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Migration and Freedom of Movement of Workers: EU Law, Crisis and the Cypriot States of Exception

Trimikliniotis, Nicos - In: Laws 2 (2013) 4, pp. 440-468

/economic crisis and mass unemployment, which has provided a fertile ground for racism and xenophobia. The paper concludes with some …. Repressive migration control is a manifestation of an ill-construed conception of ‘sovereignty’ in a divided country, which the … disagreement over the issue migration and the racialization of subaltern migrants. The case of Cyprus is discussed, in part as an …

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The Enemy at the Gates: International Borders, Migration and Human Rights

Oberoi, Pia; Taylor-Nicholson, Eleanor - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 169-186

violence and exploitation by non-State and State actors. Migration governance regimes at international borders are thus …

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The Electronic Monitoring Paradigm: A Proposal for Transforming Criminal Justice in the USA

Yeh, Stuart S. - In: Laws 4 (2015) 1, pp. 60-81

This article proposes a change in public policy that promises to greatly reduce major crime in the United States, protect society, eliminate prison overcrowding, and save taxpayer dollars. This policy would employ electronic monitoring (EM) technology in a way that discourages individuals who...

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The Uneasy Marriage between Law and Equality

Westerman, Pauline C. - In: Laws 4 (2015) 1, pp. 82-90

There are two ways in which the social ideal of equality has found expression in the law: in the principle of equal treatment and in the principle of non-discrimination. In this article the meaning of these two legal principles is analysed, in order to answer the question to what extent they can...

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Examining the Conservative Shift from Harsh Justice

Pollock, Joycelyn; Glassner, Steven; Krajewski, Andrea - In: Laws 4 (2015) 1, pp. 107-124

Recently, a political shift has been observed, in that some political conservatives are now advocating, adjusting, or abandoning draconian drug laws, including mandatory minimums, and funding diversion, re-entry, and drug programs. Vocal proponents of this movement include Grover Norquist, Rand...

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Understanding Proposed Changes to the H-1B Visa: Protecting American Government Interests, Improving the Opportunities for American Companies, or Potentially Hurting Hopeful Immigr...

Stonawski, Rebecca - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 233-243

This paper will examine the US government’s proposed changes to the H-1B visa, a dual-intent visa meant to bring highly-skilled individuals to the US labor market. It will first explain what the H-1B visa is and is not and what might happen to the H-1B visa in the future. The focus of the...

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Engendering the Evidence Base: A Critical Review of the Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of Gender-Responsive Interventions for Girls’ Delinquency

Kerig, Patricia K.; Schindler, Sheryl R. - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 244-282

A dramatic rise in arrest rates for girls over the past decade has led to an increasing interest in understanding gender differences in the risk factors that are associated with delinquency. Moreover, the call has been made for the implementation of gender-specific or gender-responsive...

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Millennium Development Goals and the Protection of Displaced and Refugee Women and Girls

Akram, Susan M. - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 283-313

The international protection regime of refugee, stateless and displaced women and girls has significant deficiencies. As refugees and displaced persons, women and girls experience unique challenges. They suffer abuse disproportionately as women through rape, human trafficking, and female genital...

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Image Right and Copyright Law in Europe: Divergences and Convergences

Synodinou, Tatiana - In: Laws 3 (2014) 2, pp. 181-207

This paper analyses the multiplicity of image rights in Europe and the classical conflictual relationship between the right to one’s own image and copyright law. First, the paper analyses the main mechanisms of legal protection of a person’s image in selected jurisdictions, in both the civil...

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Death House Desiderata: A Hunger for Justice, Unsated

Johnson, Robert; Kelly, Alexa Marie; Bousquet, Sarah; … - In: Laws 3 (2014) 2, pp. 208-219

The death penalty lives on in America, with some 1350 prisoners put to death since 1976, when the modern American death penalty was reborn. Most prisoners get a last meal of their choice, though that choice is constrained by cost and, often, the stock in the prison kitchen. Last meals can be...

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