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Author: Girardeau A. Spann
Publisher: New York University Press
Imprint: New York University Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.367kg
ISBN: 9780814779934
ISBN 10: 081477993
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 01 February 1994
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
""Must reading for anyone who seeks a better understanding of the U.S. Supreme Court's role in race relations policy."" --Choice""Beware! Those committed to the Supreme Court as the ultimate defender of minority rights should not read Race Against the Court. Through a systematic peeling away of antimajoritarian myth, Spann reveals why the measure of relief the Court grants victims of racial injustice is determined less by the character of harm suffered by blacks than the degree of disadvantage the relief sought will impose on whites. A truly pathbreaking work."" --Derrick Bell ""As persuasive as it is bold. Race Against The Court stands as a necessary warning to a generation of progressives who have come to depend on the Supreme Court of the perils of such dependency. It joins with Bruce Ackerman's We, the People and John Brigham's Cult of the Court as the best in contemporary work on the Supreme Court."" --Austin Sarat, William Nelson,Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Must reading for anyone who seeks a better understanding of the U.S. Supreme Court's role in race relations policy. --Choice Beware! Those committed to the Supreme Court as the ultimate defender of minority rights should not read Race Against the Court. Through a systematic peeling away of antimajoritarian myth, Spann reveals why the measure of relief the Court grants victims of racial injustice is determined less by the character of harm suffered by blacks than the degree of disadvantage the relief sought will impose on whites. A truly pathbreaking work. --Derrick Bell As persuasive as it is bold. Race Against The Court stands as a necessary warning to a generation of progressives who have come to depend on the Supreme Court of the perils of such dependency. It joins with Bruce Ackerman's We, the People and John Brigham's Cult of the Court as the best in contemporary work on the Supreme Court. --Austin Sarat, William Nelson,Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Author Information
Girardeau Spann is Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is author of Race Against the Court: The Supreme Court and Minorities in Contemporary America (also available from NYU Press).
