Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Race, crime, and the law by randall kennedy 9780375701849. Albans school, princeton university, oxford university, and yale law school. A member of the bars of the supreme court of the united states and the district of columbia, and of the american philosophical society and the american academy of arts and sciences, he lives in massachusetts. The item race, crime, and the law, randall kennedy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in indiana state library. Race, crime, and the law book by randall kennedy 2. A member of the bars of the supreme court of the united. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. He received his undergraduate degree from princeton and his law degree from yale. From randall kennedy, race, crime, and the law vintage ed. Article pdf available in the american journal of psychology 116, 163165. Four decades ago, the civilrights movement began in earnest. He received his undergraduate degree from princeton university and his law degree from yale university. Randall kennedys new book, race, crime, and the law, presents an interesting collection of essays that touch on such issues as the history of race discrimination, the composition of juries, jury nullification, the death penalty, and crime control.
It is against this backdrop of significant change in the letter and spirit of the law that kennedy presents evidence to support his claim that much remains to be done to make the administration of the criminal law racially just, both in theory and in practice. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Randall kennedy on race relations law january 16, 2018 in 2017, to mark the harvard law school bicentennial, hls faculty recorded lectures on topics central to their scholarship in a series of videos produced by harvard university. The strange career of a troublesome word, gives us a concise, gimleteyed, and deeply personal conspectus of the policy, refusing to shy away from the myriad complexities of an issue that continues to bedevil american race relations. Race, crime, and the law kindle edition by kennedy. In this powerfully reasoned, lucidly written work, harvard law professor randall kennedy takes on the highly complex issues of race, crime, and the legal system, uncovering the longstanding failure of the justice system to protect blacks from criminals and revealing. Race, crime, and the law 9780375701849, 9780307814654. Race, affirmative action, and the law by randall kennedy pantheon. Rarely if ever has anyone systematically and cogently addressed as many of the vexing issues persisting in american society as randall kennedy does in race, crime, and the law. There is a reason why kennedy s book has become a must read among law professors. The author does not want to neglect the achievements that have been made over time by only focusing on the bias aspects of american legal order.
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Race, affirmative action, and the law randall kennedy for discrimination is at once the definitive reckoning with one of americas most explosively contentious and divisive issues and a principled work of advocacy for clearly defined justice. Klein professor of law and focuses his research on the intersection of racial conflict and legal institutions in american life. There is a reason why kennedys book has become a must read among law professors. Randall kennedy, harvard law school professor and bestselling author, gave us a concise, gimleteyed, and deeply personal overview of the policy, exploring the myriad complexities of an issue that continues to bedevil american race relations. Harvard law professor kennedy takes full account of discrimination by prosecutors and judges toward minority defendants, and by police and politicians who neglect the public safety of minority neighborhoods. Race, crime and the law is one of the few books that i would strongly recommend to every criminal justice, sociology and law student. Bennett capers introduction when the ohio state journal of criminal law invited me to guest edit a symposium issue, the answer was an easy one.
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