Implicit racial bias across the law

"This book explores how scientific evidence on the human mind might help to explain why racial equality is so elusive"

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Levinson, Justin D. , 1974- (Author), Smith, Robert J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , c2012
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Implicit racial bias : a social science overview
  • 2. Property law : implicit bias and the resilience of spatial colorlines
  • 3. Criminal law : coloring punishment : implicit social cognition and criminal justice
  • 4. Torts : implicit bias : inspired torts
  • 5. Employment law : implicit bias in employment litigation
  • 6. Health law : cognitive bias in medical decision-making
  • 7. Education law : unconscious racism and the conversation about the racial achievement gap
  • 8. Communications law : bits of bias
  • 9. Corporations law : biased corporate decision-making?
  • 10. Tax law : implicit bias and the earned income tax credit
  • 11. Intellectual property : implicit racial and gender bias in right of publicity cases and intellectual property law generally
  • 12. Environmental law : a tale of two neighborhoods : implicit bias and environmental decision-making
  • 13. Federal Indian law : implicit bias against native peoples as sovereigns
  • 14. Capital punishment : choosing life or death (implicitly)
  • 15. Reparations law : redress bias?