Racism and the Law - The Legacy and Lessons of Plessy
Contributors: G.J. Postema (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1899
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780792346654
Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Philosophy; USA; Constitutional; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; International; History; Law / General; Law-Constitutional; Law-International; Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Plessy, Homer Adolph; Segregation in transportation; Trials, litigation, etc
First sentence: Just over one hundred years ago, the United States Supreme Court upheld a Louisiana statute mandating segregated railway accommodations.