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Professor Steven H. Hobbs THE TRIBES OF MAYCOMB COUNTY: THE CONTINUING QUEST TO TRANSCEND OUR DIFFERENCES 47 Cumberland Law Review 61 (2016-2017) We are a tribal people, we Americans, in spite of our national motto: E pluribus unum. We are subdivided by race, class, culture, religion, education, physical and mental health, and so much more. While multiculturalism is said to be enriching and empowering to our communal life, our celebration of diversity seldom permits us to totally look beyond... 2017  
Michelle S. Jacobs THE VIOLENT STATE: BLACK WOMEN'S INVISIBLE STRUGGLE AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE 24 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law 39 (Fall, 2017) Introduction I. The Historical View A. Stereotypes About Black Women 1. Black Women as Governed by Libido and Loose Morals 2. Black Women as Liars 3. Black Women as Man-Like and Aggressive II. Black Women Are Murdered and Assaulted by the Police A. Invisible Homicides Committed by the Police 1. Black Women with Mental Health Issues Are... 2017  
Scott L. Cummings THEMATIC OVERVIEW: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE--WHY LAW MATTERS 26 Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 35 (2017) Thank you for the privilege of reading and commenting on these fascinating papers on community economic development (CED). I personally came away from them thinking that CED law is now less a body of activity or doctrine that can be empirically defined or normatively derived, and more a set of basic questions about the content and control of local... 2017  
Lundy Braun THEORIZING RACE AND RACISM: PRELIMINARY REFLECTIONS ON THE MEDICAL CURRICULUM 43 American Journal of Law & Medicine 239 (2017) The current political economic crisis in the United States places in sharp relief the tensions and contradictions of racial capitalism as it manifests materially in health care and in knowledge-producing practices. Despite nearly two decades of investment in research on racial inequality in disease, inequality persists. While the reasons for... 2017  
Dr. Franciska A. Coleman THEY SHOULD BE FIRED: THE SOCIAL REGULATION OF FREE SPEECH IN THE U.S. 16 First Amendment Law Review 1 (Fall, 2017) The debate over First Amendment jurisprudence often assumes that the First Amendment reflects a choice of non-regulation over regulation. This article suggests, however, that it is more accurate to describe the First Amendment as reflecting a choice of social regulation over legal regulation. Social regulation of speech has generally been lauded... 2017  
Rob Kahn THREE FIRST AMENDMENT PUZZLES RAISED BY THE POLICE UNION RESPONSE TO SPEECH CRITICIZING POLICE CONDUCT IN FERGUSON AND NEW YORK CITY 8 Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review 163 (2017) I. Introduction: Police Unions, Protests Against Police Shootings and Freedom of Speech. 164 A. Football Players, a Big City Mayor, and a Police Union Crackdown. 166 B. American First Amendment Values and Bollinger's Tolerant Society Model. 171 C. Three Puzzles Raised by the Police Union Response. 174 II. Should Police Unions Ever Take Part in... 2017  
Ronen Avraham , Kimberly Yuracko TORTS AND DISCRIMINATION 78 Ohio State Law Journal 661 (2017) Current tort law contains incentives to target individuals and communities based on race and gender. Surprisingly, the basis for such targeting is the seemingly neutral use of three different race- and gender-based statistical tables (for wages, life expectancy, and worklife expectancy) which, when used in tort damage calculations, result in a... 2017  
Justin D. Cummins , Beth Belle Isle TOWARD SYSTEMIC EQUALITY: REINVIGORATING A PROGRESSIVE APPLICATION OF THE DISPARATE IMPACT DOCTRINE 43 Mitchell Hamline Law Review 102 (2017) I. Introduction. 103 II. The Expansion of Civil Rights Enforcement Through the Adoption of the Disparate Impact Doctrine (1960s-1970s). 104 A. The Enactment of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 104 B. The Affirmation of the Disparate Impact Doctrine Under Title VII: Griggs v. Duke Power Co.. 107 C. A Progressive Application of the... 2017  
