SpearIt

University of Pittsburgh - School of Law

Professor of Law

3900 Forbes Ave.

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (48)

1.

Implicit Bias in Criminal Justice: Growing Influence as an Insight to Systemic Oppression

The State of Criminal Justice 2020 (American Bar Association 2020)., U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-27
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2021
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Implicit Bias, Explicit Bias, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, Police, Jurors, Judges, Unconscious Bias

2.

Gender Violence in Prison & Hyper-Masculinities in the ’Hood: Cycles of Destructive Masculinity

Journal of Law & Policy, Vol. 37, p. 89, 2011
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 02 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2021
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Prisons, Gender Violence, Sexual Violence, Masculinity, Rape, Mexican Mafia

3.

Sonic Jihad — Muslim Hip Hop in the Age of Mass Incarceration

11 Florida Intl. L. Rev. 201 (2015)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Hip hop, Muslims, sonic jihad, prisons, incarceration, Islam, rap

4.

Religion as Rehabilitation? Reflections on Islam in the Correctional Setting

Whittier Law Review, Vol. 34, 2012
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2014
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Rehabilitation, Religion, Prison, Islam, Muslims, Recidivism, Corrections

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Facts and Fictions About Islam in Prison: Assessing Prisoner Radicalization in Post-9/11 America

Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, January 2013
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2014
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 697 (80,061)
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Islam, Prisons, Radicalization, Policy, Re-entry, Rehabilitation

6.

Raza Islamica: Prisons, Hip Hop & Converting Converts

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2021
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Islam, Prisons, Hip Hop, Rap, Five Percent, Nation of Islam, Raza, Conversion

7.

Child Pornography Sentencing and Demographic Data: Reforming Through Research

Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 24, p. 102, 2011
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2014
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 510 (118,837)

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Federal Sentencing Guidelines, possession, internet offenders, disparity, fear

8.

Mental Illness in Prison: Inmate Rehabilitation & Correctional Officers in Crisis

Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 14, p. 227, 2009
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2021
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Mental Illness, California, Prisons, Criminal Justice, Correctional Officer training

9.

Keeping It REAL: Why Congress Must Act to Restore Pell Grant Funding for Prisoners

University of Massachusetts Law Review, Vol. 11, 2016
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 492 (123,776)

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Prisoners, Pell Grants, Higher Education, Post-Secondary Education, Prison, REAL Act

10.

Criminal Justice & Religion

RELIGION AND EVERYDAY LIFE AND CULTURE, p. 657, Vincent F. Biondo &, Richard D. Hecht, eds., Praeger, 2010
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Jul 2010
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 466 (132,133)

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Religion, Criminal Justice, Penitentiary, Civil Religion, Scapegoat

11.

How Mass Incarceration Underdevelops Latino Communities

U.S. Latinos and Criminal Injustice (Michigan State University Press 2015)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Apr 2015
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Latinos, Criminal Justice, Prisons, Collateral Consequences, LFOs

Legal Punishment as Civil Ritual: Making Cultural Sense of Harsh Punishment

Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 82, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2014
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Crime, Punishment, Ritual, Civil Religion, Civil Rights, Prison, Lynching

Legal Punishment As Civil Ritual: Making Cultural Sense of Harsh Punishment

ECI Interdisciplinary Journal for Legal and Social Policy, Vol. 5 [2017], Iss. 1, Art. 1
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Feb 2018
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Crime, Punishment, Ritual, Civil Religion, Civil Rights, Prison, Lynching

13.

Shackles Beyond the Sentence: How Legal Financial Obligations Create a Permanent Underclass

1 Impact 46 (2015)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 14 Jul 2015
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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LFO, Legal Financial Obligations, Financial Penalties, Collateral Consequences, Reentry

14.

Reimagining Revolution: A Critical Review of Simon Schama’s Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution

Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy, Vol. 9, No. 74, 2007
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2021
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 329 (197,122)

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Slavery, History, American Revolution, Britain, Simon Schama

15.

The Return of Pell Grants for Prisoners?

31 Criminal Justice 10 (American Bar Association Section of Criminal justice 2016).
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 05 Aug 2016
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Pell Grant, Prisoners, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, REAL Act, Donna Edwards

16.

