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The Constitutional Ambition of Black Liberation

Northwestern, Professor Gowder was affiliated with the University of Iowa College of Law, where he held courtesy appointments in philosophy and political science. He has authored two books, The Rule of Law in ... historical record of Black abolitionists, then Freedpeople, linking economic inclusion, political inclusion, and freedom from enslavement in a variety of ways that were critical to the campaign against slavery

Titles and Pronouns in the Academy: Academic Freedom and In-Class Speech Pursuant to Classroom Management

his political affiliations and the contents of a lecture he gave at a university.23 The Supreme Court held that the conviction was a violation of due process and an invasion of the lecturer’s academic ... freedom and political expression.24 Although the Court implied rhetorically that academic freedom is essential for the maintenance of our democracy, the Court did not articulate the scope of that freedom

New Laboratory and Pilot Techniques Applied at Mintek in Aid of Furnace Containment System Designs

containment perspective, either an insulating or a conductive design philosophy can be applied, irrespective of the raw material being processed. In the initial stages of a project, desktop studies are ... associated with incorrect selection of a design philosophy and/or furnace containment system components, it is prudent to conduct tests on laboratory and pilot scale and to transfer the knowledge gained to

Disinfecting the Criminal Legal System of Punitive Deterrence

best for the victims. Those sentence enhancements are mailers. That's what they boil down to is political mailers for individuals in certain areas to say I'm tough on crime.89 These are just a few ... ). 107 Kahal, supra note 57, at n.94 (citing IMMANUEL KANT, PHILOSOPHY OF LAW 195 (1796)). possibility of change."108 What is more barbarous is that it is often being done based on false ideologies that

The Dilemma of Judicial Appointment in Egypt Questions of Gender Equality, Elimination of Political Opposition and Underprivileged Citizens

Follow this and additional works at; https; //via; library; depaul; edu/jsj - THE DILEMMA OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT IN EGYPT QUESTIONS OF GENDER EQUALITY, ELIMINATION OF POLITICAL OPPOSITION AND ... UNDERPRIVILEGED CITIZENS Shams Al Din Al Hajjaji I. INTRODUCTION The judicial appointment process involves several legal, political, and social aspects.1 Inconsistency between these aspects can lead to

Children's Lives as a Political Battleground: The Plague of Abstinence Only Education

, he promised to continue to only fund and promote abstinence-only education as the means to address this growing public health issue. This article addresses this faulty political policy that has

Expanding Opportunities: Promoting Accessible Higher Education for Non-Traditional Learners

problems which have no regard for political, socioeconomic, or cultural boundaries. This is a direct outcome of my time in the military and Fujimoto: What advice would you give to other non-traditional

Illinois: a State-of-the-Art Model for State Immigration Rulemaking

immigration system has faced great difficulty and strife in achieving positive, pro-immigrant reform. Time and time again, various impediments, including the media and impenetrable political division, have left ... necessary to perform agency duties and to limit use or disclosure of information for any other purpose.”69 With the elements of time, language, and political support on their side, KIFTA advocates celebrated

Bostock, Backlash, and Beyond the Pale: Religious Retrenchment and the Future of LGBTQ Antidiscrimination Advocacy in the Wake of Title VII Protection

influential ruling affecting future LGBTQ rights projects. However, the Court’s ability to produce social and political change through legally formalistic decisions related to highly contentious social issues ... is routinely undercut by public backlash. In the context of LGBTQ legal advocacy, the Court’s ruling is exacerbated by social and political backlash when the Court ignores the lived experiences of

A Critical Essay on a Treatise on International Development Law: A Coming of Age

states, in part: In this path-breaking work, Professor Rumu Sarkar expertly combines law, philosophy, political theory, and economic analysis with real world experience to establish for the first time a ... law in good faith in IDL 1st ed. since I was very cognizant of the fact that, as I saw it, the subject was an admixture of law, philosophy, history and economics. Thus, the multi-disciplinary aspects of

