Divide and Conquer: The Challenges of Multiracial Politics
Applying the theories of political race and the Miner's Canary to discuss anti-Asian policies and sentiments in the USA.
The Review: Volume 27
Preview
Issue 1
featuring
Issue 4
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- Closing the Circle: Case v. Nebraska and the Future of Habeas Reform
- Understanding the Public Health Policies behind Ferguson
- Suspect Choices: Lineup Procedures and the Abdication of Judicial and Prosecutorial Responsibility for Improving the Criminal Justice System
- Is the Attorney General the Custodian of An Ins Detainee - Personal Jurisdiction and the Immediate Custodian Rule in Immigration-Related Habeas Actions
Issues 2 & 3
featuring
- Comparative Proportionality Reviews Reconceptualized: Categorizing Mitigation and Satisfying the Eighth Amendment in the Death Penalty
- Unlimited Innocence: Recognizing an Actual Innocence Exception to AEDPA's Statute of Limitations
- Greasing the Wheel: How the Criminal Justice System Hurts Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered People and Why Hate Crime Laws Won't Save Them
- Cruel and Unusual Punishment: A Reconsideration of the Lackey Claim
In Depth Reading
Volume 27 Issue 1
A Performative Critique of Democracy
A poem from the Blackout Arts Collective, exploring themes of movement-building through poetry.
Books Not Bars: Confronting Criminal Justice Issues through Multiracial Action
Applying the theories of political race and the Miner's Canary to discuss prison reform and advocate for access to books for incarcerated youth.
Excerpt from The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy
Explaining a new concept of race and power, called political race, through the metaphor of a miner's canary. This concept links race with social movements.
Volume 27 Issue 4
Closing the Circle: Case v. Nebraska and the Future of Habeas Reform
There needs to be effective state postconviction procedures; looks at Case v. Nebraska and builds upon that principle while offering further suggestions.
Suspect Choices: Lineup Procedures and the Abdication of Judicial and Prosecutorial Responsibility for Improving the Criminal Justice System
The Court and the prosecution in People v. Franco failed in improving criminal justice system by not adopting lineup reforms.
Is the Attorney General the Custodian of An Ins Detainee - Personal Jurisdiction and the Immediate Custodian Rule in Immigration-Related Habeas Actions
AG should be the custodian of immigrants in INS custody (not the warden), and habeas corpus actions should be directed at the AG as the appropriate respondent.
Understanding the Public Health Policies behind Ferguson
The flaws of the public health system played a role in exacerbating legal issues of pregnant women being arrested in hospitals.
Volume 27 Issues 2 & 3
Cruel and Unusual Punishment: A Reconsideration of the Lackey Claim
Delays associated with capital punishment implicate constitutional issues; article explores a potential basis for it (i.e. Eighth Amendment, Sixth Amendment).
Amici Curiae Brief of New York Law School Professors in People v. Harris: Constitutionality of the New York Death Penalty Statute under the State Constitution's Cruel and Unusual Punishments and Antidiscrimination Clauses
Amici are teachers in New York law schools who have studied the operation of the death penalty for the purpose of teaching the subject, writing about it in scholarly journals, or representing persons accused or convicted of capital crimes. Most
Greasing the Wheel: How the Criminal Justice System Hurts Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered People and Why Hate Crime Laws Won't Save Them
The death penalty is an issue that affects the LGBT community and that hate crime legislation is not helpful to advancing the interests of the community.
When the State Is Silent: An Analysis of AEDPA's Adjudication Requirement
Analyzing AEDPA and arguing that perfunctory state opinions in habeas corpus cases should be reviewed de novo rather than deferring to state courts.