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 69
... opinion is totally silent concerning the equal protection clause . That is at least a bit puzzling in the light of the combination of Miller's statements in Slaughter - House and the Bradwell attorney's argument here . Miller made clear ...
... opinion is totally silent concerning the equal protection clause . That is at least a bit puzzling in the light of the combination of Miller's statements in Slaughter - House and the Bradwell attorney's argument here . Miller made clear ...
Page 463
... opinion places long- standing statutes providing for mandatory retirement of government employees . [ T ] he Court will have to strain valiantly in order to avoid having today's opinion lead to the invalidation of mandatory retirement ...
... opinion places long- standing statutes providing for mandatory retirement of government employees . [ T ] he Court will have to strain valiantly in order to avoid having today's opinion lead to the invalidation of mandatory retirement ...
Page 616
... opinion . Some effort is made to distribute the opinion- writing responsibility evenly around the Court ; each justice authors about thirteen to eighteen majority opinions a year . Once the selected justice has drafted the in- tended ...
... opinion . Some effort is made to distribute the opinion- writing responsibility evenly around the Court ; each justice authors about thirteen to eighteen majority opinions a year . Once the selected justice has drafted the in- tended ...
Contents
Early Interpretations of Due Process | 3 |
Substantive Due Process | 19 |
18681975 | 66 |
Copyright | |
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