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Category Archives: law
200 Years of Illinois: Get your same-sex marriage license
in gay/lesbian, Illinois / regional, law, politics
Tagged 200 Years of Illinois, same sex marriage
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We’re a day late with this bit of recognition, but here goes. On June 1, 2014, a same sex marriage law passed the previous fall went into effect across the state of Illinois. Passed over opposition and claims it violated … Continue reading
Backlist Bop: Mythbusting an American institution
in anthropology, immigration, law
Tagged law, marriage
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Forbidden Relatives challenges the belief—widely held in the United States—that legislation against marriage between first cousins is based on a biological risk to offspring. In fact, its author maintains, the U.S. prohibition against such unions originated largely because of the … Continue reading
Four Quotes: from Spacializing Blackness, by Rashad Shabazz
in African American Studies, Chicago, law
Tagged geography, incarceration, masculinity, prison, racism, Rashad Shabazz, Spacializing Blackness
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A geographic study of race and gender, Spatializing Blackness casts light upon the ubiquitous—and ordinary—ways carceral power functions in places where African Americans live. Moving from the kitchenette to the prison cell, and mining forgotten facts from sources as diverse … Continue reading
Release Party: Gendered Asylum
in gay/lesbian, gender studies, immigration, law, women's history
Tagged Gendered Asylum, migration, Sara L. McKinnon, sexuality, women's studies
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Women filing gender-based asylum claims long faced skepticism and outright rejection within the U.S. immigration system. Despite erratic progress, the United States still fails to recognize gender as an established category for experiencing persecution. Gender exists in a sort of … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: I Learned Law at the Movies
in film, law
Tagged film, Francis Ford Coppola, Law in Film, Legal Realism, movies
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Courtroom dramas and filmed jury rooms have left an indelible impression on Americans. That impression? The law is so straightforward you can wrap up any case in a maximum of two hours. Unless you’re trying to win an Oscar. Then … Continue reading
“Serious crimes” keep Corrupt Illinois figure in prison
in american history, Chicago, Illinois / regional, law
Tagged Corrupt Illinois, corruption, Dick Simpson, Elvis Presley, poliltics, political science, politicians, Rod Blagojevich, Thomas Gradel
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Inmate No. 40892-424, better known as former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, had hoped to he would be able to return home early. Those hopes were dashed by a the federal judge today, who decided to maintain a 14-year sentence on … Continue reading
Q&A with Game Faces author Sarah K. Fields
in author commentary, authors, communication, interviews, law, sports history
Tagged Game Faces, Joe Montana, Red Grange, Sarah Fields, Warren Spahn
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Sarah K. Fields is an associate professor in communication at the University of Colorado—Denver. She answered some questions about her book Game Faces: Sport Celebrity and the Laws of Reputation. Q: How are cases involving sports figures different than those involving other … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: Bar Exam
in law, prison
Tagged crime, Eleanor Novek, Jennifer K. Wood, Marie Mulvey-Roberts, Michael A. Hallett, prison, prison writing, prisoners, Stephen John Hartnett
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Every week seems to bring more stories of the waste, misuse, cruelty, and injustice of America’s increasingly for-profit prison system. For years, the University of Illinois Press has taken a sustained interest in prisons, focusing not just on history but … Continue reading
Release Party: Game Faces
in law, sports history
Tagged baseball, Don Newcombe, Game Faces, law, Sarah K. Fields
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Sports figures have a public profile once reserved for the likes of reigning monarchs and movie stars. In the new UIP book Game Faces, Sarah K. Fields looks at six people faced with what they considered attacks on their privacy and images, … Continue reading
Legislation and Sexting Panic
in author commentary, authors, communication, feminist studies, interviews, law, media studies
Tagged Amy Adele Hasinoff, sexting, Sexting Panic, women's studies
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Young people, especially teenagers, are quick to adopt new technology and incorporate that new technology into their every day behavior. These “early adopters” are prized consumers for the tech industry, who are always looking for the next trend on which … Continue reading