MaKenna Rogers , Brittany Wages TRADEMARKING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS MATTER 17 Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law 372 (Spring, 2017) I. Introduction. 373 A. Past Attempts Foreshadow Today's Problems. 375 B. Movements' Relation to Trademark Law. 379 II. ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE. 380 A. Rules Regarding Collective Groups. 381 1. Native American Tribes. 382 2. Franchisor and Franchisee Relationships. 383 3. Church Organizations. 385 4. Greek Life. 387 B. Suggested... 2017  
Deborah R. Gerhardt TRADEMARKS AS ENTREPRENEURIAL CHANGE AGENTS FOR LEGAL REFORM 95 North Carolina Law Review 1519 (June, 2017) L1-2Introduction . L31519 I. Both Governments and Brands Create Communities Around Core Values. 1524 II. Navigating The Choice To Link A Trademark With politics. 1531 A. Risks Inherent to Political Engagement. 1532 B. Political Hijacking. 1535 III. Affirming brand Values Through Political and Cultural Engagement. 1541 A. Cultural Leadership. 1542... 2017  
Marco Conner TRAFFIC JUSTICE: ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE AGE OF VISION ZERO 44 Fordham Urban Law Journal 969 (August, 2017) No goal is more ambitious than zero [traffic fatalities], but at the same time no other goal is acceptable. --New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 970 I. The U.S. Pandemic of Traffic Violence. 973 II. Vision Zero: A New Approach to Address the Pandemic. 975 A. What Is Vision Zero?. 976 B. Equity in Vision Zero.... 2017  
Maureen Johnson TRICKLE-DOWN BULLYING AND THE TRULY GREAT AMERICAN RESPONSE: CAN RESPONSIBLE RHETORIC IN JUDICIAL ADVOCACY AND DECISION-MAKING HELP HEAL THE DIVISIVENESS OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY? 25 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 445 (2017) I. Introduction. 446 II. The Impact of an American President. 453 A. Trickle-Down Bullying: What's Good for the Goose is Good for the Goslings. 455 B. System One Thinking: How and Why Deeply Ingrained Values and Beliefs Are so Difficult to Shake. 460 C. A Unique Opportunity: Could President Trump Set an Example that Would Guide His Supporters to... 2017  
Rebecca Savransky Trump promotes book by Sheriff David Clarke 2017 The Hill 3671530 (August 27, 2017) President Trump on Sunday promoted a book by Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who supported Trump during the presidential campaign. 2017  
Eloise Pasachoff TWO CHEERS FOR EVIDENCE: LAW, RESEARCH, AND VALUES IN EDUCATION POLICYMAKING AND BEYOND 117 Columbia Law Review 1933 (November, 2017) The newest federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), reflects a recent turn toward basing social policy on research evidence. Proponents suggest that evidence-based policymaking in education and other social policy areas can help cut through ideological debate and provide meaningful limits on the choices made by the... 2017  
Brian Glick TWO, THREE, MANY ROSAS! REBELLIOUS LAWYERS AND PROGRESSIVE ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS 23 Clinical Law Review 611 (Spring, 2017) The cast of prototypic rebellious lawyers promoted by Gerald López is incomplete. It leaves out a very important mode of lawyering: that of working for a progressive activist organization. To fill that gap, this essay introduces Rosa, a lawyer on the staff of an organization of low-wage workers fighting for basic change. The essay argues that... 2017  
Jeffrey Fagan , Daniel Richman UNDERSTANDING RECENT SPIKES AND LONGER TRENDS IN AMERICAN MURDERS 117 Columbia Law Review 1235 (June, 2017) Introduction. 1235 I. Exploring the Tension Between Police and Communities. 1236 A. Factors Producing Tension Between Communities and Police. 1238 B. A Vortex of Forces. 1248 II. Understanding the Trends. 1250 A. The Past Two Years. 1252 B. The Past Half Century. 1261 C. A New Epidemic?. 1267 D. Alternate Explanations for the 2015-2016 Trend. 1270... 2017  
Darren Lenard Hutchinson UNDIGNIFIED: THE SUPREME COURT, RACIAL JUSTICE, AND DIGNITY CLAIMS 69 Florida Law Review 1 (January, 2017) The Supreme Court has interpreted the Equal Protection Clause as a formal equality mandate. In response, legal scholars have advocated alternative conceptions of equality, such as antisubordination theory, that interpret equal protection in more substantive terms. Antisubordination theory would consider the social context in which race-based... 2017  
  UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING 46 Journal of Law and Education 400 (Summer, 2017) Ethan J. Leib and Stephen R. Galoob, Fiduciary political theory: a critique, 125 Yale L.J. 1820-1878 (2016). James G. Mandilk, Note, The modification of decrees in the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, 125 Yale L.J. 1880-1938 (2016). Symposium: A Conversation on Title IX, 125 Yale L.J. 1940-2181 (2016). Michelle J. Anderson, Campus sexual... 2017  
John Inazu UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AS SOCIAL CONTROL 64 UCLA Law Review 2 (January, 2017) Public protests from Occupy to Ferguson have highlighted anew the offense of unlawful assembly. This Article advances the simple but important thesis that contemporary understandings of unlawful assembly cede too much discretion to law enforcement by neglecting earlier statutory and common law elements that once constrained liability. Current laws... 2017  
Hannah Walker UNSPOKEN IMMUNITY AND REIMAGINED JUSTICE: THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPLEMENTING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE MODELS IN POLICE-RELATED SHOOTINGS 37 Pace Law Review 789 (Spring, 2017) On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was shot to death during a routine traffic stop outside of Falcon Heights, Minnesota. As Officer Jeronimo Yanez approached Castile's vehicle, Castile's girlfriend began to live stream the encounter on her smart phone. The graphic footage that followed demonstrates the brutal reality Castile faced as a black man... 2017  
Claire Glenn UPHOLDING CIVIL RIGHTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THE CASE FOR EX ANTE TITLE VI REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT 41 New York University Review of Law and Social Change 45 (2017) In the twenty-first century, discrimination has become increasingly subliminal, unconscious, and structural. Yet the legal framework for addressing discrimination has ignored this shift, remaining focused on intentional discrimination and reliant on ex post enforcement. The old model is a poor fit for today's reality. Nowhere is this truth more... 2017  
Bidish Sarma USING DETERRENCE THEORY TO PROMOTE PROSECUTORIAL ACCOUNTABILITY 21 Lewis & Clark Law Review 573 (2017) Prosecutors--the most powerful actors in the American criminal justice system-- largely avoid accountability for misconduct. To promote fairer processes and results, prosecutors must be held to account for violations of defendants' due process and fair trial rights and the related ethical rules that help protect those rights. An important thread of... 2017  
Amber Hall USING LEGAL ETHICS TO IMPROVE IMPLICIT BIAS IN PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION 42 Journal of the Legal Profession 111 (Fall, 2017) Racial consideration and evidence of its disparaging effects on prosecutorial discretion were not compelling enough to convince the Supreme Court to place limits on the power of the prosecutor. In McCleskey v. Kemp, petitioner McCleskey, an African-American male, attempted to prove that his capital sentence was unconstitutional due to the risk of... 2017  
Osamudia R. James VALUING IDENTITY 102 Minnesota Law Review 127 (November, 2017) Identity--race, gender, and sexuality--is having a moment, both good and bad. Black Lives Matter, a movement initiated in response to state-sanctioned violence committed against Blacks, is fueled by a demand that the lives of black people in the United States be valued and dignified. Gay, lesbian, and transgender communities have built an advocacy... 2017  
Erin Sheley VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS AND EXPRESSIVE PUNISHMENT IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA 52 Wake Forest Law Review 157 (Spring, 2017) The facts of the case are now famous. A young woman attends a Stanford party with her younger sister. A few hours later, two Swedish graduate students on bicycles stumble upon freshman swimmer (and Olympic hopeful) Brock Turner, manually penetrating her unconscious body behind a dumpster. He flees; they give chase. She awakes in a hospital room to... 2017  
Palma Joy Strand WE ARE ALL ON THE JOURNEY: TRANSFORMING ANTAGONISTIC SPACES IN LAW SCHOOL CLASSROOMS 67 Journal of Legal Education 176 (Autumn, 2017) This essay begins and ends with Fisher II, the most recent addition to the law on diversity in admissions to institutions of higher education. The body of the essay, however, focuses on diversity in law schools and specifically on transforming the law school classroom, which is too often antagonistic space for traditionally underrepresented... 2017  
