| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Key Terms |
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Democrats seek to keep spotlight on Capitol siege |
(4/24/2021) |
Democrats are scrambling to keep the Jan. 6 insurrection in the public eye, pressing Republicans to back a months-long investigation into the deadly rampage that would shine a spotlight on former President Trump's role in the attack. |
2021 |
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| Katrina Lee |
DISCRIMINATION AS ANTI-ETHICAL: ACHIEVING SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN LARGE LAW FIRMS |
98 Denv. L. Rev. 581 [Denver Law Review] (Spring, 2021) |
As protests calling for racial justice erupted across the country in 2020, many large law firms issued compelling statements acknowledging systemic inequities and bias. During the preceding few decades, firms had already expressed their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; some had launched well-publicized diversity initiatives. Still,... |
2021 |
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| Bianca Velez |
DO THE POLICE PROTECT AND SERVE ALL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES?: A SURVEY OF THE PROBLEMS WITHIN MODERN POLICING AND SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE THE POLICE PROTECT AND SERVE US ALL |
55 U.S.F. L. Rev. 421 [University of San Francisco Law Review] (2021) |
ON MAY 25TH, 2020, MINNEAPOLIS POLICE responded to a call from a convenience store employee alleging that a Black man named George Floyd had made a purchase with a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill. Four police officers subsequently detained Mr. Floyd, and within seventeen minutes of the first squad car arriving at the scene, Mr. Floyd was handcuffed,... |
2021 |
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| Bianca Velez |
DO THE POLICE PROTECT AND SERVE ALL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES?: A SURVEY OF THE PROBLEMS WITHIN MODERN POLICING AND SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE THE POLICE PROTECT AND SERVE US ALL |
55 U.S.F. L. Rev. 421 [University of San Francisco Law Review] (2021) |
ON MAY 25TH, 2020, MINNEAPOLIS POLICE responded to a call from a convenience store employee alleging that a Black man named George Floyd had made a purchase with a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill. Four police officers subsequently detained Mr. Floyd, and within seventeen minutes of the first squad car arriving at the scene, Mr. Floyd was handcuffed,... |
2021 |
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| Corynn Wilson |
DOMESTIC TERRORISM SHOULD BE A CRIME: FIGHTING WHITE SUPREMACIST VIOLENCE LIKE CONGRESS FOUGHT "ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM" |
58 Hous. L. Rev. 749 [Houston Law Review] (Winter, 2021) |
White supremacist violence has steadily increased in recent years, leading to hundreds of senseless murders in the United States. The shooting epidemic in the United States has caused cyclical firearm regulation debates and calls to classify the murderers as domestic terrorists. Currently, there is no way to charge mass shooters as domestic... |
2021 |
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| Ana Pajar Blinder |
DON'T (TOWER) DUMP ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: PROTEST SURVEILLANCE UNDER THE FIRST AND FOURTH AMENDMENTS |
111 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 961 [Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology] (Fall, 2021) |
Government surveillance is ubiquitous in the United States and can range from the seemingly innocuous to intensely intrusive. Recently, the surveillance of protestors--such as those protesting against George Floyd's murder by a police officer--has received widespread attention in the media and in activist circles, but has yet to be successfully... |
2021 |
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| Jenny B. Davis |
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! |
107-JUL A.B.A. J. 12 [ABA Journal] (June/July, 2021) |
If Who is Zach Newkirk? ever became an answer to a Jeopardy! question, writers for the legendary television quiz show would have plenty of angles to choose from. For example, they could go with this: This Washington, D.C.-based voting rights lawyer, a six-time Jeopardy! champion in 2020, took home nearly $125,000 in winnings. Or this one: This... |
2021 |
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| Cesar Hernandez-Villanueva |
DRESS CODE AND RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH THE LENSE OF EEOC v. KROGER |
22 Rutgers J. L. & Religion 161 [Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion] (2021) |
Lawson began working for Kroger ten years ago at the deli department, where she worked until her termination two years ago. Lawson's co-worker Rickerd began her employment with Kroger goods around the same time as a cashier and file maintenance clerk, and she worked in these positions until her termination two years ago. Both Rickerd and Lawson... |
