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A Values-Based Pedagogy For The Legal Academy In The Post-Racial Era, Starla J. Williams Jan 2013

A Values-Based Pedagogy For The Legal Academy In The Post-Racial Era, Starla J. Williams

Starla J. Williams

This article explores shifting paradigms for teaching law in the post-racial legal academy. It proposes a normative design to teach legal analysis based on values that are consistent with expanded concepts of diversity in the post-racial era. It offers a fresh look at diversity discourse by exposing obsolete race consciousness that impedes authentic diversity dialogue and inclusiveness in legal communities. Consistent with the understanding that diversity entails more than increased visibility for people of color in the legal profession, this work reveals progressive notions of diversity that include reflections on gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, and other attributes on the …


A Legal Conception Of Racism (Group Subordination) As Asymmetrical Market Imperfections, Andre L. Smith Jan 2011

A Legal Conception Of Racism (Group Subordination) As Asymmetrical Market Imperfections, Andre L. Smith

Andre L. Smith

To the extent government justifiably interferes in the marketplace to address market failures, it is also justified in addressing imperfections in the market that are asymmetric with respect to race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. In Bob Jones University v. United States, 461 US 574 (1983), a little known federal income tax case, the Supreme Court declared that federal statutes could not be construed in ways that support racial discrimination. However, a judge, even one who might interpret the Court’s holding expansively, may still lack the confidence to discuss the positive and negative effects a statute might have on racial (in)equality. …


Thurgood Marshall: The Writer, Anna Hemingway, Starla J. Williams, Jennifer Lear, Ann Fruth Jan 2011

Thurgood Marshall: The Writer, Anna Hemingway, Starla J. Williams, Jennifer Lear, Ann Fruth

Jennifer M. Lear

This article profiles Thurgood Marshall as a writer in his roles as an advocate and social activist, a legal scholar and a Supreme Court Justice. It examines the techniques that he used as a writer to inform and persuade his audiences in his life-long endeavor to achieve equality for everyone. This examination of Marshall’s legal, scholarly, and judicial writings can help lawyers, academics, and students increase their knowledge of how the written word profoundly impacts society.

The article first studies his arguments and legal strategy in two early civil rights cases, University of Maryland v. Murray and Smith v. Allwright. …


Thurgood Marshall: The Writer, Anna Hemingway, Starla J. Williams, Jennifer Lear, Ann Fruth Jan 2011

Thurgood Marshall: The Writer, Anna Hemingway, Starla J. Williams, Jennifer Lear, Ann Fruth

Ann E. Fruth

This article profiles Thurgood Marshall as a writer in his roles as an advocate and social activist, a legal scholar and a Supreme Court Justice. It examines the techniques that he used as a writer to inform and persuade his audiences in his life-long endeavor to achieve equality for everyone. This examination of Marshall’s legal, scholarly, and judicial writings can help lawyers, academics, and students increase their knowledge of how the written word profoundly impacts society. The article first studies his arguments and legal strategy in two early civil rights cases, University of Maryland v. Murray and Smith v. Allwright. …


Commentary: Is The Rehnquist Court A. A Friend Of The States? B. A Friend Of The People? C. A Friend Of The Court? D. None Of The Above?, Harry L. Witte Jan 2003

Commentary: Is The Rehnquist Court A. A Friend Of The States? B. A Friend Of The People? C. A Friend Of The Court? D. None Of The Above?, Harry L. Witte

Harry L Witte

No abstract provided.


A Tale Of Two Concurrences: Same Sex Marriage And Products Liability, John Culhane Jan 2001

A Tale Of Two Concurrences: Same Sex Marriage And Products Liability, John Culhane

John G. Culhane

No abstract provided.


Ict-Internet For Economic Development In Sri Lanka - Expert Assessment Report, Sonia Baldia Jan 2000

Ict-Internet For Economic Development In Sri Lanka - Expert Assessment Report, Sonia Baldia

Sonia Baldia

No abstract provided.


Foreword, Nathaniel C. Nichols Jan 2000

Foreword, Nathaniel C. Nichols

Nathaniel C. Nichols

No abstract provided.


Uprooting The Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriages, John Culhane Jan 1999

Uprooting The Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriages, John Culhane

John G. Culhane

No abstract provided.


The Limits Of The Constitutional Imagination: Equal Protection In The Era Of Assimilation, Erin Daly Jan 1999

The Limits Of The Constitutional Imagination: Equal Protection In The Era Of Assimilation, Erin Daly

Erin Daly

No abstract provided.


Book Review, Reviewing Robert Wintemute, Sexual Orientation And Human Rights: The United States Constitution, The European Convention, And The Canadian Charter (1995), John Culhane Jan 1998

Book Review, Reviewing Robert Wintemute, Sexual Orientation And Human Rights: The United States Constitution, The European Convention, And The Canadian Charter (1995), John Culhane

John G. Culhane

No abstract provided.


Ramifications Of St. Mary’S Honor Center V. Hicks: The Third Circuit’S Revival Of “Pretext-Only” At Summary Judgment, Alison D. Kehner Jan 1996

Ramifications Of St. Mary’S Honor Center V. Hicks: The Third Circuit’S Revival Of “Pretext-Only” At Summary Judgment, Alison D. Kehner

Alison D. Kehner

No abstract provided.


The Fourth Revolution, Robert C. Power Jan 1996

The Fourth Revolution, Robert C. Power

Robert C Power

No abstract provided.


The New Paradigm In Custody Law: Looking At Parents With A Loving Eye, Mary Kate Kearney Jan 1996

The New Paradigm In Custody Law: Looking At Parents With A Loving Eye, Mary Kate Kearney

Mary Kate Kearney

No abstract provided.


The Education Of Robert Bork, Robert C. Power Jan 1989

The Education Of Robert Bork, Robert C. Power

Robert C Power

No abstract provided.


Delaware Employment Practices─A Ten Year Retrospective, Ann H. Britton Jan 1986

Delaware Employment Practices─A Ten Year Retrospective, Ann H. Britton

Ann H. Britton

No abstract provided.