Letters to the Readers

possibility of criminalizing the destruction of cultural property. The social justice community is often the most affected by our political (and physical) climate. The added hardship of recent years has been ... our judicial and political systems. The millions of people who showed up for racial justice, exercising their right to protest, holding those in power accountable for their actions, showed us what

Criticality in Bulk Metallic Glass Constituent Elements

. The compositions of BMGs typically include four to six elements. Various political and geological factors have recently led to supply disruptions for several metals, including some present in BMG

Puerto Rico's Second-Class Statehood: The Impact of Restricted Access to Federal Public Benefits Programs on Puerto Rico's Economic Recovery

rates and low labor participation rates. Puerto Rico has been marred by public debt, political corruption, mismanagement, national disasters, and inadequate federal assistance. The U.S. entered the Great ... /files/atoms/files/policybasics-eitc.pdf 76 Id. 77 Id. 78 Id. both political parties have overseen expansions of the EITC to many more working families.79 Since 1996, the EITC has lifted 6.5 million

An Accountability Cometh: Amend 42 USC Section 1983 and 18 USC Sections 241, 242, Thereby Initiating a Path to Re-Imaging Peace Officers Acting Under the Color of State Law

legislative intent.10 Too many reversals, dismissals, and affirmations supporting political pressures, along with legal theories anchored in supposition and indeed academic conjecture, and, in many instances ... determining the intent of a legislative body…Studying the background and events that led to a bill's passage, as well as the social, economic, and political climate of the period may also be helpful in

Disputing the Wreckage: Ideological Struggle at the Vietnam Veterans Museum

. These early reports, and the Memorial itself, helped initiate what political elites had long avoided: an ideological struggle over the meaning of the Vietnam War, the symbolic political function of ... '. On the contrary, the Memorial provides a locus of ideological struggle, revealing the political nature of the current rejntegrative phase of Vietnam 's "social d ra m a '3 as various ideological blocs

Women for Peace or Women's Liberation? Signposts from the Feminist Archives

LibERATioN? SiqNposTs From t He F eminist ARchivEs Jenny B rown For RsdsTOckiNqs Understanding the essence of what makes a good political organizer is especially vital to feminists at a time when our most ... encompasses a key body of social change activist experience (i.e. revolutionary “practice”)—with successes and failures to analyze—on the political questions of “gender and war.” Feminism, after all, revived in

Vietnam Generation Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 3

, for the Study of Soc. Change. UC Berkeley Dr. Jean Bethke Elshtain Political Science Dept. Vanderbilt University Dr. David Hunt Co-Chairman Wiliam Joiner Center History Dept. Univ. of Mass, at ... Australian National University Jock Reynolds Executive Director Washington Project for the Arts Dr. Robert Slabey English Dept. University of Notre Dame Dr. Nancy Wegersma Political Science & Economics

Artificial Meat Industry: Production Methodology, Challenges, and Future

has been the public’s perceptions of cultured meat. Occasionally, a few limit this to a question of consumer acceptability. However, this issue should be phrased generally, to include more political and ... cultured meat to include the associated political, social, and institutional ramifications. These concerns are mutually reinforcing, and they must be examined concurrently. Numerous arguments favoring

A Mile Away, A World Apart: Life Expectancy Inequality in the United States

consistent with what many voters want. But, an approach to crime dictated by political realities can seem irrational in retrospect. For example, between 1990 and 2007, crime rates fell but the number of line ... fundamental metric, regardless of political orientation. We can prioritize a health-centered dialogue that equally respects the dignity and value of every life, regardless of census tract, and we can collect

A Change Must Come: The Intersection of Intergenerational Poverty and Public Benefits

thank her family and friends for their support, and the editorial board of Volume 14 of the DePaul Journal for Social Justice. 1 Dennis Kucinich, Our Political Economy is Designed to Create Poverty and ... Inequality, THE NATION (Mar. 6, 2017), https://www.thenation.com/article/our-political-economy-isdesigned-tocreate-poverty-and-inequality/. 2 Stephani Becker, A Closer Look at Poverty Under the Trump