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Jennifer Moore COLLECTIVE SECURITY WITH A HUMAN FACE: AN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR COORDINATED ACTION TO ALLEVIATE VIOLENCE AND POVERTY 33 Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 43 (Winter 2004) The inter-dependence of strategic security, human rights, and social security has been recognized on a theoretical or rhetorical level since the founding of the United Nations. Nevertheless, in the current counter-insurgency campaigns being waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, the potentially negative impacts of armed intervention on... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Jon Michaels DEFORMING WELFARE: HOW THE DOMINANT NARRATIVES OF DEVOLUTION AND PRIVATIZATION SUBVERTED FEDERAL WELFARE REFORM 34 Seton Hall Law Review 573 (2004) I. Introduction. 575 II. A Tale of Two Narratives: The Buildup to Welfare Reform. 581 A. Clamoring for Reform. 582 1. Substantive Reform: Combating Dependency. 583 2. Procedural Reform: The Devolution and Privatization Revolution. 586 B. Coalescing Around Welfare Reform: Systems and Processes. 591 C. The Nuts and Bolts of PRWORA. 595 III. Welfare... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Emilie Cooper EMBEDDED IMMIGRANT EXCEPTIONALISM: AN EXAMINATION OF CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 187, THE 1996 WELFARE REFORMS AND THE ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT EXPRESSED THEREIN 18 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 345 (Winter, 2004) Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! While the Statue of Liberty claims to welcome the tired, the poor and the homeless to the United States of America, it has become increasingly... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
James R. Hackney, Jr. IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT, AFRICAN AMERICAN REPARATIONS, TORT CAUSATION AND THE CASE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE TRANSFORMATION 84 Boston University Law Review 1193 (December, 2004) Introduction. 1193 I. The Mass Tort Analogy and the Case For and Against African American Reparations. 1194 II. Implications: Social Welfare Transformation?. 1201 Conclusion. 1206 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Timothy K. Kuhner INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LAW: A RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION 22 Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal 75 (2003-2004) This paper addresses the relationship between economic globalization and the theory and practice of poverty law in the United States. It suggests that poverty law must be internationalized in order to scrutinize poverty in today's conditions. The degree to which redistributionist and transformative social agendas are viable absent such... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Judith E. Koons MOTHERHOOD, MARRIAGE, AND MORALITY: THE PRO-MARRIAGE MORAL DISCOURSE OF AMERICAN WELFARE POLICY 19 Wisconsin Women's Law Journal 1 (Spring 2004) [A] mutually faithful monogamous relationship in context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity. Woman was created to be a wife and a mother; that is her destiny. . . . She has all the qualities that fit her to be a help-meet of man, to be the mother of his children, . . . but as an independent existence, free to follow... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Robert Kaestner PUBLICLY PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE NONELDERLY POOR: CAN WE SAVE MONEY SAFELY? 2004 University of Illinois Law Review 91 (2004) With many states and the federal government facing budget deficits, lawmakers across the country are looking to reduce government expenditures wherever feasible. In this article, Professor Kaestner examines the current state of publicly provided health insurance and makes several recommendations designed to reduce government spending with respect... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Mark Tushnet SOCIAL WELFARE RIGHTS AND THE FORMS OF JUDICIAL REVIEW 82 Texas Law Review 1895 (June, 2004) The conventional wisdom among scholars of U.S. constitutional law is that the Constitution--and indeed constitutions more generally--should not recognize, or be interpreted to recognize, so-called second generation social welfare rights, such as a right to shelter or a right to a minimum subsistence. The argument against the recognition of social... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Jane B. Baron THE "NO PROPERTY" PROBLEM: UNDERSTANDING POVERTY BY UNDERSTANDING WEALTH 102 Michigan Law Review 1000 (May, 2004) Reckoning with Homelessness. By Kim Hopper. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 2003. Pp. x, 271. $19.95. Could it be that understanding homelessness and poverty is less a function of understanding the homeless and the poor than of understanding how the wealthy come to ignore and tolerate them? This is one of the more intriguing suggestions of... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
