Freedom and Equality: Discrimination and the Supreme CourtKermit L. Hall Taylor & Francis, 2000 - 504 pages Available as a single volume or as part of the 10 volume set Supreme Court in American Society |
Contents
A Study in Law Politics and Morality | 46 |
Some Reflections Prompted | 79 |
Sex Equality Sex Differences and the Supreme Court | 115 |
The Supreme Courts First Decision | 171 |
The Rise and Fall of Supreme Court Concern | 199 |
Public Law Litigation and the Ambiguities of Brown | 359 |
Slavery and Abolition Before the United States Supreme Court | 402 |
The Supreme Court the Equal Protection Clause | 429 |
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