Download or read book The Stanford Law Chronicles written by Alfredo Mirandé and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of a long and distinguished academic career, Alfredo Mirande left his position as professor of sociology and chair of ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside, to attend law school at Stanford University. This book is an extraordinary chronicle of the events in his life that led him to make this dramatic change and of the many obstacles he encountered at law school. The Stanford Law Chronicles is a comprehensive, first-person account of the law school experience, written by a person of color. Mirande delivers a powerful and moving critique of the rigid hierarchies he encountered and of systematic attempts to strip him of his identity and culture. He also reflects on the implications of an increasing number of women and minority law school students for law and legal education. Although Stanford is considered to be one of the most progressive law schools in the country, Mirande's experience there was one of alienation and frustration, as he encountered elitism and rigid hierarchies. Covering all three years at Stanford, he describes his experiences and the problems he encountered in the classroom. Immigration Clinic where he successfully represented his first client, and the alternative Lawyering for Social Change curriculum that became a haven in an otherwise hostile environment. Interspersed with his account of law school are autobiographical snapshots and experiences, including that of the death of his brother, Hector, which was the catalyst for his decision to pursue his childhood dream of attending law school and becoming a lawyer. This controversial book is certain to spark lively debate.
Download or read book Stanford Law Review Volume 63 Issue 2 January 2011 written by Stanford Law Review and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most-read law journals adds a true ebook edition to its worldwide distribution, becoming the first general interest law review to do so. This current issue of the Stanford Law Review contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by such recognized scholars as Kenneth Bamberger, Deirdre Mulligan, Judge Richard Posner, Albert Yoon, Cynthia Estland, and Norman Spaulding. Volume 63, Issue 2's contents are: "Privacy on the Books and on the Ground," by Kenneth A. Bamberger & Deirdre K. Mulligan "What Judges Think of the Quality of Legal Representation," by Richard A. Posner & Albert H. Yoon "Just the Facts: The Case for Workplace Transparency," by Cynthia Estlund Essay, "Independence and Experimentalism in the Department of Justice," by Norman W. Spaulding Note, "The 'Benefit' of Spying: Defining the Boundaries of Economic Espionage under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996" In the new ebook edition, the footnotes, graphs, and tables of contents (including those for individual articles) are fully linked, properly scaled, and functional; the original note numbering is retained; and the issue is properly formatted.
Download or read book Stanford Law Review Volume 63 Issue 3 March 2011 written by Stanford Law Review and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This March 2011 issue of the Stanford Law Review contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by recognized scholars on such diverse topics as "preglimony," derivatives markets in a fiscal crisis, corporate reform in Brazil, land use and zoning under contract theory, and a student Note on college endowments at elite schools during a time of economic downturn. Contents for the March 2011 issue are: "Regulatory Dualism as a Development Strategy: Corporate Reform in Brazil, the U.S., and the E.U.," by Ronald J. Gilson, Henry Hansmann and Mariana Pargendler "The Derivatives Market's Payment Priorities as Financial Crisis Accelerator," by Mark J. Roe "The Contract Transformation in Land Use Regulation," by Daniel P. Selmi "Preglimony," by Shari Motro Note, "Scarcity Amidst Wealth: The Law, Finance, and Culture of Elite University Endowments in Financial Crisis" In the ebook editions, the footnotes, graphs, and tables of contents (including those for individual articles) are fully linked, properly scalable, and functional; the original note numbering is retained; URLs in notes are active; and the issue is properly formatted.
Download or read book Diary of a Contraband written by William Benjamin Gould and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heart of this book is the remarkable Civil War diary of the author’s great-grandfather, William Benjamin Gould, an escaped slave who served in the United States Navy from 1862 until the end of the war. The diary vividly records Gould’s activity as part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia; his visits to New York and Boston; the pursuit to Nova Scotia of a hijacked Confederate cruiser; and service in European waters pursuing Confederate ships constructed in Great Britain and France. Gould’s diary is one of only three known diaries of African American sailors in the Civil War. It is distinguished not only by its details and eloquent tone (often deliberately understated and sardonic), but also by its reflections on war, on race, on race relations in the Navy, and on what African Americans might expect after the war. The book includes introductory chapters that establish the context of the diary narrative, an annotated version of the diary, a brief account of Gould’s life in Massachusetts after the war, and William B. Gould IV’s thoughts about the legacy of his great-grandfather and his own journey of discovery in learning about this remarkable man.
