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The Declining Significance Of Presidential Races?, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Osamudia R. James Jan 2009

The Declining Significance Of Presidential Races?, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Osamudia R. James

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Jim Crow Ethics And The Defense Of The Jena Six, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2009

Jim Crow Ethics And The Defense Of The Jena Six, Anthony V. Alfieri

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This Article is the second in a three-part series on the 2006 prosecution and defense of the Jena Six in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. The series, in turn, is part of a larger, ongoing project investigating the role of race, lawyers, and ethics in the American criminal-justice system. The purpose of the project is to understand the race-based, identity-making norms and practices of prosecutors and defenders in order to craft alternative civil rights and criminal-justice strategies in cases of racially-motivated violence. To that end, this Article revisits the prosecution and defense of the Jena Six in the hope of uncovering the …


Recognizing The Problem Of Solidarity: Immigration In The Post-Welfare State, David Abraham Jan 2009

Recognizing The Problem Of Solidarity: Immigration In The Post-Welfare State, David Abraham

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Building The Bottom Up From The Top Down, A. Michael Froomkin Jan 2009

Building The Bottom Up From The Top Down, A. Michael Froomkin

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"Bottom up" governance. "Self-organization." These are among the most talismanic virtue-words of modern political discourse. Yet the reality is that in politics, "self-organization" is rare, being hard to initiate and even harder to sustain. As Oscar Wilde once complained about socialism, it "requires too many evenings." Governance as we tend to know it depends primarily on hierarchical institutions, or on close coordination within small groups. True partnerships, conversations among engaged equals, do not seem to scale. Indeed, whether one believes the fundamental problem to be something about the economics of group formation, the iron law of oligarchy, or something in …


Toward A Broadband Public Interest Standard, Anthony E. Varona Jan 2009

Toward A Broadband Public Interest Standard, Anthony E. Varona

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Only Yesterday: The Rise And Fall Of Twentieth Century Sexual Psychopath Laws, Tamara Rice Lave Jan 2009

Only Yesterday: The Rise And Fall Of Twentieth Century Sexual Psychopath Laws, Tamara Rice Lave

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What's Left Of Solidarity? Reflections On Law, Race, And Labor History, Martha R. Mahoney Jan 2009

What's Left Of Solidarity? Reflections On Law, Race, And Labor History, Martha R. Mahoney

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