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Kaepernick Can Kick It!: Employment Discrimination, Political Activism, and Speech in the NFL

of a narrow class of political activities. The note finds that few, if any, of these provisions would benefit Kaepernick based on their usual applications. The note proposes several solutions ... , NFL players, and elected officials.4 In a time when speech and political views face a constant threat of being suppressed, it is important to provide increased protections when private employees, like

Toward a Political Economy of Takings

In this Essay, I offer the musings of one whose own work is of political economy and an area of political economy far removed from the issues typically raised by takings. ... the political economy of international monetary and financial relations. 2. For a useful if somewhat dated treatment of this topic, see U.K. NATIONAL COMMISSION OF COMPARATIVE LAW, COMPENSATION FOR

Formalizing the Informal: Development and its Impacts on Traditional Dispute Resolution in Bhutan

philosophy of pursuing “Gross National Happiness,” this Article argues that it should also be known for its heritage of traditional dispute resolution. This system kept peace in villages for centuries; however ... Bhutan’s unique history, political trajectory, and social dynamics, Bhutanese policymakers have a proud tradition of coining their 7. Irreconcilable misunderstandings on this point required us to return

Censorship Makes the School Look Bad: Why Courts and Educators Must Embrace the "Passionate Conversation

reform movements and have political opinions worth hearing, particularly about the education they are receiving. ... . Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. B.A., 1992, Political Science, Georgia State University; J.D. (Order of the Coif), 2000, University of Georgia

Kent State and the Failure of First Amendment Law

protecting the expressive freedom of political dissidents and social reformers. In 1970, amid protests against the Vietnam War, the Ohio National Guard senselessly gunned down four students at Kent State ... fragility in our country of political protest, free speech, and democracy itself. That atrocity should have inspired First Amendment law to affirm and enhance its protection of dissenters and vulnerable

A Synthesis of EFL Research in Chilean High Schools: Research Shortage or Research Opportunities?

three research fields ranging from didactics to socio-structural problematics. The synthesis shows that the research addresses curricular aspects devoid of socio-political and historical contexts ... -political and historical contexts, emphasizing primarily teachers’ teaching tensions and challenges. Finally, I discuss the English as a foreign language research limitations and implications for the Chilean

Estate Planning with Shaq and Strom: Teaching Post-Mortem Intimacy Audits

wealth and political equality, and the role of private law in distributing legal rights and political equality. ... life and its intimacies. These post-mortem intimacy audits do more than cause vulnerability to individual estate plans. First, they also play a crucial role in generating political economies of

The Political Consequences of Supreme Court Consensus: Media Coverage, Public Opinion, and Unanimity as a Public-Facing Strategy

compliance from lower courts.4 Unanimity also has potential political benefits at a time in which satisfaction with the judiciary has been declining.5 And unanimity may increase favorable media coverage

"Yes Harm, No Foul": Recalibrating Qualified Immunity

. Recently, opposition has increased from legal commentators, members of Congress, and judges across political and ideological lines. This Note analyzes qualified immunity and proposes bringing the doctrine

NeuroEPO plus (NeuralCIM®) in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s clinical syndrome: the ATHENEA randomized clinical trial

incidence of dementia and interaction between genetic admixture, apoe genotype, lipids and dementia in an admixed Cuban population . Degree of Doctor of Philosophy . Institute of Psychiatry, King's College

Reforming the International Criminal Court: "Lean In

its inception, it has faced criticism; however, now a “Leave” campaign has emerged. This Article argues that instead of this campaign, scholars and political leaders should lean in to bring about ... international vortex” in which almost everything it does “has political implications.”26 Thus a certain degree of criticism is inevitable, and given the many setbacks the Court has had recently, warranted.27 Yet

Identity and Political Theory

In Identity and Political Theory, Clarissa Hayward and Ron Watson intervene in this debate, theorizing an appropriate role for the state in the contested field of identity politics. They start by ... . For more information , please contact , USA - Identity politics is the politics in which people engage when they mobilize on the basis of, and when they define their experiences, their political

Looking for Justice on a Two-Way Street

access to the halls of political and economic power, but they do not think in terms of providing judges and the economically privileged access to financially under-supported communities. In these pages, I ... taking advantage of what communities would have to offer if they did. Access is therefore generally presumed to go in one direction. Lawyers seek to give client populations access to the halls of political

Making Up Insider Trading Law As You Go

Supreme Court’s satisfaction with, or at least apathy to, the current approach in this area of the law. Finally, Henning suggests that without additional political impetus, Congress is unlikely to step in ... Congress could step in to adopt a clear prohibition, although that is unlikely after Salman and Martoma.87 There is no real political impetus in that direction, and there will not be any pressure to enact a

Identity After Identity Politics

Linda Nicholson’s Article tackles the complexity of how identity politics manifest in the 2008 election. In Identity after Identity Politics, she notes that during the election political and popular ... also to my good friend Steve Seidman and to my brother Philip Nicholson, both of whom are constant readers of my work. Finally, I would like to thank the participants of the Political Theory Workshop at

Aligning English Language Testing With Curriculum

Frustrations with traditional testing led a group of teachers at the English for adults program at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) to design tests aligned with the institutional teaching philosophy and

Aligning English Language Testing With Curriculum

Frustrations with traditional testing led a group of teachers at the English for adults program at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) to design tests aligned with the institutional teaching philosophy and

Breast Cancer Advocacy and Public Policy

The issue of breast cancer, and women’s health generally, is a political issue and requires an expanded approach to public interest law. Decisions that affect how individual women are treated—such as ... environmental connections to breast cancer are understood and dealt with, whether all women will have access to quality health care—are made at the political level. Appropriations for breast cancer research come

All Relationships Dissipate Except This: The Attitude-Behavior Link on the Roberts Court

of the importance of the Supreme Court in national affairs, and greater participation of interest groups in the political process, among others. ... published research is just fraudulent. As virtually every political scientist knows, Science recently withdrew an article by LaCour and Green on support for same-sex marriage at the request of Professor Green