Black and white Americans have occupied separate spaces since the days of "the big house" and "the quarters." But the segregation and racialization of American society was not a natural phenomenon that "just happened." The decisions, enacted into laws, that kept the races apart and restricted blacks to less desirable places sprang from legal reasoning which argued that segregated spaces were right, reasonable, and preferable to other arrangements.
In this book, David Delaney explores the historical intersections of race, place, and the law. Drawing on court cases spanning more than a...
Black and white Americans have occupied separate spaces since the days of "the big house" and "the quarters." But the segregation and racialization...
Exploring the relationship between conceptions of nature and (largely American) legal thought and practice, this study focuses on the politics and pragmatics of "nature talk"--as expressed in extra-legal disputes as well as different forms of legal discourse. Topics include the forces of nature, endangered species, animal experiments and bestiality. David Delaney demonstrates throughout that nearly any analysis of "nature" entails an interpretation of the essence of "humanity."
Exploring the relationship between conceptions of nature and (largely American) legal thought and practice, this study focuses on the politics and pra...
This timely Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings on the relation between law and geography in an effort to clarify the connections between these two increasingly complex concepts.
This timely Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings on the relation between law and geography in an effort to clarify the connections...
With the country on the brink of World War III, a new president takes office to put forth new changes in military policies. Due to these policies and lack of health benefits General Holland dies. These changes have affected all branches of the armed forces and country as a whole. And at the rate things are going the military will soon no longer comply with their Commander and Chief. Four army rangers couldn't stand by and see everything they believe that was good and honorable, be shoved aside, because of Congress' approval of the President's Bill. That's when they took matters into their own...
With the country on the brink of World War III, a new president takes office to put forth new changes in military policies. Due to these policies and ...