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Morton Cohen, civil rights attorney and law school professor, dies
Get PDFMorton Cohen, a civil rights attorney and law school professor whose tireless devotion to the underdog helped improve treatment for mental patients, jail inmates and poor tenants, has died.
Cohen died April 12 of cancer in his Berkeley hills home. He was 82
Prestigious McCarthy Institute Moves to Golden Gate University
Get PDFtarting in August 2018, the McCarthy Institute, the world\u27s preeminent trademark, consumer behavior, and branding institute, will be located jointly in the law and business schools at Golden Gate University in downtown San Francisco
A Victory for Labor Standards Overshadowed by Trumps Immigration Policies
Get PDFOn June 22, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that deportation cannot be used as retaliation against undocumented workers who exercise their labor rights. Despite this victory, recent immigration policies discourage undocumented workers from exercising their labor rights
Combating Domestic Violence in Bangladesh: Law, Policy and Other Relevant Considerations
Get PDFIn 2011, an incident involving Professor Rumana Manzur of Dhaka University brought the topic of domestic violence in Bangladesh into main stream discussions. Professor Manzur’s husband of ten years, Hasan Syeed Sumon, had tried to gauge out both of her eyes by using his fingers, bit her nose and left her severely injured while they fought in her father’s residence in Dhaka. This incident shocked the whole country as well as diasporas abroad and forced the society to address the legal and societal loopholes to effectively combat this issue. Bangladesh has displayed an understanding of and respect for women’s rights in Bangladeshi society. Since the 1980s, the country has enacted special laws protecting women against violence. It has been led by female heads of state since 1991, over 25 years, and has made significant progress in terms of gender development. Despite this understanding, most of the comments in news outlets raised questions about Professor Manzur’s infidelity within her marriage as if to investigate ‘whether she deserved it’. This incident broke at least two conventional attitudes towards domestic violence: society became aware of the fact that it can happen to the most privileged and the highest educated women and learned that popular sentiments have not caught up with the law over many issues. For Bangladesh, the problem of domestic violence thus needs a two-prone response: legal enforcement and a community wide awareness campaign.
This article analyzes the Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Act of 2010 and recommends a holistic approach in eradicating domestic violence in Bangladesh. This article will first review domestic violence legislation under international law. Next, this article will review domestic violence legislation in Bangladesh, focusing on the Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Act of 2010. Finally, this article will offer recommendations on combating the issue of domestic violence and furthering women’s rights in Bangladesh
CERCLA Cleanup 2018.08.13 Letter to Request that Navy release supporting documents
Get PDFRequest to the Navy to release various sampling plans which were referenced in the Draft Parcel G Work Plan, but were not released to the public, thus limiting the ability to evaluate and provide meaningful comments on the Parcel G Work Plan
Constitutionalism in the Americas
No full textEdited by Colin Crawford, Dean and Professor of Law, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, US and Daniel Bonilla Maldonado, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia.
Constitutionalism in the Americas unites the work of leading scholars of constitutional law, comparative law and Latin American and U.S. constitutional law to provide a critical and provocative look at the state of constitutional law across the Americas today. The diverse chapters employ a variety of methodologies – empirical, historical, philosophical and textual analysis – in the effort to provide a comprehensive look at a generation of constitutional change across two continents.The authors document surprising changes, including the relative decline in the importance of U.S. constitutional jurisprudence outside U.S. borders and the growing exchange of Latin American constitutional thought within Europe and beyond. Accompanying commentary elaborates on the role of constitutional law in global changes in political, social and economic power and influence. The chapters also prompt thinking about a wide range of topics important not just in the Americas, but across the world, including the challenges and implications of using legal transplants and, conversely, the utility and potential of borrowing and adapting constitutional and other legal models to different realities.This book is useful not only for advanced students of constitutional law and theory but also for students new to the area and eager to tap into the newest thinking about constitutional law and law-making in the Americas and elsewhere.
Contents:1. IntroductionDaniel Bonilla Maldonado and Colin CrawfordPART I The Relationship Between Latin American and U.S. Constitutionalism2. The Political Economy of Legal KnowledgeDaniel Bonilla Maldonado3. The Geopolitics of Constitutionalism in Latin AmericaJorge L. EsquirolPART II Latin American Constitutionalism4. Constitutionalism in the Americas: A Comparison between the U.S. and Latin AmericaRoberto Gargarella5. Back to the Future? The return of sovereignty and the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of the states in Latin America’s “radical constitutionalism”Javier Couso6. Constitutionalism old, new and unbound: the case of MexicoFrancisca Pou Giménez7. Socioeconomic Rights and Majoritarian Courts in Latin AmericaDavid LandauPART III U.S. constitutionalism in the 21st century8. Constitutional Drafting in Latin America: A Quantitative PerspectiveDavid S. Law and Tom Ginsburg9. The Global Diffusion of U.S. Legal Thought: Changing Influence, National Security and Legal Education in CrisisFernanda Nicola10. The Limits of U.S. Racial Equality Without a Latin American Constitutional “Right to Work” – A Thought ExperimentTanya Katerí Hernándezhttps://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/monographs/1032/thumbnail.jp
Permanent Supportive Housing for Mentally Ill Homeless in the Greater Sacramento Area: A Case Study of Mercy Housing’s Permanent Supportive Housing Program
Get PDFFinancial resources have decreased across the United States of America. This condition creates a domino effect of a downward trend of funding available for public services provided in the counties of the State of California. The County of Sacramento is no exception. One of the services that appear to be high in demand is permanent supportive housing with medical professionals for homeless and mentally ill individuals and families. The need for assistance for this population is so great that a partnership among the four (4) medical leaders in the Greater Sacramento community was formed and developed a referral system. Sutter Medical Center Sacramento, UC Davis Health System, Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center and Dignity Health refer homeless and mentally ill individuals and families to WellSpace Health (formerly The Effort) and the Salvation Army, a place for shelter, case management and medical treatment for a temporary period. This study examines the effectiveness of permanent supportive housing. A case study of how Mercy Housing California has partnered with health providers, such as WellSpace Health, to contribute to the permanent supportive housing and wrap around services. Additional secondary data was collected and examined from stakeholders in the community of Sacramento. This capstone/research project addresses 1) whether or not implementing permanent supportive housing developments partnered with medical professionals are effective in reducing the number of homeless on the streets of Sacramento and frequent use of emergency room resources, 2) financial resources for developers to find funding to build and operate permanent supportive housing developments, 3) the barriers to an effective permanent supportive housing development in Sacramento, and 4) provide a conclusion of research findings
ACADEMIC COLLABORATIONS IN THE AMERICAS: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LEGAL KNOWLEDGE
Get PDFThe article proceeds in three parts. The first, the articles’ analytical heart, considers the political economy of legal knowledge. It describes briefly the free market of legal ideas and the colonial model for the production of legal knowledge. It illustrates how these two models work using examples from our “South-North Partnerships” (SNP), that is, our collaborative practices in the creation of legal thought as they play out in the legal academies of the global North and South. The second part is both descriptive and reflective, focusing on four different SNP examples that illustrate challenges in the creation of truly collaborative legal knowledge production processes. It identifies common challenges in these endeavors, from surmounting basic organizational issues such as language barriers to jostling with fundamentals like conflicting academic calendars. Most importantly, the second part indicates how the dynamics of the political economy of legal knowledge played out in the SNPs described. It also highlights possible ways to equalize these relationships and activities, with an end to creating SNPs focused on truly collaborative legal knowledge production. The third part offers conclusions and recommendations
The Affects of Social Economic Status on Adolescent Leadership Participation in High School: Improving McClymonds and Albany High School’s Leadership Program
Get PDFStudies have revealed that adolescents who participate in leadership activities are more successful. If leadership is a determinant factor of success, every adolescent need for leadership development should be addressed within public education. Countless research examinations have explored the affects that race, gender and disability in education. However, many answers still are left unanswered in the field of adolescent leadership. The premise of this research is to analyze the relationship that low socio-economic status has over student’s positional leadership involvement (i.e., holds a leadership position in student council or another organized school club) in school related activities.
The study revealed that Low SES adolescents participated in leadership activities more frequently when associated with peers of the same class. This research was conducted using a quantitative research format and utilized variables for parent involvement, quality education and community involvement as controllable variables
Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
No full textDuramy is the author of chapter 11: Catherine La Voisin: Poisons and Magic at the Royal Court of Louis XIV.
Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance provides an authoritative and fascinating exploration into the use of toxins and poisons in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Part of the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series, this volume is a follow-up, chronologically, to the first two volumes which explored toxicology in antiquity.
The book approximately covers the 1100s through the 1600s, delving into different aspects of toxicology, such as the contributions of scientific scholars of the time, sensational poisoners and poisoning cases, as well as myths. Historical figures, such as the Borgias and Catherine de Medici are discussed. Toxicologists, students, medical researchers, and those interested in the history of science will find insightful and relevant material in this volume.https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/book_chapters/1028/thumbnail.jp