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  1. Sentencing Law and Policy

    “Limiting Identity in Criminal Law”

    By Douglas Berman

    The title of this post is the title of this interesting new article recently posted to SSRN and authored by Mihailis Diamantis.  Here is its abstract: People change with time.…

  2. Religion Clause

    Recent Articles and Book of Interest

    By Howard Friedman

    From SSRN:Puranjay K. Vedi, Working Paper: Muslims, Their Identity and Discontent in India, (October 1, 2018). Puranjay K. Vedi, Working Paper: Decoding Anandpur Sahib Resolution, (November 19, 2018). Puranjay K.…

  3. The Right Coast

    Rich Cohen Explores the Rich History of Black Cohens Tablet Magazine

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In my house, we are forever on the lookout for outstanding athletes named Cohen. We believe such figures will open our minds to alternate futures and possibilities. We have enough…

  4. Family Law Prof Blog

    Surrogacy and Thorny Issues of Identity, Parenthood and Status in Modern Families

    By Family Law

    From Lexis Nexis:AB v CD and others [2018] EWHC 1590 (Fam) illustrates how the needs of modern families formed through assisted conception and surrogacy continue to challenge and outpace the law.…

  5. The Right Coast

    Othering Whites | The Weekly Standard

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Still today, even far-left politicians rarely eschew the coat and tie if they hope to get elected. But many ivory-tower intellectuals now feel free to identify middle-class respectability as much…

  6. The Right Coast

    If you want to be a different race, you’re in luck

    By Thomas A. Smith

    I have been feeling like something strange is going on with me. My old white body, with sore feet and tightening pants, is gradually transforming into, I'm not quite sure.…

  7. The Right Coast

    Research looks at white working-class views on identity, race and immigration | Illinois

    By Thomas A. Smith

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A new research study presents a perspective on the social and political views of white working-class communities.One of the goals of the study was to increase understanding of…

  8. The Right Coast

    Gloria E. Anzaldúa – Wikipedia

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In the same way that Anzaldúa often wrote that she felt that she could not be classified as only part of one race or the other, she felt that she…

  9. The Right Coast

    Gloria E. Anzaldúa – Wikipedia

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In the same way that Anzaldúa often wrote that she felt that she could not be classified as only part of one race or the other, she felt that she…

  10. The Right Coast

    The Anglo-Saxon is not American or British but a French alter-ego | Aeon Essays

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Yet the use of the term in France has increased exponentially in the past few decades. Never has the term Anglo-Saxon, either as a noun or as an adjective, been…