Firepower to the People! Gun Rights and the Law of Self-Defense to Curb Police Misconduct

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 85, 2017
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Mar 2018
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 269 (242,207)

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Police misconduct, Self-defense, Guns, Gun Rights, Police killing, Criminal procedure, Criminal Law

17.

Muslim Radicalization in Prison: Responding with Sound Penal Policy or the Sound of Alarm?

Gonzaga Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2014
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Twenty Years after the Education Apocalypse: The Ongoing Fall Out from the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill

St. Louis University Public Law Review, Vol. 33, p. 283, 2014
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Jun 2014
SpearIt and Mary Gould
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and Saint Louis University
Downloads 252 (258,749)

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prison higher education, omnibus crime bill, Saint Louis University Prison Program, National Conference on Higher Education in Prison

19.

Not for Free: Exploring the Collateral Costs of Diversity in Legal Education

48 U. Pacific L.R. 887 (2017), Thurgood Marshall School of Law Research Paper No. 2991154
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Jun 2017
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 238 (273,654)

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Diversity, Legal Education, Law School, Regulation, American Bar Association

20.

Plenary 2 -- Redefining Gender Violence -- Transcripts from Converge! Reimagining the Movement to End Gender Violence

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review, Vol. 5, p. 289, 2015
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Jul 2015
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Independent, CUNY School of Law, Independent and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 231 (281,777)

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Gender Violence, Sexual Violence, Prison, Rape, Forced Families, Prison Culture

21.

Spectacular or Specious? A Critical Review of the Spectacular Few: Prisoner Radicalization and the Evolving Terrorist Threat

39 T. Marshall L. Rev. 225 (2014)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Sep 2014
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Prison, Radicalization, Islam, Mark Hamm, The Spectacular Few, Terrorism

22.

Experiential Education as Critical Pedagogy: Enhancing the Law School Experience

38 Nova L.Rev. 249 (2014)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Sep 2014
SpearIt and Stephanie Ledesma
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and Thurgood Marshall School of Law
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experiential learning, experiential education, critical pedagogy, legal education, social justice, law school

23.

Why Obama is Black: Language, Law and Structures of Power

1 Colum. J. Race & L. 468 (2012)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2014
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Post-racial, Obama, Structural Racism, Language, Law

24.

God Behind Bars: Race, Religion & Revenge

Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Jul 2010
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Enslaved by Words: Legalities & Limitations of 'Post-Racial' Language

2011 Michigan State Law Review 705
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 May 2012 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2014
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Race, Language, Structural Racism, Naming, Taxonomy

26.

Economic Interest Convergence in Downsizing Imprisonment

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 25, 2014
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 May 2015
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27.

Reimagining the Death Penalty: Targeting Christians, Conservatives

Buffalo Law Review Vol. 68 (2020), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-26
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2021
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28.

Gang Intervention in the United States: Legal and Extra-Legal Attempts at Peacemaking

Peacemaking: From Practice to Theory, Susan Allen Nan, Zachariah Cherian Mampilly, Andrea Bartoli, Eds., Praeger (2011)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2021
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Gangs, Intervention, Criminal Justice, Culture, Prison Gangs, Peacemaking

29.

Drafting Legal Documents in a Doctrinal Class

"Drafting Legal Documents in a Doctrinal Class," in Experiential Eduction in the Law School Curriculum (Carolina Academic Press 2017).
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 22 Aug 2017
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Experiential learning, experiential education, law teaching, legal pedagogy, skills training, ABA

30.

Evolving Standards of Domination: Abandoning a Flawed Legal Standard and Approaching a New Era in Penal Reform

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 90, 2015
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Mar 2015
SpearIt
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Evolving Standards of Decency, Eighth Amendment, Sentencing, Solitary Confinement, Social Darwinism

31.

The Catholic Church Sex Scandal and the Dying Death Penalty: Issues at the Intersection of Religion, Crime, and Punishment

Published in the State of Criminal Justice, 2019
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 08 Jul 2019
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Restoring Pell Grants for Prisoners -- Growing Momentum for Reform

The State of Criminal Justice 2016 (American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section 2016).
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 16 Aug 2016
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Prisoners, Pell Grant, Higher Education, Post Secondary Education, REAL Act, Donna Edwards

33.

