From the Bookshelves: In the Shadow of Korematsu Democratic Liberties and National Security by Eric K. Yamamoto
In the Shadow of Korematsu Democratic Liberties and National Security by Eric K. Yamamoto, Oxford University Press 2018
Portrays the present-day significance of the Supreme Court’s never overruled 1944 decision upholding the constitutional validity of the mass Japanese American exclusion leading to indefinite incarceration
Implicates prospects for judicial independence in adjudging harassment, exclusion, incarceration disputes in contemporary America and beyond
Engages the American populace in shaping law and policy at the ground level by placing the courts’ legitimacy on center stage Links history to present-day controversies with an eye toward the future of United States democracy
Addresses multiple audiences targeting judges, lawyers and law and society scholars with careful sourcing and nuanced explanations while casting in explanatory language for non-law teachers and the concerned populace
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