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These walls : the battle for Rikers Island and the future of America's jails - Eva Fedderly
These walls : the battle for Rikers Island and the future of America's jails - Eva Fedderly
This riveting blend of on-the-ground reporting and sweeping social and architectural history discusses the decision to close Rikers Island and what it will really mean for reformists, justice architects, abolitionists, city government officials, prison guards and the incarcerated themselves.
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These walls : the battle for Rikers Island and the future of America's jails - Eva Fedderly
Say the right thing : how to talk about identity, diversity, and justice - Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow
Say the right thing : how to talk about identity, diversity, and justice - Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow
"In the current period of social and political unrest, conversations about identity are becoming more frequent and more difficult. On subjects like critical race theory, gender equity in the workplace, and LGBTQ-inclusive classrooms, many of us are understandably fearful of saying the wrong thing. That fear can sometimes prevent us from speaking up at all, depriving people from marginalized groups of support and stalling progress toward a more just and inclusive society. Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow, founders of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law, are here to show potential allies that these conversations don't have to be so overwhelming. Through stories drawn from contexts as varied as social media posts, dinner party conversations, and workplace disputes, they offer seven user-friendly principles that teach skills such as how to avoid common conversational pitfalls, engage in respectful disagreement, offer authentic apologies, and better support people in our lives who experience bias"--
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Say the right thing : how to talk about identity, diversity, and justice - Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow
Politics of innocence : how wrongful convictions shape public opinion - Robert J. Norris, William D. Hicks, and Kevin J. Mullinix
Politics of innocence : how wrongful convictions shape public opinion - Robert J. Norris, William D. Hicks, and Kevin J. Mullinix
"A demonstration of how wrongful convictions have transformed American criminal justice, and how political ideology divides and shapes the innocence movement's fight for reform"--
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Politics of innocence : how wrongful convictions shape public opinion - Robert J. Norris, William D. Hicks, and Kevin J. Mullinix
Not white enough : the long, shameful road to Japanese American internment - Lawrence Goldstone
Not white enough : the long, shameful road to Japanese American internment - Lawrence Goldstone
"Not White Enough is a legal and political history of anti-Asian bigotry, beginning with the California Gold Rush and ending with the infamous Supreme Court decision that upheld the imprisonment without trial of more than 100,000 innocent Americans on the spurious grounds of national security. The book demonstrates how law and politics bled into each other for decades to enable two-tiered justice, brushing aside Constitutional guarantees of equality under law. Not White Enough examines each of the key Supreme Court decisions-Wong Kim Ark, Ozawa, and Thind, for example-as expressions of political will and not simply jurisprudence. The author chronicles the political history of racism that made Japanese internment almost inevitable, including the key role San Francisco mayors James D. Phelan and Eugene Schmitz, political boss Abe Ruef, and California attorney general Ulysses Webb played in instigating, for political convenience, some of the most egregious anti-Asian legislation"--
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Not white enough : the long, shameful road to Japanese American internment - Lawrence Goldstone
Navajo sovereignty : understandings and visions of the Diné people - edited by Lloyd L. Lee ; foreword by Jennifer Nez Denetdale.
Navajo sovereignty : understandings and visions of the Diné people - edited by Lloyd L. Lee ; foreword by Jennifer Nez Denetdale.
"A call for the rethinking Navajo sovereignty in a way more rooted in Navajo beliefs, culture, and values"--Provided by publisher.
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Navajo sovereignty : understandings and visions of the Diné people - edited by Lloyd L. Lee ; foreword by Jennifer Nez Denetdale.
