{"product_id":"the-constitution-and-race","title":"The Constitution and Race","description":"\u003cp\u003eRace  as this book demonstrates  has been a factor in the Constitutions framing  ratification  and development. Examined specifically and in detail are:  the accommodation of slavery to create a viable republic;  the Unions experience with and eventual undoing by slavery;  reconstruction of the nation pursuant to seminal principles of racial equality;  persisting efforts to limit or defeat constitutional provisions for equality and opportunity;  the desegregation mandate and its devolution; and  modern problems in accounting for a legacy of racial discrimination and disadvantage. The Constitution is the overarching statement of popular will and consent and thus an especially apt prism through which to discern racial truths and the context and values that influence them. Constitutional law affords a particularly useful departure point for acquiring perspective upon moral reality and legal possibility. This book is rich in its analysis of the Supreme Courts response to societys ambiguities  concerns  and conscience in the matters of race. In examining problems and issues which historically have engendered dispute and division  it suggests a potentially consensual basis of ascertaining the Constitutions still unfinished business.  The nations enduring ambivalence and the price it pays in less than consistent constitutional interpretations on racial questions is both enlightening and disturbing. The questions  of course  are at the heart of a democracy and involve personhood  citizenship  liberty  and equality. The Constitution and Race will be valuable to political scientists  historians  sociologists  lawyers  and students.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964903321653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0275942287","price":26.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780275942281.jpg?v=1770484234","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-constitution-and-race","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}