- Law and Inequality
"Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice", or the "Journal of Law & Inequality", is a journal of legal scholarship published by a student-run group at
University of Minnesota Law School . The journal is published twice a year, summer and winter. The journal was founded in1981 to examine the social impact of law on disadvantaged people. [ [http://www.law.umn.edu/lawineq/index.html "Law & Inequality - U of MN Law School"] ] . It is noted for taking articles that address its central mission, but do not fall into the traditional format of legal scholarship.Law and Inequality publishes articles by legal scholars and practitioners, law students, and non-lawyers. Members of the staff are selected on the basis of their writing abilities and their commitment to eliminating inequality. Editors are elected from among staff members to serve during their third year in law school.
Some notable authors of articles in the "Journal of Law & Inequality" include:
- Former University of Minnesota law professor and scholar Catharine A. MacKinnon. [Catharine A. MacKinnon, "Complicity: An Introduction to Andrea Dworkin, "Abortion," Chapter 3, Right-Wing Women", 1 Law & Ineq. 89 (1983).] [Catharine A. MacKinnon, "Excerpts from MacKinnon/Schlafly Debate", 1 Law & Ineq. 341 (1983).]
- UCLA law professor and scholar Richard Delgado. [Richard Delgado, "Rotten Social Background": Should the Criminal Law Recognize a Defense of Severe Environmental Deprivation?", 3 Law & Ineq. 9 (1985).]
- University of Chicago law professor and scholar Cass R. Sunstein. [Cass R. Sunstein et al., "Pornography: Social Science, Legal, and Clinical Perspectives", 4 Law & Ineq. 17 (1986).]
- Former United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (while a judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals). [Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "Some Thoughts on the 1980's Debate over Special Versus Equal Treatment for Women", 4 Law & Ineq. 143 (1986).] [Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "Remarks on Women Becoming Part of the Constitution", 6 Law & Ineq. 17 (1988).]
- Law professor and noted civil rights author Derrick A. Bell, Jr. [Derrick Bell, "The Dilemma of the Responsible Law Reform Lawyer in the Post-Free Enterprise Era", 4 Law & Ineq. 231 (1986).]
- American feminist and attorney Jo Freeman. [Jo Freeman, "How "Sex" Got into Title VII: Persistent Opportunism as a Maker of Public Policy", 9 Law & Ineq. 163 (1991).]
- Former United States Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (after he retired from the Supreme Court). [William J. Brennan, Jr., "Tribute to Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.", 9 Law & Ineq. 383 (1991).]
- Georgetown University law professor Peter B. Edelman. [Peter B. Edelman, "So-Called "Welfare Reform": Let's Talk About What's Really Needed to Get People Jobs", 17 Law & Ineq. 217 (1999).]
- Duke University law professor and civil rights advocate Trina Jones. [Trina Jones, Brown II": A Case of Missed Opportunity?", 24 Law & Ineq. 9 (2006).]The Journal of Law & Inequality has also been cited numerous times by federal and state courts, including:
- State v. Janes. [State v. Janes, 822 P.2d 1238, 1242-43 (Wash. Ct. App. 1992).]
- Sayers by Sayers v. Beltrami County. [Sayers by Sayers v. Beltrami County, 472 N.W.2d 656, 666 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991).]
- Isabellita S. v. John S. [Isabellita S. v. John S., 504 N.Y.S.2d 367, 370 n.1 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1986).]
- Rio v. Rio. [Rio v. Rio, 504 N.Y.S.2d 959, 961 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1986).]
- Eastman v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. [Eastman v. Va. Polytechnic Institute and State University, 939 F.2d 204, 208 n.5 (4th Cir. 1991).]Notes
External links
* [http://www.law.umn.edu/lawineq/index.html Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice]
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