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Rosa Kim (adapted for Suffolk University Law School Spring 2025)
This is a "live" casebook; materials may evolve during the course of the semester. Students will be alerted as to any changes.
The history of Asian Americans in U.S. Law includes landmark cases and significant legal challenges that persist in modern times. These materials explore this history from early immigration and exclusion to anti-Asian violence and discrimination in its many forms. Themes of advocacy, agency, and activism also run through this history, revealing the unique and extraordinary trajectory of the Asian American experience within the U.S. legal system.
Teaching a course about Asian Americans and the Law was inspired by Judge Denny Chin and the Center on Asian Americans and the Law at Fordham University School of Law, dedicated to promoting the teaching of U.S. Law as it has affected Asian Americans. This adapted casebook is made possible by the work of Professor Elizabeth Tanaka, who authored the original and revised versions of this casebook for a 2022 course at Yale Law School and a 2023 course at Quinnipiac University School of Law. A big debt is owed also to Professor Marina Hsieh of Santa Clara University Law School, who adapted and updated Professor Tanaka's materials in 2024.
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