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Judicial Policy-Making in Institutional Reform Litigation: Analysis of an Activist Bench in the Saint Louis City Jail Case (September 15, 2006)
by Terri B. Payne, Washington University Law Student
PDF | Tyler v. Percich

Real and Lasting Reform: Small County Jail Reform Litigation and Post-Order Stakeholders (January 1, 2006)
by Chad Ben, Washington University Law Student
PDF | Grey v. Ferrel

Rethinking the Use of Class Actions to Combat Inmate-on-Inmate Sexual Assault: A Case Study of LaMarca v Turner (May 18, 2004)
by Karen Y. Paik, Washington University Law Student
PDF | LaMarca v. Turner

Defendant Compliance In Public Law Litigation: A Case Study of Bullington v. Moreland (December 9, 2004)
by Andrea Ebreck, Washington University Law Student
PDF | Bullington v. Moreland

Legal Construction of Litigation Threat in a Correctional Organization: A Case Study of Sarnicola v County of Westchester (December 4, 2004)
by Patrick Troy, Washington University Law Student
PDF | Sarnicola v. County of Westchester

McDonald v. Fair and Catch the Hope: Understanding the Relationship Between Institutional Reform Litigation and Community Activism (April 18, 2002)
by Jill L. Feldman, Harvard Law Student
PDF | McDonald v. Fair

Controlling Racially Discriminatory Law Enforcement Through Institutional Reform Litigation (May 19, 2000)
by Name Redacted, Harvard Law Student
PDF | Wilkins v. Maryland

Overcoming Failure of the Political Process: A Case Study of the Charles Street Jail Litigation (May 19, 1999)
by Craig Newby, Washington University Law Student
PDF | Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Rufo

Beyond Parity and Equal Protection: Women Prisoner's Right Litigation in the 1990s (May 1, 2000)
by Julie Cho, Harvard Law Student
PDF | n/a

Abbott v. Burke: A Model for Reform Through State Court Litigation (May 1, 2000)
by Winsome G. Gayle, Harvard Law Student
PDF | Abbott v. Burke

McDuffy v. Executive Office of Education: A Case Study in Limited Judicial Activism (October 29, 1999)
by Name Redacted, Harvard Law Student
PDF | McDuffy v. Executive Office of Education

Designing Effective Remedies for Discrimination in Federally-Assisted Housing Programs: A Case Study of NAACP, Boston Chapter v. HUD (May 24, 1999)
by Jon Hooks, Harvard Law Student
PDF | NAACP, Boston Chapter v. HUD

The Importance of Full Court Involvement: A Case Study of the Rockford, Il School Desegregation Efforts (May 15, 1999)
by Shannon Fisk, Harvard Law Student
PDF | People Who Care v. Rockford Board of Education

Glover v. Johnson: Judicial Constraint and the Enforcement of Constitutional Rights in Prisons (May 1, 1999)
by Name Redacted, Harvard Law Student
PDF | Glover v. Johnson

Achieving Institutional Reform Through the Political Process: The Story of the Providence Housing Authority (May 1, 1999)
by Sookyoung Shin, Harvard Law Student
PDF | Durrett v. Housing Authority of Providence & Project BASIC v. Kent

Dixon v. Weinberger: A Study of the Fight to Reconstruct the District of Columbia's Mental Health System (April 30, 1999)
by Name Redacted, Harvard Law Student
PDF | Dixon v. Weinberger

The Power of Settlement as an Alternative Strategy for Institutional Reform: The Case of Doe v. Napper (April 30, 1999)
by Marina Volanakis, Harvard Law Student
PDF | Doe v. Napper

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