Category: Notes

The Article highlights the existing class-based alternatives to affirmative action in government contracting based on races in the U.S. in 2011. It discusses the theory of class-based affirmative action, state-by-state anti-affirmative action movement and the history of affirmative action. It explores three programs aimed to encourage the development of job in disadvantaged areas by government contracting and show the ways on how each program is structured.

The Article presents common features of the statutory schemes for the involuntary dedication of sexually violent predators in the U.S. in 2011. It examines several cases in the Supreme Court that shed some light on how the treatment that is offered to sexually violent predators might impact the constitutionality of their confinement. It discusses the consequences and proprietary of the professional judgment standard as a way to evaluate challenges to treatment.

The Article examines the current state of the law of contempt on state and federal law in the U.S. in 2011. It presents an overview of the law of contempt and major developments of jurisprudence in the Supreme Court that impact the distinction between criminal and civil contempt. It discusses the International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell, a case in the Supreme Court on the distinction between criminal and civil contempt.