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Stacy Metcalf , Kelli L. Dickerson , Jennifer Lavoie , Jodi A. Quas THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND LAY PERCEPTIONS OF POVERTY AND NEGLECT 46 Law and Human Behavior 245 (August, 2022) Objectives: In cases of child neglect, intervention depends on accurate identification and reporting. Prior work has shown that individuals, especially those of high socioeconomic status (SES), conflate poverty and neglect when making identification and reporting decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in people's experiences with poverty,... 2022 Relevant (Poverty)
Michael Bindas THE ONCE AND FUTURE PROMISE OF RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS FOR POOR AND MINORITY STUDENTS 132 Yale Law Journal Forum 529 (17-Nov-22) abstract. In Carson v. Makin, the Supreme Court provided the bookend to its 2002 decision in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. Whereas Zelman held that the Establishment Clause permits the inclusion of religious options in educational-choice programs, Carson held that the Free Exercise prohibits their exclusion. Immediately, the public-school establishment... 2022 Relevant (Poverty)
Dr. Katharine M. Broton, Charlotte Lenkaitis, Sarah Henry UNIVERSITIES AS PRODUCERS, MANAGERS, AND OPPONENTS OF POVERTY: THE CASE OF FOOD INSECURITY ON CAMPUS 29 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 337 (Spring, 2022) Given growing awareness of and actions to address food insecurity challenges in higher education, this paper is a response to the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 2022 Symposium call to examine universities as producers, managers, and opponents of poverty. Bringing together the unique perspectives of a faculty scholar and two recent... 2022 Relevant (Poverty)
Richard Spradlin ZONING, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND RECLAMATION: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN A FLOWERING INDUSTRY 23 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 374 (Summer, 2022) Introduction. 375 I. Racialized Criminalization and Attempted Restoration. 377 A. Criminalization. 377 B. Legalization. 379 1. Canna-colonialism. 379 II. Relationship Between the Environment and Cannabis Cultivation/Production. 383 III. EJ and Cannabis: Considerations and Opportunities. 389 A. Zoning, Licensing, and Community Rebuilding. 390 B.... 2022 Relevant (Poverty)
Helen Sprainer AIR QUALITY EQUITY: WHY THE CLEAN AIR ACT FAILED TO PROTECT LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FROM COVID-19 30 New York University Environmental Law Journal 123 (2022) The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the many ways in which low-income communities and communities of color suffer disproportionate harms during a disaster. This pandemic is an environmental injustice because the inequitable development and enforcement of our environmental laws has left some communities more at risk for serious infection... 2022  
Katie Whitley INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY SCHOOLS IN INDIANAPOLIS THROUGH THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT QUALIFIED ALLOCATION PLAN 55 Indiana Law Review 879 (2022) Countless children in the greater Indianapolis metropolitan area lack access to high-quality public schools due to the median income and racial makeup of their neighborhood. School and residential racial segregation in our country, coupled with inequitable distribution of resources across neighborhoods and schools, creates a system in which... 2022  
Brittany L. Deitch REHABILITATION OR REVOLVING DOOR: HOW PAROLE IS A TRAP FOR THOSE IN POVERTY 111 Georgetown Law Journal Online 46 (2022) On any given day, one in four incarcerated persons in the United States is locked up for a technical violation of their community supervision. The United States has thus created a mass incarceration problem and mass supervision problem that fuel each other through the parole system. When an individual is fortunate enough to be released from prison... 2022  
  WELFARIST PROSECUTION 135 Harvard Law Review 2151 (June, 2022) Criminal justice reform advocates have long rallied against the criminalization of poverty in the United States. It's well established that criminal justice involvement disproportionately affects communities of color and low-income individuals. This is unsurprising given the historic tightening of the welfare state, coupled with the unprecedented... 2022  
Megan Paschke APPLYING U.S. ANIMAL LAW EXTRATERRITORIALLY TO IMPROVE ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS ABROAD AND AVOID A RACE TO THE BOTTOM 49 Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 13 (2021) Gaps in animal law, both state and federal, have led to decreasing animal welfare in a globalized society. Animal welfare is increasingly threatened by international trade and differing standards of countries who import and export animals for all sorts of reasons, particularly consumption. This mismatch of differing and decreasing standards and... 2021 Most Relevant
