The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice
Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7426421M
- ISBN-139780375707469
- ISBN-100375707468
- OCLC Control Number44035850
- OCLC Control Number39672030
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number98038233
- Goodreads410622
- LibraryThing518087
Classifications
- LCCKF4757 .B44 2000
- DDC342.73/0873
- LCCKF4757 .B44 1999
Description
From the head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and noted professor of law and history at the University of Pennsylvania, a book that examines both civil and criminal court cases from the Civil War to the present, to reveal the impact of stereotypingrace, class, gender - on the American legal system. The question Mary Frances Berry asks: Whose story most strongly influences the making of legal decisions in the American justice system? Using previously unexamined material from state appellate civil and criminal court cases - cases of rape, seduction, and paternity disputes, and cases dealing with murder, inheritance, and property disputes in which sexual relations are at the heart of the story - Berry takes us through two centuries of American case law to show how attitudes toward gender, race, class, and sexuality have materially affected, and continue to affect, judicial decision-making.
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