2021 |
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| Cesar Hernandez-Villanueva |
DRESS CODE AND RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH THE LENSE OF EEOC v. KROGER |
22 Rutgers J. L. & Religion 161 [Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion] (2021) |
Lawson began working for Kroger ten years ago at the deli department, where she worked until her termination two years ago. Lawson's co-worker Rickerd began her employment with Kroger goods around the same time as a cashier and file maintenance clerk, and she worked in these positions until her termination two years ago. Both Rickerd and Lawson... |
2021 |
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| M. L. Cross |
Eligibility of women as jurors |
157 A.L.R. 461 (Originally published in 1945) [American Law Reports ALR] (2021) |
The reported case for this annotation is State v. Emery, 224 N.C. 581, 31 S.E.2d 858, 157 A.L.R. 441 (1944). |
2021 |
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| Rebecca Bratspies, Vanessa Casado Perez, Robin Kundis Craig, Lissa Griffin, Keith Hirokawa, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Kuh, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Shannon Roesler, Jonathan Rosenbloom, J.B. Ruhl, Erin Ryan, David Takacs |
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, DISRUPTED BY COVID-19 |
51 Envtl. L. Rep. (ELI) 10509 [Environmental Law Reporter (ELI)] (June, 2021) |
For over a year, the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about systemic racial injustice have highlighted the conflicts and opportunities currently faced by environmental law. Scientists uniformly predict that environmental degradation, notably climate change, will cause a rise in diseases, disproportionate suffering among communities already facing... |
2021 |
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| Kathleen Y. Murray |
EXPLORING A "NECESSARY STANDARD" FOR THE USE OF EXCESSIVE, DEADLY FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT: A FLAWED SOLUTION WITH POSITIVE POTENTIAL |
52 U. Tol. L. Rev. 397 [University of Toledo Law Review] (Summer, 2021) |
The foundation of a law enforcement agency funded by taxpayer dollars is based on an inherent agreement: The people who pay their wages do so for the good of the community, and from that transaction they expect a certain level of professionalism, efficacy, and accountability from the police. When the social contract between police and society... |
2021 |
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FACEBOOK, INC. |
SEC No Action Ltrs. WSB File No. 0329202119 [SEC No Action Letters] (2021) |
WSB File No. 0329202119 WSB Subject Category: 77 Public Availability Date: March 26, 2021. Prepared By: Davis Polk References: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 14(a); Rule 14a-8 ________________Washington Service Bureau Summary________________ January 11, 2021 Re: Stockholder proposal of National Center for Public Policy Research Pursuant... |
2021 |
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| Andrew Guthrie Ferguson |
FACIAL RECOGNITION AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT |
105 Minn. L. Rev. 1105 [Minnesota Law Review] (February, 2021) |
Introduction. 1106 I. Facial Recognition Technology. 1109 A. The Technology. 1110 B. Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology. 1115 1. Face Surveillance. 1116 2. Face Identification. 1119 3. Face Tracking. 1122 4. Non-Law Enforcement Purposes. 1124 II. The Fourth Amendment and the Privacy Problem of Facial Recognition. 1126 A. Pre-Digital Face... |
2021 |
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| William Covington |
FOREWORD |
30 Wash. Int'l L.J. viii [Washington International Law Journal] (March, 2021) |
It is my privilege to introduce the Washington International Law Journal's winter quarter symposium. This publication presents six articles exploring past and present injustices, their operation, and possible solutions. What makes this issue special is its range. This special issue begins with Erika George, Jena Martin, and Tara Van Ho sharing... |
2021 |
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| Co-Dean David Lopez |
FOREWORD |
72 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 1265 [Rutgers University Law Review] (Winter, 2021) |
That everything you see will soon alter and cease to exist. Think of how many changes you have already seen. The world is nothing but change. -Marcus Aurelius The general laws of migration hold that the greater the obstacles and the farther the distance traveled, the more ambitious the migrants. -Isabel Wilkerson History will have to record... |
2021 |
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| T. Alexander Aleinikoff |
FOREWORD TO THE REPUBLICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION IN CONTEXT: THE CONTINUING SIGNIFICANCE OF RACISM |
