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Languages : en
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A SYMPOSIUM ON MILITARY LAW- HASTINGS LAW JOURNAL.
Author: A SYMPOSIUM ON MILITARY LAW- THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW.
Author: A Symposium: Military Law
Author: Justice and the Military
Author: Homer E. MoyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 1398
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Alabama Military Law Symposium
Author: 1997 Military Law Symposium
Author: University of Alabama. School of LawPublisher:
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Category : Military law
Languages : en
Pages :
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Access to Justice
Author: Deborah L. RhodePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195349474
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
"Equal Justice Under Law" is one of America's most proudly proclaimed and widely violated legal principles. But it comes nowhere close to describing the legal system in practice. Millions of Americans lack any access to justice, let alone equal access. Worse, the increasing centrality of law in American life and its growing complexity has made access to legal assistance critical for all citizens. Yet according to most estimates about four-fifths of the legal needs of the poor, and two- to three-fifths of the needs of middle-income individuals remain unmet. This book reveals the inequities of legal assistance in America, from the lack of access to educational services and health benefits to gross injustices in the criminal defense system. It proposes a specific agenda for change, offering tangible reforms for coordinating comprehensive systems for the delivery of legal services, maximizing individual's opportunities to represent themselves, and making effective legal services more affordable for all Americans who need them.
Military Law Review
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Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The Hastings Law Journal
Author: The Myth of Rights
Author: Ashutosh BhagwatPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199703426
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
What is a constitutional right? If asked, most Americans would say that it is an entitlement to act as one pleases - i.e., that rights protect autonomy. That understanding, however, is wrong; it is, indeed, The Myth of Rights. The primary purpose and effect of constitutional rights in our society is structural. These rights restrain governmental power in order to maintain a balance between citizens and the State, and an appropriately limited role for the State in our society. Of course, restricting governmental power does have the effect of advancing individual autonomy, but that is not the primary purpose of rights, and furthermore, constitutional rights protect individual autonomy to a far lesser degree that is generally believed. Professor Bhagwat brings clarity to many difficult controversies with a structural approach towards constitutional rights. Issues discussed include flag-burning, the ongoing debates over affirmative action and same-sex marriage, and the great battles over executive power fought during the second Bush Administration. The Myth of Rights addresses the constitutional issues posed in these and many other areas of law and public policy, and explains why a structural approach to constitutional rights illuminates these disputes in ways that an autonomy-based approach cannot. Readers will understand that while constitutional rights play a critical role in our legal and political system, it is a very different role from what is commonly assumed.