Jones Law Review articles

Recent articles from Jones Law Review

Domestic violence, flawed interpretations of 42 U.S.C. (section) 1437(d)(l)(6), sexual harassment in public housing, and municipal violations of the Eighth Amendment: making women homeless and keeping them homeless.
September 22, 2008... PREFACE Poverty is the worst form of violence. (1) Homeless women accompanied by at least one child comprise the fastest growing segment of America's homeless population. This article examines the great poverty that has befallen so many women in America, focusing specifically upon...

Griffin v. UNOCAL: a solution to the Garrett Conundrum and the end of the last exposure rule.
September 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION In Griffin v. UNOCAL, the Alabama Supreme Court overruled Garrett v. Raytheon (2) and its progeny. (3) Specifically, it changed the time at which the statute of limitations begins to run in a toxic-substance exposure case. Previously, the statute of limitations began on the...

The Roberts Court and the death penalty code.
March 22, 2008... I. The Lion in Winter (1) is a brilliant tale of the deception and treachery that accompanies King Henry II's effort to name the successor to his empire. In one scene, Princes (and brothers) Richard and Geoffrey wait in the dungeon for their father, Henry II, to arrive and kill them....

Racism on our juries: the impossibility of impartiality in capital cases.
March 22, 2008... "The reality of race relations in this country is such that we simply may not presume impartiality" (1) I. INTRODUCTION Racism in this country is like the elephant in the room that everyone sees but no one dares acknowledge. Perhaps the lack of acknowledgment is due to the fact that...

Capital punishment: advocates' deadly combination of inadequacy and misconduct.
March 22, 2008... "I cannot support a system, which, in its administration, has proven to be so fraught with error and has come so close to the ultimate nightmare, the state's taking of innocent life." (1) I. INTRODUCTION The nexus between the Eighth Amendment's ban on governmental imposition of...