William C.C. Kemp-Neal J.D. ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: USING ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING TO LIFT PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY, AND RE-SHAPE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE & POLLUTION IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR 32 Fordham Environmental Law Review 295 (Symposium-Spring, 2021) Long before the phrase I can't breathe became a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter activists protesting the deaths of Black people at the hands of police, environmental-justice activists warned that pollution was choking and killing people of color in the U.S. In the mid-1900s the United States began to see a rise in concern for environmental... 2021 Most Relevant
Emily E. Harrison ODOR IN THE COURT! AND IT SMELLS LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: HOW BIG PORK IS LEGALLY ABUSING POOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 11 Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy 433 (2021) Over 500 plaintiffs across eastern North Carolina have filed twenty-six separate lawsuits against Murphy-Brown, LLC (Murphy-Brown), a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, which is a Chinese-owned company. Smithfield Foods is the largest pork and hog producer in the world, generating 8.6 billion pounds of pork and 18.9 million hogs in 2016 alone. The... 2021 Most Relevant
Gwendoline M. Alphonso POLITICAL-ECONOMIC ROOTS OF COERCION--SLAVERY, NEOLIBERALISM, AND THE RACIAL FAMILY POLICY LOGIC OF CHILD AND SOCIAL WELFARE 11 Columbia Journal of Race and Law 471 (July, 2021) The Article argues that at the core of the American neoliberal policy regime, of which child welfare is a critical part, lies an enduring raced family policy logic of two racially stratified standards: a punitive Black economic utility family standard and a supportive white domestic affection family standard, whose policy roots and practices trace... 2021 Most Relevant
Omarr Rambert THE ABSENT BLACK FATHER: RACE, THE WELFARE-CHILD SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF FATHERLESSNESS 68 UCLA Law Review 324 (May, 2021) The perception of Black fathers is that they are largely absent from their children's lives, and that such absence--and the ensuing experience of growing up fatherless--is a direct cause of social issues in Black communities. Through media representations and policymaking, the absent Black father narrative has taken shape over the past fifty years,... 2021 Most Relevant
Tricia Young A CHANGE MUST COME: THE INTERSECTION OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY AND PUBLIC BENEFITS 14 DePaul Journal for Social Justice 1 (Winter, 2021) Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the United States continues on in its trend of passing on a low quality of life from one generation of the poor to the next--thereby exacerbating and perpetuating poverty into the foreseeable future. Intergenerational poverty, as this concept is aptly named, disproportionately impacts... 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
Jeremy A. Rovinsky A STUNNING DECISION: HOW THE E.C.J. BUTCHERED BOTH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND ANIMAL WELFARE 29 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 273 (Spring, 2021) I. Background. 273 II. The Essence of the Advocate General's Advisory Opinion. 275 III. The European Court of Justice's Stunning Decision. 277 A. How the Decision Fails to Protect Religious Freedom. 278 B. How the Decision Fails to Protect Animal Welfare. 279 IV. A Meatier Approach. 283 V. Conclusion. 284 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
George Rice COVID-19 & FOOD INSECURITY: HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS EXACERBATED FOOD INSECURITY AND WILL DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECT LOW INCOME AND MINORITY GROUPS 21 University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class 160 (Spring, 2021) The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several health disparities that exist between primarily White, affluent populations and low-income and minority communities. While diet-related health disparities have come to the forefront during the pandemic, they have existed for generations, and can be attributed, in part, to systemic inequality in food... 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
Victoria J. Haneman FUNERAL POVERTY 55 University of Richmond Law Review 387 (Winter, 2021) Death is an expensive proposition. The economics of life do not end with death, and putting the deceased to rest carries (often unexpected) funerary expenses for cremations, funerals, burials, and/or memorials. In 2019, the median cost of an adult funeral with viewing and burial exceeded $9000. This number is particularly stark given that four out... 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
