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2006

Duke Law

Equality before the law

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Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plans: Balkanization, Integration, And Individualized Consideration, Neil S. Siegel Dec 2006

Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plans: Balkanization, Integration, And Individualized Consideration, Neil S. Siegel

Duke Law Journal

In deciding Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, the Supreme Court of the United States will likely confront a critical issue to emerge from the lower court opinions on voluntary integration plans: whether school districts that use race as a factor in student assignment must comply with a legal requirement of individualized consideration. The Court has imposed such a requirement in other contexts, but it has not clearly explained what the concept of individualized consideration means and why particular forms of it matter.


An Empirical Examination Of The Equal Protection Challenge To Contingency Fee Restrictions In Medical Malpractice Reform Statutes, Casey L. Dwyer Nov 2006

An Empirical Examination Of The Equal Protection Challenge To Contingency Fee Restrictions In Medical Malpractice Reform Statutes, Casey L. Dwyer

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Johnson V. California: A Grayer Shade Of Brown, Brandon N. Robinson Oct 2006

Johnson V. California: A Grayer Shade Of Brown, Brandon N. Robinson

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A National Model For Reconciling Equal Protection For Same-Sex Couples With State Marriage Amendments: Alaska Civil Liberties Union Ex Rel. Carter V. Alaska, Eric J. Lobsinger Jun 2006

A National Model For Reconciling Equal Protection For Same-Sex Couples With State Marriage Amendments: Alaska Civil Liberties Union Ex Rel. Carter V. Alaska, Eric J. Lobsinger

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.