Race against the court : the Supreme Court and minorities in contemporary America / Girardeau A. Spann.
1993
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Author
Title
Race against the court : the Supreme Court and minorities in contemporary America / Girardeau A. Spann.
Published
New York : New York University Press, [1993]
Copyright
©1993
Call Number
KF4757 .S65 1993
Alternate Title
Supreme Court and minorities in contemporary America
ISBN
0814779638 (alk. paper)
Description
vii, 266 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)26401681
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1
Pt. 1
Veiled Majoritarianism
1The Traditional Model of Judicial Review
9
The Traditional Model
10
Formal Safeguards
14
Operational Safeguards
17
2The Majoritarian Court
19
The Socialized Judiciary
20
Inadequacy of the Formal Safeguards
23
Inadequacy of the Operational Safeguards
26
3Infiltration of Principles
27
Incorporation of Majoritarian Preferences
27
Incorporation through Deference
31
4Selection of Principles
36
Intent v. Effects
37
State Action v. Private Autonomy
41
Discrimination v. Discretion
50
5Application of Principles
58
Intent
60
State Action
66
Discrimination
70
Pt. 2
Perpetuating Subordination
6The Political Alternative
85
Pure Politics
86
Minority Influence in Pluralist Politics
89
Minority Frustrations in the Supreme Court
94
A Political Model of the Supreme Court
99
7Dependency
104
Brown and the Political Model
105
The Danger of Dependency
110
8Centralization
119
The Statistical Nature of Affirmative Action
120
The Centralization of Affirmative Action
124
The Concrete Dangers of Centralization
130
The Subtle Dangers of Centralization
136
9Legitimation
150
Majoritarian Legitimation
151
The Danger of Legitimation
159
10Summary and Conclusion
161
Summary of Part I
162
Summary of Part II
165
Conclusion
169
Notes
173
Bibliography
231
Table of Legal Authorities
245
Index
253