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It is not hyperbole to proclaim that a crisis of legal legitimacy exists in the relationships between African Americans & the law & legal authorities & institutions that govern them. However, this legitimacy deficit has largely been documented through anecdotal evidence & a steady drumbeat of journalistic reports, but not rigorous scientific research. We posit that both experiences & in-group identities are commanding because they influence the ways in which black people process information, & in particular, the ways in which blacks react to the symbols of legal authority. Based on two nationally-representative samples, this text ties together four dominant theories of public opinion: legitimacy theory, social identity theory, theories of adulthood political socialization & learning through experience, & information processing theories.

"Henry E. Frye came of age just as the South was beginning a change. Throughout their lives, Frye and wife, Shirley, were in the vanguard of the advances that shaped the lives of African Americans. This book traces their careers and explores the growing participation of African Americans in the civic, political and social life of North Carolina"--Provided by publisher

This article addresses an issue with which federal courts have been forced to deal with increasing frequency: How ought a judge go about determining the content of customary international law? The article seeks to demonstrate, using the example of the treatment of the concept of "jus cogens" by the courts of appeals, that federal courts have come to rely on doubtful sources in addressing questions of international law. More specifically, it sets out to show that courts frequently do not rely on the actual practice of governments to determine the content of customary international law, which would seem to be required both by the nature of customary international law and by Supreme Court authority. Rather, they have come to place weight on the works of writers whose conclusions are based on questionable authority, on the Restatement of Foreign Relations Law, on the views of other domestic courts, and on the decisions of international courts. The article explains the problems with relying on such sources, and briefly describes an alternative method of proceeding for cases involving an area of customary international law most frequently before American courts, the law of human rights.

In another interview, we approached Judge Dr. Mohamad Ali Chekhaibe as a Professor of Law in the Judge Institute. We asked him to share with us some of his observations about women in the profession of judges in Lebanon. We also asked him to describe the behavior of female students in his classrooms at the Judge Institute. His remarks were rather encouraging.