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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Overview of the U.S. Court System -- Structure of this Book -- List of Acronyms -- 1. Mexican Americans and the Law -- Brief History of Mexican Americans and the Law -- People v. Zammora (Sleepy Lagoon, 1944) -- Securing the Rights of Mexican Americans -- The Legal Construction of Mexican American Identity -- Hernández v. Texas (1954) -- Other Legal Protections -- Theme of the Book -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- 2. Educational Equality -- Segregation -- Méndez v. Westminister School District of Orange County (1946) -- Unequal Funding -- San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodríguez (1973) -- Other Educational Challenges -- Concluding Thoughts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- 3. Gender and the Law -- Reproductive Rights -- Madrigal v. Quilligan (1981) -- Sexual Harassment and Other Workplace Discrimination -- EEOC v. Hacienda Hotel (1989) -- Violence, Gender, and Sexual Identity -- Aguirre-Cervantes v. INS (2001) -- Concluding Thoughts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- 4. Law and Language -- Early History of Language in the United States -- Language as a Civil Rights Issue -- Ýñiguez v. Arizonans for Official English (1995) -- Language in the Workplace -- García v. Gloor (1980) -- Bilingual Education -- Serna v. Portales Municipal Schools (1974) -- Recent Challenges -- Concluding Thoughts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- 5. Immigration -- Securing the U.S.-Mexico Border -- U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975) -- U.S. v. Martínez-Fuerte (1976) -- The Challenge of Public Benefits -- Plyler v. Doe (1982) -- League of United Latin American Citizens v. Wilson (1997) -- Other Important Developments -- Concluding Thoughts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Notes.

This book explores for the first time the broad range of ways in which Christian thought intersects with American legal theory. Eminent legal scholars-including Stephen Carter, Thomas Shaffer, Elizabeth Mensch, Gerard Bradley, and Marci Hamilton-describe how various Christian traditions, including the Catholic, Calvinist, Anabaptist, and Lutheran traditions, understand law and justice, society and the state, and human nature and human striving. The book reveals not only the diversity among Christian legal thinkers but also the richness of the Christian tradition as a source for intellectual and ethical approaches to legal inquiry.The contributors bring various perspectives to the subject. Some engage the prominent schools of legal thought: liberalism, legal realism, critical legal studies, feminism, critical race theory, and law and economics. Others address substantive areas, including environmental, criminal, contract, torts, and family law, as well as professional responsibility. Together the essays introduce a new school of legal thought that will make a signal contribution to contemporary discussions of law