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Evidence-Testimonial Statements and Unavailable Child Witnesses: Why the Cognitive Awareness of the Child-Declarant Should Be the Determinative Factor in Defining an Ongoing Emergency - Commonwealth v. Allshouse
Get PDFFamily Law - Child Custody for the Non-Biological Parent When a Same-Sex Relationship Deteriorates - Hunter v. Rose
Get PDF2014 Suffolk University commencement program, College of Arts & Sciences
Get PDFSuffolk University commencement programs detail the location, date, order of exercises, academic honors, speakers, administration, graduates, and other related information. Unless otherwise indicated, programs cover graduate and undergraduate ceremonies for all schoolshttps://dc.suffolk.edu/comm/1169/thumbnail.jp
Housing Changing Households: Regulatory Challenges for Micro-Units and Accessory Dwelling Units
Get PDFThe existing stock of affordable rental housing falls significantly short of the need in many areas of the country. In addition, available housing frequently does not match the specific needs of prospective tenants, which have changed as household sizes shrink, more people are living alone, and people are living longer. This misalignment has been exacerbated by regulatory environments that have not kept pace with evolving housing demands. Likely as a result, cities throughout the country have seen an increase in illegal housing units – units that do not conform to zoning or building codes and may not provide safe living environments. In response to these and other concerns, a number of jurisdictions have altered regulations to permit the development of more compact rental housing units, including both accessory dwelling units and micro-units. Developers have also shown significant interest in both kinds of units.
Prior studies of these unit types concentrate on a single jurisdiction or a small number of neighboring jurisdictions and discuss accessory units, but not micro-units – which raise distinct regulatory issues. No comprehensive study has examined the feasibility of developing both types of compact housing units in a range of jurisdictions. This Article provides a detailed analysis of the regulatory and other challenges to developing both types of units, focusing on five cities: New York; Washington, D.C.; Austin; Denver; and Seattle. It places these regulatory challenges in the context of broader demographic shifts and changing conceptions of the home and the relation between public and private spheres. It argues that jurisdictions should avoid considering micro-units – which have received considerable attention in the past few years – in isolation from other forms of housing, including ADUs. Both unit types have the potential to further urban infill goals, provide individuals with access to particular neighborhoods or proximity to other individuals, reduce energy consumption, and deliver new sources of affordable housing. They also serve distinct segments of the same changing spectrum of household compositions. Cities seeking to encourage development of these unit types must carefully consider how a range of regulations pose challenges to their development
Transcending Equality versus Adequacy
No full textA debate about whether all children are entitled to an equal or an adequate education has been waged at the forefront of school finance policy for decades. In an era of budget deficits and harsh cuts in public education, I submit that it is time to move on.
Equality of educational opportunity has been thought to require equal spending per pupil or spending adjusted to the needs of differently situated children. Adequacy has been understood to require a level of spending sufficient to satisfy some absolute, rather than relative, educational threshold In practice, however, many courts interpreting their states\u27 constitutional obligations have fused the equality and adequacy theories. Certain federal laws express principles of both doctrines. And gradually, more advocates and scholars have come to endorse hybrid equality-adequacy approaches. Still, the debate persists over seemingly intractable conceptual precepts and their political and legal ramifications. Tracking the philosophical origins and evolution of equality and adequacy as legal doctrines, I explain the significance of their points of convergence and argue that the few points of divergence are untenable in practice. Equality of educational opportunity should not be interpreted as pursuing equal chances for educational achievement for all children, because that ideal is infeasible. Nor should educational adequacy be interpreted as completely indifferent to objectionable inequalities that can be feasibly curtailed. Properly conceived, equality and adequacy are not merely congruent but reciprocal. That is, children are owed an education that is adequately equal and equally adequate
Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies at Suffolk University Annual Report for 2013-2014
Get PDFThese reports summarize the activities of the Rosenberg Institute during the academic year, including information related to public programming, visiting scholars, cooperation with the Asian Studies program at Suffolk College of Arts & Sciences, promotion of Suffolk\u27s Asia-related activities, community outreach, and funding. Most reports also contain photographs of scholars, staff, and events.https://dc.suffolk.edu/rireports/1003/thumbnail.jp