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Microfinance: An Engine For Gobal Economic Growth, Tyler Gurss

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Predatory Lending: What's Race Got To Do With It, Zainab A. Mehkeri

Public Interest Law Reporter

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"The Fire [This] Time": Ferguson, Implicit Bias, And The Michael Brown Grand Jury, Nickolas Kaplan

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Vergara V.State Of California:Judicial Aboliton Of Teacher Tenure?, Perry A. Zirkel

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Public Interest Law Reporter

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Fixing Education Spending In Illinois Through Efficient Targeted Funding, Conor Desmond

Public Interest Law Reporter

Educational attainment has been tied to income levels, employment, health, and numerous other benefits. Economic research indicates that if we focus our funding on programs targeting children from birth to age five, the returns on the public investment will result in higher returns than if it was invested in the open market. In fact, fifteen US States spent over $400 million on pre-k education alone in 2013. Illinois spent approximately $300 million in the 2014 Fiscal year. Through this paper, it will be shown that through effective funding of programs that develop cognitive skills in children aged three to four, …

To Whom Should The Job Of Solving Inequity In School Funding Schemes Fall?, Calli Leigh Burnett

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Impact Of Illinois School Funding Reform: An Overview Of District Variance, Jordan Fries

Public Interest Law Reporter

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A Step In The Right Direction, But Sb16 Bobby Otter Comes Up Short, Ralph Martire, Bobby Otter

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Can I See Some Id? Banning Access To Cosmetic Breast Implant Surgery For Minors Under Eighteen , Katherine Cohen Cooper

Journal of Law and Health

In many situations it is perfectly reasonable, and in fact preferable, to allow parents to consent to medical interventions on the behalf of their minor children. Parents enjoy a constitutional liberty interest in directing the upbringing of their children; it is presumed that parents will act in the best interests of their children when they substitute their experiences and judgment for a child’s in making important life decisions.8 This article highlights, however, that when it comes to providing consent for their children to undergo medically unnecessary breast implant surgery, the rationales underlying the presumption of deference to parents and medical …

Woollard V. Gallagher: Normalizing The Fourth Circuit’S Approach To Second Amendment Challenges, William Young Jr.

Maryland Law Review Online

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Lecture: Bus Ride To Justice: A Conversation With Fred Gray (With Introduction By Jonathan L. Entin), Fred Gray

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Marriage Of Necessity: Same-Sex Marriage And Religious Liberty Protections, Robin Fretwell Wilson

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Comeback Of Community-Based Forest Management: The Need To Revamp Strategies To Promote Decentralized Environmental Governance In India And Brazil, Naysa Ahuja

Florida A & M University Law Review

The governance of forests and their resources has always been a contentious issue. It has created a divide between developing and developed countries, as well as within them. With the increasing recognition of forests as valuable commodities in the global market, the management of forests in developing countries is becoming a matter of constant concern for ecologists, economists, and politicians.

Part I of this article provides an overview of the Participatory Forest Management (PFM) approach in the international context. Part II and III examine environmental governance in the forest sector of two rapidly emerging economies of the world, India and …

President Obama And The New Politics Of Inclusion In The Climate Change Debate, Leslie G. Fields, Royce G. Brooks

Florida A & M University Law Review

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¡Peligro! Si Usted No Entiende La Etiqueta, Busque A Alguien Para Que Se La Explique A Usted En Detalle: The Need For International And Domestic Implementation Of Bilingual Pesticide Labeling To Enhance Protection Of Migrant Farmworkers In Florida, Vanessa Calcano Thomas

Florida A & M University Law Review

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Responding To Environmental Injustice: The Civil Rights Act And American Federal Institutional And Systemic Barriers To Private Redress Of Disparate Environmental Harm, Michael B. Jones, Peter J. Jacques

Florida A & M University Law Review

This article discusses the use of private action in federal institutions for relief from disparate racial impacts. The courts have eliminated consideration of § 602 disparate impact regulations as the basis for a private right of action challenging environmental harms. Legislative action seems unlikely in this era of gridlock and partisan polarization. Agency action seems to offer the most avenues for consideration of environmental justice concerns. However, agencies are bureaucratic and subject to election results, Congressional oversight and budgetary limitations, and backlogs of determination of environmental justice complaints. Deeply rooted systemic institutional racism further constrains possible reforms to the federal …

In Memory Of Julie Chek, Maritza I. Reyes

Florida A & M University Law Review

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On V. Stiviano, Donald Sterling's Companion: Exploring Whiteness As Property, Imani Jackson

Florida A & M University Law Review

Much maligned billionaire and former Clippers owner Donald Sterling ignited national race relations discourse after his companion, V. Stiviano, was connected to the leak of a conversation in which Sterling made anti-black comments. This author posits that Sterling's command that his companion Stiviano disassociate with people of color, particularly black people, is covertly and overtly racist. Covert racism is implicit in the nature of their conversation.

