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Cynthia Hawkins DeBose, Grounds for Divorce – U.S., in Cultural Sociology of Divorce (Robert Emery and J. Geoffrey Golson eds., Sage, 2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Mark D. Bauer, Peter Pan as Public Policy: Should 55-Plus Age Restricted Communities Continue to be Exempt from Civil Rights Laws and Substantive Federal Regulation?, 21 University of Illinois Elder L.J. 33 (2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Although millions of Americans live in 55-plus age-restricted housing, little research has been done to determine whether these communities benefit their residents, or the nation as a whole. This is particularly ironic because these communities exist in contravention to anti-discrimination laws by virtue of a specific exemption granted to real estate developers by an Act of Congress. Ordinarily age discrimination is prohibited by the Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Successful lobbying by special interest groups carved out an exemption for 55-plus housing.
The original exemption required developers to offer elders special services and facilities in these communities in return for the exemption. Over time, those requirements were eliminated and now the only requirement is that these communities exclude families and children. While lifestyles focused on golf and tennis may be attractive to younger retirees, older Americans often find themselves in communities bereft of the services and facilities they need for basic life activities and safety. The very nature of these communities result in elders left with depreciating homes, and many are without the financial means to retrofit their 55-plus home or to move into a community better adapted for their needs. This Article explores a popular form of “senior housing” that is unsuitable for most older Americans.
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Peter Lake, The College ‘Court’ Phenomenon, NASPA's Leadership Exchange (2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, The SEC and Dark Political Money (2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Democracy’s Masquerade Ball (2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Somebody Give Bill Gates and Drew Faust a Copy of Citizens Disunited (2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Bring Political Cash Out of the Shadows (2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Stacey-Rae Simcox and Mark Matthews, Trusts and Estates for Veterans and Active Duty Families, in The American Bar Association Legal Guide for Military Families (American Bar Association, 2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Ashley Krenelka, Put Your Library on the Map, Part 2: The Waiting Game, AALL Spectrum Online (2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Elizabeth Berenguer, Gideon’s Legacy: Taking Pedagogical Inspiration from the Briefs that Made History, 18 Barry L. Rev. 227 (2013)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Gideon decision, this article guides the rhetorical study of the party briefs as a strategy for cultivating individual voice in legal writing. It is a rhetorical study of the party briefs filed in Gideon v. Wainwright, a 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing the constitutional right to counsel in state criminal proceedings and provides specific lessons to be used in the classroom setting to enhance students’ understanding of advanced persuasive techniques such as logos, ethos, pathos, and storytelling. Each lesson has been created through the lens of cognitive theory, in particular the concept of categories as organizers of perception. This article proposes that categories can either be reinforced or redefined to accomplish rhetorical purposes, and having a meta-cognitive understanding of that power is essential effective advocacy.