The author begins with the birth of civil rights - the circumstances, acts and legacy of the 39th Congress, constitutional origins, passage and structure of the

An eminent constitutional scholar reveals how our approach to rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice.

From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation. Before Rosa Parks could ignite a Montgomery Bus Boycott

"This book describes and explains the failure of the federal courts of the United States to act and to provide remedies to individuals whose constitutional righ