Tag: Law & Society Review

  • Unsuitable Suitors: Anti-Miscegenation Laws, Naturalization Laws, and the Construction of Asian Identities Law & Society Review Volume 41, Issue 3 (September 2007) pages 587–618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2007.00315.x Deenesh Sohoni, Associate Professor of Sociology The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia In this article, I use state-level anti-miscegenation legislation to examine how Asian ethnic groups became…

  • Race Categorization and the Regulation of Business and Science Law & Society Review Volume 44, Issue 3-4 (September/December 2010) pages 617–650 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2010.00418.x Catherine Lee, Assistant Professor of Sociology Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research Rutgers University John D. Skrentny, Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies and Professor of Sociology University of…

  • Plessy as “Passing”: Judicial Responses to Ambiguously Raced Bodies in Plessy v. Ferguson Law & Society Review Volume 39, Issue 3 (September 2005) pages 563–600 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2005.00234.x Mark Golub, Assistant Professor of Politics & International Relations Scripps College, Claremont, California The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) is infamous for its doctrine of…