Lawyer, jailer, ally, foe : complicity and conscience in America's World War II concentration camps - Eric L. Muller
Lawyer, jailer, ally, foe : complicity and conscience in America's World War II concentration camps - Eric L. Muller
"In the Japanese American relocation camps of World War II, internees could, on any given day, be both clients and victims of their assigned War Relocation Authority lawyers. The morally ambiguous remit of these attorneys was wide and often contradictory, including overseeing the day-to-day administration of the camps, settling internal disputes between inmates, managing conflict between detainees and their government captors, and providing legal representation for prisoners outside of the camps. In re-creating the daily lives of these WRA attorneys, Eric L. Muller seeks to capture historical subjects as three-dimensional, flawed human beings"--
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Lawyer, jailer, ally, foe : complicity and conscience in America's World War II concentration camps - Eric L. Muller
It's all about the land : collected talks and interviews on Indigenous resurgence - Taiaiake Alfred
It's all about the land : collected talks and interviews on Indigenous resurgence - Taiaiake Alfred
"Illuminating the First Nations struggles against the Canadian state, It's All about the Land exposes how racism underpins and shapes Indigenous-settler relationships. Renowned Kahnaw:ke Mohawk activist and scholar Taiaiake Alfred explains how the Canadian government's reconciliation agenda is a new form of colonization that is also guaranteed to fail. Bringing together Alfred's speeches and interviews from over the past two decades, the book shows that Indigenous peoples across the world face a stark choice: reconnect with their authentic cultures and values or continue following a slow road to annihilation. Alfred proposes a radical vision for contesting and confronting the ongoing genocide of the original peoples of this land: Indigenous Resurgence. This way of thinking, being, and practising represents an authentic politics that roots resistance in the spirit, knowledge, and laws of the ancestors. Set against the historic arc of Indigenous-settler relations in Canada and drawing on the rich heritage of First Nations resistance movements, It's All about the Land traces the evolution of Indigenous struggle and liberation through the dynamic processes of oratory, dialogue, action, and reflection."--
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It's all about the land : collected talks and interviews on Indigenous resurgence - Taiaiake Alfred
Níhi kéyah : Navajo homeland - 01UA - edited by Lloyd L. Lee
Níhi kéyah : Navajo homeland - 01UA - edited by Lloyd L. Lee
"The book provides individual Diné/Navajo examinations and understandings of Níhi kéyah, Navajo homeland. These examinations and understandings represent a distinctive lens of Diné/Navajo peoples and way of life"--
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Níhi kéyah : Navajo homeland - 01UA - edited by Lloyd L. Lee
Indictment : the criminal justice system on trial - Benjamin Perrin
Indictment : the criminal justice system on trial - Benjamin Perrin
"#MeToo. Black Lives Matter. Decriminalize Drugs. No More Stolen Sisters. Stop Stranger Attacks. Do we need more cops or to defund police? Harm reduction or treatment? Tougher sentences or prison abolition? The debate about Canada's criminal justice system has rarely been so polarized. This book brings the stories of survivors and offenders alike to the forefront to help us understand why the criminal justice system is facing such an existential crisis. Benjamin Perrin draws on his expertise as a lawyer, former top criminal justice advisor to the prime minister, and law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada to investigate the criminal justice system itself. He critiques the system from a trauma-informed perspective, examining its treatment of victims of crime, Indigenous people and Black Canadians, people with substance use and mental health disorders, and people experiencing homelessness, poverty, and unemployment. Perrin also shares insights from others on the frontlines, including prosecutors and defence lawyers, police chiefs, Indigenous leaders, victim support workers, corrections officers, public health experts, gang outreach workers, prisoner and victims' rights advocates, criminologists, psychologists, and leading trauma experts. Bringing forward the voices of marginalized people, along with their stories of survival and resilience, Indictment shows that a better way is possible."--
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Indictment : the criminal justice system on trial - Benjamin Perrin
Immigration law death penalty : aggravated felonies, deportation, and legal resistance - Sarah Tosh
Immigration law death penalty : aggravated felonies, deportation, and legal resistance - Sarah Tosh
"Through an examination of the historical development and contemporary outcomes of the "aggravated felony" category of deportable crimes, From Criminalization to Deportation provides new understanding of the ways that criminal justice system inequities are reproduced through processes of immigration enforcement and deportation. The severe, expansive, and racially disparate outcomes of the aggravated felony are met with innovative legal responses, bolstered by networks of community-based resistance-with key implications for those concerned with creating equal systems of justice and protecting the rights of immigrants nationwide"--
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Immigration law death penalty : aggravated felonies, deportation, and legal resistance - Sarah Tosh
Diné perspectives : revitalizing and reclaiming Navajo thought - edited by Lloyd L. Lee ; foreword by Gregory Cajete.
Diné perspectives : revitalizing and reclaiming Navajo thought - edited by Lloyd L. Lee ; foreword by Gregory Cajete.
Diné perspectives : revitalizing and reclaiming Navajo thought-book
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Diné perspectives : revitalizing and reclaiming Navajo thought - edited by Lloyd L. Lee ; foreword by Gregory Cajete.
Diné identity in a twenty-first-century world - Lloyd L. Lee.
Diné identity in a twenty-first-century world - Lloyd L. Lee.
"Informed by personal experience and offering an inclusive view, Diné Identity in a Twenty-First-Century World showcases the complexity of understanding and the richness of current Diné identities"--
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Diné identity in a twenty-first-century world - Lloyd L. Lee.
