Martha F. Davis

Northeastern University - School of Law

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Director, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy

416 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (39)

1.

The State of Abortion Rights in the US

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 159.1 (October 2022): 324-329
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 31 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2023
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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abortion, constitution, criminalization, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, fetal rights, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Roe v. Wade

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The Spirit of Our Times: State Constitutions and International Human Rights

New York University Review of Law & Social Change, Vol. 30, p. 359, April 2006, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 02-2006
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Jun 2006
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Occupy Wall Street and International Human Rights

Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 39, pp. 931-958, 2012, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 107-2012
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Sep 2012
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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The Interdependence of Rights: Protecting the Human Right to Housing by Promoting the Right to Counsel

Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, p. 772-815 (2014), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 185-2014, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-397
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 May 2014 Last Revised: 07 May 2015
Risa Kaufman, Martha F. Davis and Heidi Wegleitner
New York University School of Law, Northeastern University - School of Law and Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
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human rights, right to counsel, right to housing

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Institutionalizing Legal Innovation: The (Re)Emergence of the Law Lab

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 190-206, 2015, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 232-2015
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2015
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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innovation, legal education

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Human Rights in State Courts 2014

Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 177-2014
Number of pages: 115 Posted: 22 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2014
Martha F. Davis, Diego Iniguez-Lopez and Juhu Thukral
Northeastern University - School of Law, The Opportunity Agenda and The Opportunity Agenda
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human rights, due process, constitutional law, state courts, international law, right to education, UDHR, Vienna Convention

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What Is Essential: Legal Design and Client Stories

13 Elon Law Journal 39, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 401-2021
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Feb 2021
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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legal design, legal education, innovation

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Introduction: Global Urban Justice: The Rise of Human Rights Cities

Global Urban Justice: The Rise of Human Rights Cities, Cambridge University Press (2016), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 271-2016
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2016
Barbara M. Oomen, Martha F. Davis and Michele Grigolo
Utrecht University - University College Roosevelt, Northeastern University - School of Law and European University Institute - Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS)
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Truth is Truth: U.S. Abortion Law in the Global Context

American Constitution Society Issue Brief, August 2018, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 334-2018
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Oct 2018
Martha F. Davis and Risa Kaufman
Northeastern University - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Abortion, Women's Health, Comparative Law

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Let Justice Roll Down: A Case Study of the Infrastructure for Water Equality and Affordability

Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy, Vol. 23, pp. 355 - 393 (2016), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 270-2016
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Jul 2016
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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water

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Boston's Sanctuary City Protections: A Philosophical Perspective

Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 325-2018
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Jul 2018
Serena Parekh and Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - College of Social Sciences and Humanities and Northeastern University - School of Law
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sanctuary cites, Boston, immigration, human rights

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Reproductive Rights in the Legal Academy: A New Role for Transnational Law

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 35-59, August 2009 , Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 33-2009
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 May 2009 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2012
Martha F. Davis and Bethany Withers
Northeastern University - School of Law and Goodwin Procter
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Design Challenges for Human Rights Cities

Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 27-66 (2018), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 310-2018
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Jan 2018
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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HRC, human rights cities, law & design, pre-emption

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In the Interests of Justice: Human Rights and the Right to Counsel in Civil Cases

Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 14-2007, Touro Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 147-186, 2009
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2012
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Learning to Work: A Functional Approach to Welfare and Higher Education

Buffalo Law Review Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 147-219, 2010, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 43-2010
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 14 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2012
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Gaming a System: Using Digital Games to Guide Self-Represented Litigants

Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 252-2016
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Jan 2016
Dan Jackson and Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - NuLawLab and Northeastern University - School of Law
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Pro Se, Access to Justice

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Inconvenient Human Rights: Access to Water and Sanitation in Sweden's Informal Roma Settlements

Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sodertörn University, and NuLawLab (April 2016), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 272-2016
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Aug 2016
Martha F. Davis and Natasha Ryan
Northeastern University - School of Law and Sodertorn University (University College of Southern Stockholm)
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access to water, human rights

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Human Rights in State Courts

Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 290-2017
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2017
I. India Thusi and Martha F. Davis
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Northeastern University - School of Law
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Human Rights, State Court