David A. Super THE QUIET "WELFARE" REVOLUTION: RESURRECTING THE FOOD STAMP ROGRAM IN THE WAKE OF THE 1996 WELFARE LAW 79 New York University Law Review 1271 (October, 2004) Cash-assistance programs have long been a focus of both liberal and conservative efforts to make symbolic statements. In this regard, the 1996 dismantlement of federal entitlement to cash assistance was nothing new. Although the 1996 welfare law also made deep cuts to in-kind programs, such as food stamps, these programs had less symbolic... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Dorothy E. Roberts WELFARE REFORM AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM: LOW-INCOME MOTHERS' DECISIONS ABOUT WORK AT HOME AND IN THE MARKET 44 Santa Clara Law Review 1029 (2004) In October 2003, the New York Times Magazine featured an article about high-powered women who have opted out of the workplace to become full-time moms. The cover showed a woman and toddler sitting on the ground together in front of a ladder reaching beyond the cover's frame. The caption read, Q: Why Don't More Women Get to the Top? A: They Choose... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Jennifer E. Spreng WHEN "WELFARE" BECOMES "WORK SUPPORT": EXEMPTING EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT PAYMENTS IN CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY 78 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 279 (Summer, 2004) To put this case in perspective, one need only step back and note we are dealing here with poor, but honest debtors for whom the government has enacted laws intended to relieve their extreme poverty.. It is difficult to understand why more effort is not expended by other counsel, the trustees, and the courts to permit impoverished debtors to keep... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Karen Syma Czapanskiy WHY DOES IT MATTER WHERE I LIVE? WELFARE REFORM, EQUAL PROTECTION, AND THE MARYLAND CONSTITUTION 63 Maryland Law Review 655 (2004) The policy agenda for welfare reform in 1996 included freeing states and localities from the demands of a uniform national program. Giving states and localities authority for program design can be a boon if the authority is used to create a program that meets the needs of families in a particular place and time. It can also mean that families with... 2004 Relevant (Poverty)
Marni M. Hussong PROTECTING EXEMPT STATUS IN LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PARTNERSHIPS 31 Real Estate Taxation 75 (First Quarter, 2004) Participation with for-profit partners must not violate the requirements of an exempt purpose and no private benefit. The low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) of Section 42 provides federal tax incentives to encourage private investors to contribute funding for developing housing for low-income households. Since its inception in 1986, the program... 2004  
Stephen D. Sugarman THE PROMISE OF SCHOOL CHOICE FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF LOW-INCOME MINORITY CHILDREN 11 Asian Law Journal 284 (May, 2004) Elaine Jones, the executive director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has emphasized the plight of urban children from low-income families who are locked into those schools. She believes that it is essential for our society to improve those schools, and for that to happen, in her view, we need to provide our urban public schools with better... 2004  
Stephen D. Sugarman THE PROMISE OF SCHOOL CHOICE FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF LOW-INCOME MINORITY CHILDREN 15 Berkeley La Raza Law Journal 75 (Spring 2004) Elaine Jones, the executive director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has emphasized the plight of urban children from low-income families who are locked into those schools. She believes that it is essential for our society to improve those schools, and for that to happen, in her view, we need to provide our urban public schools with better... 2004  
Stephen D. Sugarman THE PROMISE OF SCHOOL CHOICE FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF LOW-INCOME MINORITY CHILDREN 19 Berkeley Women's Law Journal 403 (2004) Elaine Jones, the executive director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has emphasized the plight of urban children from low-income families who are locked into those schools. She believes that it is essential for our society to improve those schools, and for that to happen, in her view, we need to provide our urban public schools with better... 2004  
