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L\u27accès à la justice sociale: La place du juge et des corps intermédiaires
No full textAuthor of Chapter 15: Les travailleurs domestiques : un mouvement pour améliorer leur accès à la justice sociale
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, MID-SESSION 2019 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
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Case Study 2: Advising Governance Structures
Get PDFThis case study is part of the Movement Lawyering Roundtable Symposium.
This symposium presents case studies of the often difficult ethical and tactical issues confronted by lawyers for social justice movements. These case studies were developed by the pairing of movement lawyers with legal ethicists and enriched by the discussions at the Movement Lawyering Ethics Roundtable. They seek to provide guidance to lawyers facing these recurrent issues. This issue also includes an essay entitled rebuilding the Ethical Compass of the Law and reading guides with selected bibliographies
Case Study: The One Starfish Safe Parking Program for Homeless Women in Pacific Grove, California
Get PDFThis study researches the effectiveness of the One Starfish Safe Parking Program in Pacific Grove, California, a non-profit organization serving adult women who live in vehicles. Included in this study are demographics and housing and employment outcomes for women who have participated in the program. Effectiveness was evaluated on four factors:1) housing and employment changes for the participants, 2) perceptions of program value by the participants, 3) acceptance and support of the program from the Pacific Grove police and City of Pacific Grove government, and 4) perceptions of the program by the One Starfish staff and the organization providing the parking lot, First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove. This research presents a qualitative case study of a safe parking program as a response to the increasing number of unsheltered homeless people living in vehicles. This study will potentially help inform decisions by other communities and organizations that are considering safe parking programs and adds to the literature about vehicle dwelling. A scholarly literature review informs the study about violence and safety concerns of homeless women, characteristics of homeless women, employment and homelessness, police interaction with homeless people, and vehicle dwelling
Crime in the Sanctuary City of San Francisco
Get PDFThere has been a great controversy in the United States about the connection between immigration and crime. This study provides the analysis and results if sanctuary city policies increase or decrease crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. This analysis will be focused in San Francisco, one of the most important sanctuary cities. In this research, there will be qualitative and quantitative data which provides a balanced perspective on the relationship between undocumented immigrants and crime in sanctuary cities such as San Francisco. Throughout this study, writings from scholars providing different perspectives of the impact of sanctuary city policies in crime committed by undocumented immigrants. Drawing on the statistical data of several reports and surveys (FBI Uniform Crime Report database, and U.S Census’ yearly American Community Surveys), this study examines the impact of changes of crime rates before and after San Francisco became a sanctuary city. There will also be interviews with key informants from the San Francisco Police Department, Community Resource Centers and undocumented immigrants about their perspective on this controversial issue. Another important aspect is the public opinion as it relates to San Francisco sanctuary ordinances and crime committed by undocumented immigrants, therefore there will be a survey to the San Francisco residents. This research will not only benefit policy makers, but US Citizens who will be able to make an informed decision whether to support sanctuary policies
Ninth Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Judicial Insights with chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas
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February 2, 2018
NINTH ANNUAL CHIEF JUSTICE RONALD M. GEORGE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
6:00 p.m. WELCOME - Anthony Niedwiecki Dean, Golden Gate University School of Law LAW REVIEW INTRODUCTION - Jamie Cooperman (JD 18) Editor-in-Chief, Golden Gate University Law Review, Jessica Bennett (JD 18) Reyes v. Lewis: A Missed Opportunity for Minors and Miranda, Natalie Lakosil (JD 18) The Flores Settlement: Ripping Families Apart Under the Law, Kenneth Seligson (JD 18) A Job for Congress: Medical Marijuana Patients\u27 Fight for Second Amendment Rights
6:30p.m. INTRODUCTIONS Kathleen Morris Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law
6:40p.m. IN CONVERSATION Hon. Sidney R. Thomas Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Jennifer Chang Newell Managing Attorney, California Office, ACLU Immigrants\u27 Rights Project
7:40 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS Anthony Niedwiecki Dean, Golden Gate University School of Law
7:45 p.m. REFRESHMENTS SERVE
Controlling the Non-Pecuniary Private Benefits of Influencing Shareholders in Publicly Traded Corporations Through Judicial Dissolution
No full textInternational Mother of Mystery: Protecting Surrogate Mothers’ Participation in International Commercial Surrogacy Contracts
Get PDFThe lack of uniform international laws regarding surrogacy exposes all parties involved in surrogacy arrangements to a variety of problems. Challenges include determining the status of children, the rights of intended parents, and the protection of surrogates. Issues regarding the citizenship of babies born to surrogacy agreements tend arise when the child leaves the birth country and enters the intended country of citizenship.
Overall, international surrogacy arrangements present three central problems: (1) the citizenship of children, (2) the rights of intended parents, and (3) the rights and protection of women who serve as surrogates. This Comment focuses on the third issue; specifically, the exploitation of women who serve as surrogates contrasted against their right of reproduction and right to freely enter into international surrogacy contracts
The Unseen Harm: U.S.-Indian Relations & Tribal Sovereignty
Get PDFThis article explores tribal sovereignty through the lens of the Standing Rock Sioux and its opposition to the DAPL. The DAPL situation is a symptom of the larger problem of a lack of tribal consultation, which diminishes tribal sovereignty and tribal rights.
Part I discusses the history of tribal sovereignty through an explanation of the domestic dependent status of Indian tribes and the two historic canons of Indian treaty interpretation. The Court’s interpretation and application of these canons in the cases of Winters, Dion, and Bourland have a direct relation to the amount of protection given to Indian tribes.
Part II provides a brief history of the Fort Laramie Treaty that created the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and a factual background for the DAPL protests and legal battles. Part III then proposes the revitalization of a treaty-based system for U.S.-Indian relations and outlines how a treaty might be drafted, using the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (“UNDRIP”) as a framework. It then discusses the benefits of a treaty-based system to Indian tribes and how each branch of government would be involved in this new treaty-based system