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Social Welfare; Poverty Law

“Los fingidos y vagabundos: On the Origins of Personal Responsibility and the Welfare State In Early Modern Spain and Its Implications for Welfare Reform in the United States,” 3 Loyola Poverty Law Journal 1-55 (1997). DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE:  3LoyolaPovertyLRev1(1997)Fingidos

“Pitied But Not Entitled’: The Normative Limitations of Scholarship Advocating Change,” 19 Western New England Law Review59-66 (1997). DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 19WstrnNewEngLRev59(1997)

“Poor Relief, Welfare Paralysis and Assimilation“, 1996 Utah Law Review 1-49.DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: 1996UtahLRev1(1996)PoorRelief

“By Hook or By Crook: The Drive to Conformity and Assimilation in Liberal and Conservative Poor Relief Theory”, 7 Hastings Women’s Law Journal 391-440 (1996). DOWNLOAD ARTICLE HERE: By Hook or by Crook_ Conformity Assimilation and Liberal and Con OR HastingsWomensLJ391(1996)HookCrook 

“Welfare Reform at the Limit: An Essay on the Futility of ‘Ending Welfare as We Know It,” 30 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 339 (1995). DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE HERE: 30Harvard Vol339(1995)WelfReformLimit

“Medieval Poor Law in Twentieth Century America: Looking Back Towards a General Theory of Modern American Poor Relief,” 44 Case Western Reserve Law Review 871 (1995). DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE HERE or HERE: Medieval Poor Law in Twentieth Century America_ Looking Back Towa

“Of Handouts and Worthless Promises: Understanding the Conceptual Limitations of American Systems of Poor Relief,” 34(5) Boston College Law Review 997- 1085 (1993). Download the Article HERE

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