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Point/Counterpoint: A Debate On Irony And Interpretation, Richard Lempert, Peter Westen
Point/Counterpoint: A Debate On Irony And Interpretation, Richard Lempert, Peter Westen
Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)
Can irony play a role in the construction of statutes? In the following articles, legal scholars Richard Lempert and Peter Westen debate the point, taking, as their context, the Supreme Court decision in United Steelworkers v. Weber, a 1979 affirmative action case that brings to the fore the moral dilemmas posed by such programs.
Professor Lempert's initial article originally appeared in Ethics 95 (October 1984), published by the University of Chicago Press. Professor Westen's response, and Lempert's rejoinder to it, were written especially for Law Quadrangle Notes.
Richard Lempert is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of …
Point/Counterpoint: A Debate On Irony And Interpretation, Richard Lempert, Peter Westen
Point/Counterpoint: A Debate On Irony And Interpretation, Richard Lempert, Peter Westen
Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)
Can irony play a role in the construction of statutes? In the following articles, legal scholars Richard Lempert and Peter Westen debate the point, taking, as their context, the Supreme Court decision in United Steelworkers v. Weber, a 1979 affirmative action case that brings to the fore the moral dilemmas posed by such programs.
Professor Lempert's initial article originally appeared in Ethics 95 (October 1984), published by the University of Chicago Press. Professor Westen's response, and Lempert's rejoinder to it, were written especially for Law Quadrangle Notes.
Richard Lempert is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of …
The Cost Of Equality: Civil Rights During Periods Of Economic Stress, Harry T. Edwards
The Cost Of Equality: Civil Rights During Periods Of Economic Stress, Harry T. Edwards
Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)
Many minority workers, only recently hired under affirmative action programs, have been laid off during the present recession under "last hired, first fired " seniority systems. Thus it has been claimed that the gains in equal opportunity employment that have been made over the last ten years are in danger of being lost through layoffs in the recession of the '70's.