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Is Carolene Products Dead--Reflections On Affirmative Action And The Dynamics Of Civil Rights Legislation, Daniel A. Farber, Philip P. Frickey
Is Carolene Products Dead--Reflections On Affirmative Action And The Dynamics Of Civil Rights Legislation, Daniel A. Farber, Philip P. Frickey
Daniel A Farber
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Roundtable Discussion: Is Subversion Subversive?, Zipporah Wiseman, Kathryn Abrams, Katherine Franke, David Kennedy
Roundtable Discussion: Is Subversion Subversive?, Zipporah Wiseman, Kathryn Abrams, Katherine Franke, David Kennedy
Kathryn Abrams
Presents a roundtable discussion on the subversive nature of legal archaeology in women's studies. Structural tension or contradictions in women's studies; Need to fully theorize the connection of legal archaeology to the term feminist; Role of subversion in teaching humility; Evolution of feminist theory as a discipline; Role of feminism in promoting democracy.
Video Evidence And Summary Judgment: The Procedure Of Scott V. Harris, Howard Wasserman
Video Evidence And Summary Judgment: The Procedure Of Scott V. Harris, Howard Wasserman
Howard M Wasserman
In Scott v. Harris (2007), the Supreme Court granted summary judgment on a Fourth Amendment excessive-force claim brought by a motorist injured when a pursuing law-enforcement officer terminated a high-speed pursuit by bumping the plaintiff's car. The Court relied almost exclusively on a video of the chase captured from the officer's dash-mounted camera and disregarded witness testimony that contradicted the video. In granting summary judgment in this circumstance, the Court fell sway to the myth of video evidence as able to speak for itself, as an objective, unambiguous, and singularly accurate depiction of real-world events, not subject to any interpretation …
The Process Of Marriage Equality, Josh Blackman, Howard M. Wasserman
The Process Of Marriage Equality, Josh Blackman, Howard M. Wasserman
Howard M Wasserman
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