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Author Peters, Anne, 1964-

Title Women, quotas, and constitutions : a comparative study of affirmative action for women under American, German, EC, and international law / Anne Peters
Published The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International, 1999

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Description xxxvi, 400 pages ; 25 cm
Contents I. Methodology -- II. Affirmative Action Defined -- III. Affirmative Action Law within the Constitutional Framework of the United States -- IV. Affirmative Action Law within the German Constitutional Framework -- V. Affirmative (Positive) Action in European Community Law -- VI. Affirmative Action for Women under International Law -- VII. Comparison
Summary "This new academic study provides an interesting insight into the German and American, as well as the international and European Community rules which encourage and limit affirmative action taken by States."--BOOK JACKET. "The comprehensive study of the American and German constitutional regimes of affirmative action for women, and the overview of international and EC law in that field, make this book an innovative and extremely interesting academic work."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-393) and index
Subject Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation -- Germany.
Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States.
LC no. 98046466
ISBN 9041197087
Other Titles Unconstitutionality of affirmative action for women in America and Germany