Topic
Identity
80 published works
Labor Law Prof Blog
Clarke on Desire
Jessica Clarke (Minnesota) has just posted on SSRN her article (63 Duke L.J. (2013)) Inferring Desire. Here's an excerpt from the abstract:In the course of debates over same-sex marriage, many…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Dagmar Rita Myslinska, Contemporary First-Generation European Americans: The Unbearable ‘Whiteness’ of Being
Dagmar Rita Myslinska (Charlotte School of Law),Contemporary First-Generation European Americans: The Unbearable 'Whiteness' of BeingAbstract: Contemporary European immigrants face unique socio-cultural and legal concerns that go beyond issues of race, class, national…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Contemporary First-Generation European Americans: The Unbearable “Whiteness” of Being by Dagmar Rita Myslinska
Contemporary First-Generation European Americans: The Unbearable “Whiteness” of Beingby Dagmar Rita Myslinska Abstract: Contemporary European immigrants face unique socio-cultural and legal concerns that go beyond issues of race, class, national…
Health Law Prof Blog
Worth reading this week
Andrew Solomon, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity (Simon & Schuster 2012). An amazing tour de force about horizontal identities, disability, and the uncertain benefits…
TortsProf Blog
Graham on Resolving the Identity of the Shooter in Summers v. Tice
Kyle Graham has a Green Bag piece that involves Saint Peter attempting to resolve the conundrum from the famous California case: Who Shot Charles Summers?.--CJR
ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: Under the Bridge (2011)
Under the Bridge (2011) is an observational documentary on Mexican-American identity that challenges audiences to think about immigration in a whole new way. Telling the story of San Diego’s Chicano…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Piece of the Day: “The End of Olympic Nationality” by Peter J. Spiro
"The End of Olympic Nationality" by Peter J. Spiro (Temple) in ALLEGIANCE AND IDENTITY IN A GLOBALISED WORLD, Kim Rubenstein, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2012.ABSTRACT: Sport supplies useful terrain on which…
ImmigrationProf Blog
¡Viva México! The Film
¡Viva México! is a film that tells a fascinating story. City of Los Angeles, USA. In the heart of the city, undocumented Mexican immigrants are hunted by the police and struggle…
International Law Prof Blog
Call for Papers for December Conference in India
There will be an International and Interdisciplinary conference in Kolkata, India from December 28 to 30, 2010 on the theme of "Meaning, Identity, and Culture: East and West." Abstracts of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Despite efforts, not all Latino immigrants accepted as ‘white,’ sociological study shows
While some Latino immigrants to the United States may be accepted as "white" by the wider society, a new American Sociological Review (ASR) study finds that many of them face…