Stephen D. Sugarman THE PROMISE OF SCHOOL CHOICE FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF LOW-INCOME MINORITY CHILDREN 6 African-American Law and Policy Report 202 (2004) Elaine Jones, the executive director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has emphasized the plight of urban children from low-income families who are locked into those schools. She believes that it is essential for our society to improve those schools, and for that to happen, in her view, we need to provide our urban public schools with better... 2004  
Robyn Whipple Diaz UNEQUAL ACCESS: THE CRISIS OF HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY FOR LOW-INCOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7 Journal of Health Care Law and Policy 120 (2004) There is a health care crisis in our city.when the life expectancy of our African-American men is 10 years less than the rest of America, and when this country's highest rates of infant mortality, diabetes, and HIV infection are in our own backyard, it is time to fix health care in Washington.Mayor Anthony A. Williams Of all forms of... 2004  
Naomi R. Cahn BATTERED WOMEN, CHILD MALTREATMENT, PRISON, AND POVERTY: ISSUES FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE 11 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 355 (2003) I. Battered Women, Children, and Prison. 356 A. Post-Imprisonment Issues. 357 B. Prison and Battered Women. 358 II. Child Abuse, Battered Women, and Public Welfare. 362 III. Conclusion: Family Violence. 365 2003 Most Relevant
Margaret M. Russell FOREWORD: EXPANDING THE DEBATE ON RACE, POVERTY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THE LAW 1 Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal 1 (Fall, 2003) It brings me great pleasure to introduce the inaugural issue of the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal, the culmination of over two years of steadfast organizing by a thoughtful and enterprising group of Hastings law students. The Journal's founders astutely recognized that legal scholars, students, practitioners, and activists need an academic... 2003 Most Relevant
Eric Helland, Alexander Tabarrok RACE, POVERTY, AND AMERICAN TORT AWARDS: EVIDENCE FROM THREE DATA SETS 32 Journal of Legal Studies 27 (January, 2003) We investigate the impact of the race and income of the jury pool on trial awards. The average tort award increases as black and Hispanic county population rates increase and especially as black and Hispanic county poverty rates increase. An increase in the black county poverty rate of 1 percentage point tends to raise the average personal injury... 2003 Most Relevant
Matt Boucher TURNING A BLIND (WHITE) EYE IN LEGISLATING MENTAL HEALTH PARITY: THE UNMET, OVERLOOKED NEEDS OF THE WORKING POOR IN RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES 19 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy 465 (Spring, 2003) There is an eternal dispute between those who imagine the world to suit their policy, and those who correct their policy to suit the realities of the world. Albert Sorel In terms of public awareness, 1999 was a banner year for mental health in the United States. That year, then-Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., released the first-ever... 2003 Most Relevant
Mandara Meyers (UN)EQUAL PROTECTION FOR THE POOR: EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND THE NEED FOR STRICTER SCRUTINY 6 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 349 (November, 2003) The possession of property, owned or leased, is more than an issue of shelter-- it is a defining element of our lives. Property ownership influences the way we feel about ourselves as well as how we are perceived by those around us. Even more significantly, how and where we live affects our ability to access other goods equally. In this way,... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Deborah J. Cantrell A SHORT HISTORY OF POVERTY LAWYERS IN THE UNITED STATES 5 Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law 11 (Fall 2003) Since at least the late 1800s, lawyers in the United States have worked for the poor without charge. These lawyers have been known by many labels: legal aid lawyers, progressive lawyers, legal services lawyers, and poverty lawyers. This article uses the label poverty lawyer to include all lawyers, at any time, who have focused on using law, the... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Tom W. Bell AUTHORS' WELFARE: COPYRIGHT AS A STATUTORY MECHANISM FOR REDISTRIBUTING RIGHTS 69 Brooklyn Law Review 229 (Fall 2003) Copyright exhibits means and ends remarkably similar to those of social welfare programs. Yet discussions about copyright do not tend to echo discussions about welfare. This paper examines that interesting contrast. It begins by comparing social welfare policy to copyright policy, uncovering several material parallels. Both welfare and copyright... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Meghan E. O'Neill CORPORATE WELFARE?: STATE TAX INCENTIVES FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 35 Connecticut Law Review 1717 (Summer, 2003) Nuclear reactor containment structures, electronic truck scales, and boilers would not, at first glance, seem to fall into the category of air pollution control devices. Yet their owners have tried to characterize them in just that way in order to benefit from a tax exemption designed to encourage new, more productive methods of pollution control.... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
LaShawn Jefferson DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN EMPLOYMENT AND PROPERTY RIGHTS: UNEXAMINED FACTORS IN THE FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY 24 Women's Rights Law Reporter 167 (Summer/Fall 2003) I am here to talk, in part, about the widespread and widely accepted violations of women's human rights that contribute to the impoverishment of women. We look around the world and people throw around the term of feminization of poverty, and I am sure there is economic analyses about macro changes affecting woman. But this does not happen in a... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Martha T. McCluskey EFFICIENCY AND SOCIAL CITIZENSHIP: CHALLENGING THE NEOLIBERAL ATTACK ON THE WELFARE STATE 78 Indiana Law Journal 783 (Summer, 2003) I. L2-5,T5AFDC 799 A. L3-5,T5Reconstructing the Economics of Redistribution 802 1. The Rise and Fall of Keynesianism. 802 2. The Triumph of the Neoliberal Double Bind. 805 B. L3-5,T5Neoliberal Citizenship and Welfare Reform 807 1. AFDC as Moral Hazard. 807 2. Double Standard of AFDC's Moral Hazard. 808 3. From Double Standard into Market Forces.... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Ilisabeth Smith Bornstein FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE POOR: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE RESTRICTION ON CLASS ACTION INVOLVEMENT BY LEGAL SERVICES ATTORNEYS 2003 University of Chicago Legal Forum 693 (2003) In 1996, Congress limited opportunities for the poor to pursue a class action lawsuit by forbidding legal services providers that receive federal funds from initiating or participating in class action lawsuits. The class action prohibition was one of many restrictions imposed on the activities of federally funded legal services providers. Although... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Frank Munger POVERTY, WELFARE, AND THE AFFIRMATIVE STATE 37 Law and Society Review 659 (September, 2003) John Gilliom, Overseers of the Poor: Surveillance, Resistance, and the Limits of Privacy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. Michael B. Katz, The Price of Citizenship: Redefining the American Welfare State. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2001. Alice O'Connor, Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
James A. Kushner SMART GROWTH, NEW URBANISM AND DIVERSITY: PROGRESSIVE PLANNING MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA AND THEIR IMPACT ON POOR AND MINORITY ETHNIC POPULATIONS 21 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 45 (2002-2003) Smart Growth envisions a reduction in the extension of low-density suburban subdivisions as the predominant pattern of development. New Urbanism reflects a more pedestrian-oriented European style of urban life. Growth policies that target development toward urban infill and revitalization could result in the intensification of ethnic separation.... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Amy L. Wax SOCIAL WELFARE, HUMAN DIGNITY, AND THE PUZZLE OF WHAT WE OWE EACH OTHER 27 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 121 (Fall, 2003) In a recent book about the American anti-poverty movement, Joel Schwartz argues that the moral improvement of the poor was a central goal of anti-poverty reformers in the 19 and early 20 centuries. Although moral reform was considered intrinsically valuable, it was also thought to be instrumental. The emphasis on the character and personal conduct... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Samuel R. Bagenstos THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AS WELFARE REFORM 44 William and Mary Law Review 921 (February, 2003) L1-4,T4Introduction 923 I. L2-4,T4The Critique: Betraying the Promises of the ADA? 930 A. L3-4,T4The Definition of Disability 930. B. L3-4,T4Judicial Estoppel Cases 936. 