| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Gender in title or Summary | Ethnicity Identified in Title |
| Donald F. Tibbs , Shelly Chauncey |
From Slavery to Hip-hop: Punishing Black Speech and What's "Unconstitutional" about Prosecuting Young Black Men Through Art |
52 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 33 (2016) |
Writing rap lyrics--even disturbingly graphic lyrics, like defendant's--is not a crime. Our criminal justice system is in an existential and constitutional crisis. We no longer know who we are or who we want to be. Over the past two decades, America has waged an increasingly punitive war on crime, and the casualties of that war have...; Search Snippet: ...PUNISHING BLACK SPEECH AND WHAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL ABOUT PROSECUTING YOUNG BLACK MEN THROUGH ART Donald F. Tibbs [FNa1] Shelly Chauncey [FNaa1] Copyright... |
2016 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| André Douglas Pond Cummings |
Lord Forgive Me, but He Tried to Kill Me: Proposing Solutions to the United States' Most Vexing Racial Challenges |
23 Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice 3 (Fall, 2016) |
C1-3Table of Contents I. Introduction. 4 II. Our Most Vexing and Persistent Racial Challenges. 8 A. Police Killing of Unarmed Black Men. 10 B. Racially Disparate Mass Incarceration. 13 C. Violent Homicide of African American Young Men and Boys. 18 III. Proposing Solutions to our Most Vexing and Persistent Racial Challenges. 23 A. Ending the Police...; Search Snippet: ...B. Racially Disparate Mass Incarceration 13 C. Violent Homicide of African American Young Men and Boys 18 III. Proposing Solutions to our Most Vexing and Persistent... |
2016 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| Lea VanderVelde |
The Last Legally Beaten Servant in America: from Compulsion to Coercion in the American Workplace |
39 Seattle University Law Review 727 (Spring, 2016) |
A master may by law correct his apprentice or servant .. --Blackstone's Commentaries The relation of master and slave begins in violence; it must be sustained by violence--the systematic violence of general laws, or the irregular violence of individual caprice. --Theodore Parker, 1830 L1-2Contents Introduction. 728 I. Private Relationships and...; Search Snippet: ...My article, The Gendered Origins of the Lumley Doctrine: Binding Men's Consciences and Women's Fidelity , 101 Yale L.J. 775 (1992) [hereinafter... |
2016 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| Gregory S. Parks , Wendy Marie Laybourn |
The Sons of Indiana: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and the Fight for Civil Rights |
91 Indiana Law Journal 1425 (Summer, 2016) |
The common narrative about African Americans' quest for social justice and civil rights during the twentieth century consists, largely, of men and women working through organizations to bring about change. The typical list of organizations includes, inter alia, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Urban...; Search Snippet: ...INDIANA LAW JOURNAL Indiana Law Journal Summer, 2016 Article THE SONS OF INDIANA: KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY AND THE FIGHT FOR... |
2016 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| Richard Eppink |
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Why Are Nearly All of Idaho's Most Lauded Lawyers White Men? |
59-DEC Advocate 43 (November/December, 2016) |
Though people have lived and worked in the land we call Idaho for over 12,000 years, white people have been here for barely the last 200 of them. Just as white settlement began here in the early 1800s, other non-Natives came as well. By 1870, for example, over 20 percent of Idaho's population was Chinese. Japanese immigration and settlement surged...; Search Snippet: ...November/December, 2016 Section Article LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN: WHY ARE NEARLY ALL OF IDAHO'S MOST LAUDED LAWYERS WHITE MEN? Richard Eppink [FNa1] Copyright © 2016 by The Idaho State Bar... |
2016 |
Yes |
Multiple Groups |
| Jamie R. Abrams |
Debunking the Myth of Universal Male Privilege |
49 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 303 (Winter 2016) |
Existing legal responses to sexual assault and harassment in the military have stagnated or failed. Current approaches emphasize the prevalence of sexual assault and highlight the masculine nature of the military's statistical composition and institutional culture. Current responses do not, however, incorporate masculinities theory to disentangle...; Search Snippet: ...Law Reform Winter 2016 Article DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF UNIVERSAL MALE PRIVILEGE Jamie R. Abrams [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2016 University of... |
