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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 Jan 2004

Justice Advanced: Comments On William Nelson’S Brown V. Board Of Education And The Jurisprudence Of Legal Realism, Robert J. Cottrol

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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.

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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 Jan 2004

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 …