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Reflections On The Law Review Symposium On Women’S Rights And Pornography: Big Sister, Big Brother, And The Role Of Legal Scholarship In Affirming Human Rights, Nadine Strossen Jan 2006

Reflections On The Law Review Symposium On Women’S Rights And Pornography: Big Sister, Big Brother, And The Role Of Legal Scholarship In Affirming Human Rights, Nadine Strossen

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reinvigorating First Year Criminal Law: Integrating Mental Disability Issues Into The Criminal Law Course, Linda C. Fentiman Dec 2005

Reinvigorating First Year Criminal Law: Integrating Mental Disability Issues Into The Criminal Law Course, Linda C. Fentiman

ExpressO

This article explores how mental disability issues can be incorporated into a traditional criminal law class, in order to enrich student understanding of both mental disability law and criminal law doctrine. The intersection of mental disability with the doctrinal aspects of criminal law can be broken into five major categories: 1) the justifications for punishment; 2) the definition of crime in general, e.g., the requirements of a voluntary act, mens rea, and causation; 3) the definition of particular crimes, such as murder, manslaughter, rape, and burglary; 4) defenses to crime, including mistake of law and of fact, as well as …


Breaking The Bank: Revisiting Central Bank Of Denver After Enron And Sarbanes-Oxley, Celia Taylor Sep 2005

Breaking The Bank: Revisiting Central Bank Of Denver After Enron And Sarbanes-Oxley, Celia Taylor

ExpressO

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Reflections On The Essential Role Of Legal Scholarship In Advancing Causes Of Citizen Groups, Nadine Strossen Jan 2005

Reflections On The Essential Role Of Legal Scholarship In Advancing Causes Of Citizen Groups, Nadine Strossen

NYLS Law Review

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Book Review, Lakshman D. Guruswamy Jan 2005

Book Review, Lakshman D. Guruswamy

Publications

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Brown’S Legacy: Looking Back, Moving Forward, Wilhelmina M. Wright Jan 2004

Brown’S Legacy: Looking Back, Moving Forward, Wilhelmina M. Wright

William Mitchell Law Review

This keynote speech was delivered at the Lena O. Smith Luncheon on May 7, 2004. Lena O. Smith was the first African-American woman to practice law in Minnesota. In 1921, she graduated from Northwestern College of Law, a predecessor of William Mitchell College of Law. See generally Ann Juergens, Lena Olive Smith: A Minnesota Civil Rights Pioneer, 28 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 397 (2001).


Global Legal Education And Human Rights, Claudio Grossman Jan 2004

Global Legal Education And Human Rights, Claudio Grossman

Human Rights Brief

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Unsung Hero: The Life Of A Foot Soldier For Justice, Valerie M. Jensen Jan 2004

Unsung Hero: The Life Of A Foot Soldier For Justice, Valerie M. Jensen

William Mitchell Law Review

Review of Frederick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912. By Paul D. Nelson. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002. 234 pages. $29.95


Inscribing Lesbian And Gay Identities: How Judicial Imaginations Intertwine With The Best Interests Of Children, Christopher Carnahan Jan 2004

Inscribing Lesbian And Gay Identities: How Judicial Imaginations Intertwine With The Best Interests Of Children, Christopher Carnahan

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The article examines the legal challenges faced by same-sex parents in adoption and child custody cases, highlighting the evolving definition of family and the impact of court rulings on children's best interests. It critiques the use of formal definitions of family and advocates for a functional approach that prioritizes children's welfare, emphasizing the need for legal recognition of diverse family structures.


