Dec 3, 2012 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 45
Work-family policy debate in the United States has focused on work and the workplace, and has presumed its primary beneficiaries are women. Women’s increased participation in the workplace brought the conflict between work and family sharply into view, and generated...
Nov 13, 2012 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 45
Federal sentencing law is in the midst of a period of profound change. In 1984, responding to concerns about excessive judicial discretion in sentencing, Congress created the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate the United States Sentencing Guidelines...
Nov 13, 2012 | Notes, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 45
The average human loses between forty and one hundred strands of hair every day. Humans make one liter of saliva each day. In a lifetime, the average human sheds about forty pounds of skin. Hair, skin, and saliva are just a few ways in which individuals leave...
Nov 13, 2012 | Notes, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 45
On November 4, 1995, Leandro Andrade was arrested for the benign offense of shoplifting $84.70 worth of children’s movies from a K-Mart store located in Ontario, California. Just fourteen days later, Andrade was again arrested for stealing $68.84 of children’s movies...
Nov 13, 2012 | Notes, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 45
Although U.S. economists note that the most recent U.S. recession came to an end in June 2009, belt tightening can still be felt throughout the economy, more than three years later. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in state budgets, which continue to face...
Nov 13, 2012 | Case Comments, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 45
The First Amendment protects the freedom of speech and press—liberties that include the right to disseminate certain information concerning governmental activities, including police work. A police officer may defend against a claim of violating a citizen’s...
