Call For Papers
LSU
Law Journal for Social Justice and Policy
November
11, 2022
Virtual
The LSU Law Journal for Social Justice and
Policy is pleased to announce its Call for Papers for our upcoming symposium on
the Industrial Prison Complex System. The Symposium will take place in a
virtual format on November 11, 2022.
Submissions can include but are not limited to
the following topics:
· Capital
Punishment
· The
Business of Private Prisons
· Hard
Labor as Punishment
· Implications
of the 8th Amendment
· Federal
v. State v. Private Prisons
· The
implications of the current prison system
· Restitution
for Innocent individuals imprisoned
· Sentencing
Guidelines and the impact on prisons
· Alternatives
to Prison for non-violent offenders
· Economic
Impacts of the Current Prison System
· Two-Year
Anniversary of George Floyd: Where are we at now?
· Decriminalizing
Marijuana
· Privatization
of Probation
· No
Cash Bail v. Cash Bail
LJSJP seeks to elevate underrepresented voices
in legal academia and to confront pressing social justice issues of the day.
Academics at all levels and in all disciplines (not just law) are encouraged to
apply.
To apply, please submit an abstract of
approximately 350-750 words through this
form by August 29, 2022.
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