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Polley V. Ratcliff: A New Way To Address An Original Sin?, Atiba R. Ellis 2012 West Virginia University College of Law

Polley V. Ratcliff: A New Way To Address An Original Sin?, Atiba R. Ellis

West Virginia Law Review

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Bringing Human Rights Home: How State And Local Governments Can Use Human Rights To Advance Local Policy, Human Rights Institute 2012 Columbia Law School

Bringing Human Rights Home: How State And Local Governments Can Use Human Rights To Advance Local Policy, Human Rights Institute

Human Rights Institute

State and local governments play an essential role in promoting and protecting human rights. Within the United States, agencies and officials at the municipal, city, county and state levels can help fulfill human rights by ensuring dignity, equality and opportunity for everyone in their jurisdiction.

Recognizing the value of human rights, state and local agencies and officials across the United States are incorporating international human rights standards in their daily work. As illustrated by examples throughout this report, integrating human rights into local law, policy and practice can enhance government decision-making and respond directly to local needs. It also allows …


The U.S. Supreme Court's Disability In Statutory Construction: The Debate Over The Interpretation Of The Definition Of Disability Under The Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada) & The Ada Amendments Act Of 2008., Laura C. Hoffman 2012 St. Mary's University

The U.S. Supreme Court's Disability In Statutory Construction: The Debate Over The Interpretation Of The Definition Of Disability Under The Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada) & The Ada Amendments Act Of 2008., Laura C. Hoffman

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

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The Right To Refuse Life Sustaining Medical Treatment And The Noncompetent Nonterminally Ill Patient: An Analysis Of Abridgment And Anarchy, Elizabeth Helene Adamson 2012 Pepperdine University

The Right To Refuse Life Sustaining Medical Treatment And The Noncompetent Nonterminally Ill Patient: An Analysis Of Abridgment And Anarchy, Elizabeth Helene Adamson

Pepperdine Law Review

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National Collegiate Athletic Association V. Tarkanian: Supreme Court Upholds Ncaa's Private Status Under The Fourteenth Amendment, Repelling Shark's Attack On Ncaa's Disciplinary Powers, Michael G. Dawson 2012 Pepperdine University

National Collegiate Athletic Association V. Tarkanian: Supreme Court Upholds Ncaa's Private Status Under The Fourteenth Amendment, Repelling Shark's Attack On Ncaa's Disciplinary Powers, Michael G. Dawson

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Offender And The Victim, Edward Tromanhauser 2012 Pepperdine University

The Offender And The Victim, Edward Tromanhauser

Pepperdine Law Review

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Crime Victims' Rights -- A Legislative Perspective, William Van Regenmorter 2012 Pepperdine University

Crime Victims' Rights -- A Legislative Perspective, William Van Regenmorter

Pepperdine Law Review

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Emerging Issues In Victim Assistance, Marlene A. Young 2012 Pepperdine University

Emerging Issues In Victim Assistance, Marlene A. Young

Pepperdine Law Review

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Progress In The Victim Reform Movement: No Longer The "Forgotten Victim", David L. Roland 2012 Pepperdine University

Progress In The Victim Reform Movement: No Longer The "Forgotten Victim", David L. Roland

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Elevation Of Victims' Rights In Washington State: Constitutional Status, Ken Eikenberry 2012 Pepperdine University

The Elevation Of Victims' Rights In Washington State: Constitutional Status, Ken Eikenberry

Pepperdine Law Review

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Victims' Rights: An Idea Whose Time Has Come--Five Years Later: The Maturing Of An Idea, Frank Carrington, George Nicholson 2012 Pepperdine University

Victims' Rights: An Idea Whose Time Has Come--Five Years Later: The Maturing Of An Idea, Frank Carrington, George Nicholson

Pepperdine Law Review

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Introduction, Ronald F. Phillips 2012 Pepperdine University

Introduction, Ronald F. Phillips

Pepperdine Law Review

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Allocating The Costs Of Parental Free Exercise: Striking A New Balance Between Sincere Religious Belief And A Child's Right To Medical Treatment , Paul A. Monopoli 2012 Pepperdine University

Allocating The Costs Of Parental Free Exercise: Striking A New Balance Between Sincere Religious Belief And A Child's Right To Medical Treatment , Paul A. Monopoli

Pepperdine Law Review

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Medical Evidence In Cases Of Intrauterine Drug And Alcohol Exposure , Judith Larsen, Robert M. Horowitz, Ira J. Chasnoff 2012 Pepperdine University

Medical Evidence In Cases Of Intrauterine Drug And Alcohol Exposure , Judith Larsen, Robert M. Horowitz, Ira J. Chasnoff

Pepperdine Law Review

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Constitutional Advocacy Explains Constitutional Outcomes, Stephen A. Higginson 2012 Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

Constitutional Advocacy Explains Constitutional Outcomes, Stephen A. Higginson

Florida Law Review

This Article seeks to show that scholars, especially constitutional scholars, must pay more attention to the ways advocates frame their controversies at the "capital of the world." If the Anti-federalists' prophecy was that an overly complex constitution would accrete power around its ambiguities, then the perpetual refinement of the Constitution by lawyers in controversy—from article to section to sentence to clause to phrase to word—has given the best protection against inflexibility. This thesis is timely because lawyering is more accessible with the Court's recent decision to post oral arguments "on the same day an argument is heard by the Court." …


Harmless Amusement Or Sexual Harassment: The Reasonableness Of The Reasonable Woman Standard, Penny L. Cigoy 2012 Pepperdine University

Harmless Amusement Or Sexual Harassment: The Reasonableness Of The Reasonable Woman Standard, Penny L. Cigoy

Pepperdine Law Review

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When Will Black Women Lawyers Slay The Two-Headed Dragon: Racism And Gender Bias, Wilma Williams Pinder 2012 Pepperdine University

When Will Black Women Lawyers Slay The Two-Headed Dragon: Racism And Gender Bias, Wilma Williams Pinder

Pepperdine Law Review

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Gender And Sentencing: Single Moms, Battered Women, And Other Sex-Based Anomalies In The Gender-Free World Of The Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Myrna S. Raeder 2012 Pepperdine University

Gender And Sentencing: Single Moms, Battered Women, And Other Sex-Based Anomalies In The Gender-Free World Of The Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Myrna S. Raeder

Pepperdine Law Review

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Shaping California's Prisons: How The Alternative Custody Program, Designed To Remedy The State's Eighth Amendment Violations In The Prison System, Encroaches On Equal Protection, Emilie A. Whitehurst 2012 William & Mary Law School

Shaping California's Prisons: How The Alternative Custody Program, Designed To Remedy The State's Eighth Amendment Violations In The Prison System, Encroaches On Equal Protection, Emilie A. Whitehurst

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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The Punishment Need Not Fit The Crime: Harmelin V. Michigan And The Eigth Amendment, Scott K. Petersen 2012 Pepperdine University

The Punishment Need Not Fit The Crime: Harmelin V. Michigan And The Eigth Amendment, Scott K. Petersen

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


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