American Cultural Pluralism and Law Second Edition

Subjects:

• Political Science » Civil/Political/Human Rights
• Law » Contemporary Law
• Anthropology » Cultural Anthropology
• Law » Legal History

Awards:

• Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, 1988

Reviews:

• Norgren and Nanda provide a clear, well organized collection of cases that deal with many aspects of cultural pluralism throughout American history...It is a valuable contribution to the literature on law and society in America.
  —Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
  (on the previous edition)
• The materials selected to demonstrate the legalistic response to challenges of cultural diversity in the United States are uniformly excellent....The strength of the book lies in the depth and intelligence of its range of coverage.
  —The American Anthropologist (on the previous edition)
• Norgren and Nanda have written a compelling book that traces the paradoxical history of both the law's protection of, and yet tragic betrayal of, minority rights...Their account poses important questions on pluralism and law.
  —American Political Science Review (on the previous edition)

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: E Pluribus Unum?
• Race
• Native Americans, Law, and Land
• Trouble in Paradise: Native Hawaiians
• Segregation, Equality, and African Americans
• 100 Percent American: Who Qualifies in a National Emergency? Japanese Americans and the Law
• Religion
• The Mormons
• Religion and Schools: The Amish
• Religion and Schools: The Satmar Hasidim
• Religious Practice and Drug Use: The Rastafari and the Native American Church
• Gender
• Gays and the Law: Status and Conduct
• Women's Nature, Women's Lives, Women's Rights
• Community
• Language, Law, and Latinos
• Folks Like Us, Lives Like Ours: The Homeless
• Courts and Culture
• Selected Bibliography
• Index