Race and the Law in the United States

A Contemporary Perspective

AvMichelle D. Deardorff

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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This text explores how the legal history and judicial decisions of the United States contribute to the dynamic societal debates Americans are having around race today. It pairs historical cases and primary sources with contextual commentary to ensure students comprehend how decisions from the past deeply impact the laws they have inherited, as well as shape contemporary issues and political movements. This framework also highlights the distinctive characteristics of the various time periods and how they connect to other eras to provide students with a full appreciation of the events and environments influencing cases. Written in an accessible and engaging style, it avoids the traditional focus of many caselaw books and instead promotes a sound understanding of the legal concepts and dynamics that inform current discussions of racial identities, challenging the usual development of doctrinal law and court decisions defining race. An Instructor Manual is available online, with additional teaching resources and assessment materials for each chapter, to foster meaningful class discussions about future choices and how to pursue a more equal nation.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-06-05
Mått:255 x 177 x 25 mm
Vikt:712 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:381
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009096362

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Michelle D. Deardorff is the Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Government at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The co-author of a two-volume constitutional law text and a popular American government text, her career includes decades at a historic Black university, a private college, and a regional public institution. She has served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, on the governing council of the American Political Science Association, and as co-chair of the APSA Presidential Taskforce on Rethinking Political Science Education. From 1997 to 2017 she was part of the coalition which established the Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy, to engage and educate all students and teachers seeking to understand democracy and civil rights in the United States.

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'This text is an outstanding resource for teaching race and law in the United States. Designed both to illustrate thematic and group-based concerns and to promote historical understanding, the book covers the breadth of the American experience with race under the law. It provides thoughtfully edited primary sources, including cases, but also legislation, legal commentary, and key movement voices. The explanatory materials provide excellent context for the documents, including outlining the active efforts by people of color and advocacy organizations to promote change. Highly realistic about the potential and limits of law as a tool for reform, this text is an ideal choice for instructors who want to inspire their students to examine legal questions from a richly historical, political, and critical perspective.' Julie Novkov, University at Albany, SUNY

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Introduction: the legal construction and development of race; 1. Race, the constitution, and slavery; 2. Race. citizenship, and sovereignty; 3. Race and segregation; 4. Race and state obligation; 5. Race, culture, and identity; 6. Race and constructing democracy'; 7. Race and the limits of the law; Conclusion: what do we owe democracy?; References; Index.