Minding the Law

Invitation to a Journey 1(18) On Categories 19(35) Categorizing at the Supreme Court 54(56) Missouri v. Jenkins Michael H. v. Gerald D. On Narrative 110(33) Narratives at Court 143(22) Prigg v. Pennsylvania Freeman v. Pitts On Rhetorics 165(29) The Rhetorics of Death 194(23) McCleskey v. Kemp On the Dialectic of Culture 217(29) Race, the Court, and America's Dialectic From Plessy through Brown to Pitts and Jenkins 246(36) Reflections on a Voyage 282(11) Appendix: Analysis of Nouns and Verbs in the Prigg, Pitts, and Brown Opinions 293(16) Notes 309(118) Table of Cases 427(5) Index 432