Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris Recent documents in Duchess Harris en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:19:13 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/28 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/28 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:50:05 PDT In today's economic climate, the legal profession faces the same financial pressures all businesses do. Neither law firms nor court systems are immune, with hiring freezes and layoffs a regular occurrence. In an effort to keep the wheels of justice turning, Massachusetts is using a "clerk loaning" program that poses challenging ethical questions. Duchess Harris http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/27 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/27 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:47:26 PDT The continuing improvement of search tools, proliferation of microblogging sites like Twitter, and increased use of social communities like Facebook have introduced substantial new concerns that the legal system must take into consideration. Duchess Harris http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/26 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/26 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:45:34 PDT Though "concept searching" may create efficiencies, developing the concept searches requires a team of individuals who understand enough about the case to design "between words." Such an effort will require considerable investment in terms of building an electronic infrastructure. Nevertheless, the value of automated review of ESI will continue to grow, and lawyers should monitor software advances in the area of alternative search protocols. Duchess Harris http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/25 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/25 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:41:30 PDT Over the course of the past year, commentary from prominent voices including Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, and New York Times columnist Frank Rich have compared Barack Obama with Sidney Poitier in the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Sidney Poitier's screen characters are an apropos way of accessing Obama, but I think Johnson and Rich have the wrong movie. This presidential election is more like A Raisin in the Sun. Duchess Harris http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/24 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/24 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:33:08 PDT Racially Writing the Republic investigates the central role of race in the construction and transformation of American national identity from the Revolutionary War era to the height of the civil rights movement. Drawing on political theory, American studies, critical race theory, and gender studies, the contributors to this collection highlight the assumptions of white (and often male) supremacy underlying the thought and actions of major U.S. political and social leaders. At the same time, they examine how nonwhite writers and activists have struggled against racism and for the full realization of America's political ideals. The essays are arranged chronologically, and, with one exception, each essay is focused on a single figure, from George Washington to James Baldwin.The contributors analyze Thomas Jefferson's legacy in light of his sexual relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings; the way that Samuel Gompers, the first president of the American Federation of Labor, rallied that organization against Chinese immigrant workers; and the eugenicist origins of the early-twentieth-century birth-control movement led by Margaret Sanger. They draw attention to the writing of Sarah Winnemucca, a Northern Piute and one of the first published Native American authors; the anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett; the Filipino American writer Carlos Bulosan; and the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, who linked civil rights struggles in the United States to anticolonial efforts abroad. Other figures considered include Abraham Lincoln, Juan Nepomuceno Cortina (who fought against Anglo American expansion in what is now Texas), Theodore Roosevelt, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Alexis de Tocqueville and his traveling companion Gustave de Beaumont. In the afterword, George Lipsitz reflects on U.S. racial politics since 1965. Bruce Baum http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/23 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/23 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:18:30 PDT Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women's involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed. Harris demonstrates that Black women have tried to gain centrality through their participation in Presidential Commissions, Black feminist organizations, theatrical productions, film adaptations of literature, beauty pageants, electoral politics, and Presidential appointments.Harris contends that 'success' in this area means that the feminist-identified Black women in the Congressional Black Caucus who voted against Clarence Thomas's appointment would have spoken on behalf of Anita Hill; Senator Carol Moseley Braun would have won re-election; Lani Gunier would have had a hearing; Dr. Joycelyn Elders would have maintained her post; and Congresswoman Barbara Lee wouldn't have stood alone in her opposition to the Iraq war resolution. Duchess Harris http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/22 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/22 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:28:24 PST Duchess Harris http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/21 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/21 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:53:43 PST Duchess Harris http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/20 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/20 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:50:13 PST Duchess Harris http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/19 http://works.bepress.com/duchess_harris/19 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:45:58 PST Duchess Harris