Kathryn Evans MAKING WORKFARE MORE FAIR: PROTECTING WORKERS IN WELFARE PROGRAMS FROM SEXUAL HARASSMENT 36 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 150 (2021) Every year, hundreds of thousands of adults in the United States work full-time jobs through programs known as workfare as a requirement to collecting public benefits. Although these individuals work full time, their legal status as employees is not as clear as it should be. That fact, along with other factors such as their status as temporary... 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
Catherine R. Albiston, Catherine L. Fisk PRECARIOUS WORK AND PRECARIOUS WELFARE: HOW THE PANDEMIC REVEALS FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS OF THE U.S. SOCIAL SAFETY NET 42 Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law 257 (2021) Almost all forms of social insurance in the United States are tied to employment. The employment link to social insurance has proven to be a catastrophe during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn, in which almost twenty percent of the American workforce lost their jobs. The linking of social insurance to employment is an... 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
Sam Gilman PROLIFERATING PREDATION: REVERSE REDLINING, THE DIGITAL PROLIFERATION OF INFERIOR SOCIAL WELFARE PRODUCTS, AND HOW TO STOP IT 56 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 169 (Winter, 2021) Society is waking up to surveillance capitalism, the influence of digital advertising platforms on democracy, and discriminatory algorithms. However, academics have yet to emphasize the civil rights and consumer harm that results from ad targeting for inferior and harmful versions of essential consumer goods and services. This Article aims to fill... 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
Lynn D. Lu RESTORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND "RADICAL HELP": REIMAGINING WELFARE-TO-WORK BEYOND THE MARKET-FAMILY DIVIDE 50 University of Baltimore Law Review 287 (Spring, 2021) INTRODUCTION. 288 I. WORKFARE AS PUNISHMENT AND THE MARKET-FAMILY DIVIDE. 293 II. RESTORING THE SAFETY NET FOR SANCTIONS: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PUNITIVE WORKFARE. 303 A. Choosing Relationships Over Retribution. 303 B. The Long Shadow of Sanctions. 310 III. REVIVING RELATIONAL WORK: RADICAL HELP AS VOLUNTARY AFFIRMATIVE SUPPORT.... 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
Michelle Zaludek SURVIVING CLIMATE CHANGE: AN EXAMINATION OF GOVERNMENT DISASTER RESPONSE AND ITS EFFECT ON PEOPLE IMPACTED BY POVERTY 31 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 226 (2021) L1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 226 Part I. Climate Change and Poverty. 229 a. Heat. 233 b. Flooding and Storms. 236 c. Communicable Diseases. 239 d. Questioning Response to Hazards Worsened by Climate Change. 241 Part II. Government Response. 242 a. Communication. 242 b. Response Strategies. 251 Conclusion. 257 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
Andrew Hammond TERRITORIAL EXCEPTIONALISM AND THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE 119 Michigan Law Review 1639 (June, 2021) Federal law excludes millions of American citizens from crucial public benefits simply because they live in the United States territories. If the Social Security Administration determines a low-income individual has a disability, that person can move to another state and continue to receive benefits. But if that person moves to, say, Guam or the... 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
William Boyd THE POVERTY OF THEORY: PUBLIC PROBLEMS, INSTRUMENT CHOICE, AND THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY 46 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 399 (June 2, 2021) The instrument choice debate has been a fixture of environmental law for much of the last three decades. While this debate has led to a much sharper focus on the relative merits of different regulatory tools in confronting environmental problems, it has also left the field unprepared to conceive and implement an adequate response to complex,... 2021 Relevant (Poverty)
Tracy A. Kaye OGDEN COMMONS CASE STUDY: A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT AND OPPORTUNITY ZONE TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAMS 48 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1067 (October, 2021) Introduction. 1068 I. The Ogden Commons Project. 1072 A. North Lawndale Neighborhood, Chicago. 1072 B. OZ Census Tract 8433. 1075 II. Financing of the Ogden Commons Project. 1080 A. Qualified Opportunity Funds. 1080 B. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program. 1084 III. Comparison of the LIHTC Program with the Opportunity Zone Tax Incentive. 1090 A.... 2021  