2016 |
Yes |
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| Tyler Larson |
I'm a Real Boy: Imputing Racial Identity to Corporations for Racial Discrimination Standing |
54 University of Louisville Law Review 483 (2016) |
Over the past several years, there has been much debate about the Supreme Court's perceived expansion of corporate rights. Whether discussing protected First Amendment speech, the free exercise of religion, or a multitude of other issues, the debate in the United States seems to return to the same philosophical question: Is a corporation a person?...; Search Snippet: ...University of Louisville Law Review 2016 Note I'M A REAL BOY: IMPUTING RACIAL IDENTITY TO CORPORATIONS FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION STANDING Tyler... |
2016 |
Yes |
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| Mary Anne Franks |
Men, Women, and Optimal Violence |
2016 University of Illinois Law Review 929 (2016) |
While both men and women can, and do, use violence against each other, men's violence against women is far more common, less justified, and more destructive than women's violence against men. One of the reasons for this asymmetry is that men do not fear retaliation for violence against women, whereas women do fear retaliation for their use of...; Search Snippet: ...ILLINOIS LAW REVIEW University of Illinois Law Review 2016 Article MEN, WOMEN, AND OPTIMAL VIOLENCE Mary Anne Franks [FNa1] Copyright ©... |
2016 |
Yes |
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| Cathay Y. N. Smith |
Oral Tradition and the Kennewick Man |
126 Yale Law Journal Forum 216 (11/3/2016) |
In April 2016, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed that the ancient human body discovered in 1996 near Kennewick, Washington, often referred to as the Kennewick Man or The Ancient One, is genetically related to modern-day Native Americans. This confirmation ended a twenty-year-long struggle between scientists at the Smithsonian, the U.S....; Search Snippet: ...Journal Forum November 3, 2016 ORAL TRADITION AND THE KENNEWICK MAN Cathay Y. N. Smith [FNa1] Copyright © 2016 The Yale Law... |
2016 |
Yes |
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| David P. Bryden , Erica Madore |
Patriarchy, Sexual Freedom, and Gender Equality as Causes of Rape |
13 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 299 (Spring, 2016) |
Feminists' anti-rape campaign, launched in the 1970s, was a part of their more general movement for liberation from patriarchy: male supremacy in legal, political, economic and sexual realms. Rejecting psychologists' characterizations of rapists as mentally ill deviants, feminist rape scholars have described them as mostly normal men, motivated...; Search Snippet: ...of Criminal Law Spring, 2016 Symposium PATRIARCHY, SEXUAL FREEDOM, AND GENDER EQUALITY AS CAUSES OF RAPE David P. Bryden [FNa1] Erica... |
2016 |
Yes |
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| Kelsey R. Chapple |
Sports for Boys, Wedding Cakes for Girls: the Inevitability of Stereotyping in Schools Segregated by Sex |
94 Texas Law Review 537 (February, 2016) |
This Note argues that in light of psychological research demonstrating that stereotypes flourish when groups are segregated on the basis of visible characteristics such as sex, all schools that are segregated on the basis of sex violate the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee against sex discrimination. Though the Supreme Court in United States v....; Search Snippet: ...LAW REVIEW Texas Law Review February, 2016 Notes SPORTS FOR BOYS, WEDDING CAKES FOR GIRLS: THE INEVITABILITY OF STEREOTYPING IN SCHOOLS... |
2016 |
Yes |
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| L. Patricia Mock |
Effective Outreach to Underserved Communities of Color: an Arduous Sojourn to Cultivate and Attain Trust |
17 Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law 51 (2015) |
This article examines parallel outreach initiatives employed by a law school clinic to reach two underserved communities of color. It describes the experiences and the lessons learned about structuring outreach to such communities. The article suggests steps a similar office might take to successfully achieve a reputation of offering an inclusive...; Search Snippet: ...derives from the fact that she successfully sued a white man who had illegally purchased and enslaved her five-year-old son. She recovered her child-becoming one of the first black women to go to court against a white man and win. She was a valiant freedom fighter now remembered... |
