December 1990

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  • Legal Services in the Third World

    There is a paramount need for legal help in Third World countries to secure the implementation of existing rights. This article describes Third World legal assistance projects and their philosophies and activities, and analyzes their logistical limitations and potential for successful representation of defined aclient communities.

    By Gridley Hall and Burton Fretz

  • Renting to Own in the United States

    The author argues that rent-to-own transactions are genuine sales transactions subject to credit sales laws and describes recent state and federal legislation that would sanction many of the practices of rent-to-own dealers.

    By David L. Ramp

  • Unemployment Insurance and Drug Testing: A Survey and Analysis of the Developing Law

    The discharge of employees who test positive for drug use and the refusal of employees or applicants to submit to tests have resulted in a large number of unemployment insurance cases.

    By Richard W. McHugh and Robert A. Seltzer

  • Using Bankruptcy to Thwart PHA Evictions

    Until recently, legal services attorneys have successfully used bankruptcy as a last-resort means of halting eviction of PHA tenants for nonpayment of rent; in In re Howard, however, a bankruptcy judge in Mobile lifted the automatic stay and allowed a PHA to proceed with an unlawful detainer action in state court.

    By Charles G. Spradling

  • Introduction to the WIC and CSFP Programs

    The Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program are preventive programs that provide special foods, nutrition education, referrals to health care and other services, and supportive services to pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and young children.

    By The American Civil Liberties Union and the Food Research and Action Center

  • VA Issues Interim Guidelines on Debt Collection Waiver

    Under the Veterans' Benefits Amendments, the statutory standard for waiver of debt collection was eased.

    By The National Veterans Legal Services Project, Inc.