Sunday, November 27, 2005
New Publication Spotlight: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reports
Jack Chin of CrimProf Blog has published three multi-volume sets collecting hearings of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Reports they led to. "In its heyday," Chin says, "the Commission was one of the most transparent, effective and honest organs of government, a bipartisan body of leading Americans, including people who had served as university presidents, state governors, cabinet members, judges, and journalists who had won Pulitzer prizes. As a result, its work was taken seriously, and it is entitled to claim substantial credit for landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965." The sets include: Reports on the Police, Reports on Voting, and Reports on Asian Pacific Americans, and are available from William S. Hein & Co. Inc., as is the 1996 anthology New York City Police Corruption Investigation Commission Reports, 1894-1994.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2005/11/new_publication.html