Description: This collection engages with current issues on equal protection in the USA as seen from the perspectives of leading academics in this area. The contributors interrogate the legal, theoretical and factual assumptions which shape case law and consider the extent to which they satisfactorily address contemporary concerns with social hierarchies and norms. These themes and analyses bridge the gap between theory and practice and are among some of the most contentious contributions to the current equal protection debate in America.
Review Quotes: 'This book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the central debates in American equal protection law. A brilliant survey in which some of the leading scholars in the field weigh in on both the current status of the law and where it might still need to go to fulfil its promise of equality.' Devon Carbado, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, and author of Acting White? Rethinking Race in 'Post-Racial' America