Publication

2008 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

91,250 words, Guess

Page Count

365 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780801890109
  • Open LibraryOL16636422M

Classifications

  • DDC344.7304/8
  • LCCKF224.B83 L66 2008
  • LCCKF224.B83L66 2008

Alternate Titles

  • Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell

Description

Presents the facts from the infamous case of Buck v. Bell in the 1920s, which involved the Supreme Court ratification of Virginia's compulsory sterilization of "feebleminded" people, revealing how judicial powers can be used to corrupt and destroy equal protection under the law for poor, defenseless citizens.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryEugenicsInsanity (Law)Trials, litigationLaw and legislationTrials, united statesHistory, 20th Century

People

Carrie Buck (1906-1983)

Other Editions

  • Three generations, no imbeciles: eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. BellJohns Hopkins University Press2008-01-01

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