Katie Raitz PUBLIC HEALTH AND RACIAL INEQUALITY: WHY THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM FAILS LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COSTS LIVES 12 UC Irvine Law Review 315 (November, 2021) The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built. Poor health outcomes are linked to long-standing wealth disparities for people of color in the United States. Wealth inequality has gotten worse over the past decades, despite attempts to improve it. The... 2021  
Mekonnen Firew Ayano TENANTS WITHOUT RIGHTS: SITUATING THE EXPERIENCES OF NEW IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S. LOW-INCOME HOUSING MARKET 28 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 159 (Winter, 2021) Immigrants who recently arrived in the United States generally are not able to exclusively possess rental properties in the formal market because they lack a steady source of income and credit history. Instead, they rent shared bedrooms, basements, attics, garages, and illegally converted units that violate housing codes and regulations. Their... 2021  
Jonathan P. Feingold "ALL (POOR) LIVES MATTER": HOW CLASS-NOT-RACE LOGIC REINSCRIBES RACE AND CLASS PRIVILEGE 10/30/2020 University of Chicago Law Review Online 47 (October 30, 2020) In An Intersectional Critique of Tiers of Scrutiny, Professors Devon Carbado and Kimberlé Crenshaw infuse affirmative action with an overdue dose of intersectionality theory. Their intervention, which highlights the disfavored remedial status of Black women, exposes equality law as an unmarked intersectional project that privileges the... 2020 Most Relevant
Catherine Powell , Camille Gear Rich THE "WELFARE QUEEN" GOES TO THE POLLS: RACE-BASED FRACTURES IN GENDER POLITICS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERSECTIONAL COALITIONS 19th Georgetown Law Journal 105 (June, 2020) C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 108 I. The Welfare Queen Goes to the Polls. 115 A. ORIGINS OF THE WELFARE QUEEN. 115 B. THE WELFARE QUEEN AT THE POLLS. 121 C. DISCURSIVE GOALS: THE WELFARE QUEEN AS A THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. 125 1. The Right to Vote as a Scarce Resource. 126 2. Individual Malfeasance Versus Institutional Wrongdoing. 127 3.... 2020 Most Relevant
Melissa Broaddus THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF RACE, GENDER, POVERTY, AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE 17 Indiana Health Law Review 207 (2020) Trigger Warning: The following story may trigger an adverse reaction for survivors of intimate partner violence, or IPV. Robert Kelly, better known by his stage name R. Kelly, and Andrea Kelly have been divorced for almost a decade. Unfortunately, Andrea is still tormented by the abuse she experienced from her now ex-husband. During an appearance... 2020 Most Relevant
Kirk McClure, Ph.D., Anne R. Williamson, Ph.D., Hye-Sung Han, Ph.D., Brandon M. Weiss THE LIHTC PROGRAM, RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY CONCENTRATED AREAS OF POVERTY, AND HIGH-OPPORTUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS 6 Texas A&M Journal of Property Law 89 (December, 2020) The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program remains the nation's largest affordable housing production program. LIHTC units are under-represented in the neighborhoods that both promote movement to high-opportunity neighborhoods and affirmatively further fair housing. State and local officials should play an active role in guiding site... 2020 Most Relevant
Staff A RECKONING FOR "RATIONAL" DISCRIMINATION: RETHINKING FEDERAL WELFARE BENEFITS IN UNITED STATES-OCCUPIED ISLANDS 43 University of Hawaii Law Review 265 (Winter 2020) I. INTRODUCTION. 265 II. TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION AND ADMINISTRATION. 267 A. Historical Context of Territorial Acquisition. 267 B. Legal Framework for Administration of Insular Possessions. 271 C. Federal Benefits in Territories and Associated States. 273 III. HISTORICAL CHALLENGES TO FEDERAL BENEFIT SCHEMES. 276 A. Califano v. Gautier Torres. 276... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
David A. Super ACUTE POVERTY: THE FATAL FLAW IN U.S. ANTI-POVERTY LAW 10 UC Irvine Law Review 1273 (June, 2020) Debates over inequality have largely ignored the largest body of people living in poverty. Although anti-poverty policymaking focuses overwhelmingly on the chronic poor, a far larger number of people suffer occasional acute bouts of poverty. The causes of the acute poor's problems, and their needs, differ significantly from those of the chronic... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Leon B. Greenfield, Perry A. Lange, Nicole Callan ANTITRUST POPULISM AND THE CONSUMER WELFARE STANDARD: WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY DEBATING? 