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2019

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Can Public Housing Tenants, Alleging Civil Rights Violations, Enforce Federal Housing Law?, Douglas Bowman, Neal Devins Sep 2019

Can Public Housing Tenants, Alleging Civil Rights Violations, Enforce Federal Housing Law?, Douglas Bowman, Neal Devins

Neal E. Devins

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The Surprising Role Of Racial Hierarchy In The Civil Rights Jurisprudence Of The First Justice John Marshall Harlan, Davison M. Douglas Sep 2019

The Surprising Role Of Racial Hierarchy In The Civil Rights Jurisprudence Of The First Justice John Marshall Harlan, Davison M. Douglas

Davison M. Douglas

The first Justice John Marshall Harlan’s status as one of the greatest Supreme Court Justices in American history rests largely upon his civil rights jurisprudence. The literature exploring the nuances of Harlan’s civil rights jurisprudence is vast. Far less attention has been paid to the reasons for Harlan’s strong civil rights views. Developing a rich sense of Harlan’s thinking has been difficult because Harlan did not leave behind a large trove of non-judicial writings. There is, however, a remarkable source of Harlan’s thought that has been largely overlooked by scholars: Harlan’s constitutional law lectures at George Washington Law School of …