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Account Me In: Agencies In Quest Of Accountability, Dorit R. Reiss
Account Me In: Agencies In Quest Of Accountability, Dorit R. Reiss
Dorit R. Reiss
This articles adds to the literature about accountability by examining the little-studied phenomenon of agencies making efforts—sometimes substantial efforts - to be accountable. It briefly describes how three agencies—the EPA, the FDA and especially the IRS—worked to increase their accountability. It demonstrates that agencies are often not the enemy in the “accountability game”. In today’s world agencies, contrary to the stereotype, often buy into the language and practice of accountability. It addresses three arguments for this behavior: a rational choice argument based on comparison of the costs of non-accountability with the benefits of accountability; a power of ideas argument showing …
No Harm, No Foul? A Critique Of The Current Legal Framework Dealing With Impermissible Closing Appeals To Racial Bias, Paul Christopher Estaris Torio
No Harm, No Foul? A Critique Of The Current Legal Framework Dealing With Impermissible Closing Appeals To Racial Bias, Paul Christopher Estaris Torio
Paul Christopher Estaris Torio
No Harm, No Foul? examines the friction that exists between the core legal principles of zealous advocacy and equality in one particular but prominent context: racial appeals in closing arguments. Specifically, the article evaluates the harmless error principle, which underpins the current framework for either upholding or overturning a lower court’s decision on the grounds of improper race-based summations, and its role in exacerbating this friction.
The author argues that because the overall structure of the harmless error test gives attorneys the incentive to use racial appeals in closing argument, perhaps the most influential stage of a trial, the entire …
How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development?, Varun Gauri
How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development?, Varun Gauri
Varun Gauri
This paper develops a framework and some hypotheses regarding the impact of local-level, informal legal institutions on three economic outcomes: aggregate growth, inequality, and human capabilities. It presents a set of stylized differences between formal and informal legal justice systems, identifies the pathways through which formal systems promote economic outcomes, reflects on what the stylized differences mean for the potential impact of informal legal institutions on economic outcomes, and looks at extant case studies to examine the plausibility of the arguments presented. The paper concludes that local-level, informal legal institutions can support social substitutes for the enforcement of contracts, although …
Betraying Truth: The Abuse Of Journalistic Ethics In Middle East Reporting, Kenneth Lasson
Betraying Truth: The Abuse Of Journalistic Ethics In Middle East Reporting, Kenneth Lasson
Kenneth Lasson
BETRAYING TRUTH: THE ABUSE OF JOURNALISTIC ETHICS IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING By Kenneth Lasson Abstract In a world at once increasingly chaotic and historically interconnected, the news media have come to play unprecedented roles both in the virtually instantaneous recording of fast-moving events and in influencing the occurrence and evolution of those events themselves. The media, of course, are not beyond reproach. Freedom of the press does not mean immunity from criticism. Reputable journalists abide by standards which, though largely self-imposed, are presumed to be honestly applied. When these principles are abrogated, violators should be taken to task. Nowhere has …
Strict In Theory, But Accommodating In Fact?, Ozan O. Varol
Strict In Theory, But Accommodating In Fact?, Ozan O. Varol
Ozan O Varol
No abstract provided.
The Poor As A Suspect Class Under The Equal Protection Clause: An Open Constitutional Question, Henry Rose
The Poor As A Suspect Class Under The Equal Protection Clause: An Open Constitutional Question, Henry Rose
Henry Rose
(Abstract) The Poor as a Suspect Class Under the Equal Protection Clause: An Open Constitutional Question Both judges and legal scholars assert that the United States Supreme Court has held that the poor are neither a quasi-suspect nor a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. They further assert that this issue was decided by the Supreme Court in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973). It is the thesis of this article that the Supreme Court has not yet decided whether the poor are a quasi-suspect …
Legal Theory And The Anthropocene Challenge: The Implications Of Law, Science, And Policy For Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Climate Change, Winston P. Nagan, Judit K. Otvos
Legal Theory And The Anthropocene Challenge: The Implications Of Law, Science, And Policy For Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Climate Change, Winston P. Nagan, Judit K. Otvos
Winston P Nagan
No abstract provided.
