Jody David Armour is an American academic. He is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

, where he specializes in race issues in legal decision-making.

Life and career

Armour came to study law after his father was set up and imprisoned when Armour was 8 years old. Armour graduated from

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and the

UC Berkeley School of Law The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (commonly known as Berkeley Law or UC Berkeley School of Law) is the law school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California. It is one of 1 ...

. He also teaches torts, criminal law, and criminal procedure.

Selected publications

* ''Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America'', New York University Press, 1997. ,

References

External links

Official websiteArticle in the USC Gould journal
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