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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Policing Hatred

Jeannine Bell

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 15
• Explores the intersection of race and law enforcement in the controversial area of hate crime High-profile hate crimes like the torture-murder of Matt... Lees meer

Whitewashed

John Tehranian

• Paperback | Engels | Critical America | nr. 46
• Middle Easterners: Sometimes White, Sometimes Not - an article by John Tehranian The Middle Eastern question lies at the heart of the most pressing is... Lees meer