Correction : parole, prison, and the possibility of change - Ben Austen
Correction : parole, prison, and the possibility of change - Ben Austen
"From the critically acclaimed author of High-risers comes a groundbreaking and honest investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice system-through the lens of parole. Perfect for fans of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world's incarcerated people. And yet apart from cliches-paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time-there is little sense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don't actually know why we punish. Ben Austen's powerful exploration offers a behind-the-scenes look at the process of parole. Told through the portraits of two men imprisoned for murder, and the parole board that holds their freedom in the balance, Austen's unflinching storytelling forces us to reckon with some of the most profound questions underlying the country's values around crime and punishment. What must someone who commits a terrible act do to get a second chance? What does incarceration seek to accomplish? An illuminating work of narrative nonfiction, Correction challenges us to consider for ourselves why and who we punish-and how we might find a way out of an era of mass imprisonment"--
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Correction : parole, prison, and the possibility of change - Ben Austen
The Border reader - Gilberto Rosas (Editor)
The Border reader - Gilberto Rosas (Editor)
"The Border Reader is an anthology which gathers previously published foundational works of humanities and interpretive social science scholarship on the U.S.-Mexico border. Edited by anthropologist Gilberto Rosas and American and Latinx studies scholar Mireya Roza, this Reader brings together essays that mobilize feminist, queer, Indigenous and critical ethnic studies perspectives to theorize the border region as a site of epistemic rupture and knowledge production"--
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The Border reader - Gilberto Rosas (Editor)
Benched justice : how judges decide asylum claims and asylum rights of unaccompanied minors - Claire Braaten and Daniel Braaten
Benched justice : how judges decide asylum claims and asylum rights of unaccompanied minors - Claire Braaten and Daniel Braaten
"This book presents a gripping analysis of the hidden factors that affect the asylum claims and rights of unaccompanied minors in the US. This book reveals how politics, economics, and social pressures shape the decisions of immigration judges and how federal courts respond to policies impacting these vulnerable minors"--
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Benched justice : how judges decide asylum claims and asylum rights of unaccompanied minors - Claire Braaten and Daniel Braaten
Indigenous rights in the modern era : regaining what has been lost - Bertus de Villiers
Indigenous rights in the modern era : regaining what has been lost - Bertus de Villiers
"International law is rich in promise but poor in detail and practical application about the rights of indigenous people. This book focuses on practical measures that have been implemented in states to give effect to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC); self-determination by indigenous people; special electoral measures to benefit indigenous people; and the role of advisory bodies to advocate for indigenous interests. In many comparative works there are often only scant or brief reference to some country-experiences, but in this book several case studies are explored in depth to promote a greater understanding of the self-determination arrangements that have been implemented. These case studies represent a form of glocalisation, whereby global principles are applied to find local solutions, and local solutions in turn inform greater clarity and specificity to global principles. At the end of each chapter key lessons that can be drawn from the respective case studies are identified in the hope that those may inform developments in other countries and in international law"--
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Indigenous rights in the modern era : regaining what has been lost - Bertus de Villiers
Remapping sovereignty : decolonization and self-determination in North American indigenous political thought - David Myer Temin
Remapping sovereignty : decolonization and self-determination in North American indigenous political thought - David Myer Temin
"An original account of the stakes of sovereignty for recovering anticolonial pasts and fashioning anticolonial futures. Despite their signal contributions to present-day anticolonial struggles from #NODAPL to Idle No More, Indigenous societies around the globe are recurrently neglected in histories and theories of decolonization. What results from this disregard is not only skewed history, but also diminished political horizons for those (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) striving to transform an unequal world profoundly shaped by colonialism. Bridging political theory and Indigenous Studies, political theorist David Temin shows how key 20th-century Indigenous intellectual-activists in lands today claimed by Canada and the United States fundamentally recast the philosophical substance and normative goals of decolonization. Through history, textual interpretation, and conceptual analysis, his book recasts a vision of anticolonial thought and agency that circles around a politics of self-determination disentangled from sovereignty as institution and ideal-one committed to the relational flourishing of human and other-than-human beings against colonial domination"--
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Remapping sovereignty : decolonization and self-determination in North American indigenous political thought - David Myer Temin
In the Fight Against Book Bans, Retired Librarians Are Making a Difference | From the Editor
In the Fight Against Book Bans, Retired Librarians Are Making a Difference | From the Editor
They care deeply and can't be fired. Retired librarians are bringing experience and passion to the cause of intellectual freedom. With advocacy skills training and opportunities to mentor, retirees could become even more powerful assets.
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In the Fight Against Book Bans, Retired Librarians Are Making a Difference | From the Editor
Northwestern Law’s Best Books Read in 2023
Northwestern Law’s Best Books Read in 2023
Looking for something fun or interesting to read over winter break? Why not try a book recommendation from a fellow member of the Northwestern Law community, including several librarians at the PLR…
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Northwestern Law’s Best Books Read in 2023
Systemic Racism, Clients, and the Law Societies - Slaw
Systemic Racism, Clients, and the Law Societies - Slaw
Systemic racism is a reality in Canada. At many junctures in life, a person’s access to opportunities and fair treatment will be affected by their race, skin colour, or indigineity. The legal profession, in order to do its essential work in our society, must recognize and confront systemic racism. So far, most formal efforts to […]
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Systemic Racism, Clients, and the Law Societies - Slaw