2015 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| Jeremy I. Levitt |
Fuck Your Breath: Black Men and Youth, State Violence, and Human Rights in the 21st Century |
49 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 87 (2015) |
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not. --Maya Angelou I cherish my breath; it is an invaluable gift that I...; Search Snippet: ...Law & Policy 2015 Ferguson and Beyond FUCK YOUR BREATH: BLACK MEN AND YOUTH, STATE VIOLENCE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE 21ST... |
2015 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| Michael Z. Green |
Just Another Little Black Boy from the South Side of Chicago: Overcoming Obstacles and Breaking down Barriers to Improve Diversity in the Law Professoriate |
31 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 135 (2015) |
As I reflected on my personal experience to help address the persistence of discrimination in legal academia, I chose to focus on five areas of discussion for the open mic portion of the program held at the Association of American Law Schools Cross-Cutting Program, The More Things Change .: Exploring Solutions to Persistent Discrimination in Legal...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Gender and Law 2015 JUST ANOTHER LITTLE BLACK BOY FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO: OVERCOMING OBSTACLES AND BREAKING... |
2015 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| Michael Serota |
Mens Rea, Criminal Responsibility, and the Death of Freddie Gray |
114 Michigan Law Review First Impressions 31 (October, 2015) |
Who (if anyone) is criminally responsible for the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old African-American man who died from injuries suffered while in the custody of Baltimore police? This question has been at the forefront of the extensive coverage of Gray's death, which has inspired a national discussion about law enforcement's relationship with...; Search Snippet: ...REVIEW FIRST IMPRESSIONS Michigan Law Review First Impressions October, 2015 MENS REA, CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY Michael... |
2015 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| James W. Fox Jr. |
The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship. Kurt T. Lash. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. Xvii + 307. $99.00 (Cloth). |
30 Constitutional Commentary 567 (Fall 2015) |
The Privileges or Immunities Clause has been a puzzle. It was probably more important to those who drafted the Amendment than the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses, yet it has played almost no role in judicial enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment. Even in the hands of originalists, the Clause eludes consistency, being described as...; Search Snippet: ...68 Southern states. Considering that Southern ratification engaged and included African- American men in the constitutional process far more significantly than at any... |
2015 |
Yes |
African/Black American |
| Paul Finkelman |
Coping with a New "Yellow Peril": Japanese Immigration, the Gentlemen's Agreement, and the Coming of World War Ii |
117 West Virginia Law Review 1409 (Spring, 2015) |
I. Introduction. 1409 II. Early Opposition to Immigration in a Continent of Immigrants. 1412 III. Hostility to Immigration from the Revolution to the Civil War. 1415 IV. Hostility to European Immigrants, 1880-1924. 1420 V. East Asian Immigration. 1421 VI. The New Yellow Peril: Japanese Immigration. 1426 VII. The Rise of Anti-Japanese Sentiment,...; Search Snippet: ...Conference COPING WITH A NEW YELLOW PERIL: JAPANESE IMMIGRATION, THE GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT, AND THE COMING OF WORLD WAR II Paul Finkelman... |
2015 |
Yes |
Asian American |
| Luke A. Boso |
Real Men |
37 University of Hawaii Law Review 107 (Winter, 2015) |
Men experience discrimination every day at work and at school because they fail to look or behave like real men. Most courts now hold that men can prove sex discrimination by presenting evidence that the defendant harassed or bullied the plaintiff because he fails to conform to sex stereotypes. But judges in these cases are reluctant to find that...; Search Snippet: ...REVIEW University of Hawaii Law Review Winter, 2015 Article REAL MEN Luke A. Boso [FNa1] Copyright © 2015 by the University of... |
2015 |
Yes |
Native Hawaiian |
| Gregory S. Parks , Shayne E. Jones , Rashawn Ray , Matthew W. Hughey , Jonathan M. Cox |
White Boys Drink, Black Girls Yell . . .: a Racialized and Gendered Analysis of Violent Hazing and the Law |
18 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 93 (Winter 2015) |
