Race, Crime, and the Law by Randall Kennedy
An "admirable, courageous, and meticulously fair and honest book" (New York Times Book Review) in which "one of our most important and perceptive writers on race" (The Washington Post) takes on a highly complex issue in a way that no one has before."This book should be a standard for all law students."--Boston Globe
In this groundbreaking, powerfully reasoned, lucid work that is certain to provoke controversy, Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy takes on a highly complex issue in a way that no one has before. Kennedy uncovers the long-standing failure of the justice system to protect blacks from criminals, probing allegations that blacks are victimized on a widespread basis by racially discriminatory prosecutions and punishments, but he also engages the debate over the wisdom and legality of using racial criteria in jury selection. He analyzes the responses of the legal system to accusations that appeals to racial prejudice have rendered trials unfair, and examines the idea that, under certain circumstances, members of one race are statistically more likely to be involved in crime than members of another.
Michael R. Kennedy is Randall Kennedy. Harvard Law School's Klein Professor of Law Princeton University awarded him an undergraduate degree, and Yale University awarded him a law degree. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and served as a clerk to Supreme Court Judge Thurgood Marshall. He is the author of six books, including Race, Crime, and the Law, which won the Robert F. Kennedy Prize.
The Kennedy Book Prize is given to the best book published in the United States He lives in Massachusetts and is a member of the Supreme Court of the United States and the District of Columbia bars, as well as the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375701849 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375701842 |
| Title | Race, Crime, and the Law |
| Author | Randall Kennedy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1998-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Prizes | Winner of Robert F. Kennedy Book Award 1998 |
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