Desegregation from Brown to Alexander: An Exploration of the Supreme Court Strategies

by Anthony A. D'Amato, Stephen L. Wasby, Rosemary Metrailer

Positing the hypothesis that the United States Supreme Court makes rather than finds the law, this analysis of race re­lations cases provides a model by which to examine Court strategies.

While the primary focus of the study is on Brown v. Board of Education, which was central to the "social revolution" started by the Court in its 1954and 1955rulings and which continued, perhaps more consciously, thereafter,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809308053
• ISBN13: 9780809308057
• Release Date: June 1977
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"