Brooks, Richard Rexford Wayne.

Saving the neighborhood racially restrictive covenants, law, and social norms / [electronic resource] : Richard R.W. Brooks, Carol M. Rose. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013. - 294 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Before covenants -- The big guns silenced -- Pushing down the ghosts -- The calculus of covenants -- The emergence of the norm breakers -- The great dilemma for legal norms -- After Shelley -- Game changes in the twilight of covenants -- Conclusion.

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Real covenants--United States.
Discrimination in housing--Law and legislation--United States.