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The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities offers an in-depth,
chronologically arranged look at the record of the U.S. Supreme
Court on racial minorities over the course of its first two
centuries. It does not pose the anachronistic standard, ''Did the
Supreme Court get it right?'' but rather, ''How did the Supreme
Court compare to other branches of the federal government at the
time?'' Have these Justices, prevented against removal from office
by discontented voters (in contrast to the President and the
members of Congress), done any better than the elected branches of
government at protecting racial minorities in America? Goldstein
examines treatment of four racial minorities (Indians, Blacks,
Asians, and Hispanics) in this investigation of the life-tenured
Supreme Court's comparative willingness to protect racial
minorities. She finds that judicial review, while no panacea, did
help America's racial minorities: when the Court was willing to
help, it was particularly willing to act to check state-level
oppressive policies and federal-level administrative abuses. She
also documents the Supreme Court's leadership role on the civil
rights of Black Americans from 1911-1989. This book will be a
critical resource not only for scholars of political science and
law, but for anyone interested in the history of the treatment of
racial minorities by the U.S. government and the value of judicial
review as a protector of minority rights.
Authors Goldstein, Baer, Daum and Fine skillfully blend doctrinal
and political developments to document and explain the evolution of
women's rights and the law as well as the dynamics and dissension
among feminist activists. Building on three previous editions, this
book combines updated material on constitutional law, sex and
gender discrimination, and women's reproductive rights, with new
cases and readings on family law, criminal law, and LGBT rights.
Discussion has been expanded to include questions of whether or not
the prohibitions on sex discrimination in Title VII and Title IX
protect trans individuals. New material covers emerging policy
concerns such as female genital mutilation, child marriage, and the
Trump Administration's policy changes on gender issues. This
edition takes a more socio-political and institutional approach
than other books on women and the law. The authors consider issues
such as institutional questions of constitutional interpretation,
the scope of judicial power, the balance of federal-state power,
the interaction between law and other social and political
institutions, the capacity of law to effect societal change, and
the effect of presidential and Senate politics on U.S. Supreme
Court nominations and confirmations. The inclusion of state and
lower federal court decisions greatly strengthens the book's focus
on the law's relationship to gendered inequality. Topics also
include constitutional history, shifting interpretations of
employment discrimination and gender equality, changes in
reproductive technology and associated policy responses, divorce
and dissolution of domestic partnerships, child custody, education,
same-sex marriage, pornography, and domestic violence.
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