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Fordham Law School

Racial equality

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Afrodescendants, Law, And Race In Latin America, Tanya K. Hernandez Jan 2020

Afrodescendants, Law, And Race In Latin America, Tanya K. Hernandez

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Law and Society research in and about Latin America has been particularly beneficial in elucidating the gap between the ideals of racial equality laws in the region and the actual subordinated status of its racialized subjects. Some of the recurrent themes in the race-related literature have been: the limits of the Latin American emphasis on criminal law to redress discriminatory actions; the limits of multicultural constitutional reform for full political participation; the insufficiency of land reform and recognition of ethnic communal property titles; and the challenges to implementing race conscious public policies such as affirmative action. Especially illuminating have been …


Latin American Racial Equality Law As Criminal Law, Tanya K. Hernandez Jan 2019

Latin American Racial Equality Law As Criminal Law, Tanya K. Hernandez

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