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University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

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Disabled Kids And Their Moms: Caregivers And Horizontal Equity, Karen S. Czapanskiy Jan 2012

Disabled Kids And Their Moms: Caregivers And Horizontal Equity, Karen S. Czapanskiy

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Surviving Castle Rock: The Human Rights Of Domestic Violence, Max D. Siegel Jan 2012

Surviving Castle Rock: The Human Rights Of Domestic Violence, Max D. Siegel

Student Articles and Papers

In 2005, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales and held that Jessica Gonzales did not have a constitutional right to police enforcement of a restraining order. The decision highlighted the Court’s reluctance to recognize citizens’ affirmative rights, fortifying a deeply ingrained conceptualization of the Constitution of the United States as a “Negative Constitution” that creates a government with restraints on its actions and extremely limited obligations to its citizens. In August 2011, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released a report publicizing its finding that by failing to take affirmative measures to …


Legislating After Janice M.: The Constitutionality Of Recognizing De Facto Parenthood In Maryland, Rachel Simmonsen Jan 2011

Legislating After Janice M.: The Constitutionality Of Recognizing De Facto Parenthood In Maryland, Rachel Simmonsen

Student Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


Medical Treatment Of Children With Hiv Illness And The Need For Supportive Intervention: The Challenges Of Medical Providers, Families And The State, Deborah J. Weimer Jan 2003

Medical Treatment Of Children With Hiv Illness And The Need For Supportive Intervention: The Challenges Of Medical Providers, Families And The State, Deborah J. Weimer

Faculty Scholarship

Human iummuno-deficiency virus (HIV) illness in children poses tremendous challenges to medical providers and families to work together to deliver optimal care. An alternative to filing "neglect" reports with the Department of Social Services is necessary to provide support and appropriate intervention to families and medical providers caring for HIV-positive children.

The creation of a neutral entity that could intervene and identify barriers to treatment and communication between the medical providers and the family would benefit all the parties involved. Knowledgeable mediators could help facilitate communication and identify appropriate support for the child and family.

Intervention would not be delayed …


The Ali Principles' Approach To Domestic Partnership, Martha M. Ertman Jan 2001

The Ali Principles' Approach To Domestic Partnership, Martha M. Ertman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Whatever Happened To The American Dream?, Susan P. Leviton Jan 1994

Whatever Happened To The American Dream?, Susan P. Leviton

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Women's Work, Jana B. Singer Jan 1991

Women's Work, Jana B. Singer

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.