A "Pay Or Play" Experiment To Improve Children's Educational Television, Lili Levi
A "Pay Or Play" Experiment To Improve Children's Educational Television, Lili Levi
Lili Levi
This Article addresses both the constitutionality and the efficacy of the FCC’s current rules that require broadcasters to air children’s educational programming. It argues that, even though the rules would probably pass muster under the First Amendment, they should nevertheless be substantially revised. Empirical studies show mixed results, with substantial amounts of educationally insufficient programming. This is predictable – attributable to broadcaster incentives, limits on the FCC’s enforcement capacities, and audience factors. Instead, the Article advises a turn away from programming mandates. It proposes a “pay or play” approach that allows broadcasters to pay a fee to a fund for …
Looking Into The Crystal Ball—The Jurisprudential Possibilities For Buxton V. City Of Plant City, Brandon Thompson
Looking Into The Crystal Ball—The Jurisprudential Possibilities For Buxton V. City Of Plant City, Brandon Thompson
Brandon M Thompson
The paper addresses what process is due for government employees who have been terminated. It focuses specifically on what opportunity the employee will have for a name-clearing hearing after their job has ended. The central thesis is that the test laid down by the 11th Circuit is open to various interpretations but that courts should be mindful of the rights-granting nature of the process when applying this law.
Science, Public Bioethics, And The Problem Of Integration, Orlando Carter Snead
Science, Public Bioethics, And The Problem Of Integration, Orlando Carter Snead
O. Carter Snead
Public bioethics — the governance of science, medicine, and biotechnology in the name of ethical goods — is an emerging area of American law. The field uniquely combines scientific knowledge, moral reasoning, and prudential judgments about democratic decisionmaking. It has captured the attention of officials in every branch of government, as well as the American public. Public questions (such as those relating to the law of abortion, the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, and the regulation of end-of-life decisionmaking) continue to roil the public square.
This article examines the question of how scientific methods and principles can and …
Science, Public Bioethics, And The Problem Of Integration, Orlando Carter Snead
Science, Public Bioethics, And The Problem Of Integration, Orlando Carter Snead
O. Carter Snead
Public bioethics — the governance of science, medicine, and biotechnology in the name of ethical goods — is an emerging area of American law. The field uniquely combines scientific knowledge, moral reasoning, and prudential judgments about democratic decisionmaking. It has captured the attention of officials in every branch of government, as well as the American public. Public questions (such as those relating to the law of abortion, the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, and the regulation of end-of-life decisionmaking) continue to roil the public square.
This article examines the question of how scientific methods and principles can and …
A "Pay Or Play" Experiment To Improve Children's Educational Television, Lili Levi
A "Pay Or Play" Experiment To Improve Children's Educational Television, Lili Levi
Lili Levi
This Article addresses both the constitutionality and the efficacy of the FCC’s current rules that require broadcasters to air children’s educational programming. It argues that, even though the rules would probably pass muster under the First Amendment, they should nevertheless be substantially revised. Empirical studies show mixed results, with substantial amounts of educationally insufficient programming. This is predictable – attributable to broadcaster incentives, limits on the FCC’s enforcement capacities, and audience factors. Instead, the Article advises a turn away from programming mandates. It proposes a “pay or play” approach that allows broadcasters to pay a fee to a fund for …
Restructuring The Labor Market To Democratize The Public Forum, Jessica A. Knouse
Restructuring The Labor Market To Democratize The Public Forum, Jessica A. Knouse
Jessica A. Knouse
Restructuring the Labor Market to Democratize the Public Forum makes the provocative argument that the identities we construct in the labor market prevent us from creating a democratic public forum. The labor market, where we spend most of our time as adults, wields tremendous influence over our identities, yet its influences are deeply undemocratic. Employers work to create hierarchy and ideological conformity – through many mechanisms, including sex-based pay scales and stereotypes – rather than to promote equality and ideological diversity. When employer-created hierarchies and ideologies are internalized and reproduced within the public forum, they diminish the possibility of democratic …
Killing Capital Punishment In New Jersey: The First State In Modern History To Repeal Its Death Penalty Statute, Robert Martin
Killing Capital Punishment In New Jersey: The First State In Modern History To Repeal Its Death Penalty Statute, Robert Martin
Robert J. Martin
