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Imposition, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic Mar 2012

Imposition, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic

Richard Delgado

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Of Cops And Bumper Stickers: Notes Toward A Theory Of Selective Prosecution, Richard Delgado Mar 2012

Of Cops And Bumper Stickers: Notes Toward A Theory Of Selective Prosecution, Richard Delgado

Richard Delgado

The author, Professor Richard Delgado, takes as his point of departure a remark by the chair of the Colorado committee that voted academic sanctions against Ward Churchill. This essay explores the role of retaliatory motives in academic misconduct cases. In Churchill’s case, Colorado authorities delved deeply and painstakingly into Churchill’s publications only when it appeared that the state could not fire him from his tenured position for his inflammatory remarks on the victims of the 9/11 tragedy. What bearing should the investigation’s relation to the hue and cry that led to it have on its own legitimacy? Professor Delgado examines …


Foreword: Latinos And The Law Symposium, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic Mar 2012

Foreword: Latinos And The Law Symposium, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic

Richard Delgado

Symposium: Latinos and Latinas at the Epicenter of Contemporary Legal Discourses. Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, March 2007.


Rodrigo's Riposte: The Mismatch Theory Of Law School Admissions, Richard Delgado Mar 2012

Rodrigo's Riposte: The Mismatch Theory Of Law School Admissions, Richard Delgado

Richard Delgado

The chronicle proceeds as a dialogue between the fictional alter ego, Rodrigo Crenshaw, and an older professor. After meeting in Rodrigo’s city, the two friends, joined later by “Giannina,” go out to dinner. Rodrigo, who is on his law school’s admissions committee, has been thinking about affirmative action. Prompted by his conservative colleague “Laz,” Rodrigo has formulated a several-pronged attack on Sander’s premise that “stairstep” admissions (and, later, law firm hiring) just hurts the cause of black lawyers. The professor presses Rodrigo to defend his views, and the arrival of Giannina requires him to articulate them even more. You will …


The Inward Turn In Outsider Jurisprudence, Richard Delgado Mar 2012

The Inward Turn In Outsider Jurisprudence, Richard Delgado

Richard Delgado

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The Social Construction Of Brown: Law Reform And The Reconstructive Paradox, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic Mar 2012

The Social Construction Of Brown: Law Reform And The Reconstructive Paradox, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic

Richard Delgado

No abstract provided.