"The new one-volume edition of Constitutional Law in Context (down from two volumes) continues to provide historical materials, as well as essays and a timeline that together highlight the organic development of constitutional law. These essays, and additional diagrams, help students understand doctrine and cases. This was among the first constitutional law books to take a historical and contextual approach; that focus remains, complemen ..."
"The idea of equality is central to American civic life and one of the foundations of our national identity. Charges of unequal treatment continue to be voiced nationwide, in both the public discourse and the courts, yet there is no consensus on the meaning of equality. Competing views on this topic have erupted into a cultural conflict that looms large in contemporary American politics.In this collection of insightful essays, distinguis ..."
Jim Crow Moves North The Battle over Northern School Segregation, 1865-1954 (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society) by DavisonM. Douglas, Author: DavisonDouglas Hardcover, 346 Pages, Published 2005 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-84564-9, ISBN: 0-521-84564-5
Reading, Writing and Race(2nd Edition) The Desegregation of the Charlotte Schools by DavisonM. Douglas Paperback, 374 Pages, Published 1995 by The University Of North Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-4529-5, ISBN: 0-8078-4529-9
Jim Crow Moves North(1st Edition) The Battle over Northern School Segregation, 1865-1954 (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society) by DavisonM. Douglas, Author: DavisonDouglas Paperback, 346 Pages, Published 2005 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-60783-4, ISBN: 0-521-60783-3
"A history of various efforts to desegregate northern schools during the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, exploring two dominant themes. The first considers the role of law in accomplishing racial change. Most northern state legislatures enacted legislation after the Civil War that prohibited school segregation and most northern courts, when called upon, enforced that legislation. Notwithstanding this clear ..."
"Through both historical essays and a timeline of American constitutional history, Constitutional Law in Context helps students understand constitutional law in light of cases, doctrine, constitutional analysis, federalism, and historical context. It covers both structure of government and individual liberty cases, and it includes a substantial chapter on free speech. In addition, the book provides historical context for the cases. The c ..."
Controversies in Constitutional Law School Busing - Constitutional and Political Developments Vol. 2 : The Public Debate over School Busing and Attempts to Restrict Its Use Set by DavisonM. Douglas Hardcover, 482 Pages, Published 1994 by Garland Publishing Inc,Us ISBN-13: 978-0-8153-1852-1, ISBN: 0-8153-1852-9
Reading, Writing, and Race(2nd Edition) The Desegregation of the Charlotte Schools by DavisonM. Douglas Hardcover, 374 Pages, Published 1995 by The University Of North Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-2216-6, ISBN: 0-8078-2216-7
Reading, Writing, and Race The Desegregation of the Charlotte Schools by DavisonM. Douglas 374 Pages, Published 2012 by Unc Press Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-0648-4, ISBN: 1-4696-0648-8
"The Desegregation of the Charlotte Schools Davison M. Douglas. Hodges
changed his posture on the school closing and tuition grant issues to deflect the
attacks of segregationists such as Lake. At a conference of editorial writers in
May 1956 he justified his shift: “If I hadn't come out for [the Pearsall Plan], a racist
would have run against me [for governor] and torn our state apart with hatred.”
Hodges thwarted that threat by si ..."
"14 Philip B. Kurland and Dennis J. Hutchinson, ''With Friends Like These . . . ,'' 70
ABA Journal 16, 16 (1984). 15 Joseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill, ''The
Influence of Amicus Curiae Briefs on the Supreme Court,'' 148 University of
Pennsylvania Law Review 743, 783 (2000). ... 1 (1996). 17 Id. at 35–36 (Scalia, J
., dissenting) (emphasis omitted). 18 Karen O'Connor and Lee Epstein, ''Court
Rules ..."
States' Laws on Race and Color(Reprint) (Studies in the Legal History of the South Ser.) by Pauli Murray, DavisonM. Douglas Paperback, 776 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-5063-9, ISBN: 0-8203-5063-X