Black Judges on Justice

These interviews with African American judges draw out a wide range of outspoken views on, and insights into, justice and racial prejudice in the USA. The book provides analysis of the role of the jurist, of the daily malfunctioning of the courts, and of the future of the judicial system itself. Black Judges on Justice is the first book to present the views of leading African American judges on the way our judicial system works. From pioneers such as Leon Higginbotham and Constance Baker Motley (the first black female federal judge) to such outspoken and well-known mavericks as Bruce Wright, the testimony of these judges provides penetrating analysis of the role of the jurist, of the daily malfunctioning of the courts, and of the future of the judicial system itself.