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. <p class=copymedium>The book features: <li class=copymedium>an outstanding author team - all are noted scholars in this and other fields of law <li class=copymedium>a rich pedagogy that includes thematic overviews, socio-historic background, in-depth study modules, cases, original documents and photographs, questions, and commentary <li class=copymedium>an interdisciplinary approach that includes scholarship from sociology and history as well as law review articles and cases <li class=copymedium>a discussion of how areas of law construct race and how political and social contexts shape and influence the law <li class=copymedium>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 <li class=copymedium>analysis of the impact of Japanese-American redress on African-American reparations claims</ul> <p class=copymedium>A Teacher's Manual that includes: <li class=copymedium>guidance for teaching each chapter <li class=copymedium>suggestions for how to make optimal use of study manuals <li class=copymedium>explanations and analysis that address questions raised in the book</ul>

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