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Justice Advanced: Comments On William Nelson's Brown V. Board Of Education And The Jurisprudence Of Legal Realism, Robert J. Cottrol
Justice Advanced: Comments On William Nelson's Brown V. Board Of Education And The Jurisprudence Of Legal Realism, Robert J. Cottrol
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
The Supreme Court’s landmark school desegregation decision in Brown v. Board of Educationbrings us face-to-face with how the world of race, law, caste, and the Supreme Court has changed since that time. Brown has contributed to a view that the courts are perhaps best equipped to handle the difficult issues. Whether that view will prove to be good law or good policy in the long run remains to be seen. Nonetheless, it does reflect the jurisprudential journey that took the Court from its previously indifferent position on minority rights towards that a protector of such rights. The evolution in …
The Future Of Affirmative Action, Wendy B. Scott
The Future Of Affirmative Action, Wendy B. Scott
Journal Articles
The author served as the moderator of a panel at the Symposium entitled Twenty-Five Years: The Future of Affirmative Action. In this Commentary, she reviews articles by Professors Kevin Brown, Leland Ware, and John Valery Mute appearing elsewhere in this Issue.
Justice Advanced: Comments On William Nelson’S Brown V. Board Of Education And The Jurisprudence Of Legal Realism, Robert J. Cottrol
Justice Advanced: Comments On William Nelson’S Brown V. Board Of Education And The Jurisprudence Of Legal Realism, Robert J. Cottrol
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
The Supreme Court’s landmark school desegregation decision in Brown v. Board of Education brings us face-to-face with how the world of race, law, caste, and the Supreme Court has changed since that time. Brown has contributed to a view that the courts are perhaps best equipped to handle the difficult issues. Whether that view will prove to be good law or good policy in the long run remains to be seen. Nonetheless, it does reflect the jurisprudential journey that took the Court from its previously indifferent position on minority rights towards that a protector of such rights.
The evolution in …