This article examines how opponents of the death penalty were successful in lobbying and eventually achieving statutory repeal of New Jersey’s death penalty statute in December 2007. The primary goal of the article is to offer inspiration and guidance for similar efforts in the thirty-five states that still authorize capital punishment. In reviewing lessons learned from New Jersey, the article demonstrates that abolition proved both difficult and doubtful. Led by a small group of organizers and sympathetic legislators, the advocates of abolition faced multiple challenges. The article focuses special attention on their key strategic decisions: pursuit of both legislation and …
Devilry, Complicity, And Greed: Transitional Justice And Odious Debt, David C. Gray
Devilry, Complicity, And Greed: Transitional Justice And Odious Debt, David C. Gray
David C. Gray
The doctrine of odious debts came into its full in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century to deal with the financial injustices of colonialism and its stalking horse, despotism. The basic rule, as articulated by Alexander Sack in 1927, is that debts incurred by an illegitimate regime that neither benefit nor have the consent of the people of a territory are personal to the regime and are subject to unilateral recision by a successor government. While the traditional doctrine focused on the nature and circumstances of individual debts, it has been expanded in recent years, moving the focus from the …
An Excuse-Centered Approach To Transitional Justice, David Gray
An Excuse-Centered Approach To Transitional Justice, David Gray
David C. Gray
Transitional justice asks what successor regimes, committed to human rights and the rule of law, can and should do to seek justice for atrocities perpetrated by and under their predecessors. The normal instinct is to prosecute criminally everyone implicated in past wrongs; but practical conditions in transitions make this impossible. As a result, most transitions pursue hybrid approaches, featuring prosecutions of those most responsible, amnesties, truth commissions, and reparations. This approach is often condemned as a compromise against justice. This article advances a transitional jurisprudence that justifies the hybrid approach by taking normative account of the unique conditions that define …
A No-Excuse Approach To Transitional Justice: Reparations As Tools Of Extraordinary Justice, David C. Gray
A No-Excuse Approach To Transitional Justice: Reparations As Tools Of Extraordinary Justice, David C. Gray
David C. Gray
It is sometimes the case that a debate goes off the rails so early that riders assume the rough country around them is the natural backdrop for their travels. That is certainly true in the debate over reparations in transitions to democracy. Reparations traditionally are understood as material or symbolic awards to victims of an abusive regime granted outside of a legal process. While some reparations claims succeed—such as those made by Americans of Japanese decent interned during World War II and those made by European Jews against Germany after World War II—most do not. The principal culprits in these …
A Fair And Implicitly Impartial Jury: An Argument For Administering The Implicit Association Test During Voir Dire, Dale Larson
A Fair And Implicitly Impartial Jury: An Argument For Administering The Implicit Association Test During Voir Dire, Dale Larson
Dale K Larson
While many refer to jury selection as a science, others—perhaps more accurately—liken the process to voodoo. The jury consulting industry has exploded over the last thirty years, with many attorneys paying large amounts for voir dire for erratic and unpredictable results and a general inability to detect bias accurately in potential jurors. One explanation for these poor results, even when using the latest findings in the scientific jury selection field, is that the tools currently available to attorneys and jury consultants give us only a partial picture of the individuals in question. Currently, voir dire consists of oral questioning and …
Editorial, Voters Need To Realize Importance Of Selecting Judges, Randy Lee
Editorial, Voters Need To Realize Importance Of Selecting Judges, Randy Lee
Randy Lee
No abstract provided.
Will The Supreme Court Send The Vra’S Biggest Sunset Provision Into The Sunset?: Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One And The 2006 Reauthorization Of Section Five Of The Voting Rights Act, Cameron Eubanks
Cameron W Eubanks
The D.C. Circuit correctly decided Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Mukasey. The court subjected the 2006 reauthorization of § 5 of the Voting Rights Act to the rational and appropriate test announced in South Carolina v. Katzenbach. Under this test the court found that Congress had a rational basis to extend § 5 based on evidence of continued racial discrimination in voting. On review, the Supreme Court will uphold the § 5 reauthorization in spite of the congruent and proportional test announced in City of Boerne v. Flores which is used to review enactments passed pursuant to …
Fhaa & The Internet: The Prospects For Self-Regulation, Tim Iglesias
Fhaa & The Internet: The Prospects For Self-Regulation, Tim Iglesias
Tim Iglesias
This presentation argues that the internet offers both great promise and possible peril for anti-discrimination in housing. The potential for self-regulation is mixed but ultimately weak. The presentation concludes with a call for federal regulatory reform.
