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1 online resource (xviii, 150 pages) |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Contents |
The Central Argument: The Meaning of Racial Correlations Given Nonracist Assumptions and Original Positions. Of Molecules and Mobility. Required Assumptions and the Court. Race and Cultural Ethnicity Distinguished -- The Innocent Persons Argument Examined: The Innocent Person Shown to Be Guilty When Claiming Proportional Set-Aside Positions. The Innocent Persons Argument and the Court. The Misplaced Emphasis on Innocence and Blame -- Proportionate and Disproportionate Quotas, The Key Distinction: Formalism. Entitlement. The Supreme Court and the Proportionality Principle. Related Constitutional Arguments -- Scholarly Comment and the Proportionality Principle: Ronald Dworkin and the Rights of Whites -- Applying the Principles: The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action: In General. Local versus National Standards. Applicant versus Labor Pool. The Complications of Seniority and Repeat Applications in Hiring and Promotions. Seniority, Repeat Applications, and Layoffs: The Stotts Case Revisited |
Summary |
Few issues are as mired in rhetoric and controversy as affirmative action. This is certainly no less true now as when Ronald J. Fiscus's The Constitutional Logic of Affirmative Action was first published in 1992. The controversy has, perhaps, become more charged over the past few years. With this compelling and rigorously reasoned argument for a constitutional rationale of affirmative action, Fiscus clarifies the moral and legal ramifications of this complex subject and presents an important view in the context of the ongoing debate. Beginning with a distinction drawn between pr |
Analysis |
Employment Positive discrimination Law |
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United States |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-141) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Philosophy
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Distributive justice.
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LAW -- Civil Procedure.
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LAW -- Legal Services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
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Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation -- Philosophy
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Distributive justice
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Rechtsontwikkeling.
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Positieve actie.
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Overheidsbeleid.
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Programmes d'action positive -- Droit -- Etats-Unis.
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Justice distributive.
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Discrimination dans l'emploi -- Droit -- Etats-Unis.
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United States
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Electronic book
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Author |
Wasby, Stephen L., 1937- editor.
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LC no. |
91033695 |
ISBN |
9780822382263 |
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0822382261 |
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1283062658 |
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9781283062657 |
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0822317702 |
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9780822317708 |
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9786613062659 |
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6613062650 |
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