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Justice Harlan's Enduring Importance For Current Civil Liberties Issues, From Marriage Equality To Dragnet Nsa Surveillance, Nadine Strossen 2016 New York Law School

Justice Harlan's Enduring Importance For Current Civil Liberties Issues, From Marriage Equality To Dragnet Nsa Surveillance, Nadine Strossen

Articles & Chapters

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Obama’S National Security Exceptionalism, Sudha Setty 2016 Western New England University School of Law

Obama’S National Security Exceptionalism, Sudha Setty

Faculty Scholarship

This Article discusses how continued national security exceptionalism engenders a view of the United States as considering itself to be above international obligations to investigate and prosecute torturers and war criminals, and the view by the global community that the United States is willing to apply one standard for itself, and another for the rest of the world. Exceptionalism not only poses real challenges in terms of law, morality, and building useful relationships with allied nations, but acts as a step backward for the creation of enforceable international norms and standards, and in efforts to restore a balance in the …


From Rights To Dignity: Drawing Lessons From Aid In Dying And Reproductive Rights, Yvonne Lindgren 2016 Indiana Tech Law School

From Rights To Dignity: Drawing Lessons From Aid In Dying And Reproductive Rights, Yvonne Lindgren

Utah Law Review

The transformation of AID from a constitutional rights frame to a healthcare frame highlights the importance of developing a healthcare model related to dignity that isundergirded by social support, legal rights and healthcare access. However, the history of the abortion right cautions against narrowly identifying healthcare within the confines of the individual doctor-patient relationship because it risks subordinating the decisional autonomy of patients to the decision-making of their doctors. Taken together, these movements gesture toward situating rights within a healthcare framing that considers how social, political and economic systems and relationships come to bear upon decision-making. I conclude that while …


Canadian-Nigerian Human Rights Engagements (1999-2011): An Introduction, Obiora C. Okafor 2016 Osgoode Hall Law School of York University

Canadian-Nigerian Human Rights Engagements (1999-2011): An Introduction, Obiora C. Okafor

Articles & Book Chapters

More contemporary Canadian-Nigerian human rights engagements have occurred against the backdrop of a relatively long history of engagement in this area between the two countries, and alongside an even longer history of Canadian-Nigerian relations more generally. These are histories within which one must situate the human rights engagements between these countries during the specific period under study here. As is well known, Canada established diplomatic relations with Nigeria shortly after Nigeria’s independence from British colonial rule in 1960. Nigeria reciprocated in 1973. It is noteworthy that Canada has for several decades now funded or otherwise supported many human rights efforts …


"During War, The Law Is Silent," Or Is It?: Examining The Legal Status Of Guantanamo Bay, Kate Frisch 2016 University of Richmond

"During War, The Law Is Silent," Or Is It?: Examining The Legal Status Of Guantanamo Bay, Kate Frisch

Law Student Publications

The use of Guantanamo Bay as an extraterritorial detention center intended to house what the United States deems as "unlawful enemy combatants" has been problematic for several reasons. First, the United States government has argued that Guantanamo exists outside of its immediate territorial sovereignty, and therefore the detainees do not have to be afforded any significant procedural and substantive legal protections under the Constitution. Second, it is unclear how and to what extent United States activities in Guantanamo Bay conform to international human rights standards. Significantly, it has been questioned whether or to what extent public international and human rights …


The Next Fifteen Years, MELYNDA BARNHART 2016 Former Professor of Law at New York Law School

The Next Fifteen Years, Melynda Barnhart

NYLS Law Review

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Rwu Law: The Magazine Of Roger Williams University School Of Law (Issue 9) (2016), Roger Williams University School of Law 2016 Roger Williams University

Rwu Law: The Magazine Of Roger Williams University School Of Law (Issue 9) (2016), Roger Williams University School Of Law

RWU Law

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Asylum Crisis Italian Style: The Dublin Regulation Collides With European Human Rights Law, Maryellen Fullerton 2016 Brooklyn Law School

Asylum Crisis Italian Style: The Dublin Regulation Collides With European Human Rights Law, Maryellen Fullerton

Faculty Scholarship

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Call For Papers 2017: The Social Practice Of Human Rights, University of Dayton 2016 University of Dayton

Call For Papers 2017: The Social Practice Of Human Rights, University Of Dayton

Content presented at the Social Practice of Human Rights Conference

The University of Dayton Human Rights Center invites proposals from scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and advocates on a broad array of human rights topics. The Center welcomes both theoretical and applied research proposals that capture important trends in human rights scholarship and research. We encourage the submission of individual papers, complete panels, roundtables, workshops, and practitioner presentations, as well as interdisciplinary and scholar-practitioner collaborations.

