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Eric K. Yamamoto , Ashley Kaiao Obrey Reframing Redress: a "Social Healing Through Justice" Approach to United States-native Hawaiian and Japan-ainu Reconciliation Initiatives 16 Asian American Law Journal L.J. 5 (2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   One billion dollars and an apology: reparations by the United States government for 60,000 surviving Americans of Japanese ancestry imprisoned during World War II without charges, trial, or evidence of necessity. Redress for lost homes, families, and freedom, for serious harm inflicted by a government on its own people on account of their race. The... 2009  
Samuel J. Levine , Russell G. Pearce Rethinking the Legal Reform Agenda: Will Raising the Standards for Bar Admission Promote or Undermine Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law? 77 Fordham Law Review 1635 (March, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Today, legal reformers are once again in the midst of a major effort to export American models of the American legal profession to developing countries. These recent efforts began in the 1990s as countries in Eastern Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia began to transition to democratic political systems or market economies. The reformers'... 2009  
Harvey Gee Review Essay: Asian Americans, Critical Race Theory, and the End of the Model Minority Myth 19 Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 149 (Fall 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism by Rosalind S. Chou & Joe R. Feagin, Paradigm Publishers, Pp. 251 (2008) Race Law Stories, Foundation Press, Pp. 608 (eds. Rachel F. Moran & Devon W. Carbado 2008) Race issues are rarely spoken about in everyday conversation. In a speech to Justice Department employees marking Black... 2009  
Angela P. Harris Should People of Color Support Animal Rights? 5 Journal of Animal Law 15 (2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them hut by the hand of tyranny. The French have already discovered that the blackness of the skin is no reason why a human being should be abandoned without redress to the caprice of a tormentor. It may one day come to be... 2009  
Rhonda V. Magee Slavery as Immigration? 44 University of San Francisco Law Review 273 (Fall 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   As an African-American woman and legal scholar, I have long been troubled by the absence of sustained discourse within the legal academy on the legacies of American chattel slavery and its multifaceted impact on contemporary U.S. law and policy. Since entering the academy, I have puzzled, mostly in silence, over the continued absence of scholarship... 2009  
Thomas Kleven Systemic Classism, Systemic Racism: Are Social and Racial Justice Achievable in the United States? 8 Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal 207 (Spring/Summer 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The thesis of this article is that the United States is systemically a highly classist and racist society, that classism and racism are interrelated and overlapping phenomena, and that the achievement of a non-classist/non-racist society requires a mass movement of working-class people of all ethnicities for social and racial justice for all. By... 2009  
Tracy Reilly The "Spiritual Temperature" of Contemporary Popular Music: an Alternative to the Legal Regulation of Death-metal and Gangsta-rap Lyrics 11 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 335 (Winter 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The purpose of this Article is to contribute to the volume of legal scholarship that focuses on popular music lyrics and their effects on children. This interdisciplinary cross-section of law and culture has been analyzed by legal scholars, philosophers, and psychologists throughout history. This Article specifically focuses on the recent public... 2009  
Paul Finkelman The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and History 88 Texas Law Review 353 (December, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   During the recent confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, we watched, once again, the ritual discussion of what ought to be the standards for a Supreme Court Justice. Republicans, fearful of a third moderate on what is the most conservative Court in three-quarters of a century, trotted out the assertions of John Roberts during his confirmation... 2009  
Hannibal Travis The Cultural and Intellectual Property Interests of the Indigenous Peoples of Turkey and Iraq 15 Texas Wesleyan Law Review 415 (Spring 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   I. Defining Indigenous Peoples and Their Property Interests under International Law. 422 II. The Destruction of Indigenous Peoples' Cultural and Intellectual Property in Turkey and Iraq. 432 A. The Assyrians of Anatolia and Mesopotamia. 432 B. The Greeks of Anatolia and Cyprus. 451 C. The Jews of Anatolia and Mesopotamia. 461 D. The Mandaeans and... 2009  
John Tehranian The Emperor Has No Copyright: Registration, Cultural Hierarchy, and the Myth of American Copyright Militancy 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1399 (Fall 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   This Article subverts the myth of American copyright militancy by providing a more nuanced view of our enforcement regime and detailing how, in the age of mechanical (and digital) reproduction, procedural nicities establish cultural hierarchy through the selective restoration of Benjaminian aura to creative works. As it turns out, the Emperor has... 2009  
