse Jul 2002

Speaking Truth To Power: Challenging The Power Of Parents To Control The Education Of Their Own, Barbara Bennett Woodhouse

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


The Courts, Educational Policy, And Unintended Consequences, Michael Heise Jul 2002

The Courts, Educational Policy, And Unintended Consequences, Michael Heise

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Is Adequacy A More Political Question Than Equality: The Effect Of Standards-Based Education On Judicial Standards For Education Finance, Avidan Y. Cover Apr 2002

Is Adequacy A More Political Question Than Equality: The Effect Of Standards-Based Education On Judicial Standards For Education Finance, Avidan Y. Cover

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Revisiting De Jure Educational Segregation: Legal Barriers To School Attendance For Children With Special Health Care Needs, Alison Nodvin Barkoff Oct 1998

Revisiting De Jure Educational Segregation: Legal Barriers To School Attendance For Children With Special Health Care Needs, Alison Nodvin Barkoff

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


People V. The Court: School Finance Reform And The New Jersey Supreme Court, Douglas S. Reed Oct 1994

People V. The Court: School Finance Reform And The New Jersey Supreme Court, Douglas S. Reed

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Some Thoughts On Poverty And Failure In The Market For Children's Human Capital, Lynn A. Stout Jun 1993

Some Thoughts On Poverty And Failure In The Market For Children's Human Capital, Lynn A. Stout

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Midnight Train To Us , Ann C. Scales Mar 1990

Midnight Train To Us , Ann C. Scales

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.