Law and humanities libraries that serve scholars and students in twentieth-century American social history and politics will find this archive of special interest. The briefs in this collection are not readily available - this is effectively a rescue operation, opening material that is inaccessible to many researchers. Researchers will be able to gain insights into legal reasoning used by the parties in advocating their position and to identify the authorities used to support an argument. It aims to address questions such as: How much was the work of sociologists, psychologists, and historians cited? What attention did the courts pay to those citations? What nonlegal evidence was brought to court or cited? Did the court pay attention?
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