Race on Trial
- ISBN-10
- 0197715664
- ISBN-13
- 9780197715666
- Series
- Race on Trial
- Category
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2023
- Author
- Annette Gordon-Reed
Description
The work of 12 original essays will bring together two themes of American culture - law and race. Some of the cases discussed include Amistad, Dred Scott, Regents v. Bakke and O.J. Simpson.
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- 2011-07-16
- 276 pages
- Ebook
- University of Toronto Press
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- 2011-07-01
- 281 pages
- Paperback
- University of Toronto Press
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- 2002-09-05
- 248 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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- 2002
- 234 pages
- Paperback
- Viewpoints on American Culture
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