Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Faculty of Law, McGill University
New Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W9
Summer 2015
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON IMPLICIT BIAS
Academic Articles/ Articles académiques
BAGENSTOS, Samuel (2006). ''The Structural Turn and the Limits of Antidiscrimination Law'',
94 California Law Review 1.
BAGENSTOS, Samuel (2007). ''Implicit Bias, ''Science'' and Anti-Discrimination Law'', 1
Harvard Law Review 477.
BANKS, Richard; EBERHARDT, Jennifer and ROSS, Lee (2006). ''Discrimination and Implicit
Bias in a Racially Unequal Society'', 94 California Law Review 1169.
BANKS, Richard and THOMPSON FORD, Richard (2009). ''(How) Does Unconscious Bias
Matter?: Law, Politics, and Racial Inequality'', 58 Emory Law Journal 1053.
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BARTLETT, Katharine (2009). ''Making Good on Good Intentions: The Critical Role of
Motivation in Reducing Implicit Workplace Discrimination'', 95(8) Virginia Law Review 1893.
BERTRAND, Marianne; CHUGH, Dolly and MULLAINATHAN, Sendhil (2005). ''Implicit
Discrimination'', 95(2) American Economic Review 94.
BODENSTEINER, Ivan (2008). ''The Implications of Psychological Research Related to
Unconscious Discrimination and Implicit Bias in Proving International Discrimination'', 73
Missouri Law Review 83.
CASEY, Pamela, WARREN, Roger, CHEESMAN, Fred, ELEK, Jennifer (2013). “Addressing
Implicit Bias in the Courts,” 29 Ct. Rev. 64.
CERULLO, Christopher (2013-2014). “Everyone’s A Little Bit Racist? Reconciling Implicit
Bias and Title VII,” 82 Fordham L. Rev. 127.
CHAMALLAS, Martha (1997-1998). ''The Architecture of Bias: Deep Structures in Tort Law'',
146 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 463.
CLEMONS, John Tyler (2014). “Blind Injustice: The Supreme Court, Implicit Racial Bias, and the Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System,” 51 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 689.
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DONEFF, Andrea (2013-2014). “Social Framework Studies Such as Women Don't Ask and It
Does Hurt to Ask Show Us the Next Step toward Achieving Gender Equality - Eliminating the
Long-Term Effects of Implicit Bias - But Are Not Likely to Get Cases Past Summary
Judgment,” 20 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 573.
Equal Justice Society and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (2014). “Lessons from Mt. Holly:
Leading Scholars Demonstrate Need for Disparate Impact Standard to Combat Implicit Bias,” 11
Hastings Race & Poverty L.J. 241.
FAIGMAN, David; DASGUPTA, Nilanjana and RIDGEWAY, Cecilia (2007 - 2008). ''The
Matter of Fit: The Law of Discrimination and the Science of Implicit Bias'', 59 Hastings Law
Journal 1389.
FORD, Richard Thompson (2014). “Bias in the Air: Rethinking Employment Discrimination
Law,” 66 Stan. L. Rev. 1381.
FOX, Dov (2013-2014). “Neuro-Voir Dire and the Architecture of Bias,” 65 Hastings L.J. 999.
GODSIL, Rachel D (2014). “Answering the Diversity Mandate; Overcoming Implicit Bias and
Racial Anxiety,” 286 New Jersey Lawyer 25-29.
GREENWALK, Anthony and KRIEGER, Linda Hamilton (2006). ''Implicit Bias: Scientific
Foundations'', 94 California Law Review 945.
GREEN, Bruce (2015). “Legal Discourse and Racial Justice: The Urge to Cry ‘Bias!’,” 28 Geo.
J. Legal Ethics 177.
HERNANDEZ, Tanya Kateri (2014). “One Path for Post-Racial Employment Discrimination
Cases- The Implicit Association Test Research as Social Framework Evidence,” 32 Law & Ineq.
309.
HUTCHINSON, Darren Lenard (2014). “Continually Reminded of their Inferior Position: Social
Dominance, Implicit Bias, Criminality, and Race,” 46 Wash. U.J.L. & Pol’y 23.
IZUMI, Carol (2010). “Implicit Bias and the Illusion of Mediator Neutrality,” 34 Wash. U. J. L.
& Pol’y 71.
JOLLS, Christine and SUNSTEIN, Cass (2006). ''The Law of Implicit Bias'', 94 California Law
Review 969.
KANG, Jerry (2009-2010). “Implicit Bias and the Pushback from the Left,” 54 St. Louis U. L.J.
1139.
KANG, Jerry and LANE, Kristin (2010). ''Seeing Through Colorblindness: Implicit Bias and the Law'', 58 UCLA Law Review 465.
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KANG, Jerry, BENNETT, Mark, CARBADO, Devon, CASEY, Pamela (2011-2012). “Implicit
Bias in the Courtroom,” 59 UCLA L. Rev. 1124.
KRIEGER, Linda Hamilton and FISKE, Susan (2006). ''Behavioral Realism in Employment
Discrimination Law: Implicit Bias and Disparate Treatment'', 94 California Law Review 997.
LARSON, Dale (2009). ''Unconsciously Regarded as Disabled: Implicit Bias and the Regarded-
As Prong of the Americans with Disabilities Act'', 56 UCLA Law Review 451.
