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Responsible Resource Development: A Strategic Plan To Consider Social And Cultural Impacts Of Tribal Extractive Industry Development, Carla F. Fredericks, Kate Finn, Erica Gajda, Jesse Heibel

Publications

This paper presents a strategic, solution-based plan as a companion to our recent article, Responsible Resource Development and Prevention of Sex Trafficking: Safeguarding Native Women and Children on the Fort Berthold Reservation, 40 Harv. J.L. Gender 1 (2017). As a second phase of our work to combat the issues of human trafficking and attendant drug abuse on the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation), we developed a strategic plan to better understand the time, scale, and capacity necessary to address the rising social problems accompanying the boom of oil and gas development there. During our process, we discovered, …

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title Vii, Joseph Camper

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Waiting On A Turnaround: The Student Loan Debt Crisis, Michelle Tinajero

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Policing The Police: The Fight Between Transparency And Censorship, Mercades White

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Earned Income Tax Credit: The Means Tested Welfare That Works, Maha Sadek

Public Interest Law Reporter

The Earned Income Tax Credit ("EITC") is a means tested "refundable tax credit for lower-income workers," that was introduced in 1975. This article will focus on the federal EITC through a brief history, its current eligibility requirements, and the possibility of an expansion for childless workers.

Is Mediation The Future For Settling Disputes?, Fabiola De Armas

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Thousands Of Immigrants Face Deportation, Jon Santiago

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Effects Of The New Tax Law On Health Care, Jennifer Straka

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Public Interest Law Reporter

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Restorative Justice In Illinois: A Holistic Approach To Reformation And Juveniles In Conflict With The Law, Emily Knox

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Regulating The Porn Industry: Change From The Inside, Claire Mellish

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Predatory Student Lending: The Disparate Impact On Minorities' Higher Education Plans, Brei'a Womack

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Wealth Gap: Through The Lens Of Governmental Policies And Racial Inequality In Housing, Tara Carone

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Criminal Law And Mental Illness, Marisa Tisbo

Public Interest Law Reporter

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How Trump's Land Of The Free Turned Into The Home Of The Cages For Immigrant Families Seeking Asylum, Christina Mendoza

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Fight To Be Equal And Equally Different, Melissa Dupor

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Driving On The Edge: How Municipal Fines For Traffic Violations Negatively Affect Marginalized Communities, Mariah Woodson

Public Interest Law Reporter

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How To Win An Election: An Analysis Of The Power Of Social Media In Politics, Kevin Anderson

Public Interest Law Reporter

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The Plan For Transformation: How A Plan With Lofty Goals Has Underperformed And Forever Changed Public Housing In Chicago, Kenya Barbara

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Politics, Power Dynamics, And The Limits Of Existing Self-Regulation And Oversight In Icc Preliminary Examinations, Asaf Lubin

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Professor Lubin's contribution to volume 2 is titled, "Politics, Power Dynamics, and the Limits of Existing Self-Regulation and Oversight in ICC Preliminary Examinations," pp. 77-150.

Should the normative framework that governs the International Criminal Court’s (‘ICC’) oversight concerning preliminary examinations undergo a reform? The following chapter answers this question in the affirmative, making the claim that both self-regulation by the Office of the Prosecutor (‘OTP’) and quality control by the Pre-Trial Chamber (‘PTC’) currently suffer from significant deficiencies, thus failing to reach the optimum point on the scale between absolute prosecutorial discretion and absolute control. The chapter demonstrates some of …

The Cambridge Handbook Of Social Enterprise Law, Lloyd Histoshi Mayer

Books

Book Chapters

Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, Creating a Tax Space for Social Enterprise, in The Cambridge Handbook of Social Enterprise Law 157 (Benjamin Means & Joseph W. Yockey eds., 2018)