This paper will focus on Stiviano's identity and the violence white men inflicted upon her because of her race and the circumstances surrounding her relationship with Sterling. This author contends that Stiviano attempted to …

Bitcoin, The Law And Emerging Public Policy: Towards A 21st Century Regulatory Scheme, Gregory M. Karch

Florida A & M University Law Review

Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized digital currency. According to Lawrence Lessig, cryptography is "the most important technological breakthrough in the last one thousand years" and will be transformative. Bitcoin, capitalizing on cryptography, is a revolutionary digital currency protocol--a software system capable of tracking financial transactions without the need for a third party intermediary. The Bitcoin software is a "community-driven open source project released under an MIT license.”

This paper begins by briefly reviewing the mechanics of Bitcoin in Section I. Section II then surveys the rapidly expanding uses of Bitcoin, as well as the emerging application of Bitcoin. Since …

"Where Has Their Innocence Gone?" Addressing Child Sex Tourism, Cheryl Page

Journal Publications

If someone thinks that slavery is a thing of the past, they are simply unaware of what is going on around them. It is amazingly easy to “buy” a child. Given the incredible advances in technology and the pervasiveness of the Internet, one could obtain practically any product with a simple click of a mouse. While these technological advances have made life easier in many respects, it has also made it easier for sex predators to have access to buy and sell children. These children are exploited sexually just as easily as ordering a pizza. Children around the world are …

Move, Or Wait For The Flood And Die: Protection Of Environmentally Displaced Populations Through A New Relocation Law, Jessica Scott

Florida A & M University Law Review

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Education Rights And The New Due Process, Areto A. Imoukuede

Journal Publications

This Article argues for a human dignity-based, due process clause analysis to recognize the fundamental duty of government to provide high quality, public education. Access to public education is a fundamental duty, or positive fundamental right because education is a basic human need and a constituent part of all democratic rights. In The Fifth Freedom, I argued that there is a fundamental duty under the U.S. Constitution to provide public education and that the reason a fundamental right to public education has not been recognized is because of a profound confusion regarding fundamental rights as duties.' The Court is biased …

Dispute Resolution Mechanisms For Intractable Medical Futility Disputes, Thaddeus Mason Pope

NYLS Law Review

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Hours Equity Is The New Pay Equity, Nantiya Ruan, Nancy Reichman

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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The Effect Of Adopting Right To Work Laws: A Paired State Approach, Johnny Xu

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

The issue of unionization is an enduring one both politically and economically. A major subset within union studies deal with so-called “right-to-work laws.” States with right to work laws are concentrated heavily in the South and in the Plains states and have been that way since the 1940s or 1950s. The most recent additions of right-to-work states are Indiana and Michigan both in 2012. This paper will contribute to the debate by creating a new and novel dataset to analyze what the effects of adopting right to work laws are for a state over time as well as between a …

Perpetuating Property: Exploitative Businesses, The Urban Poor, And The Failure Of Reform., David Ray Papke

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Rent-to-own outlets, payday lenders, and title pawns should be banned. These industries exploit the urban poor by trapping them into a ceaseless debt cycle and are making the urban poor even poorer. Title pawns provide high-interest loans if would-be borrowers can produce the title to a motor vehicle. Payday lending allows consumers to get cash to buy commodities but are charged high interest rates. The rent-to-own business plays into the idea that consumer goods bring happiness and deceives urban poor with a way to close the gap in order to claim some degree of status. The urban poor who shop …

Unsavory Associations - Placing Migrant Children In Harm's Way: The Withdrawal Of Child Labor Rules From The Fair Labor Standards Act., Guadelupe T. Luna

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Instances of youth injuries or death compelled the Department of Labor (DOL) to respond with proposed rules. The proposed Child Labor Regulations would have promoted parity between agricultural and non-agricultural child labor provisions. Lawmakers, however, erroneously mischaracterized the legislation as harmful to “family farms.” Strong opposition came from farming families and agri-industry representatives who argued that the proposed revisions would eliminate the “parental exemption” from the Fair Labor and Standards Act. As a result, DOL withdrew the proposed standards. The proposed rules would have increased safety standards and provided awareness of the dangers youths face in the agriculture industry. Children …

Splitting The Baby Internationally: Evaluating The Least Restrictive Conundrum When Protecting Children From International Parental Abduction., Jason Nitz

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

International programs and federal legislation have proven insufficient in protecting parental child abduction victims. Unfortunately, the left-behind parent has inadequate remedies to order the return of their child. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague), an international treaty, facilitates the return of abducted children. Three exemptions, however, have been included in Hague and permit the foreign country to reject the request to return the abducted child. The exceptions, acclimation, fundamental principles, and grave risk, have been unpredictably used by foreign courts and hinder the success of returning the abducted child. Two examples of federal legislation …

Teach The Women Well: Education Equality Is Key To Preventing Modern Day Slavery Of Women And Girls., Katharine A. Drummong

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

The key to ending modern-day slavery of women and girls requires placing further support for education initiatives in origin countries. A pro-education approach has yielded the greatest return. Since the beginning of civilization to the present, people have been trafficked and enslaved. Movements to abolish slavery gained momentum at the beginning of the nineteenth century: Great Britain outlawed slave trading in 1807, the United States abolished slavery in 1865, the League of Nations enacted a treaty calling for the end of slavery in 1926, and the efforts have strengthened in modern times. The United States’ Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) …