Muslims in American Prisons: Advancing the Rule of Law Through Litigation Praxis

Journal of Islamic Law, Vol. 3, p. 29 (2022), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-25
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2022
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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US prisons, Islam in the US, Muslims in the US, prisons, litigation

34.

Uncertainty Ahead: Pell Grant Funding for Prisoners

The State of Justice 2017 American Bar Association
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 10 Aug 2017
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Pell Grant, Prisoners, Correction, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Reform

35.

Religion in Prison

Religion and American Cultures, p. 1154, Gary Laderman & Luis Leon, eds., ABC-CLIO, 2014
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Jan 2015
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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religion, prison, Islam, rehabilitation, radicalization

36.

Understanding an American Paradox: An Overview of The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-16, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 50, p. 141, 2023
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 15 Mar 2023
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Islam, Muslim, Race, Racism, Critical Race Theory, Religious Freedom, Civil Rights, Religious Liberty, Discrimination

37.

Manufacturing Social Violence: The Prison Paradox & Future Escapes

Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy, Vol. 11, No. 84, 2009
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2021
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Prison, Violence, Ethnography, Gangs, Prison Administration, Prisoners' Rights

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Foreword to Thurgood Marshall School of Law Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, Vol. 6

Thurgood Marshall School of Law Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, Vol. 6, 2016
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 23 Apr 2016
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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39.

Priorities of Pedagogy: Classroom Justice in the Law School Setting

California Western L. Rev. 467, 2012
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2014
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Classroom Justice, Critical Pedagogy, Legal Education, Socratic Dialogue, Law School

40.

The U.S. Constitution: Reimagining 'We the People' as an Inclusive Construct

6 The Bridge: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal and Social Policy 1(2021)., U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-25
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 May 2021 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2021
Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Police, Policing, Qualified Immunity, Law Enforcement, Correctional Officers, Prisons

41.

9/11 Impacts on Muslims in Prison

Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Vol. 27, p. 233, 2021, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-02
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2022
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Muslim, Islam, Prisons, Incarceration, 9/11, Islamophobia, Religion, Prison Litigation, Rehabilitation

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Muslim Prisoner Litigation: An Unsung American Tradition (Introduction)

In MUSLIM PRISONER LITIGATION: AN UNSUNG AMERICAN TRADITION, SpearIt (University of California Press, 2023), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-37
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Sep 2023
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Muslim, Islam, US prisons, prisoner litigation, incarceration, religion, Outcrit

43.

Pushing Pro Bono for the Incarcerated and Those Reentering Society

The State of Criminal Justice 2018 (American Bar Association 2018)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Pro bono, American Bar Association, Corrections, Law School, Experiential Education, Reentry, Prison

44.

La Raza Book Reviews

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, Vol. 19, p. 177, 2008
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2021
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Latinos, Politics, Crime, Hispanics, Genetic Technology, Supreme Court

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Foreword: From LatCrit to LatCrit 2.0 -- Institutionalizing a Movement and Cultivating Next-Generation Scholarship

John Marshall Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2014
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Apr 2015
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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LatCrit, OutCrit Jurisprudence, Outsider Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Critical Race Theory

46.

Prison Transfers and the Mootness Doctrine: Disappearing the Rule of Law in Prisons

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-29, A chapter in The State of Criminal Justice 2022, American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 04 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2022
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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prison policy reform, rule of law, legislative reform, barriers to justice, access to justice, criminal justice system, prisoner vulnerability, equal protection, due process, rights of prisoners

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Panel III Discussion: The U.S. Constitution: Reimagining 'We the People' as an Inclusive Construct

Bullock, Joan; Fain, Constance; Weeden, Larry; and SpearIt (2021) "Panel III Discussion: The U.S. Constitution: Reimagining "We the People" as an Inclusive Construct," The Bridge: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal & Social Policy: Vol. 6 , Article 5.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 01 Jun 2022
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Muslims in American Prisons: Advancing the Rule of Law through Litigation Praxis

Journal of Islamic Law, Vol. 3, No. 1
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Nov 2024
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Islamic law, American law, litigation, prisoners' rights

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 61
1.

Collection of Short Writings

Number of pages: 153 Posted: 25 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2020
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University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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op-ed, blog, short writings, opinion