Description: "Rarely if ever has anyone systematically and cogently addressed as many of the vexing issues persisting in American society as Randall Kennedy does in "Race, Crime, and the Law"". ("The New York Times"). In this groundbreaking, powerfully-reasoned work, a Harvard law professor takes on the highly complex issue of race, crime and law in a way that no one has before.
Review Quotes: Winner of the 1998 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Grand Prize
"An admirable, courageous, and meticulously fair and honest book." --New York Times Book Review "This book should be a standard for all law students."--Boston Globe "An original, wise and courageous work that moves beyond sterile arguments and lifts the discussion of race and justice to a new and more hopeful level."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.