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An edition of Circu$ Court$: How Racism and Greed Poisoned the American Legal System, and What You Can Do About It (2024)

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Sheryl Weikal
Language
English
Pages
279

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Subjects

law courts racism legal system US law american law American legal system history of law transphobia queerphobia homophobia antisemitism white supremacy systemic racism Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission eviction mills Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (1986) Supreme Court of the United States Illinois Supreme Court civil rights Jim Crow poverty justice qualified immunity judicial immunity police policing crime public defenders Crime Free Ordinances

People

Sheryl Weikal Earl Warren (1891-1974) Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) Warren E. Burger (1907-1995) Byron R. White (1917-2002) William O. Douglas (1898-1980) Clarence Thomas (1948-)

Places

USA United States of America Illinois (State) Chicago (IL) Richard J. Daley center Cook County (IL) California (State) New York (State) Oregon (State) New York City (NY) Rikers Island (N.Y.)

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early 21st century 20th century 19th century 21st century
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First Sentence

"In Chicago, Illinois, most state circuit court proceedings are held at the Richard J. Daley center, a giant building that looks less like a courthouse than it does a high rise office tower from a 1980s sitcom."

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One. Evictions, Foreclosures, and the For-Profit Homelessness Mill
Chapter Two. Police, Prosecutors, and Slavery Across Generations
Chapter Three. Show Me the Money: Court Fees and Buying Access
Chapter Four. Rules of Procedure and the Lie of Scientific Objectivity
Chapter Five. Judges, Bias, and the Myth of the Black Box
Chapter Six. The Gatekeepers and the Bar Exam, or How the System Protects Itself
Conclusion
Gratitude

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Other Titles
Circus Courts

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Sheryl Weikal
Epigraph
Emma Goldman

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eBook
Number of pages
279

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OL50499167M
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B0CQKH14BB
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OL37478061W

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