Download or read book Law in America written by Lawrence M. Friedman and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2004-10-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout America’s history, our laws have been a reflection of who we are, of what we value, of who has control. They embody our society’s genetic code. In the masterful hands of the subject’s greatest living historian, the story of the evolution of our laws serves to lay bare the deciding struggles over power and justice that have shaped this country from its birth pangs to the present. Law in America is a supreme example of the historian’s art, its brevity a testament to the great elegance and wit of its composition.
Download or read book Stanford Law Review Volume 64 Issue 6 June 2012 written by Stanford Law Review and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading law journal features a digital edition as part of its worldwide distribution, using quality ebook formatting. This June 2012 issue of the Stanford Law Review (the last for the academic year) contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by recognized scholars on diverse topics of interest to the academic and professional community. Contents for the issue include: "Beyond DOMA: Choice of State Law in Federal Statutes" William Baude "Does Shareholder Proxy Access Damage Share Value in Small Publicly Traded Companies?" Thomas Stratmann & J.W. Verret Book Review, "Infringement Conflation" Peter S. Menell Note, "Pinching the President's Prosecutorial Prerogative: Can Congress Use Its Purse Power to Block Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Transfer to the United States?" Nicolas L. Martinez Note, "The American Jury: Can Noncitizens Still Be Excluded?" Amy R. Motomura In the ebook edition, all the footnotes, graphs, and tables of contents (including those for individual articles) are fully linked, properly scalable, and functional; the original note numbering is retained. Also, the URLs in notes are active; and the issue is properly formatted for ereaders.
Download or read book Stanford Law Review Volume 64 Issue 3 March 2012 written by Stanford Law Review and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading law journal features a digital edition as part of its worldwide distribution, using quality ebook formatting and active links. The March 2012 issue of the Stanford Law Review contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by recognized scholars on diverse topics of interest to the academic and professional community. Contents for the March 2012 issue include: Prosecuting the Exonerated: Actual Innocence and the Double Jeopardy Clause; By Jordan M. Barry From Multiculturalism to Technique: Feminism, Culture, and the Conflict of Laws Style; By Karen Knop, Ralf Michaels & Annelise Riles Fragmentation Nodes: A Study in Financial Innovation, Complexity, and Systemic Risk; By Kathryn Judge Note: Insurmountable Obstacles: Structural Errors, Procedural Default, and Ineffective Assistance; By Amy Knight Burns Comment: The Gulf Coast Claims Facility and the Deepwater Horizon Litigation: Judicial Regulation of Private Compensation Schemes; By Colin McDonell In the ebook edition, all the footnotes, graphs, and tables of contents (including those for individual articles) are fully linked, properly scalable, and functional; the original note numbering is retained. Also, the URLs in notes are active; and the issue is properly formatted.
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Download or read book A Pattern of Violence written by David Alan Sklansky and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A law professor and former prosecutor reveals how inconsistent ideas about violence, enshrined in law, are at the root of the problems that plague our entire criminal justice system—from mass incarceration to police brutality. We take for granted that some crimes are violent and others aren’t. But how do we decide what counts as a violent act? David Alan Sklansky argues that legal notions about violence—its definition, causes, and moral significance—are functions of political choices, not eternal truths. And these choices are central to failures of our criminal justice system. The common distinction between violent and nonviolent acts, for example, played virtually no role in criminal law before the latter half of the twentieth century. Yet to this day, with more crimes than ever called “violent,” this distinction determines how we judge the seriousness of an offense, as well as the perpetrator’s debt and danger to society. Similarly, criminal law today treats violence as a pathology of individual character. But in other areas of law, including the procedural law that covers police conduct, the situational context of violence carries more weight. The result of these inconsistencies, and of society’s unique fear of violence since the 1960s, has been an application of law that reinforces inequities of race and class, undermining law’s legitimacy. A Pattern of Violence shows that novel legal philosophies of violence have motivated mass incarceration, blunted efforts to hold police accountable, constrained responses to sexual assault and domestic abuse, pushed juvenile offenders into adult prisons, encouraged toleration of prison violence, and limited responses to mass shootings. Reforming legal notions of violence is therefore an essential step toward justice.
