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Commentary EXTRA: Stand Your Ground Laws and Implicit Bias
EXTRA: Stand Your Ground Laws and Implicit Bias
Andrew Morgan
October 16, 2014 03:18:40 pm

The United States Commission on Civil Rights invited Professor David A. Harris of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law to testify at the Commission's hearing on October 17, 2014. The subject of the hearing is Stand Your Ground...

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Commentary G-20 EXTRA ~ Australia PM Rudd on Economy and Climate Change
G-20 EXTRA ~ Australia PM Rudd on Economy and Climate Change
Andrew Morgan
September 30, 2009 06:17:00 pm

Andrew Morgan, Pitt Law '11, attended a lecture given by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 Summit...I'll be the first to admit that I don't know an awful lot about Australian politics. When I received...

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