{"product_id":"9780792346654","title":"Racism and the Law: The Legacy and Lessons of Plessy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRacism and the Law: The Legacy and Lessons of Plessy\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePostema, Gerald\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlessy v Ferguson\u003c\/em\u003e (1897) established racial segregation  in American constitutional law for over fifty years and its moral and  political legacy lives on, despite attempts in the United States to  counter its devastating effects during the last half century.  Ironically, in the current debate over affirmative action, Justice  Harlan's eloquent dissent has been used to justify attacks on  government affirmative action programs. In this book, five  distinguished philosophers and constitutional theorists, working from  very different theoretical positions, take a fresh critical look at  the moral and political principles underlying this historic decision  and Harlan's dissent. They also explore the nature and extent of law's  complicity in perpetuating Plessy's racialist aims. Emerging from  their varied but complementary analyses is a deeper and more nuanced  understanding of the social injustice of racial segregation in its  historic and contemporary forms and of resources of the law to reverse  it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1997-07-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792346654\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-8977-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 234cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 110\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312281505932,"sku":"9780792346654","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792346654.jpg?v=1771523347","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792346654","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}