Donald L. Flexner WHY THE CIVILIAN PURCHASE, USE, AND SALE OF ASSAULT WEAPONS AND SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLES AND PISTOLS, ALONG WITH LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES, SHOULD BE BANNED 20 NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy 593 (2017) In the United States, private citizens can purchase powerful and semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity magazines. In 1994, Congress passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which imposed a ten-year ban on the civilian use of many such weapons. Upon its expiration in 2004, Congress refused to extend the ban despite... 2017  
Craig B. Futterman, Chaclyn Hunt, Jamie Kalven YOUTH/POLICE ENCOUNTERS ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE: ACKNOWLEDGING THE REALITIES 51 Georgia Law Review 1079 (Summer, 2017) This Article was originally published in the 2016 Volume of the University of Chicago Legal Forum, entitled Policing the Police. The suggested citation to this Article is: Craig Futterman et al., They Have All the Power: Youth/Police Encounters on Chicago's South Side, 2016 U. Chi. Legal F. 125. The Article appears with the permission of the... 2017  
S. Lamar Gardner #BLACKLIVESMATTER, DISPARATE-IMPACT, AND THE PROPERTY AGENDA 43 Southern University Law Review 321 (Spring, 2016) C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 322 Part I. The Fair Housing Act and the Disparate-Impact Theory Debate. 326 A. Overview of the Fair Housing Act. 326 1. History Leading up to the FHA. 327 2. Passage of the FHA and its Content. 329 B. The Burden of Proof. 332 1. Proving Intentional Discrimination. 332 2. Proving Merely Discriminatory Effect. 335... 2016 Most Relevant
Margalynne J. Armstrong ARE WE NEARING THE END OF IMPUNITY FOR TAKING BLACK LIVES? 56 Santa Clara Law Review 721 (2016) Introduction. 722 I. Legal Protections (or a Lack Thereof) for the Lives of Slaves. 724 A. African Bondage. 724 B. The Legality of Murdering Slaves in North America. 729 C. Runaways, Patterollers, and the Fugitive Slave Act: Deputizing White Communities to Regulate Black Presence. 732 1. Patterollers. 733 2. No rights which the white man is bound... 2016 Most Relevant
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Samuel H. Pillsbury BLACK LIVES MATTER 13 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 567 (Spring, 2016) Jill Leovy, Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America (2015). Please write about it. Please! A mother pleading with a reporter to write about her son's murder (P. 37.) A great story teller sweeps you away. The story begins and all you want to do is ride the wave of words to its end. Jill Leovy begins her book, Ghettoside, about the police... 2016 Most Relevant
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Mike Lillis Black Lives Matter accuses Dems of 'placating' the movement 2016 The Hill 4540486 (August 31, 2016) Black Lives Matter is going after Democrats for what the group deems a placating response to our demand to value all black life."" 2016 Most Relevant
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Alberto Bernabe DO BLACK LIVES MATTER? RACE AS A MEASURE OF INJURY IN TORT LAW 18 Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice 41 (2016) I. Introduction. 41 II. The Facts and Allegations that Gave Rise to the Issue in Cramblett. 46 III. Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life Claims. 48 IV. Wrongful Pregnancy Claims. 55 V. Is There a Basis for Relief in Cramblett?. 56 A. Relevant Case Law. 56 B. Cramblett's Unpersuasive Argument. 59 VI. The Impact of Modern Reproductive Technologies. 67... 2016 Most Relevant
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Nicole D. Porter EXPANDING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE ERA OF BLACK LIVES MATTER 70 University of Miami Law Review 533 (Winter, 2016) Traditional public safety responses to crime involve interactions with the criminal justice system. However, recent killings by police of unarmed black men, women, and children have led to a national dialogue on the fundamental strategy of public safety. The narrative of Black Lives Matter offers a new framework for policymakers, activists,... 2016 Most Relevant
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