Download or read book Stanford Law Review Volume 64 Issue 2 February 2012 written by Stanford Law Review and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading law journal features a digital edition as part of its worldwide distribution, using quality ebook formatting and active links. The Feb. 2012 issue of the Stanford Law Review contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by recognized scholars on diverse topics of interest to the academic and professional community. In the ebook edition, all the notes, graphs, and tables of contents (including those for individual articles) are fully linked, properly scalable, and functional; the original note numbering is retained. Also, the URLs in notes are active; and the issue is properly formatted. Contents for this issue include: National Security Federalism in the Age of Terror By Matthew C. Waxman Incriminating Thoughts By Nita A. Farahany Elective Shareholder Liability By Peter Conti-Brown Note, Harrington’s Wake: Unanswered Questions on AEDPA’s Application to Summary Dispositions Comment, Boumediene Applied Badly: The Extraterritorial Constitution After Al Maqaleh v. Gates
Download or read book Stanford Law Review Volume 64 Issue 5 May 2012 written by Stanford Law Review and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading law journal features a digital edition as part of its worldwide distribution, using quality ebook formatting. The May 2012 issue of the Stanford Law Review contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by recognized scholars on diverse topics of interest to the academic and professional community. Contents for this issue include: "The City and the Private Right of Action," by Paul A. Diller "Securities Class Actions Against Foreign Issuers," by Merritt B. Fox "How Much Should Judges Be Paid? An Empirical Study on the Effect of Judicial Pay on the State Bench," by James M. Anderson & Eric Helland Note: "How Congress Could Reduce Job Discrimination by Promoting Anonymous Hiring," by David Hausman In the ebook edition, all the footnotes, graphs, and tables of contents (including those for individual articles) are fully linked, properly scalable, and functional; the original note numbering is retained. Also, the URLs in notes are active; and the issue is properly formatted for ereaders and apps.
Download or read book President s Report for Volume 1 of the Stanford Law Review written by Stanford law review and published by . This book was released on 1949* with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stanford Law Review Volume 63 Issue 4 April 2011 written by Stanford Law Review and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of the Stanford Law Review contains studies of law, history, and social policy by recognized scholars on such diverse topics as fixing unfair contracts (by Omri Ben-Shahar), using DNA forensics to identify family members in criminal cases and other legal matters (by Natalie Ram), and the ethics of lawyers holding onto real evidence such as guns,tapes, and drugs (by Stephen Gillers). In addition, extensive student work explores the history of religious freedom and the First Amendment, as well as the use of amicus curiae briefs in the Supreme Court after an opinion below is abandoned by a party. The Stanford Law Review was organized in 1948. Each year the Law Review publishes one volume, which appears in six separate issues between December and July. Each issue contains material written by student members of the Law Review, other Stanford law students, and outside contributors, such as law professors, judges, and practicing lawyers. The current volume is 63, for the academic year 2010-2011, and the present compilation, in ebook form, represents Issue 4 for April 2011. In the ebook editions, all footnotes, graphs, and Tables of Contents (including those for individual articles) are fully linked, properly scaled, and functional; the original note numbering is retained; and the issue is properly formatted.
