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Full-Text Articles in Law and Race
The Forgotten Era, David S. Bogen
Freedom Of Speech As Therapy, Pierre Schlag
Symbol And Substance In The Minority Professoriat's Future, Henry Mcgee
Symbol And Substance In The Minority Professoriat's Future, Henry Mcgee
Faculty Articles
Professor McGee addresses the issues faced by minority professors. In an environment that is mostly white, the minority professor is confronted with problems simply by being present on campus. The minority professor also faces significant dilemmas with respect to his/her own community. As increasing numbers of minorities fall farther below the national socio-economic and social indicators, and racial isolation deepens and becomes more pervasive, the minority law professor becomes estranged from his/her own community.
Jury Discrimination, James Boyd White
Jury Discrimination, James Boyd White
Book Chapters
Jury discrimination was first recognized as a constitutional problem shortly after the CIVIL WAR, when certain southern and border states excluded blacks from jury service. The Supreme Court had little difficulty in holding such blatant racial discriminationinvalid as a denial of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the recently adopted Fourteenth Amendment. But, beyond such obvious improprieties, what should the principle of nondiscrimination forbid? Some kinds of ‘‘discrimination’’ in the selection of the jury are not bad but good: for example, those incompetent to serve ought to be excused from service, whether their incompetence arises from mental or …