Advances in LGBTQ rights in the recent past—marriage equality, the repeal of Don't Ask,
Don't Tell, and the expansion of hate crimes legislation—have been accompanied by a rise …

This article addresses the relationship between anti-racism and decolonization in the North
American context. It argues that the logic of decolonization movements for indigenous …

B 1787,. It was not too late to imagine an end to slavery,
but it was too late to imagine the repair of its injury. Abolition was perhaps all that those who …

The law of slavery is still good law. In the twenty-first century, American judges and lawyers
continue to cite case law developed in disputes involving enslaved people. These cases …

It has been well-established that many of the injustices that people around the world
experience every day, from food insecurity to unsafe labor conditions and natural disasters …

This book examines the gradual emancipation of the individual in national and international
law and the changing social attitudes towards personal choice in constituting identity. It …

As the killing of those at the margins of liberal and neoliberal sovereignty continues to be
glamorized and fetishized in the name of 'democracy,'we are confronted with urgent …

In Ugly Freedoms Elisabeth R. Anker reckons with the complex legacy of freedom offered by
liberal American democracy, outlining how the emphasis of individual liberty has always …

According to varied and sometimes conflicting sources, 4 27 million people worldwide are
enslaved,'4 million or 600,000 to 800,000 individuals are trafficked annually across …

This article theorizes contemporary authoritarian mobilization and its continuities with liberal
modernity. It draws on the genealogy of modern property to systematically integrate two …