Equal Protection: Rights and Liberties under the Law

by Francis Graham Lee

Overview

An introductory survey of the government's role in America's continuing drive for equality.

Today's lingering inequalities, particularly the "American dilemma" of racism, runs throughout U.S. history. Equal Protection provides readers with a historical overview of the controversies over the issue of equality, an understanding of how government-and, particularly, the courts and Congress-has reacted to these controversies, and the role these issues have played in shaping U.S. society.

This volume follows the push for equal treatment regardless of age, gender, disabilities, economic status, or sexual orientation. It focuses on legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, and political initiatives and movements such as The Great Society, the ERA, and the War on Poverty. Here are American's interpretations of equal rights, then and now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576078501
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/17/2003
Series:	America's Freedoms
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.06(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Francis Graham Lee is professor of political science at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA.

Editorial Reviews

The America's Freedoms Series offers a comprehensive approach to explaining the U.S. Constitution by examining the history and evolution of the liberties protected by the supreme law of the land, as well as by presenting edited documents, especially landmark cases, that have interpreted what the Constitution says . . . is as appropriate for the reference shelf as it is for the classroom . . . Equal Protection is recommended for high school, undergraduate, and public libraries.” —American Reference Books Annual

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