Race as a Legal Concept

Race is a legal concept, and like all legal concepts, it is a matrix of rules. Although the legal conception of race has shifted over time, up from slavery and to the present, one element in the matrix has remained the same: the background rules of race have always taken a view of racial identity a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Justin Desautels-Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2019-08-01
Series:Columbia Journal of Race and Law
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjrl/article/view/2265