St. John's Journal of Legal Commentary Cover

Spring/Summer 2007
Volume 21, Issue 3

Board of Editors

ARTICLES
Rethinking the Discourse on Race:  A Symposium  on How the Lack of Racial Diversity  in the Media Affects Social Justice and Policy
Leonard M. Baynes & Neil F. Carlson
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Cogitations Concerning the Special Prosecutor Paradigm: Is the  Cure Worse than the Disease?
Joseph W. Bellacosa
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Criminal Sentencing in the Second Circuit After Booker: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
Kevin J. Doyle
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Torturing the Rule of Law: USA and the Post 9-11 Legal World
Jackson Maogoto & Benedict Sheehy
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The Poet and Death: Literary Reflections on Capital Punishment Through the Sonnets of William Wordsworth
Gregg Mayer
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Doomed to Re-Repeat History: The Triangle Fire, the World Trade Center Attack, and the Importance of Strong Building Codes
Gregory M. Stein
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COMMENTS
The Government is Establishing Your Child’s Curfew
Danielle Diviaio
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What’s All the Racket?: The Use of Rico Disgorgement, the Circuit Split it Caused, and Its Impropriety
Matthew Spitzer
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NOTES
Voluntary Departure Post-IIRIRA: A Struggle Between Equitable Considerations Promoting Clemency Measures, and Statutory Considerations Tending Towards Oppression
Nicole Abruzzo
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What Do Marriage and Welfare Reform Really Have in Common? A Look Into TANF Marriage Promotion Programs
Teresa Kominos
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