Download or read book Dress Codes written by Richard Thompson Ford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A law professor and cultural critic offers an eye-opening exploration of the laws of fashion throughout history, from the middle ages to the present day, examining the canons, mores and customs of clothing rules that we often take for granted
Download or read book Stanford Law Review Volume 64 Issue 1 January 2012 written by Stanford Law Review and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jan. 2012 issue of the Stanford Law Review (the first of vol. 64) contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by recognized scholars on diverse topics of interest to the academic and professional community. Contents for this issue: The Right Not to Keep or Bear Arms Joseph Blocher The Ghost That Slayed the Mandate Kevin C. Walsh State Sovereign Standing: Often Overlooked, but Not Forgotten Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., & Wesley G. Russell, Jr. Establishing Official Islam? The Law and Strategy of Counter-Radicalization Samuel J. Rascoff Lobbying, Rent-Seeking, and the Constitution Richard L. Hasen Note: Bringing a Judicial Takings Claim Josh Patashnik In the ebook edition, all the footnotes, graphs, and tables of contents (including those for individual articles) are fully linked, properly scalable, and functional; the original note numbering is retained. Also, the URLs in notes are active; and the issue is properly formatted.
Download or read book States of Belonging written by Tomas R. Jimenez and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political turmoil surrounding immigration at the federal level and the inability of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform have provided an opening for state and local governments to become more active in setting their own immigration-related policies. States largely dictate the resources, institutions, and opportunities immigrants can access: who can get a driver’s license or attend a state university, what languages are spoken in schools and public offices, how law enforcement interacts with the public, and even what schools teach students about history. In States of Belonging, an interdisciplinary team of immigration experts – Tomás R. Jiménez, Deborah J. Schildkraut, Yuen J. Huo, and John F. Dovidio – explore the interconnections among immigration policies, attitudes about immigrants and immigration, and sense of belonging in two neighboring states – Arizona and New Mexico – with divergent approaches to welcoming newcomers. Arizona and New Mexico are historically and demographically similar, but they differ in their immigration policies. Arizona has enacted unwelcoming policies towards immigrants, restricting the access of immigrants to state resources, social services, and public institutions. New Mexico is more welcoming, actively seeking to protect the rights of immigrants and extending access to state resources and institutions. The authors draw on an original survey and in-depth interviews of a cross-section of each state’s population to illustrate how these differing approaches affect the sense of belonging not only among immigrants, but among the U.S.-born as well. Respondents in Arizona, regardless of whether they were foreign- or native-born or their ethno-racial background, agreed that the state is unwelcoming to immigrants, and they pointed to Arizona’s restrictive policies as the primary factor. The sense of rejection perceived by Latinos in Arizona, including the foreign-born and the U.S.-born, was profound. They felt the effects of administrative and symbolic exclusions of the state’s unwelcoming policies as they went about their daily lives. New Mexico’s more welcoming approach had positive effects on the Latino immigrant population, and these policies contributed to an increased sense of belonging among U.S.-born Latinos and U.S.-born whites as well. The authors show that exposure to information about welcoming policies is associated with an improved sense of belonging across most population groups. They also find that the primary dividing line when it came to reactions to welcoming policies was political, not ethno-racial. Only self-identified Republicans, Latino as well as white, showed reduced feelings of belonging. States of Belonging demonstrates that welcoming policies cultivate a greater sense of belonging for immigrants and other state citizens, suggesting that policies aimed at helping immigrants gain a social, economic, and political foothold in this country can pay a broad societal dividend.
Download or read book Woman Lawyer written by Barbara Babcock and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-05 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woman Lawyer tells the story of Clara Foltz, the first woman admitted to the California Bar. Famous in her time as a public intellectual, leader of the women's movement, and legal reformer, Foltz faced terrific prejudice and well-organized opposition to women lawyers as she tried cases in front of all-male juries, raised five children as a single mother, and stumped for political candidates. She was the first to propose the creation of a public defender to balance the public prosecutor. Woman Lawyer uncovers the legal reforms and societal contributions of a woman celebrated in her day, but lost to history until now. It casts new light on the turbulent history and politics of California in a period of phenomenal growth and highlights the interconnection of the suffragists and other movements for civil rights and legal reforms.
