C|M|LAW Professor David Forte spoke on April 9 at Northern Kentucky University. He participated in a debate on the question Can the Secularist Onslaught against Religion Be Halted? with Edward F. Kagan, National Legal Director, American Atheists, Inc. In addition, on April 16, he debated Dean Martin Belsky (Akron Law) on the question Is Islam Compatible with Democracy?
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Weinstein and McCleary Publish on the Association of Adult Businesses with Secondary Effects, and Present at the Association of American Geographers Conference
Professor Alan Weinstein
C|M|LAW Professor Alan Weinstein published (with Richard McCleary), The Association of Adult Businesses with Secondary Effects: The Legal Doctrine, Social Theory, and Empirical Evidence, in the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal.
In addition, Weinstein presented their work from this article on February 25 at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Conference in New York, New York as part of a track titled “Erotic Cities: Geographies of the Sexual Economy.” Over 7,000 geographers and environmental scientists from around the globe attended the Conference.
The Erotic Cities track featured papers that discussed various aspects of two phenomena: (1) the visible spatial sexualisation of the city as seen by the movement of commercial sex activities from the periphery to the mainstream, spatially and socially and (2) the complementary invisible spatial sexualisation of the city, with the internet providing a platform for those who want to convert their sexual desires into realities via various social networking sites.
Other presenters/papers in this track included:
Amber Martin, The University of Nottingham, “Sex Shops in England’s Cities: From the Backstreets to the High Street.”
Paul J Maginn, University of Western Australia and Christine A Steinmetz, University of New South Wales “Erotic Sydney: The Sexual Economy, Global City Status and Urban Cosmopolitanism.”
John Scott, University of New England (AUS), “Telecommunications Impacts On The Structure And Organization of Male Sex Work.”
Penny Crofts, University of Technology, Sydney and Barb Brents, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, “Mainstreaming and Legalization: Comparing Legal
Prostitution in New South Wales and Nevada.”
Moriah McSharry McGrath, Portland State University, “Confl ict and Coexistence: Strip Clubs and Neighbors in “Pornland,” Oregon.”
The article is available at at http://www.cardozoaelj.com/wp-content/uploads/Journal%20Issues/Volume%2029/Issue%203/Weinstein%20McCleary%20Final.pdf
Keating Interviewed by WCPN Regarding Demolition in Response to Foreclosure
C|M|LAW and Levin College of Urban Affairs Professor Dennis Keating was interviewed for WCPN’s recent story on demolitions in response to the foreclosure and abandonment crisis. The program, including Keating’s interview, was included in the April 5, 2012, edition of NPR’s Business News segment.
Inniss Wins Research Grant from Princeton Archives
Professor Lolita Buckner Inniss
C|M|LAW’s Joseph C. Hostetler-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law Lolita Buckner Inniss was awarded a Friends of the Princeton University Library reseach grant in the amount of $3400 to help support additional work at the Princeton University Archives. This award is in reference to her book project on The Princeton Fugitive Slave Case. This represents the third award that Inniss has received based on her book proposal.
Forte Reappointed to Civil Rights Committee
C|M|LAW Professor David Forte was reappointed to the Ohio State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Keating Spoke at UNC on Foreclosure and Home Abandonment
On April 1, 2012, C|M|LAW and Levin College of Urban Affairs Professor Dennis Keating spoke at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Responding to Foreclosure and Home Abandonment, co-sponsored by its Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Department of City and Regional Planning, and School of Law.
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Sterio to Co-Edit Book on Maritime Piracy, and Serve as Secretary of Women in International Law
Associate Professor Milena Sterio was elected Secretary of the Women in International Law interest group of the American Society of International Law. In addition, Professor Sterio has reached an agreement with Professor Michael Scharf (Case) and Oxford University to co-edit a book on maritime piracy.
Niedringhaus Publishes Bibliography on Ethics Considerations in Legal Research
Associate Professor and Library Director Kristina Niedringhaus
Associate Professor of Law and Library Director, Kristina Niedringhaus has published Ethics Considerations Related to Legal Research Practices: A Selective Annotated Bibliography in Legal Reference Services Quarterly. According to Niedringhaus, “[e]rrors in legal research can lead to missed filing deadlines, legal arguments that fail to be advocated, and loss of property and freedom. Despite the importance of performing adequate legal research to providing competent representation, it is not an area of legal malpractice heavily covered in the literature.” In this work, Niedrinhaus aims to provide accessible information for legal research, writing, and ethics faculty to use in discussing with their students the ethical ramifications of inadequate legal research. Towards that end, the bibliography is divided in six sections: 1) ineffective or inadequate research generally; 2) failure to discuss research with client; 3) missed dates due to inadequate legal research; 4) violations involving fees for research; 5) duty to research and know the law; and 6) outsourcing of services, legal research services, and unauthorized practice of law.
To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2012.654725
Steinglass Featured Speaker at Colloquium on the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission
Dean Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass
On Thursday, March 22nd, Dean Emeritus Steven H. Steinglass was one of the featured speakers at a Colloquium held in Columbus on the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission. The program, sponsored by the Commission and the Ohio State University College of Law, featured discussions on Ohio’s experiences with constitutional commissions, Ohio’s history of constitutional revision, the role of state constitutions, and procedural options for the Constitutional Modernization Commission.
Dean Steinglass, who was a member of the Planning Committee for the Colloquium, made a presentation on the History of the Ohio Constitution and participated in two panel discussions. The entire program was recorded by the Ohio Channel and is available at:
http://www.ohiochannel.org/MediaLibrary/Media.aspx?fileId=134888
In addition, the report of the Planning Commission and other information about constitutional revision in Ohio are available on C|M|LAW’s Ohio Constitutional Law and History website:
Ray Selected for Fulbright Grant to Conduct Research on the Constitutional Court in South Africa
Professor Brian E. Ray
Professor Brian Ray has been selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a 2012-13 Fulbright Scholarship. Beginning in January 2013, Ray will spend 8 months visiting both the Stellenbosch University and the University of the Western Cape in South Africa to conduct research on what several scholars recently have described as the “second-wave” social-rights decisions by the South African Constitutional Court and the roles that civil society, social movements and public-interest lawyers have played in those cases. Ray’s research will form the core of a book he has under contract with Cambridge University Press that is expected to be published in early 2014.
Both the University of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch University are home to leading research initiatives and/or centers focused on social rights. UWC has participated either directly or as amicus curiae in several leading social-rights cases and conducts cutting-edge, practical research on enforcement strategies for social rights, including publishing the well-respected ESR Review and conducting civil society training and mobilization programs. Stellenbosch’s strategic initiative Combating Poverty, Homelessness and Socio-Economic Disadvantage Under the Constitution combines well-regarded research, academic training and community legal services to discover ways to combat the severe social and economic disparities in post-apartheid South Africa using the new constitutional framework, including the social rights provisions. Ray will work with experts from both institutions as well as others in South Africa who have been involved in recent social-rights litigation and advocacy.
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