92 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1315 [University of Colorado Law Review] (Special Issue 2021) |
It is disturbing--to say the least--that an article written nearly three decades ago based on an assertion of the continuing existence of racism in the United States can be seen as meriting republication, not for its historical interest but because of its current relevance. The article began with descriptions of the brutal murder of Emmet Till in... |
2021 |
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| T. Alexander Aleinikoff |
FOREWORD TO THE REPUBLICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION IN CONTEXT: THE CONTINUING SIGNIFICANCE OF RACISM |
92 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1315 [University of Colorado Law Review] (Special Issue 2021) |
It is disturbing--to say the least--that an article written nearly three decades ago based on an assertion of the continuing existence of racism in the United States can be seen as meriting republication, not for its historical interest but because of its current relevance. The article began with descriptions of the brutal murder of Emmet Till in... |
2021 |
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| Megan Armstrong |
FROM LYNCHING TO CENTRAL PARK KAREN: HOW WHITE WOMEN WEAPONIZE WHITE WOMANHOOD |
32 Hastings Women's L.J. 27 [Hastings Women's Law Journal] (Winter, 2021) |
In recent years, we have seen an influx of Karens and otherwise nicknamed white women gain infamy on the internet. Though sometimes the behavior of these women is innocuous and merely entitled, the pejorative nickname Karen has also become a term for white women engaging in racist behavior. A typical scenario involves a white woman calling the... |
2021 |
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| Dr. Donald F. Tibbs |
FROM TIKTOK TO RACIAL VIOLENCE: ANTI-BLACKNESS IN THE GENDERED SPHERE |
33 St. Thomas L. Rev. 198 [Saint Thomas Law Review] (Spring, 2021) |
The impact of Covid-19 on racial and social consciousness during 2020 was significant. While much of the world was in social incapacitation, we passed the time by tuning into our televisions and social devices. The local and national news told stories of the rising number of deaths lost to the virus. Particularly hard hit by the virus were people... |
2021 |
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| Amber Joy Powell , Michelle S. Phelps |
GENDERED RACIAL VULNERABILITY: HOW WOMEN CONFRONT CRIME AND CRIMINALIZATION |
55 Law & Soc'y Rev. 429 [Law and Society Review] (September, 2021) |
Prior research illustrates how race-class subjugated communities are over-policed and under-protected, producing high rates of victimization by other community members and the police. Yet few studies explore how gender and race structure dual frustration, despite a long line of Black feminist scholarship on the interpersonal, gender-based, and... |
2021 |
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| Darryl Li |
GENRES OF UNIVERSALISM: READING RACE INTO INTERNATIONAL LAW, WITH HELP FROM SYLVIA WYNTER |
67 UCLA L. Rev. 1686 [UCLA Law Review] (April, 2021) |
Taking note of the relatively limited accounts of race in contemporary international legal doctrine, this Article posits a thought experiment: What would international legal theorizing look like not from the place of the metropole or the colony, but rather from the journey of the enslaved, from the barracoon to the hold of the slave ship to the... |
2021 |
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| Claudia Flores, Brian Citro, Nino Guruli, Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat, Chelsea Kehrer, Hannah Abrahams |
GLOBAL IMPUNITY: HOW POLICE LAWS & POLICIES IN THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES FAIL INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS |
49 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 243 [Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law] (Spring, 2021) |
C1-2Table of Contents I. Introduction. 245 II. Background. 248 III. International Human Rights Framework and Methodology. 251 A. The Principles. 253 B. Grading Scale. 256 IV. Analysis of Use of Force Laws and Policies. 259 A. Applying the Human Rights Framework. 259 i. Legality. 261 ii. Necessity. 263 a. Immediacy. 264... |
2021 |
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| Rebecca J. Hamilton |
GOVERNING THE GLOBAL PUBLIC SQUARE |
62 Harv. Int'l L.J. 117 [Harvard International Law Journal] (Winter, 2021) |
Social media platforms are the public square of our era--a reality that has been entrenched by the widespread closure of physical public spaces in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This online space is global in nature, with over 3.6 billion users worldwide, but its governance does not fall solely to governments. With the rise of social media,... |
2021 |
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| Jennifer M. Smith , Elliot O. Jackson |
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: A MODEL FOR AMERICAN EDUCATION |
