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Indigenous peoples today face a wide range of constantly evolving political, epistemic and socio-cultural forms of contemporary colonial violence. Modern discourses and research practices both ... in Latin America (Brave Heart et al., 2011). Indigenous peoples are vastly diverse in terms of their political and economic situations, cultures, and relationships with colonizing societies (Alfred
agent S has to a fact P that makes P certain for S. I do not take a stand here on precisely what facts we can apprehend. This will largely depend on the outcomes of debates in the philosophy of mind and ... philosophy of mind and perception will differ on what kinds of factors are mentally accessible in this way. In section 1, I developed the concept of apprehension in a way that remains neutral on these debates
contact , USA DAVID L. HUDSON, JR.* Defamation cases often arise out of intemperate or offensive statements made in political campaigns. These comments may refer to a candidate’s criminal history ... political speech, and speech about political candidates is inherently political speech. Thus, defamation suits arising out of political campaigns face significant hurdles, including (1) anti-SLAPP statutes
political question doctrine is wrong. The doctrine as the Supreme Court has developed it is not a limit on the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts. It is, however, a limit on judicial power in ... its relations with political power. The doctrine has two branches. In one, courts treat certain legal decisions by political actors as conclusive. The leading example is recognition of states and
information , please contact , USA JOHN HARRISON* Much that is said about the political question doctrine is wrong. The doctrine as the Supreme Court has developed it is not a limit on the subject matter ... jurisdiction of the federal courts. It is, however, a limit on judicial power in its relations with political power. The doctrine has two branches. In one, courts treat certain legal decisions by political
POLITICAL SUBORDINATION OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN MARIELA OLIVARES* The Article explores the state of immigrant battered women in the United States, focusing on how their identity as a politically and culturally ... law has provided assistance to battered immigrants has weathered varying degrees of political controversy. Part III focuses on how this controversy ultimately drives legislative advocacy, successes, and
://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/aulr/vol67/iss2/12 ? WHY SALMAN IS A GAME-CHANGER FOR THE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY KENDALL R. PAULEY* For decades, the political intelligence (PI) industry?an expert network of lobbyists ... claimed that an investigation yielded no evidence of any illicit communications by his staff, political intelligence (PI) operatives5?whose job is to collect information from government officials to then
INDUSTRY KENDALL R. PAULEY* For decades, the political intelligence (PI) industry?an expert network of lobbyists and lawyers residing in Washington, D.C.?leveraged their personal connections to extract
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW REvIEW [Vol. REMARKS OF ANNE TIERNEY GOLDSTEIN* Political Rights (Civil I believe that the Civil ratified by States that were thinking about women the States therefore ... Political Covenant like the strength of the American Convention Political Covenant it has promised not to discriminate against women the Women's Convention are said to differ in part 0 Director of the Human
be conceptualized as violations of rights guaranteed under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Civil and Political Covenant)-rights to security of the person, rights to marry and ... form a family, or rights to equality and nondiscrimination. Yet, full protection of reproductive rights under the Civil and Political Covenant is hampered by the fact that reproductive coercion and
in the Tsarist period to show that if they live in times of great hardship, or under arbitrary political rule, political actors and thinkers with conservative sympathies (such as respect for tradition ... developing conservative political philosophy, other parts of history where conservatism?s problems have emerged and have a recognizable connection with the situation today remain of great interest. In
. For a historical account of the development of international law, see LOUIS HENKIN, INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BILL OF RIGHTS: THE COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS 1-31 (1981), and Louis B
have historically accorded less attention than civil and political rights.' These rights, moreover, have been viewed as private rather than public rights, involving private behavior unsuitable for the ... attention of human rights advocates.' Until very recently, international human rights organizations concentrated almost exclusively on the investigation and reporting of violations of civil and political
and political rights. This Article proposes a way to define one component of reproductive health and choice, namely, the right to information necessary to make informed decisions about reproductive ... political, or primarily economic, social, or cultural. For instance, the rights to privacy and freedom of information are classic civil rights. The right to health is generally viewed as an economic right
contributions are harder to bear for those with lower wages. Just as the EITC has eased the burden of these contributions without undermining the basic structure and philosophy of Social Security, so the ... parts of this Article also appear in NANCY J. ALTMAN, THE BATTLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY: FROM FDR’S VISION TO BUSH’S GAMBLE (2005), recounting the political history of Social Security and asserting that
measures developed in other parts of the world, which may miss aspects that are distinctive with Brazil. For instance, Vilanova et al. (2020) have shown that within the turbulent political culture of ... the principal form of agriculture. Particular threats to honour in the past might have arisen from theft of cattle by rustlers, family feuds emerging from political and resource control, and from loss
systems. By privileging the right of students to engage in passionate political communication over the school's interest in maintaining discipline or the community’s interest in maintaining pro-war ... adult officials running their school systems.4 By privileging the right of students to engage in passionate political communication over the school’s interest in maintaining discipline or the community’s
current tax-transfer efforts effectively assisting the targeted beneficiaries? In addition, the Article examines the current political and administrative state of the EITC, and recommends several ways the ... political danger. This article is available in American University Law Review: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/aulr/vol56/iss5/8 WELFARE BY ANY OTHER NAME: TAX TRANSFERS AND THE EITC DENNIS J
of Education of Brazil. His main interests include the refined theory of values, cultural values, police psychology, consumer behavior, and political psychology. He lectures courses on cross-cultural
