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THIS WEEK IN SOCIAL JUSTICE

Social Justice

                                             Randy Shilts                        Members of the National Council for Japanese Redress, 1987                                                                   August 5, 1735. Truth

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Online Privacy Laws

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The Law Library of Congress has put together reports on online privacy laws in the European Union and in a dozen individual countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The EU

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Apple v. Samsung

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The Federal District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose has created a web page for Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 11- cv-01846 , the patent case which began Monday and has generated a great

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The Impending Death of DOMA

Same Sex Tax

Here we go again. Another federal court has once again ruled that DOMA is unconstitutional. This is another case brought by GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders). It involves a number of different plaintiffs, all married in either Connecticut,

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Law of the Sea Convention

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The American Bar Association is in favor of U.S. ratification of the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea, signed by President Clinton in 1994, recommended for ratification by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2004 and 2007,

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