83 Antitrust Law Journal 393 (2020) For the last several years, debate over the proper role of antitrust has not been limited to academics, economists, lawyers, and judges, but routinely includes politicians, journalists, and increasingly the general public. Critics of modern antitrust enforcement are raising concerns about increasing concentrations of economic power, especially in... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Catherine P. Sakimura BEYOND THE MYTH OF AFFLUENCE: THE INTERSECTION OF LGBTQ FAMILY LAW AND POVERTY 33 Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 137 (2020) In the past few decades, the dominant media narratives about LGBTQ people have focused on white middle-class couples and families. Likewise, statutes protecting LGBTQ parents and their children have often focused on the needs of more affluent parents, and the child welfare system disproportionately removes children from LGBTQ parents of color. In... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Kelli L. Dickerson, Jennifer Lavoie, Jodi A. Quas, University of California, Irvine, The University of Edinburgh, University of California, Irvine DO LAYPERSONS CONFLATE POVERTY AND NEGLECT? 44 Law and Human Behavior 311 (August, 2020) Objective: Child neglect is often initially identified via adults who come into contact with children and report their suspicions to the authorities. Little is known about what behaviors laypersons view as constituting neglect and hence worth reporting. We examined laypersons' perceptions of neglect and poverty, particularly how these factors... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Tamara Louis-Jacques , Correspondence: tamarakristine@gmail.com DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK: THE PROMOTION OF REHABILITATION AND REUNIFICATION OF FAMILIES AFFECTED BY POVERTY-RELATED NEGLECT 58 Family Court Review 1087 (October, 2020) While Child Protective Services may provide some services to remedy the underlying issues of child neglect allegations, these efforts are often bare minimum and inadequately implemented in order to effectuate the goals of family reunification. This Note proposes an amendment to the Family Court Act in order to promote compliance of local child... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Emily A. Benfer, Seema Mohapatra, Lindsay F. Wiley, Ruqaiijah Yearby HEALTH JUSTICE STRATEGIES TO COMBAT THE PANDEMIC: ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION, POVERTY, AND HEALTH DISPARITIES DURING AND AFTER COVID-19 19 Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics 122 (Fall, 2020) Experience with past epidemics made it predictable that people living in poverty, people of color, and other marginalized groups would bear the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic due to the social determinants of health (SDOH). The SDOH are subdivided into structural and intermediary determinants. Structural determinants include forms of... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Jennifer Skeem, Nicholas Scurich, John Monahan, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Irvine, University of Virginia IMPACT OF RISK ASSESSMENT ON JUDGES' FAIRNESS IN SENTENCING RELATIVELY POOR DEFENDANTS 44 Law and Human Behavior 51 (February, 2020) Objective: Use of risk assessment instruments in the criminal justice system is controversial. Advocates emphasize that risk assessments are more transparent, consistent, and accurate in predicting re-offending than judicial intuition. Skeptics worry that risk assessments will increase socioeconomic disparities in incarceration. Ultimately, judges... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Andrew Hammond LITIGATING WELFARE RIGHTS: MEDICAID, SNAP, AND THE LEGACY OF THE NEW PROPERTY 115 Northwestern University Law Review 361 (2020) In 2017, the Republican-controlled Congress was poised to make deep cuts to the nation's two largest anti-poverty programs: Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. Yet, despite a unified, GOP-led federal government for the first time in over a decade, those efforts failed.... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Tonya L. Brito PRODUCING JUSTICE IN POOR PEOPLE'S COURTS: FOUR MODELS OF STATE LEGAL ACTORS 24 Lewis & Clark Law Review 145 (2020) This Article examines how judges and government attorneys produce justice in poor people's courts, which are characterized by a substantial volume of cases, socioeconomically disadvantaged litigants, and an absence or asymmetry of representation. The Article's findings are drawn from an extensive qualitative empirical study of one type of poor... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Zoe Niesel PUTTING POVERTY LAW INTO CONTEXT: USING THE FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE TO EDUCATE NEW LAWYERS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE 76 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 97 (2020) Introduction. 98 I. Poverty Law and the Law School Curriculum. 