All Articles tagged bill of rights

• General
  December 12, 2018 EDT
  DUTCH INFLUENCES ON LAW AND GOVERNANCE IN NEW YORK
  Albert Rosenblat

  This article considers Dutch influences on New York Law.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  December 13, 2017 EDT
  “IMPOST BEGAT CONVENTION”: ALBANY AND NEW YORK CONFRONT THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
  Calvin H. Johnson

  This article traces New York ratifying the federal Constitution.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  December 01, 2017 EDT
  I’D WAGER IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE: RECONSIDERING NEW YORK STATE’S CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION AGAINST GAMBLING
  Di MaBryan Gottlieb

  This article argues that changes to the Article I, section 9, prohibitions on gambling are necessary in light of today’s gambling environment.

• General
  June 15, 2016 EDT
  MATCHING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT ON THE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY DEFENSE: A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE STATES
  Noah Cyr Engelhart

  This comment urges states to review their own intellectual disability defenses to ensure compliance with Hall and the developing trend in intellectual disability defense jurisprudence.

• General
  May 27, 2016 EDT
  WHAT “YES MEANS YES” MEANS FOR NEW YORK SCHOOLS: THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF NEW YORK’S EFFORTS TO COMBAT CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT THROUGH AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT
  Chandler Delamater

  This comment focuses on New York’s state-wide adoption of an affirmative consent standard in its colleges, and its potential effectiveness for combating the epidemic of sexual violence against women.

• General
  May 13, 2014 EDT
  A CHAMPION FOR AFRICAN FREEDOM: PAUL ROBESON AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID
  Penelope Andrews

  This article examines the legal developments in South Africa with the collapse of formal apartheid, and outlines the broad contours of the constitutional text.

• General
  January 01, 2012 EDT
  DOMESTIC WORKER ORGANIZING: BUILDING A CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT FOR DIGNITY AND POWER
  Hina ShahMarci Seville

  This article analyzes the contemporary domestic worker movement‘s success and momentum in transforming cultural attitudes toward favoring the legal protection of domestic workers.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  November 11, 2011 EDT
  THE CONSTITUTIONAL PARAMETERS OF NEW YORK STATE‘S DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS: BALANCING THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS
  Donna E. Young

  The new law, though touching upon certain constitutional rights of employers, does not run afoul of the Constitution any more than does regulation aimed at more traditional workplaces.

• General
  January 01, 2005 EDT
  THE GOVERNOR FROM FIGUREHEAD TO PRIME MINISTER: A HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION AND THE SHIFT OF BASIC POWER TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
  John T. Buckley

  This article traces the evolution of the NYS government from a legislatively dominated constitutional structure to a more executive dominated one.