14 Fla. A & M U. L. Rev. 103 [Florida A & M University Law Review] (Winter, 2021) |
The whole world opened to me when I learned to read. ~ Mary McLeod Bethune Hungry for freedom and knowledge, enslaved Blacks engaged in a massive general strike against slavery by transferring their labor from the Confederate planter to the Northern invader, and this decided the Civil War. In 1865, the North conquered the South, and slavery... |
2021 |
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| Rachel D. Godsil, Sarah E. Waldeck |
HOME EQUITY: RETHINKING RACE AND FEDERAL HOUSING POLICY |
98 Denv. L. Rev. 523 [Denver Law Review] (Spring, 2021) |
Neighborhoods shape every element of our lives. Where we live determines economic opportunities; our exposure to police and pollution; and the availability of positive amenities for a healthy life. Home inequity--both financial and racial--is not accidental. Federal government programs have armed white people with agency to construct white spaces... |
2021 |
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| Darin E.W. Johnson |
HOMEGROWN AND GLOBAL: THE RISING TERROR MOVEMENT |
58 Hous. L. Rev. 1059 [Houston Law Review] (Spring, 2021) |
White supremacist terrorism is a rising threat that has been overlooked by national security authorities as a global threat, even though white supremacist terrorism now surpasses Al Qaeda- and ISIS-associated terrorism in the scope and impact of its destructiveness in the United States. White supremacist terrorism has been viewed exclusively as... |
2021 |
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| Andrea Giampetro-Meyer |
HOW ANTIRACIST LAWYERS CAN PRODUCE POWER AND POLICY CHANGE |
24 J. Gender Race & Just. 237 [Journal of Gender, Race and Justice] (Spring, 2021) |
with contributions from Sydney Brooke and Janae James I. Introduction. 238 II.Antiracism and Integrated Advocacy. 240 A. Antiracism. 240 B. Integrated Advocacy. 241 III. Prohibiting Hair Discrimination. 242 A. Litigation and Legislative Advocacy. 243 B. Media Engagement, Community Organizing, and Interdisciplinary Collaborations. 247 IV. Abolishing... |
2021 |
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| Gregory P. Magarian |
HOW CHEAP SPEECH UNDERSERVES AND OVERHEATS DEMOCRACY |
54 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 2455 [U.C. Davis Law Review] (June, 2021) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 2455 I. Cheap Speech's Democratic Shortcomings. 2457 A. Cheap Speech's Partial Democratic Success. 2458 B. The Persistent Digital Divide. 2460 C. The Mutation of Access Disparities. 2465 II. Cheap Speech's Democratic Hazards. 2469 A. The Decline of Professional Journalism. 2470 B. Extremism and Identity-Polarized... |
2021 |
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| Maya Itah |
HOW THE GUN CONTROL ACT DISARMS BLACK FIREARM OWNERS |
96 Wash. L. Rev. 1191 [Washington Law Review] (October, 2021) |
Through 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), the Gun Control Act (GCA) outlaws the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The statute's language is broad, and federal courts have interpreted it expansively. By giving prosecutors wide discretion in charging individuals with § 924(c) violations, the language enables the... |
2021 |
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| Mike Lillis |
Hoyer bashes Ron Johnson for 'racist statement' |
The Hill (3/16/2021) |
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday teed off on Sen. Ron Johnson, accusing the Wisconsin Republican of advancing racist claims surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. |
2021 |
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| Karla M. McKanders |
IMMIGRATION AND RACIAL JUSTICE: ENFORCING THE BORDERS OF BLACKNESS |
37 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1139 [Georgia State University Law Review] (Summer, 2021) |
Black immigrants are invisible at the intersection of their race and immigration status. Until recently, conversations on border security, unlawful immigration, and national security obscured racially motivated laws seeking to halt the blackening and browning of America. This Article engages with the impact of immigration enforcement at the... |
2021 |
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| Jim Hilbert |
IMPROVING POLICE OFFICER ACCOUNTABILITY IN MINNESOTA: THREE PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE REFORMS |
47 Mitchell Hamline L. Rev. 222 [Mitchell Hamline Law Review] (February, 2021) |
I. Introduction. 223 II. Minnesota's Past and Present: Racism and Police Abuse Followed by Studies and Inaction. 233 A. Minnesota History. 233 1. The Largest Mass Execution in the Country. 233 2. The Northernmost Lynching on Record. 235 B. Decades of Studies and Reports with the Same Conclusions (and the Same Inaction). 236 C. Past Signs of... |
2021 |
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| Itay Ravid |
INCONSPICUOUS VICTIMS |
