Confronting injustice : moral history and political theory

Confronting injustice moral history and political theory

The balance of injustice and the war for independence -- Slavery and the rule of law in early Virginia -- The legal entrenchment of illegality -- Unfinished business : racial junctures in US history and their legacy -- Corrective justice, equal opportunity, and the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow --...

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1. Verfasser: Lyons, David (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford-Univ.-Pr. 2013
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Race discrimination > History > Social justice > USA > Ethnische Beziehungen > Rassismus > Diskriminierung > Soziale Gerechtigkeit > Geschichte
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Zusammenfassung:The balance of injustice and the war for independence -- Slavery and the rule of law in early Virginia -- The legal entrenchment of illegality -- Unfinished business : racial junctures in US history and their legacy -- Corrective justice, equal opportunity, and the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow -- Normal law, nearly just societies, and other myths of legal theory -- Moral judgment, historical reality, and civil disobedience -- Political responsibility and resistance to civil government -- Courage and political resistance -- Epilog : from politics to philosophy
Beschreibung:Includes bibliogr. references and index
Bibliogr. S. [210] - 223
Beschreibung:X, 240 S.
22 cm
ISBN:9780199662555
978-0-19-966255-5