1st Edition
Institutional Failures Duke Lacrosse, Universities, the News Media, and the Legal System
Edited By Howard M. Wasserman
Copyright 2011
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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The authors of this new collection argue that the many features of the now-infamous Duke University men’s lacrosse controversy are best understood in the context of the three major socio-legal institutions in which the drama played out. The legal system, Duke University, and the news media all struggled to respond to and handle the case, tinged as the events were with race, sex, violence, class,... Read more
Part 1 Overview; Chapter 1 An Institutional Perspective on the Duke Lacrosse Case, Howard M.Wasserman; Part 2 Legal System; Chapter 2 When Good Prosecutors Go Bad, Angela J.Davis; Chapter 3 Duke Lacrosse, Prosecutorial Misconduct, and the Limits of the Civil Justice System, SamKamin; Part 3 Duke University and American Higher Education; Chapter 4 The Perils of Academic Groupthink, KCJohnson; Chapter 5 The Duke Lacrosse Saga, Robert M.O’Neil; Chapter 6 In the Shadow of Duke, Ellen J.Staurowsky; Part 4 News Media; Chapter 7 Justice Delayed, RachelSmolkin; Chapter 8 Not Just Sloppy Journalism, but a Profound Ethical Failure, Jane E.Kirtley; Chapter 9 Covering the Notorious Case, Craig L.LaMay;
Biography
Howard M. Wasserman is an Associate Professor of Law at the Florida International University College of Law, where he has written and taught extensively on civil rights and constitutional litigation, the First Amendment, and sports law.
'Anyone interested in sport and social justice issues simply must read Institutional Failures. The Duke case, now five years old, had many bad assumptions and twists and turns that confused the public for a long time. The book's diverse contributors give tremendous detail, put the story in the context of the sport, and include various perspectives that will help readers reach their own conclusions.' Richard Lapchick, University of Central Florida, USA 'This is an important book exploring the disaster that was the Duke lacrosse case. Initially a story about an alleged crime with overtones of race, class, and privilege, it became one about a District Attorney indifferent to justice. It fundamentally shook our faith in those institutions responsible for protecting us. This book provides important insights to assure that this does not happen again.' Thomas B. Metzloff, Duke University School of Law, USA