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Infertility and Human Rights: A Jurisprudential Survey

Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Forthcoming, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 381-2020
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Martha F. Davis and Rajat Khosla
Northeastern University - School of Law and World Health Organization
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Infertility, Huam Rights, Public Health, Childlessness

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Upstairs, Downstairs: Subnational Incorporation of International Human Rights Law at the End of an Era

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 77, 2008, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 27-2008
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Nov 2008
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Participation, Equality and the Civil Right to Counsel: Lessons from Domestic and International Law

Yale Law Journal, Forthcoming, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 131-2013
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Mar 2013
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Human Rights and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct: Intersection and Integration

Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 157-186, Fall 2010, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 57-2011
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2011
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Public Rights, Global Perspectives, and Common Law

Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 653-686, June 2009, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 30-2009
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2012
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Oklahoma and Beyond: Understanding the Wave of State Anti-Transnational Law Initiatives

Indiana Law Journal Supplement, Vol. 87, No. 1, pp. 1-16, 2011, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 58-2011, Loyola New Orleans New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2012-04
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2012
Martha F. Davis and Johanna Kalb
Northeastern University - School of Law and University of Idaho - College of Law
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Race and Civil Counsel in the United States: A Human Rights Progress Report

Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 447-467 (2014), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 214-2015
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2015
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Right to counsel, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, ICERD

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Abortion Access in the Global Marketplace

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 5, pp. 1657-1686, June 2010, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Jun 2012
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Human Right to a Healthy Environment: Annotated Bibliography

Northeastern University Law Review, Vol. 15, forthcoming, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 449
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Jan 2024
Solene Kerisit and Martha F. Davis
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Sciences Po Law School - Ecole de Droit de Sciences Po, Students and Northeastern University - School of Law
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United Nations, environmental rights, human rights, healthy environment, UN resolution 76/300, bibliography

29.

Freedom from Thirst: A Right to Basic Household Water

42 Cardozo Law Review 101 (2021, Forthcoming), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 406-2021
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Mar 2021
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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water, right to water, human rights

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The Pendulum Swings Back: Poverty Law in the Old and New Curriculum

Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 34, No. 4, p. 1391, 2007, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 21-2007
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Dec 2007
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Get Smart: Human Rights and Urban Intelligence

Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 47, pp. 971-991 (2020), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 386-2020
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Jul 2020
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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smart cities, human tights, local government, human rights cities, surveillance

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Introduction: Framing Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Northeastern University Law Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 315-322, October 2012, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 123-2013
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2013
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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The Child Exclusion in a Global Context

Case Western Reserve Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 4, p. 1, 2010, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 46-2010
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Nov 2010
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Cities Rising: European Municipalities and the Refugee Surge

Suffolk Transnational Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 683-702 (2016), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 288-2017
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Apr 2017
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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refugees, Öresund

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Sex-Based Citizenship Classifications and the 'New Rationality'

Albany Law Review, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 851 - 876 (2017)., Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 297-2017
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Aug 2017
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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immigration, intermediate scrutiny, Lynch v. Morales-Santana

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In Re Marriage of King: Amicus Curiae Brief of International Law Scholars in Support of Appellant

Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp.185-208, 2012 , Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 159-2013
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Sep 2013
Martha F. Davis and Raven Lidman
Northeastern University - School of Law and Seattle University School of Law
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Hidden Burdens: Household Water Bills, 'Hard-to-Reach' Renters, and Systemic Racism

52 Seton Hall Law Review 1461 (2022), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 430
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2022
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law
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Water, civil rights, racism, hard-to-reach, human rights

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Inconvenient Human Rights: Water and Sanitation in Sweden's Informal Roma Settlements

Health and Human Rights Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 61-72 (2017), Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 308-2017
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Dec 2017
Martha F. Davis and Natasha Ryan
Northeastern University - School of Law and Sodertorn University (University College of Southern Stockholm)
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Human Rights, Right to Water, Roma Settlements

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(G)local Intersectionality

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 79, No. 3, 2022, Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 448
Posted: 19 Jan 2024
Martha F. Davis
Northeastern University - School of Law

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intersectionality, CEDAW, relocalization, local government, discrimination, international law