25 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 529 [Lewis & Clark Law Review] (2021) |
Recent debates on racial inequalities in the criminal justice system focus on offenders while neglecting the other side of the criminal equation--victims of crime. Such scholarly oversight is surprising given the similarly deep racial disparities in the treatment of victims, manifested in different stages of the criminal justice system. Delving... |
2021 |
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| Itay Ravid |
INCONSPICUOUS VICTIMS |
25 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 529 [Lewis & Clark Law Review] (2021) |
Recent debates on racial inequalities in the criminal justice system focus on offenders while neglecting the other side of the criminal equation--victims of crime. Such scholarly oversight is surprising given the similarly deep racial disparities in the treatment of victims, manifested in different stages of the criminal justice system. Delving... |
2021 |
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| Grant Christensen |
INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
23 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 902 [University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law] (2021) |
Introduction. 903 I. The Traditional Model of Corporate Governance. 908 A. The Origins of Shareholder Primacy. 910 B. The Intervening Role of the Business Judgment Rule. 912 II. The Need to Rethink Shareholder Primacy. 914 III. Indigenous Corporations. 917 A. Chthonic or Autochthonous Law. 918 B. Autochthonous Governance. 923 1. Indigenous... |
2021 |
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| Grant Christensen |
INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
23 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 902 [University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law] (2021) |
Introduction. 903 I. The Traditional Model of Corporate Governance. 908 A. The Origins of Shareholder Primacy. 910 B. The Intervening Role of the Business Judgment Rule. 912 II. The Need to Rethink Shareholder Primacy. 914 III. Indigenous Corporations. 917 A. Chthonic or Autochthonous Law. 918 B. Autochthonous Governance. 923 1. Indigenous... |
2021 |
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| Barbara Stark |
INEQUALITY, COVID-19, AND HUMAN RIGHTS: WHOSE LIVES MATTER? |
27 ILSA J. Int'l & Comp. L. 251 [ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law] (Winter, 2021) |
You don't have to be an epidemiologist to realize that infectious diseases make their own preferential option for the poor--they afflict them more, and worse. --Paul Farmer I. Introduction. 252 II. COVID-19 Targets the Poor. 254 A. Inequality Going into the Pandemic. 254 B. How the Poor Are Affected. 256 1. Black Americans. 256 2. People on the... |
2021 |
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| Doron Teichman, Kristen Underhill |
INFECTED BY BIAS: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND THE LEGAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19 |
47 Am. J.L. & Med. 205 [American Journal of Law & Medicine] (2021) |
This Article presents the first comprehensive analysis of the contribution of behavioral science to the legal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the descriptive level, the Article shows how different psychological phenomena such as loss aversion and cultural cognition influenced the way policymakers and the public perceived the pandemic, and how... |
2021 |
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| Doron Teichman, Kristen Underhill |
INFECTED BY BIAS: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND THE LEGAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19 |
47 Am. J.L. & Med. 205 [American Journal of Law & Medicine] (2021) |
This Article presents the first comprehensive analysis of the contribution of behavioral science to the legal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the descriptive level, the Article shows how different psychological phenomena such as loss aversion and cultural cognition influenced the way policymakers and the public perceived the pandemic, and how... |
2021 |
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| James Dever , Jack Dever |
INFORMATION AGE IMPERIALISM: CHINA, 'RACE,' AND NEO-COLONIALISM IN AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA |
52 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 1 [University of Miami Inter-American Law Review] (Spring/Summer, 2021) |
I. Introduction. 2 II. China in Crisis. 3 A. The Chinese Context. 3 B. Behind the Wolf. 6 III. State-Sponsored Domestic Terror. 10 A. Hong Kong. 10 B. Tragedy in Xinjiang. 11 C. High-Tech Surveillance. 13 D. Opportunity Wasted. 15 IV. Great Power Competition. 17 A. Threat Vectors. 17 B. BRI: The Foreign Policy Vision. 21 V. Colonialism. 23 A. The... |
2021 |
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| Susan Ayres |
