The Anglo-American common law originally provided that a husband, as master of his
household, could subject his wife to corporal punishment or" chastisement" so long as he …

The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial
exclusivity of slavery (coded as black) and full citizenship (coded as white as well as male) …

Challenging notions of race and sexuality presumed to have originated and flourished in the
slave South, Diane Miller Sommerville traces the evolution of white southerners' fears of …

Well after slavery was abolished, its legacy of violence left deep wounds on African
Americans' bodies, minds, and lives. For many victims and witnesses of the assaults, rapes …

Acceptance by the dominant group reveals the current standing of racial groups in the US
hierarchy, as well as the possibility for assimilation. However, few researchers have …

On November 28, 2013, Marissa Alexander was freed from a Florida prison after serving
three years of her twenty-year sentence. Her crime: firing a warning shot during a …

While many applaud the apparent successes of community and saturation policing, Neil
Websdale contends instead that such law enforcement initiatives oppress rather than protect …

With a well-earned reputation for tolerance of both prostitution and miscegenation, New
Orleans became known as the Great Southern Babylon in antebellum times. Following the …

The rule stare decisis et non quieta movere4 bemused Shakespeare, angered Hobbes, and
confounds us still today. 5 It confounds us because it occasionally seems to stand justice on …

IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THE SITE OF NAT TURNER'S 1831 revolt,
another man of color was alleged to have committed an egregious act a few years earlier; in …