Bad Boys
Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity
by Ann Arnett Ferguson

Winner: Gustavus Myers Center for The Study of Human Rights in the United States' 2001 Outstanding Book Award.

Winner: Sex and Gender Section of the American Sociological Association's 2001 Distinguised Book Award

How do schools identify African American males as "bad boys"?

What Professors Are Saying
"I chose Bad Boys...[because] the writing is engaging...Ferguson incorporates relevant and useful theories, [making] the text much easier to use as a basis for classroom discussion. [She] demonstrates how, even in what seems to be an ideal situation...the black boys are marginalized and criminalized. Finally...Ferguson has innovative ideas about labeling, black masculinity, racial identity, and schooling. Overall, I am very excited about using this text in my classroom."
—Tanya Golash-Boza, University of North Carolina

Beyond Busing
Reflections on Urban Segregation, the Courts, and Equal Opportunity
by Paul R. Dimond
with a new preface and afterword

Discusses the landmark school and housing desegregation cases of the 1970s.

Cops, Teachers, Counselors
Stories from the Front Lines of Public Service
by Steven Maynard-Moody and Michael Musheno

A penetrating look at how government workers make sense of their work, ascribe identity to the people they encounter, and account for their decisions and actions.

New Release!

Deployed
How Reservists Bear the Burden of Iraq
by Michael Musheno and Susan M. Ross

The stories of the citizen soldiers of an Army Reserve unit who were among the first wave of reservists mobilized after September 11

In Defense of Monopoly
How Market Power Fosters Creative Production
by Richard B. McKenzie and Dwight R. Lee

A provocative defense of market dominance.

Litigating in the Shadow of Death
Defense Attorneys in Capital Cases
by Welsh S. White

An essential guide to the litigation of capital cases, by one of the most accomplished experts in the field.

Lives of Lawyers Revisited
Transformation and Resilience in the Organizations of Practice
by Michael J. Kelly

A profound ethnographic analysis of how lawyers understand and respond to sweeping changes in the legal profession.

The Politics of Rights
Lawyers, Public Policy, and Political Changes
by Stuart A. Scheingold
New Preface by the author, New Foreword by Malcolm Feely

The classic work that revolutionized discussions of the relationship between law and social change is now available in an augmented thirtieth anniversary edition.

Racial Union
Law, Intimacy, and the White State in Alabama, 1865-1954
by Julie Novkov

A stunning exploration of America's attitudes on interracial marriage.

New Release!

Sacred Violence
Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty
by Paul W. Kahn

Is torture the inevitable reaction to terrorism?

Suing the Gun Industry
A Battle at th Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts
edited by Timothy D. Lytton

The first comprehensive analysis of recent lawsuits against gun makers.

When Courts and Congress Collide
The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System
by Charles Gardner Geyh

Can our nation's judiciary remain independent, in light of the battle over judicial appointments?