Race, Racism, and American LawThis major revision of a groundbreaking casebook sets the foundation for an intriguing course in civil rights or race and the law. Now accompanied by a Teacher's Manual for the first time, RACE, RACISM, AND AMERICAN LAW, Fourth Edition, is a penetrating and provocative analysis of the role of race in American law and society by the noted author and the originator of critical race theory. This scrupulously revised casebook now offers: an appendix of lightly edited historical and contemporary cases for instructors who prefer a fuller case treatment expanded coverage that includes Latino and Asian minorities commentary on the Supreme Court's conception of a 'color-blind' society and its effects on voting, employment, and affirmative action discussion of Professor Lani Guinier's views on proportional representation consideration of the disproportionately high percentage of blacks and Hispanics in American prisons an examination of the role of the media in propagating societal fear of minorities new cases in employment discrimination analysis of the impact of the technological age on workers with minimal skills Bell uses a wide range of materials to convey important points: Interdisciplinary excerpts from historical, sociological, and psychological publications provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the subject. In each chapter, creative hypothetical exercises in consciousness-raising help students realize the insidious nature and complex consequences of racism in the United States. Seminal cases from the annals of history show the relevance of past events to contemporary race relations. Original critical race theory supplies essential perspective while allowing students to reach their own conclusions. If you haven't already used Derrick Bell's pioneering casebook, this all-new edition and its helpful Teacher's Manual will make you want to reconsider. Repeat users will be able to revitalize their presentation through the updated, expanded content and new Appendix of cases that still preserve the distinctive character of the book. |
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| Title | Race, Racism, and American Law Casebook Series |
| Author | Derrick A. Bell |
| Edition | 4, illustrated |
| Publisher | Aspen Law & Business, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 9, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0735512027, 9780735512023 |
| Length | 1034 pages |
| Subjects | › Law / Discrimination Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations |
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