Richard Thompson Ford

Richard Thompson Ford is 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]

Selected publications

• 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^[4]
• The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse. Macmillan, 2008. ISBN 9780374245757^[1][5]
• "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

1. Grimes, William (February 6, 2008). "Colorblind Conclusions on Racism". New York Times.
2. "Ford appointed to SF housing commission:8/27/97". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
3. "100 Notable Books of 2011". The New York Times. 2011-11-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
4. Rosen, Jeffrey (November 11, 2011). "Misunderstanding Racial Justice". New York times.
5. "Richard Thompson Ford". Comedy Central. Retrieved 2016-03-03.

External links

• Biography. Stanford University. Retrieved June 16, 2016.