
Redefining Equality
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 20. August 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-19-511665-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book brings together essays from a distinguished group of scholars, presenting an array of views about the meaning of equality and providing perspectives on the on-going debates about it. By bringing together essays from prominent writers in America in law, history, and social science, the collection presents a range of opinions and insights that speak to America's ability to define and deal with the politics of equality.
Reviews / Votes
Well-informed pieces. * Brymnor Thomas, Cambrian law Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 line figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511665-6 (9780195116656)
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Persons
Neal Devins is a Professor of Law and a Lecturer in Government at the College of William and Mary School of Law. He is the author, most recently, of Shaping Constitutional Values (1996).
Davison M. Douglas, also a Professor of Law at the College of William and Mary Law School, is the author of Reading, Writing, and Race (1995).
Davison M. Douglas, also a Professor of Law at the College of William and Mary Law School, is the author of Reading, Writing, and Race (1995).
Editor
Professor of LawProfessor of Law
Professor of LawProfessor of Law, both at College of William and Mary School of Law
Content
1: Davison M. Douglas and Neal Devins: The Pursuit of Equality
2: Kathryn Abrams: Equality and Impasse: Mobilizing Group-Based Perspectives in an Era of Group-Blindness
3: Reva Siegel: Civil Rights Reform in Historical Perspective: Regulating Marital Violence
4: David A. Strauss: The Illusory Distinction Between Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Result
5: Jennifer L. Hochschild: The Word 'American' Ends in 'Can': The Ambiguous Promise of the American Dream
6: Jeremy Rabkin: Racial Divisions and Judicial Obstructions
7: Hugh Davis Graham: The Politics of Clientele Capture: Civil Rights Policy and the Reagan Administration
8: Christine H. Rossell: The Convergence of Black and White Attitudes on School Desegregation Issues
9: Drew S. Days III: Brown Blues: Rethinking the Integrative Ideal
10: Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic: The Social Construction of Brown v. Board of Education: Law Reform and the Reconstructive Paradox
11: Gerald N. Rosenberg: The Irrelevant Court: The Supreme Court's Inability to Influence Popular Beliefs about Equality (or Anything Else)
12: Erwin Chemerinsky: Can Courts Make a Difference?
13: David J. Garrow: The Supreme Court's Pursuit of Equality and Liberty and the Burdens of History
14: Neal Devins: The Judicial Role in Equality Decision-Making
2: Kathryn Abrams: Equality and Impasse: Mobilizing Group-Based Perspectives in an Era of Group-Blindness
3: Reva Siegel: Civil Rights Reform in Historical Perspective: Regulating Marital Violence
4: David A. Strauss: The Illusory Distinction Between Equality of Opportunity and Equality of Result
5: Jennifer L. Hochschild: The Word 'American' Ends in 'Can': The Ambiguous Promise of the American Dream
6: Jeremy Rabkin: Racial Divisions and Judicial Obstructions
7: Hugh Davis Graham: The Politics of Clientele Capture: Civil Rights Policy and the Reagan Administration
8: Christine H. Rossell: The Convergence of Black and White Attitudes on School Desegregation Issues
9: Drew S. Days III: Brown Blues: Rethinking the Integrative Ideal
10: Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic: The Social Construction of Brown v. Board of Education: Law Reform and the Reconstructive Paradox
11: Gerald N. Rosenberg: The Irrelevant Court: The Supreme Court's Inability to Influence Popular Beliefs about Equality (or Anything Else)
12: Erwin Chemerinsky: Can Courts Make a Difference?
13: David J. Garrow: The Supreme Court's Pursuit of Equality and Liberty and the Burdens of History
14: Neal Devins: The Judicial Role in Equality Decision-Making