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Book Review: Casting Off The Canon: Family Law Reimagined, Laurie S. Kohn
Book Review: Casting Off The Canon: Family Law Reimagined, Laurie S. Kohn
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
Jill Hasday's book, Family Law Reimagined, offers a clear-eyed vision of what family law is, what it is not, and where it might be headed. Hasday considers family law's canon-the set of principles by which we have come to characterize family law-and then debunks the canon by methodically setting forth each notion and illustrating its inaccuracies or limitations. In doing so, Hasday urges the reader to clear the noise of the canon and to see the law in all its messy inconsistencies and shortcomings.
Anything Goes: Examining The State's Interest In Protecting Children From Controversial Speech, Catherine J. Ross
Anything Goes: Examining The State's Interest In Protecting Children From Controversial Speech, Catherine J. Ross
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
Despite doctrinal requirements that the state establish a compelling interest to justify content-based regulations on speech, Professor Ross argues that courts have routinely taken the government's interest at face value when it argues that it inhibits speech to protect children. The Article examines the Supreme Court's test which requires the state to establish a compelling interest by articulating the precise harm it wishes to address, demonstrating a nexus between that identified harm and the regulated speech, and showing that restriction of the speech will alleviate the harm. The author seeks to reframe the discussion surrounding controversial speech and children by …