Equal protection
Subtitle: rights and liberties under the law
By: Francis Graham Lee.
Series: America's freedoms
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States; Equality before the law -- United States; Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases; Equality before the law -- United States -- Cases
Genres: Cases.
Description: "Equal Protection is an in-depth study of the right to equality and its diverse interpretations since the framing of the Constitution. With an emphasis on race and gender equality, the work sheds light on the many controversies over the issue, explores how equality has been viewed and interpreted throughout history, and illustrates how the legacy of slavery and segregation has shaped - and is still shaping - America."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-359) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Origins and development; title: The twentieth century; title: Twenty-first century issues; title: Key people, cases, and events; title: Documents.