Thomas Paine And The Rights Of Man In European Jurisprudence: European Caselaw Confronts New York Times V. Sullivan : Different Results, Methods And Considerations: Time To Rethink Sullivan?∗, Allen E. Shoenberger
Thomas Paine And The Rights Of Man In European Jurisprudence: European Caselaw Confronts New York Times V. Sullivan : Different Results, Methods And Considerations: Time To Rethink Sullivan?∗, Allen E. Shoenberger
Allen E Shoenberger
The article compares and contrasts the defamation law of the European Court of Human Rights(ECHR) with that of the United States, with particular reference to NY Times v. Sullivan. It is suggested that american courts should themselves weigh and evalue the facts of defamation (as the NYTimes ct did); and also consider whether justification should be demanded for opinion statements, free attorney appointments for public interest defendants in defamation cases, and consideration given to a sliding scale of defamatory review for public officials who hold non-elected, lower rank positions.
Thomas Paine And The Rights Of Man In European Jurisprudence: European Caselaw Confronts New York Times V. Sullivan : Different Results, Methods And Considerations: Time To Rethink Sullivan?∗, Allen E. Shoenberger
Thomas Paine And The Rights Of Man In European Jurisprudence: European Caselaw Confronts New York Times V. Sullivan : Different Results, Methods And Considerations: Time To Rethink Sullivan?∗, Allen E. Shoenberger
Allen E Shoenberger
The article compares and contrasts the defamation law of the European Court of Human Rights(ECHR) with that of the United States, with particular reference to NY Times v. Sullivan. It is suggested that american courts should themselves weigh and evalue the facts of defamation (as the NYTimes ct did); and also consider whether justification should be demanded for opinion statements, free attorney appointments for public interest defendants in defamation cases, and consideration given to a sliding scale of defamatory review for public officials who hold non-elected, lower
Death Is Different, But Not Really, Corinna Barrett Lain
Death Is Different, But Not Really, Corinna Barrett Lain
Corinna Lain
The Supreme Court’s landmark death penalty rulings over the past several years have renewed scholarly criticism of the Eighth Amendment’s “evolving standards of decency” doctrine, which invalidates a punishment when a national consensus has formed against it. Critics claim that it makes no sense for constitutional protection to follow majoritarian sentiment—particularly in the capital context, where death penalty politics make “tyranny of the majority” more than a theoretical concern. Defenders contend that while majoritarian constitutional protection may be problematic in general, Eighth Amendment protection is different; the text of the “cruel and unusual punishments” clause invites, if not requires, protection …
Behavioral Economic Issues In American And Islamic Marriage & Divorce Law, Ryan M. Riegg
Behavioral Economic Issues In American And Islamic Marriage & Divorce Law, Ryan M. Riegg
Ryan M. Riegg
An Identity Crisis Of International Organizations, Sungjoon Cho
An Identity Crisis Of International Organizations, Sungjoon Cho
Sungjoon Cho
An Identity Crisis of International Organizations
Abstract
International organizations (IOs) are ubiquitous. More than two hundred IOs touch our everyday lives, ranging banking to flu-shots. However, conventional political scientists seldom pay sufficient attention to IOs which they thoroughly deserve given their contemporary prominence. Because conventional international relations (IR) theories consider IOs as mere passive machineries, they hardly offer a satisfactory explanation on a distinctive mode of IOs’ institutional dynamic, in which a specific IO, as a separate and autonomous organic entity, grows, evolves and eventually makes sense of its own existence. This Essay offers a novel perspective which attempts to …
Trading Places: Securities Regulation, Market Crisis, And Network Risk, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa
Trading Places: Securities Regulation, Market Crisis, And Network Risk, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa
Olufunmilayo B. Arewa
The rising power of traders has fundamentally transformed financial market networks and risks. Further, the increased complexity of traded securities and trading strategies within financial networks has magnified shortcomings of existing industry risk management practices as well as dominant regulatory regimes. Financial markets are ultimately places where people trade. Broader social and technological changes have altered the nature of trading activities in financial markets. Innovations in technology, financial instruments, and trading strategies have increased financial market efficiency but have also transformed sources of financial market risks. Financial market networks heighten the need for fundamental rethinking of financial market regulation and …
Haunted By Brown, Robert Lipkin
Social Movements And Judging: An Essay On Institutional Reform Litigation And Desegregation In Dallas, Texas, Darren Hutchinson
Social Movements And Judging: An Essay On Institutional Reform Litigation And Desegregation In Dallas, Texas, Darren Hutchinson
Darren L Hutchinson
No abstract provided.
All The Wild Possibilities: Technology That Attacks Barriers To Access To Justice, Ronald Staudt
All The Wild Possibilities: Technology That Attacks Barriers To Access To Justice, Ronald Staudt
Ronald W Staudt
No abstract provided.