Education and Law

Police in the Hallways Discipline in an Urban High School Kathleen Nolan 2011 Fall

Exposing the deeply harmful impact of street-style policing on urban high school students

Mothers United An Immigrant Struggle for Socially Just Education Andrea Dyrness 2011 Spring

An intimate and inspiring account of immigrant Latina mothers fighting for better schools for their children

Organizing for Educational Justice The Campaign for Public School Reform in the South Bronx Michael B. Fabricant 2010 Spring

An in-depth account of community-based school reform that offers a powerful model for parents searching for ways to change public education

Prisons of Poverty Loïc Wacquant 2009 Spring

An international best seller dissects the globalization of penal policies “made in U.S.A.” as part of the spread of neoliberalism

Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance Raymond D. Austin 2009 Fall

The only book on the world’s largest tribal court system and Navajo common law

Open Your Eyes Deaf Studies Talking H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Editor 2007 Fall

A landmark work on the history, future, and implications of deaf studies

Establishing Justice in Middle America A History of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Jeffrey Brandon Morris 2007 Spring

An absorbing history of a court that helped to build a nation

Transgender Rights Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang and Shannon Price Minter, Editors 2006 Fall

The first comprehensive work on the transgender civil rights movement

Fugitive Thought Prison Movements, Race, and the Meaning of Justice Michael Hames-García 2004 Spring

Looks to the philosophy and experience of prisoners to reinvigorate our concepts of justice, solidarity, and freedom

Deathwork Defending the Condemned Michael Mello 2002 Fall

A gripping exposé of what lawyers face when they defend prisoners in capital cases.

Between Law and Culture Relocating Legal Studies David Theo Goldberg, Michael Musheno and Lisa C. Bower, Editors 2001 Fall

A fundamental reconsideration of legal studies in a time of changing ideas about culture, power, and identity.

The Wrong Man A True Story of Innocence on Death Row Michael Mello 2001 Spring

The frightening in-the-trenches story of an attorney’s fight to save his client from the death penalty.

Discipline of Architecture Andrzej Piotrowski and Julia Williams Robinson, Editors 2000 Fall

A polemical look at how architectural knowledge is produced, disseminated, and received.

Law and Sexuality The Global Arena Carl Stychin and Didi Herman, Editors 2001 Spring

A unique, international look at the intersection of law and the most personal of rights.

Learning to Divide the World Education at Empire’s End John Willinsky 1999 Fall

Examines education’s contribution to colonialism and explores how this legacy can be overcome.

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