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The Allure And Danger Of Practicing Law As Taxonomy, Marcia L. Mccormick
The Allure And Danger Of Practicing Law As Taxonomy, Marcia L. Mccormick
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In this article, I hope to contribute to the ongoing debate on how our society treats the problem of discrimination. Many scholars have criticized the types of antidiscrimination statutes we have enacted as well as the ways in which the courts have interpreted those laws. While I agree with many of these critiques, rather than tackle those very large issues at the outset, I focus on the test the courts currently use to evaluate the evidence to determine whether an inference can be made that discrimination has occurred. I argue that lawyers and courts have become so caught up in …