The Courts, Social Science, and School Desegregation

by Daniel Elazar (Editor), Betsy Levin (Editor)

Overview

This book surveys the legal issues confronting courts as they decide school desegregation cases, and the extent to which social science research has been brought to bear on those issues. It examines the relationship between school segregation and residential segregation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878551507
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	01/15/1977
Pages:	438
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Betsy Levin

Table of Contents

Part I: The Legal Backdrop 1. Judicial Evolution of The Law of School Integration Since Brown V. Board of Education 2. School Desegregation Litigation in the Seventies and the Use of Social Science Evidence: An Annotated Guide 3. Random Remarks on the Role of Social Sciences in the Judicial Decision-Making Process in School Desegregation Cases 4. The Impact of Social Science Evidence on the Judge: A Personal Comment 5. Social Science and the District Court: The Observations of a Journeyman Trial Judge Part II: Neighborhood Schools and Busing 6. Residential Segregation and its Implications for School Integration 7. The Jurisprudence of Busing Part III: Effects of School Desegregation: What Social Science Research Does and Doesn't Tell Us 8. Education, Life Chances, and the Courts: The Role of Social Science Evidence 9. The Relationship Between School Desegregation and Academic Achievement: A Review of the Research 10. The Effects of Desegregation on Race Relations 11. The Impact of School Desgregation on Aspirations, Self-Concepts and Other Aspects of Personality Part IV: Some Practical Problems in Desegregation and Some Alternatives 12. How to Make Desegregation Work: The Adaptation of Schools to their Newly-Integrated Student Bodies 13. Waiting on the Promise of Brown 14. Suspension and Expulsion of Black Students From the Public Schools: Academic Capital Punishment and the Constitution Part V: Reflection 15. On the Future Implementation of School Desegregation: Some Considerations 16. The Courts, Social Science, and School Desegregation

Editorial Reviews

For nearly three decades now the social sciences have been inextricably linked to the courts in the area of school desegregation. . . . [Amidst] this flurry of social science activity vis-à-vis the courts, there are a number of unanswered questions regarding the nature of this relationship. . . . The Courts, Social Science, and School Desegregation is a most important book. It vividly illustrates that the relation of social science to the courts is not merely a matter to be viewed as an interesting epistemological or philosophy of science question. Indeed, there are demonstrable outcomes for the lives of children and adults alike riding on court decrees related to school desegregation. . . . Taken together, the papers represent a singularly significant contribution to our understanding of the complexities and difficulties inherent in linking social science and the judicial process. What is perhaps most compelling about the book is the elucidation of the immense gap between the linguistic, normative, and procedural worlds of law and social science.” —Ray C. Rist, Contemporary Sociology

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