Equality by Statute: Legal Controls Over Group Discrimination

Second printing. Berger, Morroe. MacIver, Robert M[orrison], [1882-1970], Foreword. Equality by Statute: Legal Controls Over Group Discrimination. New York: Columbia University Press, 1952. Second printing. xii, 238 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped spine and front board. Moderate shelfwear and soiling. Interior clean. A very good copy. $45. * The book explores the relationship between law and social prejudice by examining how legislative and legal techniques can effectively reduce or even eradicate deeply rooted discriminatory habits and attitudes. Berger evaluates legal developments in the United States from the Reconstruction period through the early 1950s. He attempts to formulate general principles regarding the efficacy of law as a tool for controlling group discrimination and its impact on custom and public opinion.