The balance between civil liberties and national security is scrutinized in this, the first comprehensive course book ever published to critically explore the legal, ethical, and social ramifications of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the successful reparations movement of the 1980s.
The book features:
an outstanding author team - all are noted scholars in this and other fields of law
a rich pedagogy that includes thematic overviews, socio-historic background, in-depth study modules, cases, original documents and photographs, questions, and commentary
an interdisciplinary approach that includes scholarship from sociology and history as well as law review articles and cases
a discussion of how areas of law construct race and how political and social contexts shape and influence the law
issues of tremendous contemporary significance - such as the treatment of Arab-Americans during wartime and the prosecution of Chinese-American scientist Wen Ho Lee for espionage
analysis of the impact of Japanese-American redress on African-American
reparations claims
A Teacher's Manual that includes:
guidance for teaching each chapter
suggestions for how to make optimal use of study manuals
explanations and analysis that address questions raised in the book
Preface
PART I: CONTEXT
Chapter 1. Race, Rights and Reparation: An Overview
A. Race
B. Rights
C. Reparation
Chapter 2. An Historical Introduction
A. Asian American Legal History: An Overview
B. Study Modules
PART II: INTERNMENT
Chapter 3: The Internment Cases
A. From Pearl Harbor to the Assembly Centers: An Overview
B. Study Modules
Chapter 4: The Internment Camps
A. Overview: From the Assembly Centers to Resettlement
B. Study Modules
PART III: REDRESS
Chapter 5: The Coram Nobis Cases
A. Japanese American Redress: An Overview
B. Judicial Declaration of Injustice: The Coram Nobis Litigation
C. Study Modules: Coram Nobis Litigation
Chapter 6 Reparations
A. Japanese American Redress, Continued: An Overview
B. Study Madules: Forms of Reparations
Chapter 7 Race, Rights and Liberty: Contemporary Issues
A. Korematsu as Precedent: An Overview
B. Study Modules: Is it Happening Again?: Other Racial Groups' Experiences
Table of Cases
Table of Authorities
Glossary
Index