I. Introduction:. 94 A. The Cultural Roots of Hazing. 97 1. Rites of Passage and the Anthropological Foundations of Hazing. 97 2. The History and Evolution of Hazing in Higher Education. 100 a. Hazing in New World Universities. 104 b. Hazing in American Fraternities and Sororities. 105 c. Hazing Opposition. 108 II. Hazing and the Law. 109 A....; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Gender, Race and Justice Winter 2015 Article WHITE BOYS DRINK, BLACK GIRLS YELL . . .: A RACIALIZED AND GENDERED ANALYSIS OF... |
2015 |
Yes |
White |
| Henna Choi |
White Men Still Dominate Reality Television: Discriminatory Casting and the Need for Regulation |
37 Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (COMM/ENT) 163 (Winter 2015) |
I. Introduction. 163 II. Background. 165 A. Reality Television. 165 B. Casting Processes. 166 C. Current Legal Landscape. 169 III. Application of Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights Statutes to Reality Television Casting Decisions. 172 A. Claims. 172 1. Race Discrimination Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 172 2....; Search Snippet: ...and Entertainment Law Journal (COMM/ENT) Winter 2015 Note WHITE MEN STILL DOMINATE REALITY TELEVISION: DISCRIMINATORY CASTING AND THE NEED FOR... |
2015 |
Yes |
White |
| Brenda V. Smith |
Boys, Rape, and Masculinity: Reclaiming Boys' Narratives of Sexual Violence in Custody |
93 North Carolina Law Review 1559 (June, 2015) |
L1-2Introduction . L31560 I. Data as a Narrative: Prevalence of Sexual Abuse of Boys in Custody. 1564 A. Bureau of Justice Statistics Data on the Prevalence of Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody. 1565 B. Implications of the Bureau of Justice Statistics Data. 1569 II. Competing Narratives of Sexual Abuse of Boys. 1572 A. Mother-Sister-Friend: Female...; Search Snippet: ...2015 Symposium 2014: Vulnerable Defendants in the Criminal Justice System BOYS, RAPE, AND MASCULINITY: RECLAIMING BOYS' NARRATIVES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CUSTODY [FNa1] Brenda V. Smith... |
2015 |
Yes |
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| Nareissa L. Smith |
Built for Boyhood?: a Proposal for Reducing the Amount of Gender Bias in the Advertising of Children's Toys on Television |
17 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 991 (Summer, 2015) |
While the last half-century has seen a dramatic increase in the number of US women in the workforce, women remain underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. For years, researchers and social commentators have tried to explain the persistence of this gender gap. Some have even argued that genetic differences...; Search Snippet: ...BUILT FOR BOYHOOD?: A PROPOSAL FOR REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF GENDER BIAS IN THE ADVERTISING OF CHILDREN'S TOYS ON TELEVISION Nareissa... |
2015 |
Yes |
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| Jamie L. Small |
Classing Sex Offenders: How Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Differentiate Men Accused of Sexual Assault |
49 Law and Society Review 109 (March, 2015) |
As public awareness of and concern about sexual victimization has increased in recent decades, stigmatization of sex offenders has also increased considerably. Contemporary sex offender policies transform discrete criminal behaviors into lifelong social identities. Although there is much debate about the efficacy and constitutionality of such...; Search Snippet: ...Article CLASSING SEX OFFENDERS: HOW PROSECUTORS AND DEFENSE ATTORNEYS DIFFERENTIATE MEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT [FNa1] Jamie L. Small [FNa2] Copyright... |
2015 |
Yes |
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| Clay Calvert |
Legal Lessons in On-stage Character Development: Comedians, Characters, Cable Guys & Copyright Convolutions |
4 Berkeley Journal of Entertainment & Sports Law 12 (2015) |
This article addresses the trials and tribulations faced by stand-up comedians who seek copyright protection for on-stage characters they create, often during solo performances. The article initially explores the current, confused state of the law surrounding the copyrightability of fictional characters. The doctrinal muddle is magnified for...; Search Snippet: ...LEGAL LESSONS IN ON-STAGE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: COMEDIANS, CHARACTERS, CABLE GUYS & COPYRIGHT CONVOLUTIONS Clay Calvert [FNa1] Copyright © 2015 by Berkeley Journal... |
2015 |
Yes |
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| Shaina D. Massie |
Orange Is the New Equal Protection Violation: How Evidence-based Sentencing Harms Male Offenders |
24 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 521 (December, 2015) |