INSIDE THE MASTER'S GATES: RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO DISMANTLE RACISM AND SEXISM IN HIGHER EDUCATION |
21 J. L. Society 20 [Journal of Law in Society] (Winter, 2021) |
INTRODUCTION. 21 I. DISMANTLING THE MASTER'S HOUSE: RESOURCES. 28 II. SUBSTANCE OF FIRE AND THE STORYTELLING MOVEMENT. 31 A. The Backstory. 31 B. Overview of Substance of Fire. 33 C. The Case for Storytelling. 35 III. SUBSTANCE OF FIRE: NARRATIVES AND COUNTER-STORYTELLING. 37 A. Lack of Mentors, Microaggressions. 38 B. Performing Gender, Safe... |
2021 |
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| Jessica L. Roberts |
INTRODUCTION |
58 Hous. L. Rev. 807 [Houston Law Review] (Symposium, 2021) |
On October 9, 2020, Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig delivered the twenty-fifth annual Frankel Lecture, From Lynching as Status Quo to the New Status Quo. It was the first Frankel Lecture to address the issue of racial violence in policing, a topic that was long overdue. It was also the first event in the series's illustrious history to take place... |
2021 |
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| Jessica L. Roberts |
INTRODUCTION |
58 Hous. L. Rev. 807 [Houston Law Review] (Symposium, 2021) |
On October 9, 2020, Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig delivered the twenty-fifth annual Frankel Lecture, From Lynching as Status Quo to the New Status Quo. It was the first Frankel Lecture to address the issue of racial violence in policing, a topic that was long overdue. It was also the first event in the series's illustrious history to take place... |
2021 |
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Is the Chauvin conviction just a moment, or the start of lasting change? |
(7/7/2021) |
Dr. Manuel Pastor of the University of Southern California discusses the impact of social justice movements in response to police brutality and what the conviction of Derek Chauvin means for the future of police reform. |
2021 |
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| David A. Grenardo |
IT'S WORTH A SHOT: CAN SPORTS COMBAT RACISM IN THE UNITED STATES? |
12 Harv. J. Sports & Ent. L. 237 [Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law] (Spring, 2021) |
Racism has stained this country throughout its history, and racism persists today in the United States, including in sports. Sports represent a reflection of society and its ills, but they can also provide a powerful means to combat racism. This article examines the state of racism in society and sports both historically and today. It also provides... |
2021 |
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON (REMMER) |
SEC No Action Ltrs. WSB File No. 0208202115 [SEC No Action Letters] (2021) |
WSB File No. 0208202115 WSB Subject Category: 74 Public Availability Date: February 05, 2021. Prepared By: Skadden Arps References: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 14(a); Rule 14a-8 ________________Washington Service Bureau Summary________________ BY EMAIL (shareholderproposals@sec.gov) December 11, 2020 U.S. Securities and Exchange... |
2021 |
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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. (CTW INVESTMENT) |
SEC No Action Ltrs. WSB File No. 0329202123 [SEC No Action Letters] (2021) |
WSB File No. 0329202123 WSB Subject Category: 77 Public Availability Date: March 26, 2021. Prepared By: Skadden Arps References: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 14(a); Rule 14a-8 ________________Washington Service Bureau Summary________________ January 11, 2021 BY EMAIL (shareholderproposals@sec.gov) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission... |
2021 |
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| Mikah K. Thompson |
JUST ANOTHER FAST GIRL: EXPLORING SLAVERY'S CONTINUED IMPACT ON THE LOSS OF BLACK GIRLHOOD |
44 Harv. J. L. & Gender 57 [Harvard Journal of Law & Gender] (Winter, 2021) |
Introduction. 58 I. The Stereotypic Connection between Blackness and Promiscuity. 59 A. Black Hypersexuality as a Justification for Sexual Violence During Slavery. 60 B. The Persistence of Stereotypes Concerning Black Sexuality in Post-Civil War America. 64 C. Modern-Day Perceptions of Black Sexuality. 66 D. Black Sexuality and the Law of Statutory... |
2021 |
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| Addison C. McCauley, '22 |
KELSAY v. ERNST: IN A TIME OF NATIONAL PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER A LACK OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT'S BOTCHED QUALIFIED IMMUNITY ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE DOCTRINE AS A WHOLE |
54 Creighton L. Rev. 605 [Creighton Law Review] (September, 2021) |
Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter of its own existence. - Justice Tom C. Clark (1961) Across the United States during the summer of 2020, millions of Americans protested in the streets to demand law enforcement accountability for unconstitutional conduct... |
2021 |
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