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Multicultural Feminism: Assessing Systemic Fault In A Provocative Context, Camille Nelson Jan 2006

Multicultural Feminism: Assessing Systemic Fault In A Provocative Context, Camille Nelson

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INTRODUCTION Strictly speaking, the cultural defense is really no defense at all. Instead, it is the moniker attached by defense attorneys to their advocacy which seeks to personalize the accused in one of two ways: First by injecting a reasonable doubt into the mens rea intent requirement - this would result in acquittal, or second, by contextualizing an affirmative defense, like provocation, by the provision of cultural information about the accused - this would result in mitigated sentencing. Central to defense attorneys' uses of the cultural defense is the criminal defendant's perceived "foreignness." This much has been recognized by scholars …


Fielding A Team For The Fans: The Societal Consequences And Title Vii Implications Of Race-Considered Roster Construction In Professional Sport, N. Jeremi Duru Jan 2006

Fielding A Team For The Fans: The Societal Consequences And Title Vii Implications Of Race-Considered Roster Construction In Professional Sport, N. Jeremi Duru

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Professional sports organizations' relationships with their players are, like other employer-employee relationships, subject to scrutiny under the antidiscrimination mandates embedded in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Professional sports organizations are, however, unique among employers in many respects. Most notably, unlike other employers, professional sports organizations attract avid supporters who identify deeply with the teams and their players. To the extent an organization racially discriminates, therefore, such discrimination creates the risk that fans will identify with the homogenous or racially disproportionate roster that results. The consequences of such race-based team identification are wide-reaching and potentially tragic. Through …


Let's Talk About Sex Baby: Lyle V. Warner Brothers Television Productions And The California Court Of Appeal's Creative Necessity Defense To Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment, Sarah Pahnke Reisert Jan 2006

Let's Talk About Sex Baby: Lyle V. Warner Brothers Television Productions And The California Court Of Appeal's Creative Necessity Defense To Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment, Sarah Pahnke Reisert

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Legislative Updates, Eriade Hunter Jan 2006

Legislative Updates, Eriade Hunter

The Modern American

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Conference Highlight-Rising Star Award: Commentary , Lydia Edwards Jan 2006

Conference Highlight-Rising Star Award: Commentary , Lydia Edwards

The Modern American

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The Suffocation Of Free Speech Due To The "Gravity Of Danger" Of Terrorism, Tim Davis Jan 2006

The Suffocation Of Free Speech Due To The "Gravity Of Danger" Of Terrorism, Tim Davis

The Modern American

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Reexamining The Gender Implications Of Campaign Finance Reform: How Higher Ceilings On Individual Donations Disproportionately Impact Female Candidates, Ashley Baker Jan 2006

Reexamining The Gender Implications Of Campaign Finance Reform: How Higher Ceilings On Individual Donations Disproportionately Impact Female Candidates, Ashley Baker

The Modern American

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Greasers And Gringos: Latinos, Law, And The American Imagination By Steven W. Bender, Chelsy A. Castro Jan 2006

Greasers And Gringos: Latinos, Law, And The American Imagination By Steven W. Bender, Chelsy A. Castro

The Modern American

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The Right To Say No To Discrimination: A Commentary On Rumsfeld V. Fair, Zachary Wolfe Jan 2006

The Right To Say No To Discrimination: A Commentary On Rumsfeld V. Fair, Zachary Wolfe

The Modern American

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Arab Stereotyping: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, Rachel Saloom Jan 2006

Arab Stereotyping: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, Rachel Saloom

The Modern American

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Living By The Sword: The Free Exercise Of Religion And The Sikh Struggle For The Right To Carry A Kirpan, Rishi S. Bagga Jan 2006

Living By The Sword: The Free Exercise Of Religion And The Sikh Struggle For The Right To Carry A Kirpan, Rishi S. Bagga

The Modern American

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I Am Certain He Is The Man...I Think, Tim Harris Jan 2006

I Am Certain He Is The Man...I Think, Tim Harris

The Modern American

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Dan The Xenophobe Rides The A-Train, Or The Modern, Unconscious Racist In "Enlightened America", Richard Salgado Jan 2006

Dan The Xenophobe Rides The A-Train, Or The Modern, Unconscious Racist In "Enlightened America", Richard Salgado

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Against The Tide - Katrina Exposes Racial Divide, Stephen Wermiel Jan 2006

Against The Tide - Katrina Exposes Racial Divide, Stephen Wermiel

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Considering Tortious Racism, Camille Nelson Jan 2006

Considering Tortious Racism, Camille Nelson

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INTRODUCTION The recent concurrence of Justice Ginsburg in Grutter v. Bollinger, and her dissent in Gratz v. Bollinger, cogently explore what W.E. DuBois termed problems of the "color line". The ongoing consequences of racism in America reveal a complicated racial caste stem, the medico-legal consequences of which merit exploration. Following in the footsteps of other great jurists, Justice Ginsburg situates the challenges facing persons of color in the context of American history and connects the racialized dots to recognize the ongoing effects of racism. Together with the majority opinion in Grutter, Justice Ginsburg acknowledges that race still matters in America. …


Democracy's Handmaid, Robert L. Tsai Jan 2006

Democracy's Handmaid, Robert L. Tsai

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Democratic theory presupposes open channels of dialogue, but focuses almost exclusively on matters of institutional design writ large. The philosophy of language explicates linguistic infrastructure, but often avoids exploring the political significance of its findings. In this Article, Tsai draws from the two disciplines to reach new insights about the democracy enhancing qualities of popular constitutional language. Employing examples from the founding era, the struggle for black civil rights, the religious awakening of the last two decades, and the search for gay equality, he presents a model of constitutional dialogue that emphasizes common modalities and mobilized vernacular. According to this …