Tonya Kowalski The Forgotten Sovereigns 36 Florida State University Law Review 765 (Summer, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Our federal system includes 564 federally recognized American Indian nations, most of which have their own sovereign lands, governments, and court systems, and who interact every day with the state and federal systems. Yet most legal thought overlooks our sovereign Native American nations and legal heritage. Although much of American law and policy... 2009  
Mark A. Rothstein , Yu Cai , Gary E. Marchant The Ghost in Our Genes: Legal and Ethical Implications of Epigenetics 19 Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine Matrix 1 (Winter 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Abstract: Epigenetics is one of the most scientifically important, and legally and ethically significant, cutting-edge subjects of scientific discovery. Epigenetics link environmental and genetic influences on the traits and characteristics of an individual, and new discoveries reveal that a large range of environmental, dietary, behavioral, and... 2009  
Jonathan A. Bush The Prehistory of Corporations and Conspiracy in International Criminal Law: What Nuremberg Really Said 109 Columbia Law Review 1094 (June, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Among the most important questions in international criminal law since the mid-1990s have been the status of Anglo-American conspiracy law and the liability of corporations and their officers for human rights violations. These two issues have arisen in a broad range of settings, including Alien Tort Statute suits, cases arising out of the American... 2009  
Alice M. Thomas The Racial Wealth Divide Through the Eyes of the Younger Family: Undoing America's Legacy of Wealth Inequality in Search of the Elusive American Dream Utilizing a Sankofa Model of Transitional Justice 5 Florida A & M University Law Review Rev. 1 (Fall 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   I. Introduction. 2 II. Contextual Background & Historical Perspective. 15 III. The Problem - Entrenched Racial Inequality Amplified through the Multiracial Wealth Divide. 24 A. The Nature and Magnitude of the Problem. 24 B. Lifting the Veil on the Past: The History of the Wealth Divide. 29 1. In General. 29 2. Native Americans. 31 3. African... 2009  
  The Republic of Alicanto (Applicant) v. the Commonwealth of Ravisia (Respondent) 16 ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law 301 (Fall, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   L1-6,T6Index Of Authorities 306 L1-6,T6Statement Of Jurisdiction 314 L1-6,T6Statement Of Facts 315 L1-6,T6Questions Presented 318 L1-6,T6Summary Of Pleadings 319 I. L2-6,T6The Commonwealth Of Ravisia's (Ravisia) Intervention In The Republic Of Alicanto (Alicanto) Constitutes A Continuing Violation Of Alicanto's Sovereignty And International Law... 2009  
Barbara Stark Theories of Poverty/the Poverty of Theory 2009 Brigham Young University Law Review 381 (2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   You never give me your money You only give me your funny paper And in the middle of negotiations You break down. -- Paul McCartney I. Introduction. 382 II. Why Theory. 386 A. Why Theory Is Necessary. 387 B. Why Theory Is Problematic. 390 III. Theories of Poverty. 391 A. Liberal Theory. 391 1. The Moral Duty to the Poor. 395 2. The Rights of the... 2009  
Bernadette Atuahene Things Fall Apart: the Illegitimacy of Property Rights in the Context of past Property Theft 51 Arizona Law Review 829 (Winter 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Past property theft is often a volatile political issue that has threatened to destabilize many nascent democracies. How does a transitional state avoid present-day property-related disobedience when a significant number of people believe that the current property distribution is illegitimate because of past property theft? To explore this... 2009  
Alfred L. Brophy Thomas Ruffin: of Moral Philosophy and Monuments 87 North Carolina Law Review 799 (March, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Thomas Ruffin: Of Moral Philosophy and Monuments returns to Judge Thomas Ruffin's opinions, particularly on slavery, to excavate his jurisprudence and to try to assess what Ruffin's legacy means for us today. It begins with an exploration of Ruffin's 1830 opinion in State v. Mann where he self-consciously separated his feelings from his legal... 2009  
Daniel A. Farber Tort Law in the Era of Climate Change, Katrina, and 9/11: Exploring Liability for Extraordinary Risks 43 Valparaiso University Law Review 1075 (Spring, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Tort cases generally deal with routine risks-the kind of risk that a person encounters as a result of driving a car or buying a product. Such risks are also staples of the insurance industry. Today, however, society faces risks that threaten potentially massive harms to large segments of the public. Katrina destroyed the city of New Orleans,... 2009  
Roy L. Brooks Toward a Post-atonement America: the Supreme Court's Atonement for Slavery and Jim Crow 57 University of Kansas Law Review 739 (May, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Little if any attention in the national discourse on reparations has been given to the question of whether the United States Supreme Court has an institutional moral duty to atone for its participation in the atrocities of slavery and Jim Crow. By atonement I mean two things: a statement of apology and an act of redemption that concretizes the... 2009  
