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Deflect, Delay, Deny: A Case Study Of Segregation By Law School Faculty, Briana Rosenbaum
Deflect, Delay, Deny: A Case Study Of Segregation By Law School Faculty, Briana Rosenbaum
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Many histories of school desegregation litigation center on the natural protagonists, such as the lawyers and plaintiffs who fought the status quo. Little attention is paid to the role that individual faculty members played in the perpetuation of segregated legal education. When the antagonists in the historiographies do appear, it is usually as anonymous individuals and groups. Thus, “the Board of Regents” refused to change its policy and “the University” denied a person’s application.
But recently discovered and rarely accessed historic documents provide proof of the direct role that some law school faculty members played in the perpetuation of segregation. …
Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants, Paula Schaefer
Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants, Paula Schaefer
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The Myth Of The Country Lawyer, Judy Cornett, Heather Bosau
The Myth Of The Country Lawyer, Judy Cornett, Heather Bosau
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Comin' Through The Rye: A Requiem For The Tennessee Summary Judgment Standard, Judy Cornett
Comin' Through The Rye: A Requiem For The Tennessee Summary Judgment Standard, Judy Cornett
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Four Reasons Why Readers Hate Go Set A Watchman (And One Reason Why I Don't), Judy Cornett
Four Reasons Why Readers Hate Go Set A Watchman (And One Reason Why I Don't), Judy Cornett
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At The Intersection Of Sovereignty And Contract: Traffic Cameras And The Privatization Of Law Enforcement Power, William D. Mercer
At The Intersection Of Sovereignty And Contract: Traffic Cameras And The Privatization Of Law Enforcement Power, William D. Mercer
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Many municipalities are making critical errors in their attempts to alleviate current financial burdens by contracting with private entities to perform many of their essential functions, most notably those agreements with companies to install traffic cameras and, in many cases, to monitor and cite offenders. By subcontracting part of their exclusive power to enforce law, these municipalities essentially bargain away sovereignty by parting with portions of their inherent police power. As these cameras fill a role played by the state’s law enforcement personnel, municipalities impermissibly infringe on the actual sovereignty of the state as well as the conceptual sovereignty of …
An Historical Perspective On Judicial Selection Methods In Virginia And West Virginia, Alex B. Long
An Historical Perspective On Judicial Selection Methods In Virginia And West Virginia, Alex B. Long
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This Article explores the history of judicial selection methods in Virginia and West Virginia - two states, once joined, with distinct cultures and very different judicial selection methods. In an attempt to explain how the two states ended up with such different systems, the Article focuses on the constitutional conventions in those states between 1829 and 1902 and the debates that took place on the subject of popular election of judges versus an appointive system.