Robin L. West is the Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. She is a member of the Law Culture and Humanities Association, from whom she was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award. She is also a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the author of Normative Jurisprudence: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2011) and Teaching Law (Cambridge, 2013), and is co-editor, with Cynthia Bowman, of the International Research Handbook on Feminist Jurisprudence (forthcoming).

• Introduction; 1. The antidiscrimination principle and its discontents; 2. Residues of injustice: formal equality and civil rights; 3. Toward a jurisprudence of civil rights; 4. A frayed quilt: our lost, imperfect, and unimagined civil rights; 5. Protecting rights to enter: constitutional rights and civil rights in conflict; Conclusion.

'… this is a well-researched tome that includes copious footnotes … this volume is a sound accomplishment …' S. A. Merriman, Choice

Robin L. West is the Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. She is a member of the Law Culture and Humanities Association, from whom she was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award. She is also a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the author of Normative Jurisprudence: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2011) and Teaching Law (Cambridge, 2013), and is co-editor, with Cynthia Bowman, of the International Research Handbook on Feminist Jurisprudence (forthcoming).

• Introduction; 1. The antidiscrimination principle and its discontents; 2. Residues of injustice: formal equality and civil rights; 3. Toward a jurisprudence of civil rights; 4. A frayed quilt: our lost, imperfect, and unimagined civil rights; 5. Protecting rights to enter: constitutional rights and civil rights in conflict; Conclusion.

'… this is a well-researched tome that includes copious footnotes … this volume is a sound accomplishment …' S. A. Merriman, Choice

Robin L. West is the Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. She is a member of the Law Culture and Humanities Association, from whom she was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award. She is also a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the author of Normative Jurisprudence: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2011) and Teaching Law (Cambridge, 2013), and is co-editor, with Cynthia Bowman, of the International Research Handbook on Feminist Jurisprudence (forthcoming).

• Introduction; 1. The antidiscrimination principle and its discontents; 2. Residues of injustice: formal equality and civil rights; 3. Toward a jurisprudence of civil rights; 4. A frayed quilt: our lost, imperfect, and unimagined civil rights; 5. Protecting rights to enter: constitutional rights and civil rights in conflict; Conclusion.

'… this is a well-researched tome that includes copious footnotes … this volume is a sound accomplishment …' S. A. Merriman, Choice