All Articles tagged human rights law

• General
  October 01, 2020 EDT
  Local Governance, Pay Equity, and the Pandemic: Applying New York City Human Rights Law to Salary Negotiation
  Geeta Tewari

  This article uses New York City human rights law as a case study for how a local government may frame salary negotiation as a human right.

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• State Constitutional Commentary
  November 11, 2011 EDT
  LITIGATING DIGNITY: A HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK
  Johanna Kalb

  This essay proposes a strategy for litigating dignity, not only in those states in which dignity is an explicit constitutional principle, but more broadly.

• General
  August 08, 2009 EDT
  TRANSNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF RACE IN AMERICA
  Hope Lewis

  This article considers the examine the implications of “Black diversity” or multidimensionality within Blackness.

• General
  January 08, 2009 EDT
  JUDICIAL ACTIVISM IN THE SERVICE OF PRIVILEGE: NEW YORK’S FIRST DEPARTMENT MAKES SPECIAL RULES FOR SPECIAL DEFENDANTS
  Craig Gurian

  This article demonstrates that Pelton’s application of the business judgment rule was unwarranted and unsupportable and that Pelton ignored the plain language of the City Human Rights Law.

• General
  January 01, 2009 EDT
  “BUT I’M DENNY CRANE!”: AGE DISCRIMINATION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION AFTER SIDLEY
  Donald J. Labriola

  This note provides some general common sense guidelines that can minimize a firm’s risk of litigation related to age discrimination in law firms.