1st Edition
Social Identity and the Law Race, Sexuality and Intersectionality
Preface
1. Social Identity and the Law
2. Slavery, Reconstruction and the Rise of Jim Crow
3. Discrimination Based On National Origin and Citizenship
4. Equity in Education
5. Making Democracy More Inclusive
6. Workplace Discrimination
7. Discrimination in Private and Public Spaces
8. Intimate Relationships, Marriage and Reproductive Justice
9. Criminal Injustice
Biography
Barbara L. Graham is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Within the field of American politics, she specializes in the area of law, courts and politics. She teaches courses on the Supreme Court, constitutional law, civil liberties, gender and the law and judicial politics. Her current research interests include race, gender and intersectional representation in state and federal courts and the relationship between law and social change.
'Not only does Social Identity and the Law: Race, Sexuality and Intersectionality fill a gap in the market; it also provides a fascinating---yet accessible---treatment of legal developments affecting African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos/as, and LGBTQ persons. Instructors and students alike will appreciate Graham's careful selection and editing of court decisions, her effective writing, and the thought-provoking questions she poses in each chapter. Social Identity and the Law is so well-done that instructors will be tempted to develop a course around it; I know I am.'
—Lee Epstein, Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
