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| Contents |
Introduction : the pursuit of equality / Davison M. Douglas and Neal Devins -- Equality and impasse : mobilizing group-based perspectives in an era of group-blindness / Kathryn Abrams -- Civil rights reform in historical perspective : regulating marital violence / Reva B. Siegel -- The illusory distinction between equality of opportunity and equality of result / David A. Strauss -- The word "American" ends in "I can" : the ambiguous promise of the American dream / Jennifer L. Hochschild -- Racial divisions and judicial obstructions / Jeremy Radkin -- The politics of clientele capture : civil rights policy and the Reagan administration / Hugh Davis Graham -- The convergence of Black and white attitudes on school desegregation issues / Christine H. Rossell -- Brown blues : rethinking the integrative ideal / Drew S. Days III - The social construction of Brown vs. Board of Education : law reform and the reconstructive paradox / Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic -- The irrelevant court : the Supreme Court's inability to influence popular beliefs about equality (or anything else) / Gerald N. Rosenberg -- Can courts make a difference? / Erwin Chemerinsky -- The Supreme Court's pursuit of equality and liberty and the burdens of history / David J. Garrow -- The judicial role in equality decisionmaking / Neal Devins. |
| Local note | Little-312582--305131014583Y |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 97001884 |
| ISBN | 019511664X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195116658 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
