by Kiel Downey | May 1, 2017 | Publication
View Full Report Increasing violence in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—known collectively as the “Northern Triangle” of Central America—poses a serious challenge to the rule of law and threatens the foundation for lasting prosperity in those countries. Much of...
by Kiel Downey | Mar 13, 2017 | Publication
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent responses by the U.S. federal government have raised fundamental questions about civil liberties in both domestic and international laws. As a result, the U.S. judiciary, out of its responsibility for...
by Kiel Downey | Mar 1, 2016 | Publication
This article explores the relationship between religious minorities and the State, specifically, the Low German Mennonites and the Bolivian plurinational State, which gives greater autonomies to regional, municipal and indigenous groups. It focuses on the...
by Kiel Downey | Jan 1, 2015 | Publication
The National Body in Mexican Literature presents a revisionist reading of the Mexican canon that challenges assumptions of State hegemony and national identity. It analyzes the representation of sick, disabled, and miraculously healed bodies in Mexican literature from...
by Kiel Downey | May 12, 2016
Elizabeth Chambliss studies the organization and regulation of legal services and the effects of globalization on the U.S. legal services market. Much of her research has focused on the management and regulation of large law firms, with a particular focus on the...
