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Faculty Scholarship

2010

Civil Rights and Discrimination

Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Response: Anti-Discrimination Law In Peril?, Trina Jones Jan 2010

Response: Anti-Discrimination Law In Peril?, Trina Jones

Faculty Scholarship

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Reply: Good Intentions Matter, Katharine T. Bartlett Jan 2010

Reply: Good Intentions Matter, Katharine T. Bartlett

Faculty Scholarship

While writing the article to which Professors Mitchell and Bielby have published responses, I was mindful of the many ways in which the article could be misinterpreted. In taking issue with the assumption that legal controls work in a direct, linear manner to deter crimination, I thought I might be misunderstood to say that people are not responsive to incentives. In worrying about how legal sanctions exert external pressure that may crowd out the inclination of well-intentioned people to self-monitor for bias, I feared that the article would be read mistakenly to oppose strong and appropriate legal rules against discrimination. …