Critical Race Theory/Law and Culture/LatCrit Theory

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From Downes v. Bidwell to Boumediene v. Bush: "The Constitution Follows the Flag ... but it [still] Doesn't quite catch up with It", ExpressO (2009)

Boumediene v. Bush, resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 2008, granted habeas...

 

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OpEd: Breaking UF Racial Barriers, The Gainesville Sun (2008)

An OpEd describing the legal and personal struggle to desegregate the University of Florida College...

 

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The Story of Downes v. Bidwell: "The Constitution Follows the Flag ... But Doesn't Quite Catch up With It", Race Law Stories (2008)

A study of the principal decision of the Insular Cases of 1901, which has provided...

 

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Afterword: Outsider Citizenships and Multidimensional Borders: The Power and Danger of Not Belonging, Cleveland State Law Review (2005)

A critical review of the essays and articles included in the LatCrit VIII Symposium issue.

 

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Introduction: LatCritical Encounters with Culture, In North-South Frameworks, Florida Law Review (2003)

A critical introduction of a group of articles in the LatCrit VI Symposium issue, discussing...

 

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Reparations Theory and Postcolonial Puerto Rico: Some Preliminary Thoughts, La Raza L. J. (2002)

Applying recent Critical Race Theory reparations discourse to inform Puerto Rico's transition to any one...

 

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The Accidental Crit II: Culture and the Looking Glass of Exile, Denver U. L. Rev. (2001)

A LatCritical look at the then-current "Latina/o Musical Moment" represented by the popularity of artists...

 

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Puerto Rico: Cultural Nation, American Colony, Mich. J. Race and Law (2000)

A study of Puerto Rico's century-old legal relationship with the United States, and how it...

 

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[The Accidental Crit I:] Literature and Arts as Antisubordination Praxis LatCrit Theory and Cultural Production: The Confessions of an Accidental Crit, U.C. Davis L. Rev. (2000)

This short article: (1) explains the development the Arts Panel at the LatCrit IV Conference...

 

Comparative Law

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The Foreign Notarial Legal Services Monopoly: Why Should We Care?, John Marshall L. Rev. (1998)

This piece serves three purposes: (1) briefly to take issue with the current treatment of...

 

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The Non-Adversarial, Extra-Judicial Search For Legality And Truth: Foreign Notarial Transactions As An Inexpensive And Reliable Model For A Market-Driven System Of Informed Contracting And Fact-Determination, 16 Wisc. Int'l L. J. (1997)

Notarial transactions are specialized contracts, which in most of the world are written and certified...

 

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Counsel for the Situation: The Latin Notary, a Historical and Comparative Model, Hastings Int'l. and Comparative L. Rev. (1996)

Can a lawyer, in certain matters, be an impartial counsel for the situation, rather than...

 

Legal History

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The Inconvenience of a “Constitution [that] Follows the Flag ... but Doesn’t Quite Catch Up with It”: from Downes v. Bidwell to Boumediene v. Bush, ExpressO (2010)

Boumediene v. Bush, resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 2008, granted habeas...

 

Constitutional Law

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The Inconvenience of a “Constitution [that] Follows the Flag ... but Doesn’t Quite Catch Up with It”: from Downes v. Bidwell to Boumediene v. Bush, ExpressO (2010)

Boumediene v. Bush, resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 2008, granted habeas...

 

Law and Society

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The Inconvenience of a “Constitution [that] Follows the Flag ... but Doesn’t Quite Catch Up with It”: from Downes v. Bidwell to Boumediene v. Bush, ExpressO (2010)

Boumediene v. Bush, resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 2008, granted habeas...

 

Civil Rights

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The Inconvenience of a “Constitution [that] Follows the Flag ... but Doesn’t Quite Catch Up with It”: from Downes v. Bidwell to Boumediene v. Bush, ExpressO (2010)

Boumediene v. Bush, resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 2008, granted habeas...