Rodrigo's Remonstrance: Love and Despair in an Age of Indifference - Should Humans Have Standing?

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Richard Delgado

Seattle University School of Law

Noah Markewich

University of Colorado at Boulder

Date Written: 2000

Abstract

I enlist my alter ego, Rodrigo Crenshaw, to analyze the predicament of men of color, particularly black men who, according to many commentators, are an endangered species with high rates of school dropout, conviction, imprisonment, and early death. I review commentaries and environmental law showing that protection of nonhuman animals is advancing rapidly and that animals may easily gain legal standing to sue for violation of their rights and interests even earlier than the date when black men receive full protection.

Keywords: civil rights, environmental law, standing, critical race theory, animal rights

Suggested Citation

Delgado, Richard and Markewich, Noah, Rodrigo's Remonstrance: Love and Despair in an Age of Indifference - Should Humans Have Standing? (2000). Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 88, 2000, U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2711806, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2711806

Richard Delgado (Contact Author)

Seattle University School of Law ( email )

WA
United States

Noah Markewich

University of Colorado at Boulder

1070 Edinboro Drive
Boulder, CO 80309
United States

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