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Racism on Trial: The Chicano Fight for Justice. By Haney López Ian F. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003. vii+324 pp. $27.95 cloth.

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Mary Romero
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Law & Society Review , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , March 2005 , pp. 211 - 234
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I thank Kevin R. Johnson, Eric Margolis, Maria and Michael Soldatenko, and Laura Gomez for feedback on various drafts. I acknowledge Martha Umphrey's helpful critique.

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