Chicano Students and the Courts

Richard R Valencia

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 50
• In 1925 Adolfo 'Babe' Romo, a Mexican American rancher in Tempe, Arizona, filed suit against his school district on behalf of his four young children,... Lees meer

To Be an American

Bill Ong Hing

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 17
• The impetus behind California's Proposition 187 clearly reflects the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in this country. Many Americans regard today's n... Lees meer

The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Ronald J Krotoszynski Jr

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 77
• The First Amendment--and its guarantee of free speech for all Americans--has been at the center of scholarly and public debate since the birth of the ... Lees meer

The Derrick Bell Reader

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 75
• An essential collection of the writings of progressive lawyer and race activist Derrick Bell Lawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over 40 years, Der... Lees meer

Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism

Jody David Armour

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 32
• Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon. Lees meer

Notes of a Racial Caste Baby

Bryan K Fair

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 25
• The Constitution of the United States, writes Bryan Fair, was a series of compromises between white male propertyholders: Southern planters and Northe... Lees meer

Why Lawsuits Are Good for America

Carl T Bogus

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 62
• Argues that lawsuits work far better than commonly understood Judging by the frequency with which it makes an appearance in television news shows and ... Lees meer

Alienated

Victor C Romero

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 28
• Throughout American history, the government has used U.S. citizenship and immigration law to protect privileged groups from less privileged ones, usin... Lees meer

Nothing But the Truth

Steven Lubet

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 68
• Lubet's Nothing But The Truth presents a novel and engaging analysis of the role of storytelling in trial advocacy. The best lawyers are storytellers,... Lees meer

The Silicon Valley of Dreams

David Pellow, Lisa Sun-Hee Park

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 31
• Examines the environmental racism at the foundation of the Silicon Valley economy Next to the nuclear industry, the largest producer of contaminants i... Lees meer

The Reproductive Rights Reader

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 23
• Since the passage of Roe v. Wade, the debate over reproductive rights has dominated America's courts, legislatures, and streets. The contributors to T... Lees meer

Changing Race

Clara E Rodríguez

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 41
• An introduction to the dynamic complexity of American ethnic life and Latino identity Latinos are the fastest growing population group in the United S... Lees meer

The Gender Line

Nancy Levit

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 78
• Despite tremendous advances in civil rights, we live in a world where the sexes remain sharply segregated from birth to death: in names, clothing, soc... Lees meer

Greasers and Gringos

Steven W Bender

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 8
• Although the origin of the term "greaser" is debated, its derogatory meaning never has been. From silent movies like The Greaser's Revenge (1914) and ... Lees meer

Interracial Justice

Eric K Yamamoto

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 1
• The United States in the twenty-first century will be a nation of so-called minorities. Shifts in the composition of the American populace necessitate... Lees meer

Discrimination by Default

Lu-In Wang

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 9
• Much as we "select" computer settings by default--reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes without realizing there are other options--we often dis... Lees meer

Rethinking Commodification

Martha Ertman, Joan C Williams

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 52
• What is the price of a limb? A child? Ethnicity? Love? In a world that is often ruled by buyers and sellers, those things that are often considered pr... Lees meer

Saving Our Children from the First Amendment

Kevin W Saunders

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 38
• The First Amendment is vital to our political system, our cultural institutions, and our routine social interactions with others. In this provocative ... Lees meer

Discrimination by Default

Lu-In Wang

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 9
• Much as we "select" computer settings by default--reflexively, without thinking, and sometimes without realizing there are other options--we often dis... Lees meer

Notes of a Racial Caste Baby

Bryan K Fair

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 25
• The Constitution of the United States, writes Bryan Fair, was a series of compromises between white male propertyholders: Southern planters and Northe... Lees meer

How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People

John K Wilson

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 58
• If we were to rely on what the pundits and politicians tell us, we would have to conclude that America is a deeply conservative nation. Americans, we ... Lees meer

Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism

Jody David Armour

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 32
• Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon. Lees meer

Original Sin

Samuel A Marcosson

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical America | nr. 33
• Originalism is the practice of reviewing constitutional cases by seeking to discern the framers' and ratifiers' intent. Original Sin argues that the "... Lees meer

America's Colony

Pedro A Malavet

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 43
• The precise legal nature of the relationship between the United States and the people of Puerto Rico was not explicitly determined in 1898 when the Tr... Lees meer