Racial Justice and the Limits of Law

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"Shifting between law's role in constructing racial hierarchies and law's function in confining racial justice, the book offers a compelling and thorough analysis of antiracism in contemporary legal relations." Shaimaa Abdelkarim, University of Birmingham "Malkani authoritatively deploys critical race theory to construct an engrossing history of litigation challenges to the violence of slavery, colonialism, and immigration control. This is an account of the successes and failures of those who use the law in pursuit of racial justice that is at once sobering and uplifting." Patricia Tuitt, independent legal academic and Vice-Chair, Executive Committee, Liberty "An essential read for anyone who is interested in issues of race, racism, and antiracism. Malkani navigates several registers beyond law with ease and demonstrates an inimitable grasp of how law is both implicated in and perhaps also a route to racial justice. ... an invaluable reminder in our current times when law seems hopelessly complicit in racism."


Shreya Atrey, University of Oxford