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Citation, Slavery, And The Law As Choice: Thoughts On Bluebook Rule 10.7.1(D), David J.S. Ziff Mar 2023

Citation, Slavery, And The Law As Choice: Thoughts On Bluebook Rule 10.7.1(D), David J.S. Ziff

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Today, more than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, lawyers and judges continue to rely on antebellum decisions that tacitly or expressly approve of slavery. This reliance often occurs without any acknowledgement of the precedent’s immoral and legally dubious provenance. Modern use of these so-called “slave cases” was the subject of Professor Justin Simard’s 2020 article, Citing Slavery. In response to Professor Simard’s article, the latest edition of The Bluebook includes Rule 10.7.1(d), which requires authors to indicate parenthetically when a decision involves an enslaved person as a party or the property at issue. Unfortunately, Rule 10.7.1(d) …


See Erie: Critical Study Of Legal Authority, Kris Franklin Jan 2008

See Erie: Critical Study Of Legal Authority, Kris Franklin

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Lessons From A Writing Audit, Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman Jan 1989

Lessons From A Writing Audit, Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman

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