Richard Thompson Ford is the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.[1] His scholarship includes work on critical race theory, local government law, housing segregation, and employment discrimination. He has served as a housing commissioner for the San Francisco Housing Commission,[2] and continues to work with local governments on issues of affordable housing and segregation. His book Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality was chosen as one of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2011.[3] His 2021 book on dress codes explores the relationship between fashion and power.[4]
He graduated with a BA from Stanford University in 1988 and a JD from Harvard Law School in 1991.[5]
Selected publications
edit- Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History Simon & Schuster, 2021. ISBN 9781501180064[6]
- Universal Rights Down to Earth. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2011. ISBN 9780393079005
- Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. ISBN 9780374250355[7]
- The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse. Macmillan, 2008. ISBN 9780374245757[1][8]
- Racial Culture: A Critique (Princeton University Pr., 2005).
- "The Boundaries of Race: Political Geography in Legal Analysis." Harvard Law Review (1994): 1841–1921.
- "Beyond "Difference" : A Reluctant Critique of Legal Identity Politics" in: Left legalism/left critique. Eds. Wendy Brown, and Janet Halley. Duke University Press, 2002. ISBN 9780822329756
- "Geography and Sovereignty: Jurisdictional Formation and Racial Segregation." Stanford Law Review (1997): 1365–1445.
References
edit- ^ a b Grimes, William (February 6, 2008). "Colorblind Conclusions on Racism". New York Times.
- ^ "Ford appointed to SF housing commission:8/27/97". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ "100 Notable Books of 2011". The New York Times. 2011-11-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ Givhan, Robin. "Why the tailored suit — not ruffles and lace — became synonymous with power". Washington Post. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ^ "Richard Thompson Ford".
- ^ Mzezewa, Tariro (February 9, 2021). "We Wore What? Centuries of Global Fashion as a System of Power / THE AFRICAN LOOKBOOK / DRESS CODES". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021.
- ^ Rosen, Jeffrey (November 11, 2011). "Misunderstanding Racial Justice". New York Times.
- ^ "Richard Thompson Ford". Comedy Central. 14 February 2008. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
External links
edit- Biography. Stanford University. Retrieved June 16, 2016.