Fordham Urban Law Journal articles from November 2003

Fordham Urban Law Journal archives from November 2003

Introduction.(Religious Values and Poverty Law: Clients, Lawyers and Communities)
November 1, 2003... A law school conference on religious values and poverty law, particularly one that explores the nexus between a lawyer's faith and her work representing poor people, is a delightfully subversive thing. Law school--at least, my experience of...

The biblical prophets as lawyers for the poor.(Religious Values and Poverty Law: Clients, Lawyers and Communities)
November 1, 2003... "[T]his is the fast I desire: To unlock the fetters of wickedness, And untie the cords of the yoke To let the oppressed go free; To break off every yoke. It is to share your bread with the hungry, And to take the wretched into your home; When...

Religious values, legal ethics, and poverty law: a response to Thomas Shaffer.(response to article by Thomas Shaffer in this issue, p. 85)(Religious Values and Poverty Law: Clients, Lawyers and Communities)
November 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION As a lawyer, law teacher, and legal scholar, Thomas Shaffer is inspired and guided by religious values. Being a lawyer for Thomas Shaffer is a vocation, a calling to pursue social justice. (1) He is, to use his term, a "role...

Transformative criminal defense practice: truth, love, and individual rights - the innovative approach of the Georgia Justice Project.(Religious Values and Poverty Law: Clients, Lawyers and Communities)
November 1, 2003... "A (client's) relationship with the Georgia Justice Project is a relationship for life. You are like one big family. You are creating pockets of... the Beloved Community." (1) I. BEN'S WEDDING In the last month, I have been to three...

"Forgive me victim for I have sinned": why repentance and the criminal justice system do not mix - a lesson from Jewish law.(criticim on Georgia Justice Projects unique approach of representation)(Religious Values and Poverty Law: Clients, Lawyers and Communities)
November 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION The appropriate intersection of religious values and an attorney's functions as a legal advocate and a counselor has been hotly debated. At a recent conference on this topic at Fordham Law School, I had the pleasure of...

Advocacy and compassion in the Jewish tradition.(Religious Values and Poverty Law: Clients, Lawyers and Communities)
November 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION Law and medicine both pose problems for Jewish law, or halakhah, (1) in contemporary times. There is, however, a fundamental difference between the two areas. In the case of medicine, halakhic problems arise in relation to...

Practice what you preach: power, paternalism, and the Christian lawyer for the poor.(Religious Values and Poverty Law: Clients, Lawyers and Communities)
November 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." (1) There was a time when lawyers were considered by many to be America's governing class, intellectually trained and...

The fallacy that fair use and information should be provided for free: an analysis of the responses to the DMCA's section 1201.(Digital Millennium Copyright Act)
November 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION The Framers of the Constitution believed that the advancement of the arts and technology were very important to the growth of society. (1) Thus, in 1787, they adopted the Copyright Clause to the Constitution to give Congress...

Ethical deception by prosecutors.(Colorado)
November 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION Last Spring, the Colorado Supreme Court suspended Assistant District Attorney Mark Pautler for deceitful conduct in securing the surrender of an axe murderer on a killing spree. (1) Although many thought Pautler's conduct was...

Picture perfect: a critical analysis of the debate on the 2002 Help America Vote Act.
November 1, 2003... "And all the while, the rising power of my vote, helping build democracy" (1) The notion that every citizen should have the unimpeded ability to cast a vote in the federal electoral process is an axiom embedded in America's collective...

Responding to terrorism: how must a democracy do it? A comparison of Israeli and American law.
November 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION Terrorism has become commonplace in the world today. (1) In the past decade, the United States was, for the first time, the victim of terrorist attacks on its own soil. (2) Conversely, the State of Israel has been engaged in a...