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Schedule Registration Housing |
| Saturday, January 8, 2000 3:30-5:15 p.m. |
Harding
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Mezzanine Level |
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Section on Legal History |
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| Robert J. Cottrol, George Washington University, Chair |
| The Southern Mirror: What We Might Learn about Race, Law and History from the Afro-Latin Experience |
| Moderator: | |
| Robert J. Cottrol, George Washington University | |
| Speakers: | |
| Taunya Lovell Banks, University of Maryland
Paul Finkelman, University of Tulsa Tanya Kateri Hernandez, St. John's University |
| North American scholars have long been aware that a knowledge of the legal history of the United States is essential to an understanding of the development of racial identity and hierarchy in the United States. This session will discuss the role of law in regulating systems of slavery in Latin America and in the development of racial stratifications and different Afro-Latin identities. The session will examine how the study of the legal history of race relations in Latin America can help shed light on questions of law and race in the United States, including such issues as discrimination, remedy, racial identities and the power and limits of law as an ameliorative tool. |
| Business Meeting at Program Conclusion |