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Democracy On Trial: Terrorism, Crime, And National Security Policy In A Post 9-11 World., David A. Schultz

David A Schultz

Post 9-11 concerns in the United States, among the European Union (EU) members, and other western democracies regarding international terrorism forced convergence of the traditionally distinct policy areas of domestic criminal justice and national security. This convergence has produced several policy and institutional conflicts that pit individual rights against homeland security, domestic law and institutions against international norms and tribunals, and criminal justice agencies against national security organizations. This Article examines regime responses to international terrorism, principally in the United States, in comparison to the European Union, seeking to describe the consequences of the merger of criminal justice norms with …

Class Actions And The Poor, Henry Rose

Henry Rose

“Class Actions and the Poor” (Abstract)

Attorneys funded by the national Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provide free legal representation to the poor in civil matters. In 1996, a federal law was enacted that prohibited LSC-funded attorneys from representing their clients in class actions.

This article examines the policy justifications for barring LSC-funded attorneys from being involved in class actions. These justifications included: directing the resources of LSC to the legal problems of individuals rather than the poor as a group; and preventing the use of federal dollars from supporting political or social change. The article demonstrates that these are not …

Neuroimaging And The "Complexity" Of Capital Punishment, Orlando Carter Snead

O. Carter Snead

The growing use of brain imaging technology to explore the causes of morally, socially, and legally relevant behavior is the subject of much discussion and controversy in both scholarly and popular circles. From the efforts of cognitive neuroscientists in the courtroom and in the public square, the contours of a project to transform capital sentencing both in principle and practice have emerged. In the short term, such scientists seek to intervene in the process of capital sentencing by serving as mitigation experts for defendants, where they invoke neuroimaging research on the roots of criminal violence to support their arguments. Over …

Fighting For Equality, And Losing, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.

Reflections On Immigration Reform, The Workplace, And The Family, Michael Scaperlanda

Michael A. Scaperlanda

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Book Review: S. Lerner, Diamond: A Struggle For Justice In Louisiana's Chemical Corridor, Denis Binder

Denis Binder

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