The Law of Affirmative Action : Twenty Five Years of Supreme Court Decisions on Race and Remedies.
The debate over race in this country has of late converged on the contentious issue of affirmative action. Although the Supreme Court once supported the concept of racial affirmative action, in recent years a majority of the Court has consistently opposed various affirmative action programs. The Law...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The debate over race in this country has of late converged on the contentious issue of affirmative action. Although the Supreme Court once supported the concept of racial affirmative action, in recent years a majority of the Court has consistently opposed various affirmative action programs. The Law of Affirmative Action provides a comprehensive chronicle of the evolution of the Supreme Court's involvement with the racial affirmative action issue over the last quarter century. Starting with the 1974 DeFunis v. Odegaard decision and the 1978 Bakke decision, which marked the beginnings of the Co. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-298) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780814786673 0814786677 0814783937 9780814783931 0585318522 9780585318523 |