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Guarding The Dumping Ground: Equal Protection, Title Vii And Justifying The Use Of Race In The Hiring Of Special Educators, Patrick Linehan
Guarding The Dumping Ground: Equal Protection, Title Vii And Justifying The Use Of Race In The Hiring Of Special Educators, Patrick Linehan
Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal
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The Struggle For Sex Equality In Sport And The Theory Behind Title Ix, Deborah Brake
The Struggle For Sex Equality In Sport And The Theory Behind Title Ix, Deborah Brake
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Title IX's three-part test for measuring discrimination in the provision of athletic opportunities to male and female students has generated heated controversy in recent years. In this Article, Professor Brake discusses the theoretical underpinnings behind the three-part test and offers a comprehensive justification of this theory as applied to the context of sport. She begins with an analysis of the test's relationship to other areas of sex discrimination law, concluding that, unlike most contexts, Title IX rejects formal equality as its guiding theory, adopting instead an approach that focuses on the institutional structures that subordinate girls and women in sport. …