A new way of looking at our legal system--focused on the nexus of social
science, race, and the law--that takes the field of critical legal studies into
the twenty-first century.
""The introduction of new methods in the social sciences to the law promises to
revolutionize how legal scholars approach the study of race.""--Jeffrey
Rachlinski, professor at Cornell Law School
Building on the field of critical race theory, which took a theoretical approach
to questions of race and the law, "Critical Race Realism" offers a practical
look at the way racial bias plays out at every level of the legal system, from
witness identification and jury selection