Hope Lewis Transnational Dimensions of Race in America 72 Albany Law Review 999 (2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   -Out of many, one people. Jamaica, the nation from which my parents and grandmothers migrated to the United States, includes a motto on its national coat of arms that is at once inspiring and yet disturbingly ironic: Out of many . . . one people. The embl 2009  
Robert R. Oliva and Roger W. Dorsey, Attorney and CPA Understating Tax Can Result in Preparer's Loss of the Right to Practice 82 Practical Tax Strategies 348 (June, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The more likely penalty for understating a client's tax is monetary under Section 6694, but enjoining the culprit from being a tax return preparer is possible under Section 7407. While permanent injunctions or disbarments from practice in connection with the advising and marketing of abusive tax shelters have received substantial coverage in the... 2009  
Andrew Hill United Nations Update 16 Human Rights Brief 56 (Spring, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   In September 2001, the United Nations sponsored a summit in Durban, South Africa, entitled the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR). The WCAR created a large amount of controversy surrounding several divisive issues and ended with, at best, mixed results. Recently, however, the UN decided to sponsor a second WCAR in Geneva in April 2009. As the... 2009  
  United States Boycotts Durban Review Conference, Will Seek Election to Human Rights Council 103 American Journal of International Law 355 (April, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   In February 2009, the U.S. Department of State announced that, absent significant changes in the draft conference document, the United States would not participate in the April 2009 UN conference to review implementation of decisions adopted at the 2001 Durban World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related... 2009  
Jeffrey T. Dinwoodie Unpatriotic Profits: the Risks Companies Face from International Business Activities and the Need for a Heightened Duty of Oversight for Corporate Directors 34 University of Dayton Law Review 377 (Spring, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   Patriotism and national security have been dominant themes and points of emphasis in the United States since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Americans have become increasingly sensitive to anything that is potentially threatening or detrimental to the national security interests of the United States. Operating within this environment,... 2009  
Kathleen Bicek Bezdichek, J.D. Validity, Construction, and Application of § 6700 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.s.c.a. § 6700) Imposing Civil Penalties for Promoting Abusive Tax Shelters 36 American Law Reports ALR Federal 2d 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   This annotation discusses all of the cases in which courts have construed or applied § 6700 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.C. § 6700, codified at 26 U.S.C.A. § 6700, which imposes civil penalties for the promotion of abusive tax shelters. Some opinions discussed in this annotation may be restricted by court rule as to publication and citation in... 2009  
Cheah Wui Ling Walking the Long Road in Solidarity and Hope: a Case Study of the "Comfort Women" Movement's Deployment of Human Rights Discourse 22 Harvard Human Rights Journal 63 (Winter 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The first World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery kicked off on a clear and sunny Friday morning in October 2007. In the early morning sunlight, small groups of women, many of whom had just arrived that morning from across the Pacific Ocean, mingled and chatted while filing into the University of California Los Angeles Law School... 2009  
Carla D. Pratt Way to Represent: the Role of Black Lawyers in Contemporary American Democracy 77 Fordham Law Review 1409 (March, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   It is an axiomatic principle of constitutional law that our nation was founded as a race-conscious liberal democracy. The U.S. Constitution, as originally drafted and adopted, recognized as citizens only those persons who could be considered racially white. The U.S. Supreme Court, in its infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, held that persons... 2009  
Arthur Oder What's Fair Is Fair? A Comparative Look at Judicial Discretion in Fairness Review of Holocaust Era Class Action Settlement in the United States and Canada 17 Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law 545 (Summer 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   I. Introduction. 546 II. Background. 553 A. The Swiss Banks Settlement. 553 B. The Generali Insurance Litigation. 556 III. The U.S. Fairness Paradigm for Settlement Classes. 561 A. Rule 23 Fairness Requirements of Class Action Settlements. 561 B. Procedural Fairness: The Negotiation Process. 563 C. Substantive Fairness: The Settlement Terms. 566 1.... 2009  
Alireza Gharagozlou When Did Scrooge Become a Role Model? Why Criticism of America's National Debt Is Misplaced 33 Nova Law Review 427 (Spring, 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   I. Introduction. 427 II. What Do I Do with This Money?. 429 A. Spend It. 429 B. Gift It. 430 C. Save It. 430 D. Equity Investment. 433 E. Lend It. 436 F. Summary. 440 III. The Sovereign World. 440 IV. China and the United States. 442 V. The Argentina Example. 445 VI. Conclusion. 449 2009  
