Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Civil Rights and Discrimination

The Nutty Putty Cave, The Zen Runner And Other Allegories About Life, Death, Value And Law, John W. Ragsdale Jr Jan 2012

The Nutty Putty Cave, The Zen Runner And Other Allegories About Life, Death, Value And Law, John W. Ragsdale Jr

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Changing Workforce Demographics And The Future Of The Protected Class Approach, Nancy Levit Jan 2012

Changing Workforce Demographics And The Future Of The Protected Class Approach, Nancy Levit

Faculty Works

The composition and identity characteristics of the American workforce are changing. The population in this country is rising, aging, and becoming much more racially and ethnically diverse. Appearance norms are shifting too. These changes have enormous implications for constitutional and employment discrimination law. In both equal protection and employment discrimination cases, recovery usually depends on membership in a constitutionally or statutorily protected category. Yet the statutory approach to anti-discrimination law has stagnated. Part of the difficulty of the protected class approach is that it is based on something of a paradox — the paradox of exceptionalism. Class-based protection requires individuals …