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After reestablishing the connection between morality and the law, the author develops a coherent position on many of the most controversial issues of urban life: the political uses of the streets; verbal assaults and the defamation of racial groups; the legitimate restriction of public speech; segregation, busing, and the use of racial quotas; educ



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*I Introduction, pg. 1*II. Political Discourse and the Defamation of Groups, pg. 23*III. The Philosophic Foundation for the Restriction of Speech, pg. 56*IV. Urban Disorders I: Chicago 1968, pg. 92*V. Urban Disorders II: The Urban Riots, pg. 123*VI. The Sources of Disorder: Kenneth Clark and the Problem of the Ghetto, pg. 147*VII. Equity and Comity in the Schools, pg. 173*VIII. The Theory and Practice of "Community Control", pg. 195*IX. Segregation, Busing, and the Idea of Law, pg. 223*X. Power Structures in the City, pg. 259*XI. The "New" Politics and the Old, pg. 284*Four. Housing, pg. 307*XII. Black Politics And The Question Of Housing, pg. 309*XIII. Housing and ahe Reach of the Law, pg. 346*Five. The City and Republican Virtue, pg. 383*XIV. Law, Morals, and the Regulation of Vice, pg. 385*XV. On Principles and Experience: Republican Virtue, pg. 427*Index, pg. 457

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691615257, 978-0691615257
      ISBN10: 069161525X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      After reestablishing the connection between morality and the law, the author develops a coherent position on many of the most controversial issues of urban life: the political uses of the streets; verbal assaults and the defamation of racial groups; the legitimate restriction of public speech; segregation, busing, and the use of racial quotas; educ



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*I Introduction, pg. 1*II. Political Discourse and the Defamation of Groups, pg. 23*III. The Philosophic Foundation for the Restriction of Speech, pg. 56*IV. Urban Disorders I: Chicago 1968, pg. 92*V. Urban Disorders II: The Urban Riots, pg. 123*VI. The Sources of Disorder: Kenneth Clark and the Problem of the Ghetto, pg. 147*VII. Equity and Comity in the Schools, pg. 173*VIII. The Theory and Practice of "Community Control", pg. 195*IX. Segregation, Busing, and the Idea of Law, pg. 223*X. Power Structures in the City, pg. 259*XI. The "New" Politics and the Old, pg. 284*Four. Housing, pg. 307*XII. Black Politics And The Question Of Housing, pg. 309*XIII. Housing and ahe Reach of the Law, pg. 346*Five. The City and Republican Virtue, pg. 383*XIV. Law, Morals, and the Regulation of Vice, pg. 385*XV. On Principles and Experience: Republican Virtue, pg. 427*Index, pg. 457

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