Redefining equality

by Neal E. Devins

This is a collection of insightful essays in which noted scholars in law, history, and social science present varying perspectives on this fundamental concept. Addressing the specific cases behind the headlines and the abstract arguments within the legal texts, such contributors as Kathryn Abrams, Erwin Chemerinsky, Drew S. Days III, Richard Delgado, David J. Garrow, Hugh Davis Graham, Jennifer L. Hochschild, Jeremy Rabkin, Gerald N. Rosenberg, and David A. Strauss look closely at everything from school busing programs and affirmative action to the role of the courts and the politics of...