1. The Basic Problem. 936 2. The Cleveland Decision. 941 3. The Cleveland Aftermath. 943 4. The Critique. 948 C. L3-4,T4Reasonable Accommodation Cases 949. II. L2-4,T4The ADA and... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Rebekah J. Smith, Luisa S. Deprez, Sandra S. Butler THE MISEDUCATION OF WELFARE REFORM: DENYING THE PROMISE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION 55 Maine Law Review 211 (2003) I. L2-3Introduction II. L2-3Welfare Reform's Work-First Phenomenon: An Attack on Higher Education III. L2-3Denied Promise: The Value of Education for Low-Income Mothers A. The Proof that Education Matters B. Against the Tide: Maine's Parents as Scholars Program C. Positive Outcomes for Maine's Parents as Scholars Graduates IV. L2-3Hope for... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Christopher Slobogin THE POVERTY EXCEPTION TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT 55 Florida Law Review 391 (January, 2003) I. L2-3,T3Introduction 391. II. L2-3,T3The Illegal Alien Exception: Explicit and Dubious 392. III. L2-3,T3The Mexican Exception: Implicit and Barely Discernible 396. IV. L2-3,T3The Poverty Exception: Implicit but Real 399. A. Search Jurisprudence. 400 B. Seizure Jurisprudence. 404 V. L2-3,T3Conclusion 406. L1-3,T3Postscript: Poverty and the Fourth... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Peter B. Edelman THE WELFARE DEBATE: GETTING PAST THE BUMPER STICKERS 27 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 93 (Fall, 2003) Welfare reform has been the recurrent subject of heated debate in the United States, culminating in far-reaching legislation in 1996. Taking the measure of that legislation requires attention both to the broader context of which welfare policy is a part and to the merits of the 1996 law itself. Welfare policy, cash assistance for families with... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Shelby A.D. Moore UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CRIME, AND POVERTY: HOW WELFARE REFORM MAY KEEP BATTERED WOMEN FROM LEAVING ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS 12 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 451 (Spring 2003) I. Introduction. 452 II. Facing Reality: Women in Abusive Relationships Commit Crimes Other than Homicide. 457 A. Child-Related Crimes. 458 B. Drug Offenses and Family Violence. 465 C. Property Crimes and Domestic Violence. 467 III. Battered Women: Why They Stay or the Impediments to Leaving. 470 A. Why Battered Women Cannot Leave. 471 B. Domestic... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Pearson Liddell, Jr. , Stevie Watson , William D. Eshee, Jr. WELFARE REFORM IN MISSISSIPPI: TANF POLICY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 11 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 1107 (2003) Introduction. 1108 I. A Brief History of Welfare Reform. 1109 II. TANF Policies. 1115 A. Welfare to Work. 1115 1. Accountability of Contractors. 1117 2. Welfare Recipients as Employees. 1118 3. Livable Wage. 1120 4. Education. 1123 III. Challenges in Mississippi: Problems and Criticisms of TANF Policy. 1123 A. Single Mothers. 1123 B. Livable Wage... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Marian Wright Edelman WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE WILL TO END CHILD POVERTY? 10 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 273 (Summer, 2003) The day after Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination on April 4, 1968, the pent-up rage, hurt, and grief of poor Black communities exploded in riots across America. As smoke swirled through the air of Washington, D.C., I visited several public schools to urge children not to loot, risk arrest, and jeopardize their futures. A 12-year-old boy looked... 2003 Relevant (Poverty)
Vincent D. Rougeau A CRISIS OF CARING: A CATHOLIC CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN WELFARE REFORM 27 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 101 (Fall, 2003) The current deterioration of the American economy is bringing new attention to the problem of poverty in the United States. After falling over the last few years, the number of Americans living in poverty has begun to rise once again. Notwithstanding the achievements of recent welfare reforms, the American poor continue to be numerous by any... 2003  
Peter Zamora IN RECOGNITION OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES?: IDEOLOGICAL DISCORD AND ITS EFFECTS UPON TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACTS OF 1965 AND 2001 10 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 413 (Summer, 2003) Though nearly fifty years have passed since Brown v. Board of Education, which seemed to promise educational parity for all students, African American and other minority students currently perform at significantly lower levels than their white counterparts on standardized tests that measure academic achievement. The 2000 National Assessment of... 2003  