Teaching Comparative Law In The 21st Century: Beyond The Civil/Common Law Dichotomy, Michael P. Waxman Jun 2001

Teaching Comparative Law In The 21st Century: Beyond The Civil/Common Law Dichotomy, Michael P. Waxman

Journal of Legal Education

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Dean Grossman And Wcl Students Appear Before Inter-American Court, Dee Daniels Jan 2001

Dean Grossman And Wcl Students Appear Before Inter-American Court, Dee Daniels

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Center News: Columbia Human Rights Network, Barbara Cochrane Alexander Jan 2001

Center News: Columbia Human Rights Network, Barbara Cochrane Alexander

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Center News: The Pinochet Precedent: Legal Obstacles And New Approaches To Prosecuting Crimes Against Humanity, Teresa Young Reeves Jan 2001

Center News: The Pinochet Precedent: Legal Obstacles And New Approaches To Prosecuting Crimes Against Humanity, Teresa Young Reeves

Human Rights Brief

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Critical Race Theory And Autobiography: Can A Popular Genre Make A Serious Academic Contribution?, Sylvia R. Lazos Jan 2000

Critical Race Theory And Autobiography: Can A Popular Genre Make A Serious Academic Contribution?, Sylvia R. Lazos

Scholarly Works

This Essay reviews “Notes of a Racial Caste Baby, Colorblindness and the End of Affirmative Action” by Bryan K. Fair, “How Did You Get to Be a Mexican? a White/Brown Man's Search for Identity” by Kevin R. Johnson, and “To be an American: Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation” by Bill Ong Hing. This Essay examines the potential contributions each book makes to legal scholarship and the popular press. The Essay first describes how each author uses the autobiographical narrative and what these narratives accomplish. The Essay examines each book's legal agenda and assesses how well each author achieves …


Into Africa: An Introduction To The Southern Africa Exchange Program, Kevin D. Brown Oct 1999

Into Africa: An Introduction To The Southern Africa Exchange Program, Kevin D. Brown

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Promoting Human Rights Education In The Americas , Natasha Parassram Concepcion Jan 1999

Promoting Human Rights Education In The Americas , Natasha Parassram Concepcion

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Noted Japanese Jurist Speaks Out Against Capital Punishment Jul 1996

Noted Japanese Jurist Speaks Out Against Capital Punishment

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

No abstract provided.


Wcl Clinic Files Landmark Asylum Case, Sidney Lebowitz Jan 1996

Wcl Clinic Files Landmark Asylum Case, Sidney Lebowitz

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Inaugural Moot Court Successful, Farah Pervez Jan 1996

Inaugural Moot Court Successful, Farah Pervez

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Projecting The Washington College Of Law Into The Future, Claudio Grossman Jan 1996

Projecting The Washington College Of Law Into The Future, Claudio Grossman

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Center Hosts Conference On War Crimes Tribunal, Dharmaputhiran Niles Jan 1995

Center Hosts Conference On War Crimes Tribunal, Dharmaputhiran Niles

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Wcl Establishes Inter-American Moot Court Competition, Mare Fox Jan 1995

Wcl Establishes Inter-American Moot Court Competition, Mare Fox

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Wcl Human Rights Clinic Champions Women's Rights, Angela Collier Jan 1994

Wcl Human Rights Clinic Champions Women's Rights, Angela Collier

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The New York Law School Reporter, Vol 7, No. 9, March 1990, New York Law School Mar 1990

The New York Law School Reporter, Vol 7, No. 9, March 1990, New York Law School

Student Newspapers

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Book Review, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1989

Book Review, Charles F. Wilkinson

Publications

No abstract provided.


Introduction, Richard Falk Mar 1985

Introduction, Richard Falk

Antioch Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Teaching Of International Human Rights In U.S. Law Schools, Richard B. Lillich Mar 1985

The Teaching Of International Human Rights In U.S. Law Schools, Richard B. Lillich

Antioch Law Journal

The teaching of international human rights law in U.S. law schools has come a long way in the past two decades. Twenty years ago a survey conducted by the American Society of International Law made no mention of the subject. I In 1965, the late Egon Schwelb, "Mr. Human Rights," in what he himself characterized as a "novel departure,"2 offered a seminar on "The International Protection of Human Rights" at Yale. During the next half-dozen years, similar offerings were made available at California (Berkeley), Harvard, Virginia, and several other institutions. By 1971, when a panel at the annual meeting of …