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Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell

Paul A. Lombardo (Author)
Presents the facts from the infamous case of Buck v. Bell in the 1920s, which involved the Supreme Court ratification of Virginia's compulsory sterilization of "feebleminded" people, revealing how judicial powers can be used to corrupt and destroy equal protection under the law for poor, defenseless citizens

Print Book, English, 2008
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2008