To submit a paper or proposal, see the conference's section in the repository: http://ecommons.udayton.edu/human_rights/


Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Demystifying Toxic Workplaces: Transforming A Worker's Right-To-Know To A Right-To-Understand By Expanding Epcra, Eun Jin Kim 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Demystifying Toxic Workplaces: Transforming A Worker's Right-To-Know To A Right-To-Understand By Expanding Epcra, Eun Jin Kim

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


A Different Kind Of Privacy: "Bathroom Bills" And The Rights Of Transgender People In Public Spaces, Sarah Nagy 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

A Different Kind Of Privacy: "Bathroom Bills" And The Rights Of Transgender People In Public Spaces, Sarah Nagy

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Same-Sex Families And Adoption Discrimination Post Marriage Equality, Joel Viramontes-Gallegos 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Same-Sex Families And Adoption Discrimination Post Marriage Equality, Joel Viramontes-Gallegos

Public Interest Law Reporter

With the major judicial holding of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court of the United States legally recognized same sex-marriage. Advocates of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community celebrated in the granting of what many deemed a fundamental right. Now, with the ability to freely marry, same-sex couples are looking to grow their family through adoption, with some adoption agencies seeing a slight increase in upwards of 700 applicants a month. This article will address the legal challenges, and proposed solutions, to expanding American same-sex couples' legal rights to adopt children outside of the United States.


Nothing Is Ever Black & White: The Criminal Justice System And Its Expansion Into "Criminal Alien" Enforcement, Yolanda Vázquez 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Nothing Is Ever Black & White: The Criminal Justice System And Its Expansion Into "Criminal Alien" Enforcement, Yolanda Vázquez

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Final Frontier Of The Privatization Of Public Housing: The Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, Ji Hwang 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

The Final Frontier Of The Privatization Of Public Housing: The Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, Ji Hwang

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Chicago Has The Blueprint For Lasting Police Accountability Reform, But Can The City Build The Future It Needs?, Austin Spillar 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Chicago Has The Blueprint For Lasting Police Accountability Reform, But Can The City Build The Future It Needs?, Austin Spillar

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


State Challenges To Refugee Resettlement, Anthony E. Wadas 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

State Challenges To Refugee Resettlement, Anthony E. Wadas

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Dismantling The School-To-Prison Pipeline: Whether Senate Bill 100 Will Address Problems Specific To Students With Learning Disabilities, Adrien Fernandez 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Dismantling The School-To-Prison Pipeline: Whether Senate Bill 100 Will Address Problems Specific To Students With Learning Disabilities, Adrien Fernandez

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Solitary Confinement Banned In Federal Juvenile System, Bethany Dixon 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Solitary Confinement Banned In Federal Juvenile System, Bethany Dixon

Public Interest Law Reporter

In January, President Obama banned solitary confinement - the confinement of a prisoner in a cell for virtually the entire day without environmental stimulation and limited opportunity for social interaction - for juveniles in the federal prison system. In his announcement, he stated that solitary confinement has been overused and has the potential to cause tremendous psychological consequences. His decision came after a review by the Justice Department. The report stated that the practice of solitary confinement reduces the chances that a prisoner can be eventually rehabilitated to society. This article will examine the anticipated impact of the President's executive …


Reparations For Descendants Of American Slaves: The Recurring Clarion Call That Emerges From Race-Based, Social, And Political Movements, Erika C. Weaver 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Reparations For Descendants Of American Slaves: The Recurring Clarion Call That Emerges From Race-Based, Social, And Political Movements, Erika C. Weaver

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


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