99 A. What is Poverty Law?. 99 B. Poverty Law Within the Law School Curriculum. 107 II. ABA Standards and the Role in Poverty Law. 113 III. The St. Mary's Experience. 115 A. Housing the Experience. 119 B. Poverty Law Exposure in the First Year. 122 Conclusion. 129 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Katelyn P. Dembowski THE CASE FOR SOCIOECONOMIC AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: A JURISPRUDENTIAL EXAMINATION AT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN PRIVILEGE AND POVERTY IN HIGHER EDUCATION ADMISSIONS 31 Hastings Women's Law Journal 129 (Winter, 2020) It is hard for us Westerners, not that the freedom that men seek differs according to their social or economic status, but that the majority who possess it have gained it by exploiting, or, at least, averting their gaze from, the vast majority who do not. - Isaiah Berlin Racial minorities in America have faced unequal representation and... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Andrew Roesch-Knapp THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF POVERTY: EVICTING THE POOR 45 Law and Social Inquiry 839 (August, 2020) Desmond, Matthew. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. New York: Crown Publishers, 2016. From the medical field to the housing market to the criminal justice system, poor people must navigate labyrinthian organizations that often perpetuate social and economic inequality. Arguably it is through these social institutions, and through... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Spencer Headworth THE POWER OF SECOND-ORDER LEGAL CONSCIOUSNESS: AUTHORITIES' PERCEPTIONS OF "STREET POLICY" AND WELFARE FRAUD ENFORCEMENT 54 Law and Society Review 320 (June, 2020) Legal authorities' second-order legal consciousness--their perceptions of others' understandings of law--shapes the social realization of legal power. Analysis of interviews with welfare fraud enforcement workers from five US states reveals their perceptions of how clients view law, policy, and enforcement practices, and shows these perceptions'... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Lisa Foster THE PRICE OF JUSTICE: FINES, FEES AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES 11 University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review 1 (Fall, 2020) I. Introduction. 2 II. The Scope of the Problem. 5 III. The Implications for Race and Poverty. 10 IV. The Consequences of Nonpayment. 15 V. The Constitutional Constraints on Fines and Fees. 23 VI. Reforming Fines and Fees Practices. 27 VII. Conclusion. 31 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Nicolas Sawyer TOO POOR TO VOTE: FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT IN FLORIDA VIOLATES BEARDEN 25 Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights 205 (Spring, 2020) I. Background. 207 A. The 1838 Florida Constitution and the Origins of Felony Disenfranchisement in Florida. 207 B. Changes to Florida's Felony Voting Rights, 1838--2018. 208 C. Amendment 4, 2018. 208 D. Florida Senate Bill 7066, Codified as Florida Statute § 98.0751, 2019. 209 E. Federal District Court Enjoins Senate Bill 7066 in Jones v.... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Monica Bell, Stephanie Garlock, Alexander Nabavi-Noori TOWARD A DEMOSPRUDENCE OF POVERTY 69 Duke Law Journal 1473 (April, 2020) This Article describes the rift between a due-process-focused jurisprudence on legal-financial obligations--the centerpiece of the current fight against criminalization of poverty--and the substantive and structural problems of poverty criminalization. It argues that judges can help address this disconnect while still operating within the scope of... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Ilja Richard Pavone TOWARDS AN EU ANIMAL WELFARE LAW: THE CASE OF ANIMAL TESTING AND THE LIMITS OF NEW WELFARISM 16 Animal & Natural Resource Law Review 193 (May, 2020) Nowadays, the mass slaughter of animals is on the rise for several reasons. Animals are mainly exploited for food, (following the logic that they must feed all 7.5 billion of humans), kept in poor conditions in factory farming, and slaughtered for futile reasons, such as luxury foods (the cruel practices of shark finning and foie gras), recreation... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
Vonica F. Sallan TRANSIT'S RELATIONSHIP TO CONCENTRATED POVERTY: A CRITICAL STUDY OF RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN 20 Journal of Law in Society 214 (Winter, 2020) Introduction. 214 Background: A Brief History of Concentrated Poverty in Detroit. 216 I. Transportation Drives Upward Mobility and Dispels Concentrated Poverty. 219 A. Distinguishing Concentrated Poverty from Individual Poverty. 219 i. The Socio-Political Landscape - Rhetoric and Studies That Distinguish Between Poverty and Concentrated Poverty.... 2020 Relevant (Poverty)
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