While still relatively few in number compared to traditional nonprofit and for-profit organizations, the rise of social enterprises represents a possible disruption of not only existing models of doing business but also areas of law that in many respects have seen little fundamental change for decades. One such area is domestic tax law, where social enterprises currently find themselves subject to the rules of for-profit activities and entities. Here, both scholars …

Racial Justice And Federal Habeas Corpus As Postconviction Relief From State Convictions, Leroy Pernell

Journal Publications

It is the purpose of this Article not to simply document the influence of race on our criminal system and its role in the current racial crisis of overrepresentation of minorities in our prisons, but rather to focus on the future and importance of a key tool in the struggle for racial equity – federal habeas corpus as a postconviction remedy. By looking first at the racial context of several “landmark” criminal justice reform decisions, this Article considers how race serves as the root of the procedural due process reform that began in earnest during the Warren Court. This Article …

Separate But (Un)Equal: Why Institutionalized Anti-Racism Is The Answer To The Never-Ending Cycle Of Plessy V. Ferguson, Maureen Johnson

University of Richmond Law Review

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Rape And Sexual Violence Used As A Weapon Of War And Genocide, Larissa Peltola

CMC Senior Theses

Rape and other forms of sexual violence have been used against civilian populations since the advent of armed conflict. However, recent scholarship within the last few decades proves that rape is not a byproduct of war or a result of transgressions by a few “bad apples,” rather, rape and sexual violence are used as strategic, systematic, and calculated tools of war, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Rape has also been used as a means of preventing future generations of children of “undesirable” groups from being born. Rape and sexual violence are also used with the purpose of intimidating women and their …

Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers - Accession 1049, Dorothy Moser Medlin

Manuscript Collection

(The Dorothy Moser Medlin Papers are currently in processing.)

This collection contains most of the records of Dorothy Medlin’s work and correspondence and also includes reference materials, notes, microfilm, photographic negatives related both to her professional and personal life. Additions include a FLES Handbook, co-authored by Dorothy Medlin and a decorative mirror belonging to Dorothy Medlin.

Major series in this collection include: some original 18th century writings and ephemera and primary source material of André Morellet, extensive collection of secondary material on André Morellet's writings and translations, Winthrop related files, literary manuscripts and notes by Dorothy Medlin (1966-2011), copies …

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, And The Global Climate Crisis, M. Alexander Pearl

Faculty Articles

The global climate crisis is an ongoing event the likes of which we have yet to experience. The science is clear, the phenomenon is traceable, and the effects are far-reaching. But, the consequences of the climate crisis affect particular populations more so than others, and often times the affected populations are voiceless. Among those most impacted are indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples stand in a unique place in the context of climate change. In general, indigenous peoples have a comprehensive relationship with their place and surroundings, which incorporates culture, livelihood, economy, and a defining sense of self. Land and resources are …

Editorial: Special Focus On 'Dignity Takings And Dignity Restorations', Penelope Andrews

Articles & Chapters

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Central Issues In The Protection Of Child Migrants, Mary Crock, Lenni Benson

Articles & Chapters

In this introductory chapter we identify themes that will be carried throughout the book. We begin in section 2 with a discussion of the human rights challenges presented by children on the move, posing questions that our contributors will address as they build on the themes we identify. This is followed by an examination ofobstacles that have been created to recognising child migrants as rights bearers. After setting out in section 4 a brief outline of the book’s structure, the chapter concludes with some comments on global initiatives that have been made to address the challenges associated with mass migration …

Investor-State Arbitration And Human Rights, Timothy J. Feighery

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

After decades of growth and popularity, the international investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) regime has come under intense criticism recently-particularly concerning the perceived chilling effect the regime imposes on states' ability to regulate in the public interest. This Article seeks to contextualize this criticism by examining the historical antecedent of ISDS in international law: the law of diplomatic protection. It proceeds to focus on the flexibility of ISDS as a critical advance over diplomatic protection, and shows how ISDS has evolved over time-particularly as developed states have moved from approaching the regime from a predominantly investment-exporting perspective to a more balanced …