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Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America
No full textAn answer to the assault on voting rights—crucial reading in advance of the 2020 presidential electionThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 is considered one of the most effective pieces of legislation the United States has ever passed. It enfranchised hundreds of thousands of voters, particularly in the American South, and drew attention to the problem of voter suppression. Yet in recent years there has been a continuous assault on access to the ballot box in the form of stricter voter ID requirements, meritless claims of rigged elections, and baseless accusations of voter fraud. In the past these efforts were aimed at eliminating African American voters from the rolls, and today, new laws seek to eliminate voters of color, the poor, and the elderly, groups that historically vote for the Democratic Party.Uncounted examines the phenomenon of disenfranchisement through the lens of history, race, law, and the democratic process. Gilda R. Daniels, who served as Deputy Chief in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and more than two decades of voting rights experience, argues that voter suppression works in cycles, constantly adapting and finding new ways to hinder access for an exponentially growing minority population. She warns that a premeditated strategy of restrictive laws and deceptive practices has taken root and is eroding the very basis of American democracy—the right to vote!https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/fac_books/1108/thumbnail.jp
Dalliances, Defenses, and Due Process: Prosecuting Sexual Harassment in the Me Too Era
Get PDFWhile the heightened awareness of sexual predation in the workplace is, in many ways, a welcome development, the new norms currently being promulgated and implemented have already fallen prey to the law of unintended consequences, not to mention the limitations of law itself. Perhaps the most remarkable result of the plethora of prosecutions—especially those taking place on American campuses— is that, despite widespread recognition of their lack of rudimentary due process, so little has been done to correct the failures. Just as cultural attitudes have changed toward politics, entertainment, and literature, so too have perspectives on relationships in corporate boardrooms, university campuses, and common workplaces. Just as uninvited sexual encounters contribute to the growing spate of allegations concerning improprieties both subtle and overt, what might well have begun as a traditional college or office romance—where casual dalliances can and often do lead to marriage—may just as easily turn from serious to sour. In the wide world of the law, meanwhile, the growing phenomena of uncorroborated allegations—especially those that result in suspensions or dismissals—present serious questions of fairness and remedy. In the spheres of public education and employment, everyone with a healthy respect for traditional American values might be justifiably dismayed by the almost total absence of due process. In the private arena, where the concept of due process is much less applicable, there are few viable remedies for the unfairly accused.
In recent years, there have been over 150 law review articles addressing the problem, yet it persists and is growing. Could the circumstance be that such academic analyses go widely unread and unheeded, or is there some other cause for the endemic recalcitrance? This Article will likewise examine the prosecution of sexual harassment in what has come to be called the Me Too Era, not only by analyzing the constitutional application and limitations of due process, the promulgation of Title IX policies4 on campuses and their effect on public students and employees, and the limited remedies available to workers in private entities, but to suggest as well ways by which academics can move their message beyond theory and into pragmatic solutions with greater impact
Juvenile Court Interagency Agreements: Subverting Impartial Justice to Maximize Revenue from Children
Get PDFCan COVID-19 Get Congress to Finally Strengthen U.S. Antitrust Law?
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic could cause Congress to strengthen our merger laws. The authors of this short article strongly urge Congress to do this, but to do this in a manner that ignores 5 myths that underpin current merger policy:Myth 1: Mergers Eliminate Wasteful Redundancies and Produce More Efficient BusinessesMyth 2: Current Merger Enforcement Protects ConsumersMyth 3: Merger Remedies Preserve CompetitionMyth 4: The Current Merger Review System Offers Transparency and Guidance to Businesses and the PublicMyth 5: Corporations Need Mergers to Gro
Basic Legal Research Workbook Revised, Fifth Edition
No full textWith a balance of online and traditional print sources, the Fifth Edition of BASIC LEGAL RESEARCH WORKBOOK encourages independent, experiential learning. Proven effective in the classroom, the authors’ carefully developed problems gradually progress from introductory to more complex. Whether accompanying Amy Sloan’s BASIC LEGAL RESEARCH: TOOLS AND STRATEGIES, or any other legal research text, these exercises provide hands-on practice throughout the course that will serve students well in their careers as lawyers.
Hallmarks of Basic Legal Research Workbook: Coverage that mirrors the research sources studied in first-year Legal Research courses, including both online and print sources A logical and intuitive organization • Research exercises presented at graduated levels of difficulty, from guided research to open research requiring more advanced research skills Online research exercises with progressively more complex questions to instruct students on the latest interface features of commonly-used databases Print assignments that can work in multiple jurisdictions, reducing the demand on single library sources Companion website: www.aspenlawschool.com/books/sloan_workbook
Building on its strengths, the timely Fifth Edition includes: Flexible exercises that can be completed online or in print • Updated problem sets Inclusion of Student Learning Outcomes that support formative and summative student assessment Updated exercises that reflect the latest versions of Westlaw and Lexis Questions that introduce students to Bloomberg Law and the latest government websites (e.g., govinfo.gov)
Hallmarks of Basic Legal Research Workbook: Coverage that mirrors the research sources studied in first-year Legal Research courses, including both print and electronic sources A logical and intuitive organization Library exercises, presented at graduating levels of difficulty, from basic searches to those requiring more advanced research skills Print assignments that can work in multiple jurisdictions, reducing the demand on single library sources
Building on its strengths, the timely Revised Fourth Edition includes updated electronic research exercises that progressively instruct students on the latest interface features from WestlawNext and Lexis Advance.https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/fac_books/1067/thumbnail.jp
