Lorraine K Bannai

Enduring Conviction

Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lorraine K. Bannai is director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and professor of lawyering skills at Seattle University School of Law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780295742816
• ISBN-10: 029574281X
• Artikelnr.: 50094486

Autorenporträt

Director, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, and Professor of Legal Skills, Seattle University School of Law. Bannai has written numerous articles and book chapters on the legal dimensions of the Japanese incarceration cases and Fred Korematsu's case in particular. This will be her first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Prologue A San Francisco Courtroom
1. The Son of Immigrants, but All-American
2. The Call to Get Rid of the "Japs"
3. Fred's Decision to Live Free
4. Jail Was Better than Camp
5. The Rocky, Winding Road to the Supreme Court
6. The Ugly Abyss of Racism
7. Rebuilding a Life
8. "Intentional Falsehoods"
9. "A Legal Longshot"?
10. Correcting the Record
11. A Symbol in the Continuing Search for Justice
Epilogue
Notes
Glossary
A Note on Terminology
Selected Bibliography
Index