Month: January 2012
Of Bathrooms and Bullycides: How Not to Protect LGBT Youth from Harassment
Professor Susan Hazeldean discusses the impact of schools’ discriminatory treatment of LGBT youth.
Jan 2012
Troubling Foreign Battles in the U.S. War on Cocaine
America’s war on crack- and powder-cocaine has repeatedly targeted those least able to combat it.
Jan 2012
Jury Representativeness: It’s No Joke in the State of New York
Valerie Hans, Professor of Law at Cornell, is the author or editor of six books and approximately 100 articles. Professor Hans was originally trained as a social scientist at the University of Toronto where she received her PhD in 1978. Today she conducts empirical studies of law and is one of the country’s leading authorities…
Jan 2012
The Amazon Chernobyl
Attempts to clean up an Ecuadorean region of the Amazon prove to be messier than the damage left behind by oil companies.
Jan 2012
Here’s To You, Pamela Shelinsky
In light of the untimely passing of a former JLPP Article Editor, Pamela Shelinsky (1980-2011), Mystyc Metrik takes a moment to commemorate Ms. Shelinsky’s life and achievements.
Jan 2012
Maintaining Law and Order in Protest Movements
Police tactics in maintaining order during protest movements should be given a high degree of deference.
Jan 2012
ObamaCare Recusal
Requests that some justices recuse themselves from hearing the healthcare cases reveal the public’s declining trust of the Supreme Court.
Jan 2012
Tackling Complex Public Policy Concerns: The Need for Interdisciplinary, Problem-Solving Clinical Education
Are you familiar with acid violence and how to combat it? Complex public policy problems, arising from globalization and specialization between and within disciplines, are at the forefront of society’s development issues. Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum discusses an innovation methodology to solve these problems.
Jan 2012
The People be Damned
Get ready to lose the best influence in government that you probably never knew you had! Josiah Heidt discusses how Congress is planning to destroy the public’s ability to directly participate in government policymaking and the administrative rulemaking process.
Jan 2012