Vivian L. Gadsden , Stanton E. F. Wortham , Herbert M. Turner III SITUATED IDENTITIES OF YOUNG, AFRICAN AMERICAN FATHERS IN LOW-INCOME URBAN SETTINGS 41 Family Court Review 381 (July, 2003) Young, low-income, African American fathers have been at the center of research, practice, and policy on families over the past decade. This article uses a voicing analytic technique to examine identities among young, low-income, African American fathers living in an urban setting; the intersections of these identities; and the fathers'... 2003  
Jianxia Du, Ph.D , James D. Anderson, Ph.D TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION: DOES TECHNOLOGY HELP LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY STUDENTS IN THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS? 2003 University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology and Policy 1 (Spring, 2003) This study examines the equality of educational opportunities (EEO) as it relates to the availability and usage of technology. It is generally held that technology is the key to bridging the achievement gap between students from disadvantaged and advantaged socioeconomic or ethnic groups. This study utilized a database constructed from the... 2003  
Marshalita Sims-Peterson , Melva L. Ware FROM RISK TO PROMISE: CHANGING THE EDUCATION CONTRACT FOR POOR CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF COLOR 9 Widener Law Symposium Journal 121 (2002) [E]ducation is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. . . . It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities[.] . . . It is the very foundation of good citizenship [.] . . . It is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity. . . where... 2002 Most Relevant
Naomi Cahn RACE, POVERTY, HISTORY, ADOPTION, AND CHILD ABUSE: CONNECTIONS 36 Law and Society Review 461 (2002) Dorothy Roberts, Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare. New York: Basic Books, 2001. x + 349 pages. $26.00 cloth; $16.50 paper. E. Wayne Carp, ed., Adoption in America: Historical Perspectives. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002. $57.50 cloth. P rofessor Dorothy Roberts, the Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law at Northwestern... 2002 Most Relevant
Stephen B. Bright RACE, POVERTY, THE DEATH PENALTY, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION 1 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 73 (Spring/Summer, 2002) There is a growing debate in the United States about the wisdom of capital punishment. Separate from the question of whether the state should kill, this debate involves issues of race, the quality of legal representation for people facing the death penalty, and the risk of executing innocent people. Are people being sentenced to death because of... 2002 Most Relevant
Christine N. Cimini THE NEW CONTRACT: WELFARE REFORM, DEVOLUTION, AND DUE PROCESS 61 Maryland Law Review 246 (2002) In 1996 Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (Welfare Reform Act or PRWORA), claiming that fundamental and revolutionary changes were necessary to cure the perceived intractable problems of the welfare system. The problems identified by Congress included long-term dependency on welfare benefits, large... 2002 Most Relevant
Otis B. Grant ARE THE INDIGENT TOO POOR FOR BANKRUPTCY? A CRITICAL LEGAL INTERPRETATION OF THE THEORY OF FRESH START WITHIN A LAW AND ECONOMICS PARADIGM 33 University of Toledo Law Review 773 (Summer 2002) WHILE campaigning for the United States Presidency, George W. Bush urged Americans to embrace a new era of personal responsibility. Now that he is in office we get a chance to see Bush's theme of responsibility manifest into policy. The self-proclaimed compassionate conservative championed the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001, in which he asserted... 2002 Relevant (Poverty)
Melanie D. Acevedo CLIENT CHOICES, COMMUNITY VALUES: WHY FAITH-BASED LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS ARE GOOD FOR POVERTY LAW 70 Fordham Law Review 1491 (March, 2002) The summer of 1968 found the city of Chicago in flames, literally and metaphorically. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, followed by Robert Kennedy in June. The Near North neighborhood, which includes the massive Cabrini Green public housing complex, was no exception to the anger and sometimes violent unrest. In response, the... 2002 Relevant (Poverty)
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