Peter Irons

Biographic Data

ID5368030
NAMEPeter Irons
GIVEN NAMESPeter
FAMILY NAMEIrons
SIGNATUREIRONS P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California San Diego
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT17
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1961
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • White Men's Law: The Roots of Systemic Racism

    Peter IronsBOOKWhite Men's Law2022

    White Men’s Law recounts and explores the legal and extralegal means by which systemic White racism has kept Black Americans “in their place” from slavery to police and vigilante killings of Black men and women, from 1619 to the present. The book argues that African Americans have always been held back by systemic racism in all major institutions—especially the legal and educational systems—that hold power over them. Based on a wide range of sour…

  • The New Deal Lawyers

    Peter H Irons, Peter IronsBOOKNew Deal Lawyers2020

  • How Solicitor General Charles Fahy Misled the Supreme Court In the Japanese American Internment Cases: A Reply to Charles Sheehan

    Peter IronsARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History2015

    Journal Article How Solicitor General Charles Fahy Misled the Supreme Court In the Japanese American Internment Cases: A Reply to Charles Sheehan Get access Peter Irons, Ph.D., J.D. Peter Irons, Ph.D., J.D. Member of the bar, Professor of Political Science, Emeritus *University of California , San Diego. Boston University, 1973; Harvard Law School, 1978. Supreme Court of the United States. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…

  • Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision

    Peter IronsBOOKJim Crow's Children2002

    In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court sounded the death knell for school segregation with its decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. However, Peter Irons writes that today many of our schools are even more segregated than they were on the day when Brown was decided. In this groundbreaking legal history, Irons explores the 150-year struggle against Jim Crow education, showing how the great victory over segregation was won, then lost again. T…

  • A People's History of the Supreme Court

    John E Semonche, Peter IronsARTICLEJournal of American History2000

    Journal Article A People's History of the Supreme Court. By Peter Irons. (New York: Viking, 1999. xviii, 542 pp. $32.95, ISBN 0-670-87006-4.) Get access John E. Semonche John E. Semonche University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 2, September 2000, Page 634, https://doi.org/10.2307/2568782 Published: 01 September 2…

  • Brennan vs. Rehnquist: The Battle for the Constitution

    Ronald Kahn, Peter IronsARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article Brennan vs. Rehnquist: The Battle for the Constitution. By Peter Irons. (New York: Knopf, 1994. xiv, 380 pp. $27.50 ISBN 0-679-42436-9.) Get access Ronald Kahn Ronald Kahn Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Page 1297, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945274 Published: 01 December 1995

  • Two Jewish Justices: Outcasts in the Promised Land

    Peter Irons, Robert A BurtARTICLEThe American Historical Review1989

  • The Courage of Their Conventions

    Mary Frances Berry, Peter IronsARTICLEJournal of American History1989

    Journal Article The Courage of Their Convictions. By Peter Irons. (New York: Free Press, 1988. xii + 420 pp. $22.95.) Get access Mary Frances Berry Mary Frances Berry University of Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 3, December 1989, Pages 971–972, https://doi.org/10.2307/2936525 Published: 01 December 1989

  • Frank Murphy: The Washington Years

    Peter Irons, Sidney FineARTICLEJournal of American History1985

    Journal Article Frank Murphy: The Washington Years. By Sidney Fine (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1984. xii + 784 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.) Get access Peter Irons Peter Irons University of California, San Diego Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72, Issue 1, June 1985, Pages 185–186, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903814 Published: 01 …

  • Lawyers and Loyalty

    Aviam Soifer, Peter IronsARTICLEReviews in American History1984

  • "We the People" and Others: Duality and America's Treatment of Its Racial Minorities

    Peter H Irons, Peter Irons et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1984

    Journal Article “We the People” and Others: Duality and America's Treatment of Its Racial Minorities. By Benjamin B. Ringer. (New York: Tavistock, 1983. xii + 1165 pp. Notes, references, and indexes. $75.00.) Get access Peter H. Irons Peter H. Irons University of California, San Diego Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 2, September 1984, Pages 369–370, https://doi…

  • Justice at War

    Yuji Ichioka, Peter IronsARTICLEJournal of American History1984

    Journal Article Justice at War. By Peter Irons. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. xv + 407 pp. Notes, sources, and index. $18.95.) Get access Yuji Ichioka Yuji Ichioka University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 1, June 1984, Page 162, https://doi.org/10.2307/1899901 Published: 01 June 1984

  • The New Deal Lawyers

    William Lasser, Peter H Irons et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Interdisciplinary…1984

  • Lawyers as Strategists and Tacticians

    Willard Hurst, Peter H Irons et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1983

  • The Network of Control: State Supreme Courts and State Security Statutes, 1920-1970

    Peter H Irons, Peter Irons et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1983

    Journal Article The Network of Control: State Supreme Courts and State Security Statutes, 1920–1970. By Carol E. Jenson. (Westport: Greenwood, 1982. xiv + 205 pp. Tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $27.50.) Get access Peter H. Irons Peter H. Irons University of California, San Diego Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 1, June 1983, Pages 183–184, htt…

  • The New Deal Lawyers

    Michal R Belknap, Peter H Irons et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1983

    Journal Article The New Deal Lawyers. By Peter H. Irons. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. xiv + 351 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $19.50.) Get access Michal R. Belknap Michal R. Belknap University of Houston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 4, March 1983, Pages 1019–1020, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901273 Published: 01 March 1983

  • Community Characteristics and Fluoridation Outcome

    Open AccessWilliam A Gamson, Peter H Irons et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Issues1961Cited by: 7References: 2