Lateef Mtima Whom the Gods Would Destroy: Why Congress Prioritized Copyright Protection over Internet Privacy in Passing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 61 Rutgers Law Review 627 (Spring 2009) Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources   The problem of illegal file-sharing and related acts of Internet infringement is one of the most important copyright challenges of the day. Not only does such activity threaten the property interests of copyright owners, but given the attendant prospect of vicarious copyright infringement liability that confronts Internet Service Providers (ISPs),... 2009  
  Amended Complaint (10/28/2009) Trial Court Documents   TOTAL DEMAND $2,000,000.00 1. This complaint spotlights United States Civil Rights; Civil Rights Acts, 1866 Through 1991 violations in the area of race/color/sex (gender)/age; the events... 2009  
  Defendant Banks' Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint for Failure to State a Claim upon Which Relief Can Be Granted (6/4/2009) Trial Court Documents   Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, HSH Nordbank AG, West LB AG, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale (Helaba), and LBBW Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (hereinafter Defendant Banks),... 2009  
  Defendants Hsin and Thomason's Reply in Support of Their Rule 12(f) Motion to Strike (7/15/2009) Trial Court Documents   First and foremost, in its June 24, 2009 Order, in response to a motion seeking leave to file up to five Motions for Summary Judgment, the Court ruled that each Defendant could file their... 2009  
  Defendant's Memorandum in Opposition to Motion to Remand (10/30/2009) Trial Court Documents   This lawsuit was filed against Alcoa Inc. (Alcoa) in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on June 5, 2009, in the action Cameron B. Auxer et al. v. Alcoa Inc., Case... 2009  
  Fourth Amended Complaint for Violation of Unlawful Competition Law California Business & Professions Code Section 17200 et Seq. (10/2/2009) Trial Court Documents   FN1. Plaintiffs originally filed Hurdle v. FleetBoston, et al. on 9/22/2002 in the Superior Court for San Francisco, Civil No. 41288, alleging violations of California Bus. & Prof. Code... 2009  
  Plaintiffs' Notice of Motion, Motion and Memorandum in Support of Final Approval of Class Settlement (1/22/2009) Trial Court Documents   CLASS ACTION Date: February 6, 2009 Time: 10:00 a.m. Courtroom: 8 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: Please take notice that on February 6, 2009 at 10:00 a.m., or as soon... 2009  
  Plaintiffs' Post Trial Reply Brief (8/6/2009) Trial Court Documents   For the third time, the Government asks this Court for dismissal based on the Flood Control Act of 1928 (33 U.S.C. § 702c), claiming that immunity attaches here because Plaintiffs' damages... 2009  
  Plaintiffs' Pro Se Response to Defendant First American Title Insurance's Motion for Summary Judgment (8/12/2009) Trial Court Documents   The Plaintiffs, Anita E. Belle and Thelma L. Belle, self-represented, hereby respond to Defendant FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE's Motion for Summary Judgment as follows: 1. The Plaintiffs... 2009  
  Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Barclays Bank Plc's Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint (1/9/2009) Trial Court Documents   Because Plaintiff has violated this Court's scheduling order, Plaintiff's Opposition should be disregarded. New York law provides that late papers should be disregarded where a plaintiff... 2009  
  Response of Barclays Bank Plc to Plaintiff's "Sur-reply" Brief (3/6/2009) Trial Court Documents   As stated in Barclays' previous two submissions, the Second Amended Complaint filed by plaintiff Clive C. Campbell (Plaintiff) which seeks reparations for harm purportedly caused by... 2009  
  Trial Pleading (3/24/2009) Trial Court Documents   This is a racial and disability discrimination claim involving issues of selective policy application and enforcement, wrongful eviction, housing denial, harassment, retaliation, and... 2009  
  United States' Post-hearing Brief (1/20/2009) Trial Court Documents   The IRS audited 312 returns prepared by defendants. These audits uncovered almost $5 million in tax understatements. The returns were prepared by Frank Zerjav, a natural born salesman and... 2009  
  Campbell v. Barclays Bank Plc 24 Misc.3d 1210(A) (7/2/2009) Trial Court Orders   Pro se plaintiff CLIVE CAMPBELL (CAMPBELL) claims that defendant BARCLAYS BANK PLC (BARCLAYS) purchased naming rights for a proposed indoor arena to be named the Barclays Center from... 2009  
  Frivolous Positions Notice 2008-14 (1/14/2008) Administrative Decisions & Guidance     2008  
  General Electric Company (1/11/2008) Administrative Decisions & Guidance     2008  
  Jpmorgan Chase & Co. (2/20/2008) Administrative Decisions & Guidance     2008  
  Appellee's Brief (12/18/2008) Briefs   Appellees do not request oral argument. Appellees do not adopt the brief of any other party. FN1. In this brief, Appellees will cite to Plaintiff's deposition exhibits as R-64-Ex.- and... 2008  
  Brief of Appellant (1/31/2008) Briefs   FN1. References to E.R. are to the cited page(s) in Appellant's Excerpts of Record filed herewith. FN2. The Museum made several additional arguments to the court below, including that... 2008  
  Brief of Appellant (11/3/2008) Briefs   Appellant does not request oral argument. Note: Table of Contents page numbers missing in original document FN1. Although this document is dated December 25, 2005, plaintiff testified that... 2008  
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