Deborah M. Weissman

University of North Carolina School of Law

Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law

Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road

CB #3380

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380

United States

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1.

Redefining Human Rights Lawyering Through the Lens of Critical Theory: Lessons for Pedagogy and Practice

Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, Vol. 18, 2011, University of Miami Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-08, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-09, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1768167, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Research Paper No. 2011-09, NYLS Clinical Research Institute Paper
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 25 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2013
Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, Davida Finger, Meetali Jain, JoNel Newman, Sarah Paoletti and Deborah M. Weissman
University of Miami - School of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of Law, University of Miami - School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of North Carolina School of Law
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The Personal is Political - and Economic: Rethinking Domestic Violence

Brigham Young University Law Review, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 937110
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 13 Oct 2006
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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domestic violence, feminism, women, gender, crime, criminology, gender-roles, political economy, economic uncertainty, work, labor, trade adjustment assistance

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The Political Economy of Violence: Toward an Understanding of the Gender-Based Murders of Ciudad Juarez

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 11 Mar 2005
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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The Human Rights Dilemma: Rethinking the Humanitarian Project

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 05 Nov 2003
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Law as Largess: Shifting Paradigms of Law for the Poor

Number of pages: 114 Posted: 23 Nov 2002
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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rule of law, legal services, government programs, welfare and poverty, charity and philanthropy, equity, justice, welfare economics

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Public Power and Private Purpose: Odious Debt and the Political Economy of Hegemony

North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Vol. 32, June 2007, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 978161
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 03 Apr 2007
Louis A. Pérez and Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of History and University of North Carolina School of Law
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Sovereign Debt, Odious Debt, Foreign Policy, Private Law, Banking Regulations, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Law and History

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Remaking Mexico: Law Reform as Foreign Policy

Cardozo Law Review, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2246126
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 06 Apr 2013
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Rule of Law, Foreign Policy, Exporting Law, Transplanting Law, Mexico, Mérida Initiative, War on Drugs, Drug Cartels

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Law, Social Movements, and the Political Economy of Domestic Violence

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2037606
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Apr 2012
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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violence against women, crime and criminal law, social movements, political economic theory, economic redistribution

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Gender and Human Rights: Between Morals and Politics

GENDER EQUALITY: DIMENSIONS OF WOMEN'S EQUAL CITIZENSHIP, J. Grossman, L. McClain, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2009, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1655902
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2010
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Countering Neoliberalism and Aligning Solidarities: Rethinking Domestic Violence Advocacy

Southwestern University Law Review, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2732837
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2016
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Rethinking a New Domestic Violence Pedagogy

Race & Social Justice Law Review, 2014, Forthcoming , UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2426803
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2014
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Gender Violence, the Carceral State, and the Politics of Solidarity

Forthcoming, University of California, Davis
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 11 Mar 2021
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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The Community Politics of Domestic Violence

Brooklyn Law Review, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2881608
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 08 Dec 2016
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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In Pursuit of Economic Justice: The Political Economy of Domestic Violence Laws and Policies

Utah Law Review, Vol. 0b, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 03 May 2019
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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The Moral Politics of Social Control: Political Culture and Ordinary Crime in Cuba

Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1478709
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 25 Sep 2009
Deborah M. Weissman and Marsha Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law and Center for Community Alternatives
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The Final Act: Deportation by ICE Air

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 11 Nov 2020
Deborah M. Weissman, Havan Clark and Angelina Snodgrass Godoy
University of North Carolina School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Politics of Narrative: Law and the Representation of Mexican Criminality

Fordham International Law Journal, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2519332
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 06 Nov 2014
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Feminism in the Global Political Economy: Contradiction and Consensus in Cuba

University of Baltimore Law Review, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1933857
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Sep 2011
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Feminism, Globalization, Neoliberalism, National Character, Migration, Self-Employment

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Gender-Based Violence as Judicial Anomaly: Between the Truly National and the Truly Local

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 42, 2001, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 937710
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 26 Oct 2006
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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domestic violence, courts, feminism, feminist jurisprudence, gender bias, discrimination, appellate law

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Between Principles and Practice: The Need for Certified Court Interpreters in North Carolina

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 1899, September 2000
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Nov 2006
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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interpreters, courts, foreign language discrimination, access to courts, civil rights

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Social Justice as Desistance: Rethinking Approaches to Gender Violence

American University Law Review, 2022 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Apr 2022
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Desistance Theories, Social Justice, Gender Violence

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Promoting Language Access in the Legal Academy

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2249798, American University, WCL Research Paper 2013-09
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Gillian Dutton, Beth Lyon, Jayesh Rathod and Deborah M. Weissman
Seattle University School of Law, Cornell University - Law School, American University - Washington College of Law and University of North Carolina School of Law
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Civil Rights, Language Access, Foreign Language Interpreters, Bilingual Education, Courts, Legal Education

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VAWA is Not Enough: Academics Speak Out About VAWA

Statement by Caroline Bettinger-López, Donna Coker, Julie Goldscheid, Leigh Goodmark, Valli Kalei Kanuha, James Ptacek, Deborah Weissman, and various websites (Feb.-March 2012).
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 18 May 2018
Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, Donna Coker, Julie Goldscheid, Leigh Goodmark, Valli Kalei Kanuha, James Ptacek and Deborah M. Weissman
University of Miami - School of Law, University of Miami School of Law, CUNY School of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Hawaii, Independent and University of North Carolina School of Law
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The Legal Production of the Transgressive Family: Binational Family Relationships between Cuba and the United States

North Carolina Law Review, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1499915
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2009
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Cuba, migration, embargo, travel, remittances

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The Politics of Immigrant Rights: Between Political Geography and Transnational Interventions

Michigan State Law Review, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 19 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 15 May 2018
Deborah M. Weissman, Jacqueline M. Hagan, Ricardo Martinez-Schuldt and Alyssa Peavey
University of North Carolina School of Law, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
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Migration, immigrant rights, devolution, transnational bureaucracies, access to justice

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The Politics of Pretext: VAWA Goes Global

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2552710
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 21 Jan 2015
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Who Needs the State?: We Do (Maybe)

North Carolina Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Dec 2022
Deborah M. Weissman
University of North Carolina School of Law
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