Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

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  Policing in Schools: Developing a Governance Document for School Resource Officers in K-12 Schools

  India Geronimo Thusi and Catherine Y. Kim

  This White Paper argues that a formal governance document is necessary to ensure that law enforcement, school officials, and the communities they serve have a shared understanding of the goals of the SRO program, and that these officers receive the necessary support and training prior to their deployment.6 Absent specific guidelines, SROs may not have a clear understanding of their role within the larger educational context or the rights and needs of the children they are intended to serve; they may inadvertently, and indeed counterproductively, create an adversarial environment that pushes students, particularly at-risk students, out of school rather than engaging them in a positive educational environment. The reputation of law enforcement agencies, the climate of the schools, and, most important, the educational achievement and rights of public school students, suffer as a result. This White Paper identifies specific areas of concern to be addressed in a governance document for SRO programs. In the case of districts that contract with local police departments, these provisions should be set forth in a Memorandum of Understanding; in the case of districts that employ their own police force, they should be set forth in another appropriate format. In either case, the governance document should include language that:

  • Distinguishes between disciplinary misconduct to be handled by school officials and criminal offenses to be handled by law enforcement;
  • Respects the rights of children in school;
  • Ensures transparency and accountability;
  • Defines the role of SROs within the context of the educational mission of schools;
  • Provides minimum training requirements; and
  • Promotes non-punitive approaches to student behavior.

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  Constituting Equality Gender Equlity and Comparative Constitutonal Law

  Susan H. Williams and Christiana Ochoa

  Constituting Equality addresses the question, how would you write a constitution if you really cared about gender equality? The book takes a design-oriented approach to the broad range of issues that arise in constitutional drafting concerning gender equality. Each section of the book examines a particular set of constitutional issues or doctrines across a range of different countries to explore what works, where, and why. Topics include: governmental structure (particularly electoral gender quotas); rights provisions; constitutional recognition of cultural or religious practices that discriminate against women; domestic incorporation of international law; and the role of women in the process of constitution making. Interdisciplinary in orientation and global in scope, the book provides a menu for constitutional designers and others interested in how the fundamental legal order might more effectively promote gender equality.

  • Design-oriented - addressed to the question of how to draft or revise a constitution to promote gender equality • Interdisciplinary - includes chapters by political scientists and public activists as well as law professors • Global - includes contributors from every continent except Antarctica

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  Globalization from the Ground Up: A Domestic Perspective

  Alfred C. Aman

  Professor Aman's contribution, chapter 1 of volume 2, is titled "Globalization from the Ground Up: A Domestic Perspective."

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  Politics, Policy and Outsourcing in the United States: The Role of Administrative Law

  Alfred C. Aman

  Professor Aman's contribution is titled "Politics, Policy and Outsourcing in the United States: The Role of Administrative Law."

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  "Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)" and "Milliken v. Bradley (Milliken II) 433 U.S. 267 (1977)"

  Kevin D. Brown

  Professor Brown's entries are titled "Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)" and "Milliken v. Bradley (Milliken II) 433 U.S. 267 (1977)."

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  Surreptitious Code and the Law

  Fred H. Cate

  Professor Cate's contribution, chapter 14, is titled "Surreptitious Code and the Law".

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  Privacy

  Fred H. Cate and Brooke Barnett

  Professor Cate's contribution (co-authored with Brooke Barnett) is titled "Privacy".

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  The "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Clause: A Limit on the Power to Punish or Constitutional Rhetoric?

  Joseph L. Hoffmann

  Professor Hoffman's contribution, chapter 9, is titled "The "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Clause: A Limit on the Power to Punish or Constitutional Rhetoric?"

