What Brown v. Board of Education should have said : the nation's top legal experts rewrite America's landmark civil rights decision / edited with an introduction by Jack M. Balkin ; Bruce Ackerman ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balkin, J. M.

Ackerman, Bruce A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961--Trials, litigation, etc--History.

Brown, Oliver.

Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961.

Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc--History.

Topeka (Kan.).

Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education.

Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Segregation in education.

Segregation in education--Law and legislation.

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation.

History.

United States.

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Discrimination in education.

Physical Description:

xii, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

What Brown versus Board of Education should have said

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2001]

Summary:

Legal Experts Rewrite America's Landmark Civil Rights Decision Brown v Board of Education, the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision ordering the desegregation of America's public schools, is perhaps the most famous case in American constitutional law. Criticized at first, it became a venerated symbol of equality and civil rights. Yet, its meaning remains contested. In this volume, nine of America's top constitutional and civil rights experts rewrite the Brown decision as they would like it to have been written, making use only of the sources available at the time of the original decision, but incorporating what they know about the subsequent history of the United States. Their positions will surprise you. Contributors include: Bruce Ackerman, Jack M Balkin, Derrick A. Bell, Drew S. Days, John Hart Ely, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Michael W. McConnell, Frank I Michelman, and Cass R. Sunstoin.

Contents:

Brown v. Board of Education : a critical introduction / Jack M. Balkin

Revised opinions in Brown v. Board of Education / Jack M. Balkin, Drew S. Days, III, Bruce Ackerman, Frank I. Michelman, John Hart Ely, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Michael W. McConnell, Cass R. Sunstein, Derrick A. Bell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index.

ISBN:

0814798896

OCLC:

47721772