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School District Secession In Mobile County, Alabama: A Case Study Of Adaptive Discrimination And Threats To Multiracial Democracy, Sarah Asson, Erica Frankenberg Apr 2022

School District Secession In Mobile County, Alabama: A Case Study Of Adaptive Discrimination And Threats To Multiracial Democracy, Sarah Asson, Erica Frankenberg

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reclaiming Equality: How Regressive Laws Can Advance Progressive Ends, Jonathan P. Feingold Apr 2022

Reclaiming Equality: How Regressive Laws Can Advance Progressive Ends, Jonathan P. Feingold

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Identifying The Plessy Remainder: State Exploitation Of Private Discriminatory-Impact Actions, Matthew Patrick Shaw Jan 2022

Identifying The Plessy Remainder: State Exploitation Of Private Discriminatory-Impact Actions, Matthew Patrick Shaw

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Path Forward: Florida's Efforts To Combat Human Trafficking, Jennifer L. Brinkley Apr 2020

A Path Forward: Florida's Efforts To Combat Human Trafficking, Jennifer L. Brinkley

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Human Trafficking As "Modern Slavery": The Trouble With Trafficking As Enslavement In International Law, Cody Corliss Apr 2020

Human Trafficking As "Modern Slavery": The Trouble With Trafficking As Enslavement In International Law, Cody Corliss

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Fault In Sec. 1983 Municipal Liability, Michael L. Wells Jan 2019

The Role Of Fault In Sec. 1983 Municipal Liability, Michael L. Wells

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ideology, Race, And The Death Penalty: "Lies, Damn Lies, And Statistics" In Advocacy Research, Anthony Walsh, Virginia Hatch Jan 2017

Ideology, Race, And The Death Penalty: "Lies, Damn Lies, And Statistics" In Advocacy Research, Anthony Walsh, Virginia Hatch

Journal of Ideology

We use the literature on race in death penalty to illustrate the hold that ideology has on researchers and journalists alike when a social issue is charged with emotional content. We note particularly how statistical evidence become misinterpreted in ways that support a particular ideology, either because of innumeracy or because—subconsciously or otherwise—one’s ideology precludes a critical analysis. We note that because white defendants are now proportionately more likely to receive the death penalty and to be executed than black defendants that the argument has shifted from a defendant-based to a victim-based one. We examine studies based on identical data …