Critical Race Theory and the American Justice System

How Juries Wrestle with Racial Prejudice

Paul Zwier (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

355 Seiten

2024 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-0209-9 (ISBN)

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When a trial lawyer stands before a jury to argue a case about a Black victim killed by a white person, how should the lawyer best argue the case? Critical race theorists (CRTs) are pessimistic that a white jury can set aside its own racism in judging the Black victims' actions, and are skeptical of a jury's ability to fairly judge a white actor's motives.Before the George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery killings, there was strong evidence (The Innocence Project) that the CRTs were right. After all, the prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery case were so convinced that a white jury in a Georgia county would not convict white vigilantes, that they initially didn't even charge the killers with a crime. However, then, back-to-back, in both cases, prosecutors prosecuted, and the jury returned guilty verdicts. They convicted Derrick Chauvin of murder. They convicted Travis and Gregory McMichael and "Roddie" William Bryant of murder. This book examines the how and why of these verdicts and asks whether they hold lessons vital to withstanding CRT challenges to the American justice system.

Paul J. Zwier II is one of America's most distinguished professors of advocacy and skills training. He is Director of Emory's Program for International Advocacy and Dispute Resolution and a Professor of Law, having previously served as Director of Public Education for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, USA. He has taught and designed public and in-house skills programs in trial advocacy, advocacy in mediation, and expert testimony at deposition and trial for more than 40 years. He is the author of a number of publications, including the books Principled Negotiation on an International Stage: Talking with Evil (2013) and Peacemaking, Religious Belief and the Rule of Law: The Struggle between Dictatorship and Democracy in Syria and Beyond (2018).

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2024
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
ISBN-10	1-0364-0209-6 / 1036402096
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-0209-9 / 9781036402099
Zustand	Neuware