"Hate Torts" to Fight Hate Crimes
Punishing the Organizational Roots of Evil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Koenig (0000-0002-1472-4638, Northeastern University, corresponding author), Thomas H Koenig (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts,), Michael L Rustad (Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 302-318 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764207306061 |
| OpenAlex | W2018198440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article coins the term hate torts to illustrate the growing role of tort law in defending vulnerable Americans against violence and intimidation by hate groups and hateful individuals. Hate torts give juries the muscle to impose a financial death penalty against organizations that recklessly and intentionally enable racial and gender oppression. In the absence of effective criminal sanctions, tort victims and their lawyers can play the role of private attorneys general by filing civil lawsuits that expose and financially punish organizations that incite the commission of hate crimes
Commission · Criminology · Hate crime · Intimidation · Liability · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Sanctions · Sociology · Tort · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |