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From the head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and noted professor of law and history at the University of Pennsylvania, a book that examines both civil and criminal court cases from the Civil War to the present, to reveal the impact of stereotypingrace, class, gender - on the American legal system.
The question Mary Frances Berry asks: Whose story most strongly influences the making of legal decisions in the American justice system?
Using previously unexamined material from state appellate civil and criminal court cases - cases of rape, seduction, and paternity disputes, and cases dealing with murder, inheritance, and property disputes in which sexual relations are at the heart of the story - Berry takes us through two centuries of American case law to show how attitudes toward gender, race, class, and sexuality have materially affected, and continue to affect, judicial decision-making.
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The Pig Farmer's Daughter and Other Tales of American Justice: Episodes of Racism and Sexism in the Courts from 1865 to the Present
April 11, 2000, Vintage, Vintage Books
in English
0375707468 9780375707469
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The pig farmer's daughter and other tales of American justice: episodes of racism and sexism in the courts from 1865 to the present
1999, Knopf
in English
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0679436111 9780679436119
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-281) and index.
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