Announcing: Volume 6
The Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service is proud to announce the publication of Volume 6. This volume features: Putting Social Change in Perspective: An Editor’s Note for … Announcing: Volume 6
The Journal Welcomes New Members
The Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service is proud announce our two newest members: 2L Simon Kelly and 1L Ashleigh Creed. Simon is a second year law student … The Journal Welcomes New Members
Overcoming the Disability Deceptions
John M. Burman* “Three generations of imbeciles are enough.”[1] The title to this article is based on a book called FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt]’s Splendid Deception, a story about the … Overcoming the Disability Deceptions
Law Schools Should Stop Misleading Prospective Students in Pursuit of their Desperately Sought Tuition Dollars
Robert Steinbuch* Law schools—particularly those struggling to stay above water under contemporary economic challenges and the changing dynamics in legal education—should act in conformity with the ethical rules that govern … Law Schools Should Stop Misleading Prospective Students in Pursuit of their Desperately Sought Tuition Dollars
Retrofitting a Bad Deal: Congress’s Ability, and Responsibility, to Cure Defects in the Iran Deal
David R. Lurie* and Robert Steinbuch** I. INTRODUCTION The nuclear deal that President Obama has struck with the theocratic dictatorship of Iran will dramatically reverse policies of the United States … Retrofitting a Bad Deal: Congress’s Ability, and Responsibility, to Cure Defects in the Iran Deal
Corrective Justice, Reparations, and Race-Based Affirmative Action
Joshua M. Silverstein* The use of race-based affirmative action (RBAA) in higher education admissions remains a controversial political and legal issue. In fact, the United States Supreme Court recently agreed … Corrective Justice, Reparations, and Race-Based Affirmative Action
Becoming an In-Town Destination: Urban Planning and Placemaking Approaches for Improving Urban Safety around the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Campus
Dr. Yang Luo-Branch* I. INTRODUCTION Many Little Rock residents perceive the area around the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (“UALR”) campus as decayed, dangerous, and threatening to the long-term … Becoming an In-Town Destination: Urban Planning and Placemaking Approaches for Improving Urban Safety around the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Campus
The Sprawling of Small Cities of Arkansas: The Case for Sustainable Urban Planning
By Michael S. Yoder, Ph.D* Abstract. Small cities in Arkansas overall exhibit a lower density of commercial and residential land uses than the norm for American Sunbelt metropolitan areas. The … The Sprawling of Small Cities of Arkansas: The Case for Sustainable Urban Planning
The Underground Market of Internationally Adopted Children: Re-homing and Questioning the Practice of International Adoption
By Abigail Niehaus* “’Re-homing is not regulated; there’s no legal framework to address it. It’s mostly an underground affair.’”[1] “Re-homing” is when adoptive parents post an advertisement on the internet … The Underground Market of Internationally Adopted Children: Re-homing and Questioning the Practice of International Adoption
Reconsidering the Presumption: A Proposal to Provide Arkansas’s Adult Adoptees Open Access to their Original Birth Records
by Westley Ashley At a very young age, I knew I was adopted. My parents felt it was important to be honest with me about that fact, but at the … Reconsidering the Presumption: A Proposal to Provide Arkansas’s Adult Adoptees Open Access to their Original Birth Records