UID:
edocfu_9959051445102883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780231881708
Content:
Describes and evaluates some of the legal developments from the Reconstruction period to the 1950s on both federal and state levels, and attempts to formulate some general principles on the relation between law and custom, public opinion and the mores, and to evaluate the efficacy of law as a means of controlling prejudice and discrimination.
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Frontmatter --
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Foreword --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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I. Civil Rights Today and During the Reconstruction Era --
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II. The Supreme Court, 1868–1937: Buttressing the Caste Order --
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III. The Supreme Court, 1937–1950: Undermining the Caste Order --
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IV. The New York State Law Against Discrimination: Operation and Administration --
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V. Law and the Control of Prejudice and Discrimination --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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List of Cases --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231910309
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/berg91030