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First Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Access To Justice In Times Of Fiscal Crisis Oct 2009

First Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Access To Justice In Times Of Fiscal Crisis

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

The Inaugural Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture address delivered by The Honorable Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California on the theme of "Access to Justice in Times of Fiscal Crisis."


How (Not) To Think Like A Punisher, Alice Ristroph Sep 2009

How (Not) To Think Like A Punisher, Alice Ristroph

Faculty Scholarship

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Inaugural Lecture Invitation And Brochure, Golden Gate University School Of Law Jan 2009

Inaugural Lecture Invitation And Brochure, Golden Gate University School Of Law

Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series

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Queer Lockdown: Coming To Terms With The Ongoing Criminalization Of Lgbtq Communities, Ann Cammett Jan 2009

Queer Lockdown: Coming To Terms With The Ongoing Criminalization Of Lgbtq Communities, Ann Cammett

Scholarly Works

The criminal justice system exacts a toll on some Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) communities. The experience of living in poverty and the concomitant exposure to a variety of governmental systems puts all poor, but especially LGBTQ low-income people of color, at risk of incarceration. What typically goes unexamined are the myriad ways that LGBTQ people are drawn into and experience the carceral system because of sexual identities and expression. This negative effect surfaces at every conceivable level: the marginalization and subsequent criminalization of queer youth; anti-gay bias in the judicial system; the rerouting of domestic violence cases …