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CENSUS UNDERCOUNTS, DIGITAL DISPLACEMENT, AND DATA JUSTICE: What Social Scientists and Data Users Need to Know About the 2020 US Census

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Census data are foundational to democracy, research and equitable urban policy. In addition to supporting political reapportionment and redistricting, census data serve as the backbone of the federal statistical data system and are often considered the highest quality data—the ‘gold standard'—for scholarly and policy research.
Jason R. Jurjevich
wiley   +1 more source

Invitation to John F. Sonnett Memorial Lecture Series: The Right to Life and Death [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Invitation to The Right to Life and Death by Chief Justice Liam Hamilton of the Supreme Court of Ireland (1994-2000).https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/events_programs_sonnett_miscellaneous/1002/thumbnail ...
Hamilton, Liam
core   +1 more source

COMMON SENSE LAW: Making Right/s in the Liberal City

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article, co‐authored by encampment and university scholars, is concerned with how homeless persons challenge rightlessness. We do so by advancing a conceptual framework of common sense law, arguing that such contestations take place not only in courtrooms but also in the lived spaces of homelessness.
Ananya Roy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Triumphant Day in Pace Law School’s History: Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s November 12, 2012 Visit to Our Campus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
“Read through and then we can discuss. Don’t forward to anyone,” stated a March 2012 e-mail from Dean Emeritus Michelle Simon to me. The e-mail’s subject line was unremarkable – “FW: Your Pace Visit” – but its actual subject was anything but: Associate ...
Waldman, Emily Gold
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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Supreme Justice

open access: yesOñati Socio-Legal Series, 2011
This article deals with the great variety of Supreme Courts in the world today and presents some selected courts. Supreme Courts are found in most countries both as only apex courts or in a courts’ system where also supreme administrative courts or ...
Ditlev Tamm
doaj  

8th Britain-Nepal Academic Council Annual Lecture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Dr Rajendra Pradhan is currently Dean of Nepâ School of Social Sciences and Humanities and was a founding member and the Chair of Social Science Baha (January 2002 - June 2010).
Pradhan, Rajendra
core  

Is land‐use deregulation enough to deliver housing?: The case of institutional frictions in India

open access: yesReal Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines whether land use deregulation increases housing supply in the presence of additional institutional frictions, such as ill‐defined property rights. India's urban land ceiling (ULC) laws, which put limits on individual ownership of private vacant land in the largest cities, were repealed during the 2000s.
Arnab Dutta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of case management in misdemeanor prosecution

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite increasing attention to prosecutors' role in shaping criminal justice outcomes, there is limited empirical research on what prosecutors do. While most theories of prosecutorial discretion emphasize overarching goals related to justice and safety, our paper shifts the focus toward the practical realities of the job, particularly in the ...
Lindsay Graef, Aurelie Ouss
wiley   +1 more source

Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices

open access: yesIndiana Law Review, 1997
Minde C. Browning   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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