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  To Lay Collect': Governors, Fiscal Federalism, and the Political Economy of Twentieth-Century Tax Policy

  Ajay K. Mehrotra

  Professor Mehrotra's contribution, chapter 2, is titled "'To Lay Collect': Governors, Fiscal Federalism, and the Political Economy of Twentieth-Century Tax Policy" (co-written with David Shreve)

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  Introduction to Taxation (5th edition)

  William D. Popkin

  The Fifth Edition of Introduction to Taxation was originally published as Fundamentals of Federal Income Tax Law. In writing this book, the author was guided by a view that as income tax law becomes increasingly complex the best approach to its teaching is to return to basics. Thus, Part I contains a concise treatment of federal income tax law focuses on the fundamentals. References throughout to supplementary materials allow for more in-depth exploration of issues. The Fifth Edition contains more than 25 notes about statutory interpretation, reflecting that tax law is an ideal vehicle for statutory interpretation. The materials also convey two key points about the legislative process as it pertains to tax law: (a) tax law is not static, but is ever changing; and (b) tax law is strongly influenced by special interest group pressures on our legislative body.
  
  The name change for the book reflects the addition of Part II which allows professors to expand an introductory course to include survey materials on taxes other than the federal income tax. Part II addresses property taxes, the estate and gift tax, the social security payroll tax, the taxation of trusts and estates, corporate taxation, international tax issues, and multistate taxation. Thus, this Fifth Edition is structured to cover the following material:
  
  Part I: Income Tax

  • Basic Concepts
  • Personal Consumption and Business Expenses
  • Savings
  • Limits on Deductions
  • The Alternative Minimum Tax
  • Appreciation
  • Timing
    
    Part II: Taxes Other Than Individual Income Taxes

  • Taxation of Property
  • Payroll Taxes
  • Taxes on Consumption
  • Entity Taxation
  • Multi-Jurisdictional Issues

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  Assuming Bosnia: Taking the Polity Seriously in Ethnically Divided Societies

  Timothy W. Waters

  Professor Waters' contribution is titled "Assuming Bosnia: Taking the Polity Seriously in Ethnically Divided Societies."

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  Promoting Prosecutorial Accountability, Independence and Effectiveness

  Timothy W. Waters and Belinda Cooper

  Promoting Prosecutorial Accountability, Independence and Effectiveness assists readers in identifying and understanding best practices, and serves as a reference for policymakers, senior prosecutors, academics, and civil society leaders.

  The publication should also guide and enrich national debates on prosecutorial reform, especially in countries—such as Bulgaria—which have recently transitioned to democracy.

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  Civil Rights / Discrimination

  Deborah A. Widiss

  Professor Widdis' contribution is titled "Civil Rights / Discrimination."

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  In Praise of Guilt: How the Yearning for Moral Purity Blocks Reparations for Native Americans

  David C. Williams

  Professor Williams' contribution, chapter 9, is titled "In Praise of Guilt: How the Yearning for Moral Purity Blocks Reparations for Native Americans."

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  "La Liberté d'Expression aux États-Unis et en Europe," "Pour faire barrage à ceux qui n’ont pas cœur: expressions racistes et droits des minorités," and "Theorie Feministe et Liberte d’Expression"

  Elisabeth Zoller, Jeannine Bell, and Susan H. Williams

  Edited by Maurer Visting Professor of Law Élisabeth Zoller. Professor Zoller also wrote the chapter "La Liberté d'Expression aux États-Unis et en Europe (edited by Élisabeth Zoller)."

  Professor Jeannie Bell, Maurer School of Law, wrote the chapter, "Pour faire barrage à ceux qui n’ont pas cœur: expressions racistes et droits des minorités."

  Professor Susan H. Williams, Maurer School of Law, wrote the chapter, "Theorie Feministe et Liberte d’Expression."

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  "Hate Crime," "Economic Analysis of Labor Law," "Economic Models," and "Law & Society in India"

  Jeannine Bell, Jayanth K. Krishnan, and Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt

  Professor Bell's entry is titled "Hate Crime." Professor Dau-Schmidt's entries are titled "Economic Analysis of Labor Law" and "Economic Models". Professor Krishnan's entry is titled "Law & Society in India".