Equal Protection: Rights and Liberties under the Law (America's Freedoms) - Hardcover

Lee, Francis Graham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576078507 ISBN 13: 9781576078501

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2003

Synopsis

An introductory survey of the government's role in America's continuing drive for equality.

Today's lingering inequalities, particularly the "American dilemma" of racism, runs throughout U.S. history. Equal Protection provides readers with a historical overview of the controversies over the issue of equality, an understanding of how government-and, particularly, the courts and Congress-has reacted to these controversies, and the role these issues have played in shaping U.S. society.

This volume follows the push for equal treatment regardless of age, gender, disabilities, economic status, or sexual orientation. It focuses on legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, and political initiatives and movements such as The Great Society, the ERA, and the War on Poverty. Here are American's interpretations of equal rights, then and now.

• Includes a section of A–Z entries covering people, laws, events, judicial decisions, statutes, and concepts related to equal protection in the United States
• Primary source documents include court decisions, executive orders, and legislation that shaped the status of equal protection in our society today

About this title

About the Author

Francis Graham Lee is professor of political science at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA.

Edition details

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576078507
• ISBN 13: 9781576078501
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 383