LEBRECHT, Sophie; PIERCE, Sarah; TARR, Michael and TANAKA, James (2009) ''Perpetual
Other-Race Training Reduces Implicit Racial Bias'', 4(1) PlosOne (online).
LEE, Audrey (2005). ''Unconscious Bias Theory in Employment Discrimination Litigation'', 40
Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 481.
LEVISION, Justin J (2007-2008). “Forgotten Racial Equality: Implicit Bias, Decision-Making, and Misremembering,” 57 Duke L.J. 345.
LEVINSON, Justin D, CAI, Huajian, YOUNG, Danielle (2010-2011). “Guilty by Implicit Racial
Bias: The Guilty/Not Guilty Implicit Association Test,” 8 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 187.
LEVINSON, Justin D, YOUNG, Danielle (2010-2011). “Implicit Gender Bias in the Legal
Profession: An Empirical Study,” 18 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol’y 1.
LEVISON, Justin D (2011-2012). “SuperBias: The Collision of Behavioral Economics and
Implicit Social Cognition,” 45 Akron L. Rev. 591.
MAROUF, Fatma (2010- 2011). “Implicit Bias and Immigration Courts,” 45 New Eng. L. Rev.
417.
MCCORMICK, Marica (2015). “Let’s Pretend that Federal Courts Aren’t Hostile to
Discrimination Claims,” 76 Ohio St. L.J. Furthermore 1.
MCGINLEY, Ann C (2010). “Discrimination Redefined,” 75 Mo. L. Rev. 443.
MITCHELL, Gregory and TETLOCK, Philip (2007). ''Antidiscrimination Law and the Perils of
Mindreading'', Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper Series, Paper 60.
MITCHELL, Gregory and TETLOCK, Philip (2009). ''Facts Do Matter: A Reply to Bagenstos'',
The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics Workinp Paper, Paper 53.
NEGOWETTI, Nicole E (2014). “Navigating the Pitfalls of Implicit Bias: A Cognitive Science
Primer for Civil Litigators,” 4 St. Mary’s J on Legal Malpractice & Ethics 278.
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OPPENHEIMER, David Benjamin (1992-1993). “Negligent Discrimination,” 141 U. Pa. L. Rev.
899.
PEARCE, Russell G, WALD, Eli, BALLAKRISHNEN, Swethaa S (2015). “Difference
Blindness vs. Bias Awareness: Why Law Firms with the Best of Intentions Have Failed to Create
Diverse Partnership,” 83:5 Fordham Law Review 2407-2456.
PEDERSON, Natalie Bucciarelli (2010-2011). “Legal Framework for Uncovering Implicit Bias,
A,” 79 U. Cin. L. Rev. 97.
PERSAD, Govind (2014). “When, and How, Should Cognitive Bias Matter to Law,” 32 Law &
Ineq. 31.
POLLARD, Deana (1999). ''Unconscious Bias and Self-Critical Analysis: The Case for a
Qualified Evidentiary Equal Employment Opportunity Privilege'', 74 Washington Law Review
913.
RHODE, Deborah L (2014-2015) “Foreword: Diversity in the Legal Profession: A comparative
Perspective,” 3 Fordham L. Rev. 2241.
RUDMAN, Laurie (2004). ''Social Justice in Our Minds, Homes and Society: The Nature,
Causes, and Consequences of Implicit Bias'', 17(2) Social Justice Research 129.
SARINE, Elizabeth L (2012). “Regulating the Social Pollution of Systemic Discrimination
Caused by Implicit Bias,” 100 Cal. L. Rev. 1359.
SHIN, Patrick (2010). ''Liability for Unconscious Discrimination? A thought Experiment in the
Theory of Employment Discrimination Law'', 62(67) Hastings Law Journal 68.
SMITH, Catherine E (2014). “Looking to Torts: Exploring the Risks of Workplace
Discrimination,” 75 Ohio St. L.J. 1207.
SPANN, Girardeau A (2014-2015). “Good Faith Discrimination,” 23 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J.
585.
UMSTED, Zane (2014-2015). “Deterring Racial Bias in Criminal Justice Through Sentencing,”
100 Iowa L. Rev. 431.
VANDERVORT, Lucinda (2012). “Access to Justice and the Public Interest in the
Administration of Justice,” 63 U.N.B.LJ. 125-144.
WARE, Leland (2013-2014). “Color Struck: Intragroup and Cross-Racial Color Discrimination,”
13 Conn. Pub. Int. L.J. 75.
Books/ Livres
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LEVINSON, Justin and SMITH, Robert (Eds) (2012). Implicit Racial Bias Across the Law.
Cambridge University Press, 2012.
PARKS, Gregory, JONE, Shayne E, CARDI, W Jonathan (2008). Critical race realism: intersection of psychology, race, and law . New York, New Press.
WIENER, Richard L (2007). Social consciousness in legal decision making: psychological perspectives . New York, Springer.
Book Chapters/ Chapitres de livres
ROSETTE, A. S, Carton, A. M., Bowes-Sperry, L., & HEWLIN, P. F. (2013). Why Do Racial
Slurs Remain Prevalent in the Workplace? Integrating Theory on Intergroup Behavior.
Organization Science, Articles in Advance.
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