Fall 2006
Volume 43 Number 1
Selected Essays from the Western Law Professors
of Color Conference 2006
Foreword
Rueben Garcia
Confronting the Rights Deficit at Home: Is the Nation Prepared in the Aftermath of Katrina? Confronting the Myth of Efficiency
M. Isabel Medina
The Continuing Storm: How Disaster Recovery Excludes Those Most in Need
Jonathan P. Hooks and Trisha B. Miller
How Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Failed Displaced New Orleans Voters
Rea L. Holmes
Property Lessons in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
Rachel A. Van Cleave
Patching Leaks in the Diversity Pipeline to Law School and the Bar
Charles R. Calleros
Law, Policy, and Strategies for Affirmative Action Admissions in Higher Education
The Haint in the (School) House: The Interest Convergence Paradigm in State Legislatures and School Finance Reform
Bryan L. Adamson
International Migration and Sovereignty Reinterpretation in Mexico
Ernesto Hernández-López
Note
Parent-Child Relationship Trumps Biology: California’s Definition Of Parent In The Context Of Same-Sex Relationships
Paula Roach