American Cultural Pluralism and Law, 3rd Edition

JILL NORGREN is Professor Emeritus of Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, the City University of New York. Her research has been supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, NEH, the ACLS, and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. She has also published (with Petra T. Shattuck) Partial Justice: Federal Indian Law in a Liberal Constitutional System: The Cherokee Cases and a biography of pioneering American lawyer and presidential candidate Belva Lockwood. She is currently writing on the topics of Native American law and the legal treatment of women.SERENA NANDA is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is the author (with Rich Warms) o fCultural Anthropology, a widely used undergraduate text now in its 9th edition, Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India and Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations and Forty Perfect New York Days: Walks and Rambles in and around the City. Her current work is on the politics of cultural identity.

• Preface Introduction: E Pluribus Unum? Race and Ethnicity Native Americans, Land, and Law Trouble in Paradise: Native Hawaiian and Puerto Rican Sovereignty African Americans: The Fight for Justice and Equality Immigration: Latinos and Law Religion Religious Belief and Practice: The Mormons Religious Belief and Practice: The Amish The Culture Wars in American Schools Religion and the Use of Illicit Drugs: The Rastafari and the Native American Church Gender Women's Nature, Women's Lives, Women's Rights Family Values: Gays and Marriage Community and Citizenship Fighting Prejudice: Persons with Disabilities and Homeless Persons 100 Percent American: Who Qualifies in a National Emergency? Japanese Americans and the Law Cultural Pluralism and the Rule of Law Post-9/11 Selected Bibliography Index

"As in previous editions, the central theme of this work concerns the negotiations between the law and the many subcultures that make up US society. The authors present the material thematically. They address issues of race and ethnicity by looking at Native Americans and land issues, issues of Native Hawaiian and Puerto Rican sovereignty, the struggle for African American civil rights, and Latino immigration. Religion is discussed as it relates to legal struggles of the Mormons and the Amish to define their own ways of life, the culture wars in American Schools, and Rastafarian and Native American ritual use of illicit drugs. Addressing gender, two chapters discuss women's rights and gay marriage. A final section on community and citizenship discusses anti-discrimination campaigns by people with disabilities and homeless people, Japanese internment, and the antagonistic relationship between cultural pluralism and the war on terror." - Reference & Research Book News