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The Evolution Of Equality In American Law, Gerald Torres Mar 2015

The Evolution Of Equality In American Law, Gerald Torres

Gerald Torres

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Social Movements And The Ethical Construction Of Law, Gerald Torres Mar 2015

Social Movements And The Ethical Construction Of Law, Gerald Torres

Gerald Torres

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The Evolution Of Equality In American Law, Gerald Torres Mar 2015

The Evolution Of Equality In American Law, Gerald Torres

Gerald Torres

No abstract provided.


Social Movements And The Ethical Construction Of Law, Gerald Torres Mar 2015

Social Movements And The Ethical Construction Of Law, Gerald Torres

Gerald Torres

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Democracy Means That The People Make The Law, Gerald Torres Feb 2015

Democracy Means That The People Make The Law, Gerald Torres

Gerald Torres

Gerald Torres delivered the Robert C. Wood lecture at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at University of Massachusetts Boston in 2006. This is his talk.


The Constitutional Imaginary: Just Stories About We The People, Gerald Torres, Lani Guinier Feb 2015

The Constitutional Imaginary: Just Stories About We The People, Gerald Torres, Lani Guinier

Gerald Torres

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The Constitutional Imaginary: Just Stories About We The People, Gerald Torres, Lani Guinier Feb 2015

The Constitutional Imaginary: Just Stories About We The People, Gerald Torres, Lani Guinier

Gerald Torres

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Changing The Wind: Notes Toward A Demosprudence Of Law And Social Movements, Lani Guinier, Gerald Torres Feb 2015

Changing The Wind: Notes Toward A Demosprudence Of Law And Social Movements, Lani Guinier, Gerald Torres

Gerald Torres

This essay was influenced by a class on Law and Social Movements that Professors Guinier and Torres taught at the Yale Law School in 2011. This essay was also informed by numerous conversations with Bruce Ackerman regarding his book that is under review in this Symposium. While we are in fundamental agreement with Professor Ackerman’s project, as well as the claims he makes as to the new constitutional canon, we supplement his analysis with the overlooked impact of the lawmaking potential of social movements. In particular, we focus on those social movements that were critical to the legal changes that …