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

Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell / Paul A. Lombardo.

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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 po...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lombardo, Paul A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Buck, Carrie, > 1906-1983 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Buck, Carrie, > 1906-1983.
Insanity (Law) > Virginia.
Sterilization (Birth control) > Law and legislation > Virginia.
Insanity (Law)
Sterilization (Birth control) > Law and legislation.
Virginia.
Trials, litigation, etc.
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Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell /

Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell / by Lombardo, Paul A.

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