Critical Race Judgments: Rewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and Law

Critical Race Judgments: Rewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and Law

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Editor(s)

Bennett Capers, Devon W. Carbado, Robin Lenhardt & Angela Onwuachi-Willig

Description

By re-writing US Supreme Court opinions that implicate critical dimensions of racial justice, Critical Race Judgments demonstrates that it's possible to be judge and a critical race theorist. Specific issues covered in these cases include the death penalty, employment, voting, policing, education, the environment, justice, housing, immigration, sexual orientation, segregation, and mass incarceration. While some rewritten cases – Plessy v. Ferguson (which constitutionalized Jim Crow) and Korematsu v. United States (which constitutionalized internment) – originally focused on race, many of the rewritten opinions – Lawrence v. Texas (which constitutionalized sodomy laws) and Roe v. Wade (which constitutionalized a woman's right to choose) – are used to incorporate racial justice principles in novel and important ways. This work is essential for everyone who needs to understand why critical race theory must be deployed in constitutional law to uphold and advance racial justice principles that are foundational to US democracy.

ISBN

9781316691090

Publication Date

2022

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

City

Cambridge, UK

Keywords

critical race theory, civil rights, court cases, race discrimination

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Law | Law and Race

Critical Race Judgments: Rewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and Law

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