The Constitutional Rights of Women: Cases in Law and Social ChangeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 637 pages Using a wide variety of cases involving women's rights, Leslie Friedman Goldstein examines the ways in which the U.S. Supreme Court initiates and responds to social change. This edition covers all major Supreme Court decisions that affect gender equity and reproductive rights through May 1987. |
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Page 572
... action : improving their services to black constituencies , averting racial tension over the alloca- tion of jobs in a community ; or in- creasing the diversity of a work force , to name but a few examples . Or they might adopt ...
... action : improving their services to black constituencies , averting racial tension over the alloca- tion of jobs in a community ; or in- creasing the diversity of a work force , to name but a few examples . Or they might adopt ...
Page 573
... action in all cases . As I read Weber , however , the Court also determined that Congress had balanced these two com- peting concerns by permitting affirmative action only as a remedial device to elimi- nate actual or apparent ...
... action in all cases . As I read Weber , however , the Court also determined that Congress had balanced these two com- peting concerns by permitting affirmative action only as a remedial device to elimi- nate actual or apparent ...
Page 574
... action under Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause . While employers must have a firm basis for concluding that remedial action is necessary , neither Wygant nor Weber places a burden on employers to prove that they actually ...
... action under Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause . While employers must have a firm basis for concluding that remedial action is necessary , neither Wygant nor Weber places a burden on employers to prove that they actually ...
Contents
Early Interpretations of Due Process | 3 |
Substantive Due Process | 19 |
18681975 | 66 |
Copyright | |
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