Picture, for a moment, two criminal offenders. Suppose that the respective offenders committed the same, exact victimless crime in the same, exact manner. Accept that they both are guilty, have no valid defenses, and are subsequently convicted. Perhaps they were arrested for drug possession-possibly marijuana. It could well be that fraud proved the...; Search Snippet: ...THE NEW EQUAL PROTECTION VIOLATION: HOW EVIDENCE-BASED SENTENCING HARMS MALE OFFENDERS Shaina D. Massie [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2015 Publications Council... |
2015 |
Yes |
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| Olivier F. Colins, Henrik Andershed, Dustin A. Pardini, Leiden University Medical Centre and Örebro University, Örebro University, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
Psychopathic Traits as Predictors of Future Criminality, Intimate Partner Aggression, and Substance Use in Young Adult Men |
39 Law and Human Behavior 547 (December, 2015) |
This study examined the prospective relation between Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) scores and various negative outcomes in a community sample of young men. Official criminal records and self-reported outcomes, including criminality, physical and relational aggression against intimate partners, and excessive substance use, were obtained...; Search Snippet: ...CRIMINALITY, INTIMATE PARTNER AGGRESSION, AND SUBSTANCE USE IN YOUNG ADULT MEN [FNa1] Olivier F. Colins Leiden University Medical Centre and Örebro... |
2015 |
Yes |
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| W. John Thomas, JD, LLM, MPH |
The Devil and Mr. Johnson:a Bluesman's Son Wins Possession on Judgment Day |
16 Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law 107 (Spring 2015) |
If I had possession over judgment day / Lord, the little woman I'm lovin' wouldn't have no right to pray If I Had Possession over Judgment Day, by Robert Johnson On February 20, 2014, the Mississippi Supreme Court entered its fourth ruling in litigation arising from the estate of the blues musician Robert Johnson. The Bluesman died intestate and...; Search Snippet: ...Spring 2015 Article THE DEVIL AND MR. JOHNSON:A BLUESMAN'S SON WINS POSSESSION ON JUDGMENT DAY W. John Thomas JD LLM... |
2015 |
Yes |
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| Laura P. Moyer , Susan B. Haire |
Trailblazers and Those That Followed: Personal Experiences, Gender, and Judicial Empathy |
49 Law and Society Review 665 (September, 2015) |
This article investigates one causal mechanism that may explain why female judges on the federal appellate courts are more likely than men to side with plaintiffs in sex discrimination cases. To test whether personal experiences with inequality are related to empathetic responses to the claims of female plaintiffs, we focus on the first wave of...; Search Snippet: ...September, 2015 Article TRAILBLAZERS AND THOSE THAT FOLLOWED: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, GENDER, AND JUDICIAL EMPATHY Laura P. Moyer [FNa1] Susan B. Haire... |
2015 |
Yes |
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| Caitlin Cavanagh, Elizabeth Cauffman, University of California, Irvine |
Viewing Law and Order: Mothers' and Sons' Justice System Legitimacy Attitudes and Juvenile Recidivism |
21 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 432 (November, 2015) |
Negative attitudes toward the justice system are associated with higher rates of reoffending, but there is little information about how these negative attitudes are formed among youth. Despite the well-documented link between parents' and children's attitudes in other domains, no research has explored how parents' attitudes toward the justice...; Search Snippet: ...and Law November, 2015 VIEWING LAW AND ORDER: MOTHERS' AND SONS' JUSTICE SYSTEM LEGITIMACY ATTITUDES AND JUVENILE RECIDIVISM [FNa1] Caitlin Cavanagh... |
2015 |
Yes |
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| Kim Shayo Buchanan |
When Is Hiv a Crime? Sexuality, Gender and Consent |
99 Minnesota Law Review 1231 (April, 2015) |
I. Rationales for HIV Criminalization: Public Health and Moral Retribution. 1239 A. The Public Health Critique. 1241 B. Low-Status Victims: IV Drug Users, Sex Workers, and Men Who Have Sex with Men. 1248 C. Moral Retribution. 1253 II. Sexual Autonomy and HIV disclosure. 1262 A. Partners' Interest in HIV Disclosure. 1263 B. Nondisclosure As Sexual...; Search Snippet: ...Review April, 2015 Article WHEN IS HIV A CRIME? SEXUALITY, GENDER AND CONSENT Kim Shayo Buchanan [FNd1] Copyright (c) 2015 Kim... |
2015 |
Yes |
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