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On Time, (In)Equality, And Death, Fred O. Smith Jr.
On Time, (In)Equality, And Death, Fred O. Smith Jr.
Michigan Law Review
In recent years, American institutions have inadvertently encountered the bodies of former slaves with increasing frequency. Pledges of respect are common features of these discoveries, accompanied by cultural debates about what “respect” means. Often embedded in these debates is an intuition that there is something special about respecting the dead bodies, burial sites, and images of victims of mass, systemic horrors. This Article employs legal doctrine, philosophical insights, and American history to both interrogate and anchor this intuition.
Law can inform these debates because we regularly turn to legal settings to resolve disputes about the dead. Yet the passage of …
Professionalism And The Chains Of Slavery, Redmond J. Barnett
Professionalism And The Chains Of Slavery, Redmond J. Barnett
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Justice Accused: Antislavery and the Judicial Process by Robert M. Cover and The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics by Don E. Fehrenbacher