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Education is a Fundamental Right

enjoyment of the rights of speech and of full participation in the political process." 2 7 Unfortunately, since the plaintiffs did not present any evidence that their education was not preparing them to ... . 22 Id at 15-16. 23 Id at 6. 24 Id at 56. 25 Id at 18. 26 Id at 30-31. 27 Id at 37. 28 Id. at 35. 29 Id at 91. 30 Id the political system and be self-sufficient.31 Ultimately, with this dissent

The Next Era of Health Law: Medical-Legal Partnerships

' health access and outcomes. As the health justice framework moves more into the mainstream political discourse, this momentum must be used to address the justice gap and legal determinants of health ... political attitudes toward health care. 2 7 Medicare for all moved from the confines of the far left to a central platform of many democratic presidential candidates in 2020, signifying how the tenets of

Pursuing the Path of Indigenization in the Era of Emergent International Law Governing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

identity. Significant barriers to indigenization include not only political, economic, and social obstacles, but also psychological reliance upon the colonizing nation, the inability to recall the memory of ... 32 (discussing estimates of American Indian depopulation since 1492). 15. Such an argument dovetails with the political philosophy known as communitarianism. See generally MICHAEL J. SANDEL

A Look at Race & Reparations in America

follow predictable racial and political breakdowns: eighty-six percent of African Americans are in favor of reparations, while only twenty-eight percent of white people support the measure; sixty-four ... from enslavement, and therefore their taxpayer dollars should not be spent on such a program. In an article for the Report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, Robert K. Fullinwider

Why Offshore Betting is Risky

thrive is the existence of illegal gambling markets). 27 Gregory Lu , Esports Enforcement: How CriminalSentencing Philosophy Can Stop Esports Match-Fixing, 59 HouS. L. REv. ( 2022 ). 28 See Jon Wertheim

On the Indivisibility of Rights: Truth Commissions, Reparations, and the Right to Development

between violations of Civil and Political Rights (CPR) and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR), using Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as an example. The TRC's findings show how ... York University School of Law (J.D.). She has been involved in Peru's political transition since 2002 in different capacities, most recently as a legal consultant and human rights educator of victim

Understanding "Hostage-Diplomacy": The Release of Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan

initiatives without broader gains in allowing political dissent, causing a number of commentators to refer to them as "hostage-diplomacy." ... term in context of Peruvian hostage crisis). It has, however, been used in the context of political prisoners before, see Policy Towards the United States "Matter of Concern",BBC SUMMARY OF WORLD

Extracting Accountability: The Implications of the Resource Curse for CSR Theory and Practice

absence of basic services like health care and electricity- require new strategies and incentives to encourage governments to play their traditional role more effectively. Political economic theories of the ... . Political economic theories of the "resource curse" see the breakdown of a sense ofgovernment accountabilityto its people as one of the more destructive aspects of excessive reliance on natural resource rents

Guilty Until the Check Clears: How Money Bail Incentivizes Wealth and Criminalizes Poverty

order to be successful.3 1 Although the law has not yet taken effect, the Act already has many vocal opponents. State Republicans are calling for repeal of the Act and using it "as a political football ... In the event that judges are unable to jail people, then they can make defendants pay a money bond before release.4 5 "The political incentives are, in many cases, stacked against the constitutional

Legal Pluralism in Post-Colonial Africa: Linking Statutory and Customary Adjudication in Mozambique

Legal pluralism - defined as a situation in which "more than one legal system operate(s) in a single political unit" - is a practical reality in a large number of countries in the world, most notably ... traditions or free of at least some elements that belong to western modernity. It is therefore that African governments have . . . to make decisions about the legal and political position of both tradition and

The Experience of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Law edited by Eva Brems

The Experience of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Law, edited by EvaBrems, positions itself in the midst of a political, cultural, and intimately personal debate enveloping Europe over what is ... withdrawal from society. Individually, the empirical country studies are not repetitive; each adds something new to the conversation by weaving personal narratives with the particular history and political

Managing Diversity in the European Union: Inclusive European Citizenship and Third- Country Nationals

citizenship. Free movement rights have allowed European citizens to cross borders and participate more nearly as political and legal equals within the host society. At the same time, however, European ... UNION The European Union (EU) is an ongoing project in diversity management.' Member states bring their own histories, languages, economies, and political cultures to a common table in Brussels, and the

On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Human Rights Law: Reading Samuel Moyn's The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History

theories of contemporary human rights, which envision rights in a world not dominated by the sovereignty of nation-states, did not evolve out of historic discussions of political and human rights. Moyn ... political standards it champions and the emotional passion it inspires, this program draws on the image of a place that has not yet been called into being. It promises to penetrate the impregnability of state

Maya Aboriginal Land and Resource Rights and the Conflict Over Logging in Southern Belize

the Toledo District, its most southern political subdivision. The rural parts of the Toledo District that are affected by the concessions are inhabited primarily by Maya people, descendants of the Maya ... period for establishing legal estates in land by adverse possession to thirty years against the Crown and twelve years against private subjects. 7 15 By the same philosophy through which settlers that

Distributing Emissions Rights in the Global Order: The Case for Equal Per Capita Allocation

components. First, it should satisfy a goal of equal treatment by rebalancing the existing distribution of economic and political influence in order to give all nations the ability to s1hape the global ... violates the rights of persons in developing countries." Political officials in China and India, in rejecting recent suggestions that developing countries should take on binding targets in the next

The Secret History of Constitutional Dignity

“Dignity” is suddenly everywhere in law and philosophy, even though it has long been in decline in general usage. In a popular view, this prominence is essentially due to World War II’s aftermath ... yet concerned by the Jewish tragedy. And while it is certainly true that Kant occasionally referenced dignity, none of his political disciples have made anything of this fact—and his current

Applying Constitutional Due Process Rights in Immigration Detainment

Security ("DHS"). 10 A "reasonable fear of persecution" is demonstrated by a reasonable possibility of being persecuted or tortured on the basis of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or

Analiza krytyczna Bernarda Williamsa koncepcji filozofii

metaphysics is naturalism. (3) From (1) and (2) together follows that Williams' concept of philosophy is non-autonomous one. (4) The aim of the philosophy according to that concept is to make sense out of human ... filozoficznej autor Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy zdecydowanie preferował formę eseju filozoficznego, który niejako z założenia wymyka się systematycznej interpretacji. Co więcej, Williams był myślicielem