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Believe It Or Not: Mitigating The Negative Effects Personal Belief And Bias Have On The Criminal Justice System, Sarah Mourer Dec 2014

Believe It Or Not: Mitigating The Negative Effects Personal Belief And Bias Have On The Criminal Justice System, Sarah Mourer

Sarah Mourer

This article examines the prosecutor’s and defense attorney’s personal pre-trial beliefs regarding the accused’s guilt or innocence. This analysis suggests that when an attorney does hold pretrial beliefs, such beliefs lead to avoidable bias and errors. These biases may alter the findings throughout all stages of the case. The procedure asking that the prosecution seek justice while having nothing more than probable cause results in the prosecutor’s need to have a belief in guilt before proceeding to trial. While this belief is intended to foster integrity and fairness in the criminal justice system, to the contrary, it actually contributes to …


Critical Theories Of Race And Racism In World Perspective, Angela P. Harris Dec 2011

Critical Theories Of Race And Racism In World Perspective, Angela P. Harris

Angela P Harris

This introduction to an edited collection on race and equality to be published by Ashgate Press surveys antidiscrimination law in a number of countries from a critical race theory perspective.


Rotten Social Background And The Temper Of The Times, Angela P. Harris Dec 2011

Rotten Social Background And The Temper Of The Times, Angela P. Harris

Angela P Harris

This essay was submitted to the Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law review as part of a symposium on Richard Delgado's essay on "Rotten Social Background." Its publication has been delayed by the destruction caused by the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham tornado in the spring of 2011.


Book Review: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness, Nick J. Sciullo Dec 2011

Book Review: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness, Nick J. Sciullo

Nick J. Sciullo

Many in the legal academy have heard of Michelle Alexander’s new book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness. It has been making waves. One need only attend any number of legal conferences in the past year or so, or read through the footnotes in recent law review articles. Furthermore, this book has been reviewed in journals from a number of academic fields, suggesting Alexander has provided a text with profound insights across the university and public spheres. While I will briefly talk about the book as a book, I will spend the majority of this …


Loving Before And After The Law, Loving Before And After The Law, Angela P. Harris Aug 2011

Loving Before And After The Law, Loving Before And After The Law, Angela P. Harris

Angela P Harris

No abstract provided.


Teaching The Tensions, Angela P. Harris Dec 2009

Teaching The Tensions, Angela P. Harris

Angela P Harris

No abstract provided.


Equality Trouble: Sameness And Difference In Twentieth-Century Race Law, Angela Harris Dec 1999

Equality Trouble: Sameness And Difference In Twentieth-Century Race Law, Angela Harris

Angela P Harris

No abstract provided.


Embracing The Tar Baby: Latcrit Theory And The Sticky Mess Of Race, Angela P. Harris, Leslie Espinoza Dec 1996

Embracing The Tar Baby: Latcrit Theory And The Sticky Mess Of Race, Angela P. Harris, Leslie Espinoza

Angela P Harris

No abstract provided.


Foreword: The Jurisprudence Of Reconstruction, Angela Harris Dec 1993

Foreword: The Jurisprudence Of Reconstruction, Angela Harris

Angela P Harris

No abstract provided.


On Doing The Right Thing: Education Work In The Academy, Angela P. Harris Dec 1990

On Doing The Right Thing: Education Work In The Academy, Angela P. Harris

Angela P Harris

No abstract provided.