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"Go After The Women": Mothers Against Illegal Aliens' Campaign Against Mexican Immigrant Women And Their Children, Mary Romero Oct 2008

"Go After The Women": Mothers Against Illegal Aliens' Campaign Against Mexican Immigrant Women And Their Children, Mary Romero

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Latinos and Latinas at the Epicenter of Contemporary Legal Discourses. Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, March 2007.


"Behind This Mortal Bone": The (In)Effectiveness Of Torture, Jeannine Bell Jan 2008

"Behind This Mortal Bone": The (In)Effectiveness Of Torture, Jeannine Bell

Indiana Law Journal

This Essay addresses the theoretical debate on torture in an empirical way. It urges that as part of our evaluation of the merits of torture, we take a shrewd look at the quality of information brutal interrogations produce. The Essay identifies widespread belief in what the author identifies as the "torture myth "-the idea that torture is the most effective interrogation practice. In reality, in addition to its oft-acknowledged moral and legal problems, the use of torture carries with it a host of practical problems which seriously blunt its effectiveness. This Essay demonstrates that contrary to the myth, torture and …


Patients Without Borders: The Emerging Global Market For Patients And The Evolution Of Modern Health Care, Nathan Cortez Jan 2008

Patients Without Borders: The Emerging Global Market For Patients And The Evolution Of Modern Health Care, Nathan Cortez

Indiana Law Journal

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Sustainable Development And Market Liberalism's Shotgun Wedding: Emissions Trading Under The Kyoto Protocol, David M. Driesen Jan 2008

Sustainable Development And Market Liberalism's Shotgun Wedding: Emissions Trading Under The Kyoto Protocol, David M. Driesen

Indiana Law Journal

This Article analyzes the international emissions trading regime at the heart of the world's effort to address global warming as a means of exploring broader international governance issues. The trading regime seeks to marry two models of global governance, market liberalism, which embraces markets as the model of global governance, and sustainable development, which seeks to change development patterns to protect future generations.

This Article explores a previously unacknowledged tension between market liberalism's goal of maximizing short-term cost effectiveness and sustainable development's goal of catalyzing technological change for the benefit of future generations.T his Article presents new data and theory …