The Supreme Court, Race, and Civil Rights: From Marshall to RehnquistSAGE Publications, 25. 7. 1995. - 512 страница Discover the first law textbook to provide a comprehensive examination of the Supreme Court′s institutional commitment to equality over a time span of more than 190 years. Filling the void of literature in this area, this long-awaited volume incorporates information from the disciplines of law, political science, and history to provide the student with a thorough analysis of race and law from the perspective of politically disadvantaged groups. Carefully selected cases stimulate classroom discussion and at the same time cultivate competence in reading actual Supreme Court rulings. Accessible and flexible, this textbook affords professors and instructors an opportunity to pick and choose from the essays and cases for each historical period. The authors instill in students a deeper appreciation of the multicultural component of ongoing struggles for equality within the American context. Written specifically for undergraduate, graduate, and law school courses that emphasize civil rights/race and the law, The Supreme Court, Race, and Civil Rights stands alone as an outstanding textbook. |
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... blacks were excluded from political society, the promise for full citizenship had to he pursued in nonelective forums. The special role accorded to the federal courts in protecting The Enduring Struggle for Equality • xix.
... exclusion of Negroes from access to the federal courts in civil cases, but the potential ramifications were more numerous and complex than anyone realized at the time. For one thing, there was the problem of definition. Could an Ohio ...
... excluded blacks from jury duty, public office, and voting. Some Black Codes required racial segregation in public transportation or created Jim Crow schools. Most Codes authorized whipping and the pillory as punishment for freedmen's ...
... excluded blacks from grand and petit juror service was properly arrested for his actions and that the lower court ... exclusion of blacks from juries violated the prisoners' rights under the Constitution and laws of the United States. In ...
... excludes blacks from grand juries, equal protection has heen denied to a black defendant. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Peonage Act of 1 867 under Congress' power to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment. 1 ...
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Berea College v Commonwealth of Kentucky 1908 | 50 |
The Campaign | 57 |
Jim Crow Housing and the Emergence | 66 |
The Era of Rising | 115 |
The Application of Brown in Other Contexts | 138 |
The Significance of 5 of the Voting Rights Act | 234 |
456 | 243 |
United Jewish Organizations Inc v Carey 1977 | 301 |
Regents of the University of California v Bakke 1978 | 309 |
United Steelworkers of America v Weber 1979 | 317 |
Jackson Board of Education 1986 | 324 |
Havens Realty Corp v Coleman 1982 | 330 |
Georgia 1972 | 338 |
Kentucky 1986 | 346 |
Kemp 1987 | 445 |
The Increasing | 250 |
The Death Penalty and the Pervasive Influence of Race | 257 |
Protest Rights and Activity | 270 |
Bradley Milliken 1 1974 | 277 |
McCrary 1976 | 284 |
City of Mobile v Bolden 1980 | 291 |
R A V v City of St Paul Minnesota 1992 | 451 |
Suggested Readings | 461 |
Table of Cases | 471 |
About the Authors 483 | |