Abstract No one deserves to die just because they use drugs. Yet, policies and practices in jails and prisons around the country continue to facilitate the death, pain, and suffering of people who use drugs by refusing to properly screen and medically manage withdrawal for persons in custody. In Estelle v. Gamble, the U.S. Supreme Court established a constitutional right for incarcerated persons...
Episode 9.1: Race, Professionalism, and White Supremacy with Leah Goodridge
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Dialectic volume 72! In this episode, host Kyler McVoy and guest Leah Goodridge discuss the racial dynamics of professionalism and its origin in settler-colonial and white supremacist ideologies, expanding on Leah's recently published essay: Professionalism as a Racial Construct. Dialectic UCLA Law Review · Race, Professionalism, and White Supremacy with Leah...
Dirty SOEs
Abstract Among the world’s largest polluters, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), not privately controlled businesses, are the greatest contributors to global industrial emissions. SOEs are major contributors to fossil-fuel-related carbon emissions, so understanding how to engage SOEs in combating climate change is essential. Because SOEs do not respond to all of the same pressures and incentives as...
Remarks on Receiving the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching
Abstract
Each year, the UCLA School of Law presents the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching to an outstanding law professor. On Thursday, April 6, 2023, this honor was given to Professor Eileen A. Scallen. UCLA Law Review Discourse is proud to continue its tradition of publishing a modified version of the ceremony speech delivered by the award recipient.
Episode 8.2: Professor Sanford Williams: Friends, Family, and the FCC
In this episode of Dialectic, UCLA Law Lecturer at Law Sanford Williams shares his personal story about his journey to working at the FCC. The episode explores the nature of the FCC, its decision-making process as an administrative agency, and some of the most current important topics in telecommunications that the FCC is examining. Dialectic UCLA Law Review · Professor Sanford Williams: Friends...
The Civilization Canon
Abstract Recently, scholars have uncovered many ways in which our traditional understandings of the U.S. Constitution have failed to grapple with American empire and colonialism. This work has shown that the nation’s history of mistreating Indigenous peoples is constitutive of its legal order. In this Article, I provide evidence of a similar kind of imperialistic effect in the realm of statutory...
Women’s Suffrage, Black Suffrage, and Lessons for Today
Abstract Recent elections in the United States have commanded national and international attention with voting rights becoming a leading concern for Americans. Though the American public and the judicial and political institutions that represent the American people understand the importance of voting to the health of a democracy, the voting rate among eligible voters in the United States pales in...
The Legal Foundations of Extractive Power
Abstract Over the last decade, the United States has become the world’s top producer and leading exporter of oil and gas—a change with dramatic geopolitical and climate implications. At the root of this ascendency is a legal framework around oil and gas extraction in the United States that empowers extractive industry to dismantle community opposition, undermine local governance, and entrench...