Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book

Since the 1960s, ideas developed during the civil rights movement have been astonishingly successful in the fight against overt discrimination. But can they combat the whole spectrum of social injustice---including conditions that aren't directly caused by bigotry? In Rights Gone Wrong, Richard Thompson Ford argues that extremists on both sides of the political divide have hijacked civil rights for personal advantage, diverting our attention from serious social injustices. Is equality really served by endless litigating and legislating against every grievance or slight? Brilliantly argued, shrewd, and lively, Rights Gone Wrong offers "a crisp analysis of the limits of our civil rights laws and a prescription for how to move beyond them" (Kirkus Reviews).

Author: Richard Thompson Ford
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 10/30/2012
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.67w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781250013927

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/25/2012 pg. 32

About the Author

Richard Thompson Ford is the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. He is a regular contributor to Slate and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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