All Articles tagged Individual Rights

• General
  February 03, 2021 EDT
  JACOBSON 2.0: POLICE POWER IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
  James R. Steiner-DillonElisabeth J. Ryan

  Only by updating the Jacobson doctrine to incorporate contemporary constitutional norms can the constitutional law of public health resolve the tension between individual rights and communal health.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  January 05, 2015 EDT
  NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW—TODAY UNQUESTIONABLY ACCEPTED AND APPLIED AS A VITAL AND ESSENTIAL PART OF NEW YORK JURISPRUDENCE
  Stewart F. Hancock Jr.

  This article discusses some of the cases that apply state constitutionalism to protect individual liberties.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  September 23, 2013 EDT
  DEFINING RIGHTS IN THE STATES: JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND POPULAR RESPONSE
  Kenneth P. Miller

  This article examines state-level contests over the definition of rights.