Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation
Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation by Robert Tsai is an unabridged work published by Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing on March 1, 2021. This book explores the complexities of achieving equality in a society where legal principles often intersect with social justice issues. Tsai, a law professor at American University, examines how legal concepts that may not directly address equality—such as fair play and free speech—have been instrumental in advancing justice throughout American history.
In this insightful examination, readers will find a thorough analysis of historical and contemporary challenges to equality, including the oppression of marginalized groups and ongoing issues like racism in the criminal justice system and voting restrictions. Tsai draws connections between past struggles, such as the internment of Japanese Americans and modern-day civil rights movements, offering a framework for understanding and pursuing equality. This edition, with its focus on law, constitutional law, and civil rights, serves as a resource for activists, lawyers, and anyone interested in the ongoing quest for justice in a divided nation.
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MP3 CD Format Equality is easy to grasp in theory but often hard to achieve in reality. In this accessible and wide-ranging work, American University law professor Robert L. Tsai offers a stirring account of how legal ideas that aren’t necessarily about equality at all—ensuring fair play, behaving reasonably, avoiding cruelty, and protecting free speech—have often been used to overcome resistance to justice and remain vital today.
Practical Equality is an original and compelling book on the intersection of law and society. Tsai, a leading expert on constitutional law who has written widely in the popular press, traces challenges to equality throughout American history: from the oppression of emancipated slaves after the Civil War to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II to President Trump’s ban on Muslim travelers. He applies lessons from these and other past struggles to such pressing contemporary issues as the rights of sexual minorities and the homeless, racism in the criminal justice system, police brutality, voting restrictions, oppressive measures against migrants, and more.
Deeply researched and well argued,
Practical Equality offers a sense of optimism and a guide to pursuing equality for activists, lawyers, public officials, and concerned citizens.
About the Author
Robert L. Tsai is professor of law at American University. He is the author of Practical Equality and America’s Forgotten Constitutions, and his essays have appeared in the Boston Globe, Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, Politico, Boston Review, and Slate. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his family.
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