2 Forging Fortuity Against Procedural Retrenchment: Developing a Critical Race Theoretical Account of Civil Procedure

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Why Procedure Is Critical, Constitutive, and Vulnerable: A Reconstruction Foreword xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I Theoretical Concepts in Civil Procedure
6. 1 A Critical Perspective on Personal Jurisdiction Kulko v. Superior Court 3
7. 2 Forging Fortuity Against Procedural Retrenchment: Developing a Critical Race Theoretical Account of Civil Procedure 23
8. 3 Civil Procedure in the Shadow of Violence 32
9. 4 Multiple Disadvantages: An Empirical Test of Intersectionality Theory in Equal Employment Opportunity Litigation 41
10. 5 Orientalizing Procedure: Insiders and Outsiders in the Doctrine of Arbitration 51
11. 6 Prisoner Procedure 58
12. 7 The Benefits of Class Actions and the Increasing Threats to Their Viability 67
13. 8 Disability Employment Class Actions 75
14. 9 Procedure and Indian Children 85
15. Part II Institutional Anchors in Civil Procedure
16. 10 The Ideal and the Actual in Procedural Due Process 95
17. 11 The Restrictive Ethos in Civil Procedure 108
18. 12 Losers’ Rules 116
19. 13 Disruptors and Disruptions: Re-centering Procedural Narrative 124
20. 14 Class in Courts: Incomplete Equality’s Challenges for the Legitimacy of Procedural Systems 132
21. 15 Can a Gay Judge Judge a Gay Rights Case? Thoughts on Judicial Neutrality 143
22. 16 (Un)Conscious Judging 153
23. 17 When Law Forsakes the Poor 162
24. 18 Doorways of Discretion: Psychological Science and the Legal Construction and Erasure of Racism 170
25. 19 #SoWhiteMale Federal Civil Rulemaking 180
26. Part III Constitutional Procedure: Due Process and Jurisdiction
27. 20 Building a Litigation Coalition: Business Interests and the Transformation of Personal Jurisdiction 191
28. 21 Notice and the Narratives of Court Access 202
29. 22 Subject Matter Jurisdiction: The Interests of Power and the Power of Interests 210
30. 23 Jurisprudence and Recommendations for Tribal Court Authority Due to Imposition of US Limitations 219
31. 24 How Jurisdiction-Channeling Erodes Rights 231
32. 25 Procedural Barriers to the Use of Title IX as a Defense for Transgender Students in State Juvenile Justice Proceedings 240
33. Part IV The Process of Litigation
34. 26 Pleading and Antiracism 249
35. 27 The Master of the Complaint? Pleadings in Our Inegalitarian Age 260
36. 28 Undocumented Civil Procedure 269
37. 29 Privilege and Voice in Discovery 278
38. 30 Civil Rights Summarily Denied Race, Evidence, and Summary Judgment in Police Brutality Cases 286
39. 31 Gender and Summary Judgment 294
40. 32 Summary Judgment, Factfinding, and Juries 303
41. 33 The Disparate Racial Impacts of Color-Blind Juror Eligibility Requirements 311
42. Part V Litigation and Arbitration
43. 34 The Power of Narrative Through Intervention in Affirmative Action Cases 321
44. 35 Class Actions and the “Day in Court” Ideal Class Actions as Collective Power Against Subordination 332
45. 36 Reinvigorating Commonality: Gender and Class Actions 340
46. 37 Critical Procedure: Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Justices’ “Second Wave” Constriction of Court Access and Claim Development 349
47. 38 Reconsidering Prejudice in Alternative Dispute Resolution for Black Work Matters 359
48. 39 When Forum Determines Rights Forced Arbitration of Discrimination Claims 368
49. Acknowledgments 379
50. About the Editors 381
51. About the Contributors 385
52. Index 405