Final Flashcards
The Precipitating event for the “Law of Vagrancy” was…
The bubonic plague
During the plague half of Europe’s…
Population was wiped out along with its labor force
Under this new law…
People were not allowed to move from one place to another
Why was the law of vagrancy passed?
To protect rich land owners
When was the law of vagrancy passes?
1349
The new law made what a crime?
To beg as well as move from place to place to find a better job
T/FThe law of vagrancy was designed for the purpose to force laborers to accept employment at low wages in order to insure the land owner an adequate supply of labor at a price he could afford to pay
True
Crimes of survival include
1.) Illegal to sleep, sit or store belongings in public place2.) “loitering”3.) Panhandling4.) Camping without a permit5.) Criminal trespass6.) Dine n’ Dash7.) Lodging outdoors8.) Illegal sharing of food with more than 25 people9.)Indecent exposure
What are some of the crimes that the homeless are arrested for?
1.) Spitting2.) Having/abandoning shopping carts away from owners’ premises3.) Failure to disperse4.) Maintaining junk or storage of property5.) Street performer6.)Prohibition to enter vacant building7.) Rummaging/scavenging8.) Creating odor
What city is the meanest towards the homeless?
Sarasota Florida
“Homes not Handcuffs”
National coalition for the homeless
What four Texas cities are in the top 20 meanest cities towards the homeless?
Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio
- Living in a vehicle- Walking on the highway- Bringing paupers/insane persons into the city- Washing cars/windshields- Demolition of vacant property habitually inhabited by “vagrants”-Sweeps of city areas where homeless persons are living to drive the out of that areaAre all ways…
That people confront the homeless/criminalize them
The American Bar Association Journal/ Chicago Tribune in 2013 covered a homeless case where
An elderly man who picked dandelions for food got a $75 ticket
Three men were arrested in 2010 for feeding homeless people on a Sunday in a public park without a permit (along with inciting a riot and resisting arrest when they challenged the officer) won a total of $125,000 when the city settled their civil rights lawsuit
Albuquerque, New Mexico
What are three factors that led to workers compensation
1.) Industrial revolution2.) “Contingency free legal rep”3.) Labor unrest
By 1900 more than ________ workers were dying each year from workplace injuries
35,000
Another 2 million workers were suffering from..
Disabling injuries
What happened with the uncompensated workers?
They revolted
Workers compensation eventually encompassed what 2 things?
1,) Automatic compensation2.) Without proving “negligence”3,) Without litigation
Family law changes resulted in the legal recognition of what 3 things?
1.) Common law marriage aka “informal marriage”2.) Adoption of children3.) Divorce
5 main public policy issues
1.) Freedom from government instrusion on private behavior2.) Establish clear lines of property ownership3.) “money, land and inheritance”4.) Protected wives and children of deceased5.) Protected “reputations” of lives and parentage of chilren
3 Elements of the CLM in Texas
1.) Mutual agreement to be married2.) A “public holding out” as a married couple3.) Cohabitation
Historically what were the grounds for someone must prove to obtain a legal divorce?
1.) Adultery2.) Desertion3.) Cruelty
What was the legal issue surrounding the matter of adoption?
Orphans abounded and had no legal right to inherit from non-birth adults who raised them thus resulting in the adoption law for children’s legal status to inherit from steps
7 recent family law developments
1.) Reproductive technology2.) Increase in cohabitation3.) Same-sex partnerships4.) Non-traditional custody issues5.) Palimony6.) Prenuptial agreements7.) Egg donors, sperm donors, surrogacy
Legal, biological, psychological and de facto “parents”?
Mintz v. Zoernig
Mintz v. Zoernig dealt with
Whether or not the donors had any rights or obligations regardless or with an agreement beforehand
To achieve social change…
A social movement activists employ a variety of strategies and tactic to shift power
5 examples of strategies used by social movements
1.) Marches2.) Rallies 3.) Civil disobedience4.) Boycotts5.) Legal mobilization
Social movement litigation
Filing lawsuits to force the government/social institution to change or end a practice or policy
4 examples of social movement lititgation
1.) School desegregation2.) Environmental regulation3.) Equal employment opportunity laws4.) Animal rights
Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project
April 4th, 2016 and deals with the “Fair Housing Act” violations when HUD housing denied to those who have been convicted of any crime
Limits of SML
1.) $$$ Resource disparity 2.) Judge often unsympathetic and even hostile 3.) Lack of “Standing”4.) Jurisdiction not all issues are “justifiable” (Vietnam war)5.) Hallow victory, reformists lack effect power
Indirect benefits of SML (5)
1.) Hope2.) Galvanization3.) Empowerment4.) Increased rights consciousness5.) Negative publicity brought to offenders
Roe v. Wade
Backlash on the unintended negative consequences of SML
Alabama Gov. George Wallace and desegregation galvanized white southern resistance for more than a decade
Roe v. Wade
SLAPP suits
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Examples of SLAPP suits
1.) Libel and Slander Suits2.) Real Estate Developers v. Environmental groups3.) Arrest and prosecution of activists
Texas Cattlemen v. Oprah Winfrey
Deadly mad cow disease was spreading in the world and Oprah said she’d never eat another burger and was sued in Amarillo where the jurors rejected the plaintiffs case
How long did the Texas Cattlemen v. Oprah trial take?
6 weeks
Texas outlaws criticism on what 3 food items?
1.) Beef2.) Citrus3.) Corn
FBI/CIA/DEA
1.) Surveillance of protest groups2.) Infiltration3.) Wiretapping