GSULR Symposium Copyright (c) 2013 Georgia State University All rights reserved. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/gsulr_symposium Recent documents in GSULR Symposium en-us Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:40:09 PST 3600 The Criminal Justice System in a Time of Economic Meltdown: Crisis or Opportunity for Reform? http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/gsulr_symposium/2012/Crisis/1 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/gsulr_symposium/2012/Crisis/1 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:30:00 PST This one-day symposium will examine the ways that our criminal justice system might respond to our ongoing national economic crisis by implementing long-awaited reforms. A host of distinguished legal scholars will join us to discuss the ways that problems in our criminal justice system are effecting our economy on national and local levels, and how we might further the goals of our criminal justice system while paring down government expense.

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]]> Russell D. Covey et al. An Intersection of Laws: Citizens United v. FEC http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/gsulr_symposium/2010/intersection/1 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/gsulr_symposium/2010/intersection/1 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:15:00 PST The Georgia State University College of Law will hold a one-day symposium on Friday, November 12, 2010, to discuss the controversial Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC. In Citizens United, the Court overruled Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce and portions of McConnell v. FEC, holding bans on corporate independent campaign expenditures are unconstitutional under the First Amendment.

Specifically, the Georgia State Law Review symposium will focus on how this case reflects the intersection of First Amendment Law, Corporate Law, and Election Law. The symposium itself will feature three 90-minute panel discussions focusing on each of these discreet areas. In addition, we will have a lunch time presentation by Heather Gerken of Yale Law School and a 60-minute panel discussion focusing on the impact of the decision on the Midterm Elections.

]]> Neil Kinkopf et al. The 25th Anniversary of the Baby Doe Rules: Perspectives from the Fields of Law, Health Care, Ethics, and Disability Policy http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/gsulr_symposium/2009/babydoe/1 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/gsulr_symposium/2009/babydoe/1 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:30:00 PST A highly publicized and controversial case involving the withholding of medical treatment from a “Baby Doe” with Down syndrome gave rise in 1984 to the federal law known as the Baby Doe Rules, which went into effect the following year. The law conditions the grant of federal funds for any state’s child protective services program on the state’s assurance that it can respond to reports of medical neglect, which may include the withholding of medical treatment from disabled infants with life-threatening conditions. Leading scholars and practitioners from the fields of health care, law, ethics, and disability policy who are experts in the field of neonatal medicine and decision-making involving very premature and other medically at-risk infants gathered to provide thoughtful commentary and debate on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Baby Doe Rules. The Georgia State University Law Review will publish a symposium volume on the topic in Fall 2009.

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