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Lawyers And The Practice Of Workplace Equity, Susan Sturm Jan 2002

Lawyers And The Practice Of Workplace Equity, Susan Sturm

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Lawyers involved in the pursuit of workplace equity are difficult to pigeon-hole. Of course, the practice of many employment lawyers conforms to conventional understandings of lawyers' roles. These lawyers litigate cases on behalf of management or employees, advise clients about their legal rights and obligations, and define their mission as avoiding liability or winning battles in court.But innovators have crafted interesting and dynamic roles that transcend the traditional paradigm. These innovators connect law, as it is traditionally understood, to the resolution of the underlying problems that create and maintain workplace inequity. Civil rights lawyers working in both public and private …


The Destructive Role Of Land Use Planning, Andrew P. Morriss, Roger E. Meiners Jan 2000

The Destructive Role Of Land Use Planning, Andrew P. Morriss, Roger E. Meiners

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Is land use planning fundamentally different from other forms of central planning? If so, does that difference suggest that land use planning will succeed where other forms of central planning failed? We conclude that land use planning is not fundamentally different from other forms of economic central planning. Further, the working of the market economy, and the long-term success of America's economy, is intertwined in the clear and certain rights and responsibilities generated by the common law of property. The complexity of the modem world does not diminish the need for private property; indeed, it strengthens its imperative. Returning to …


Introduction: Reconnecting Labor And Civil Rights Advocacy, Susan P. Sturm Jan 1999

Introduction: Reconnecting Labor And Civil Rights Advocacy, Susan P. Sturm

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Labor and civil rights movements in the United States share the aspiration of empowering workers to attain economic and social justice in the workplace. From their inception, both movements have articulated goals that link individual dignity and group empowerment, economic access and fair treatment, legal entitlements and political mobilization. They proceed on the premise that the workplace is a site where vital economic interests and possibilities for self-development come together. Put otherwise, both forms of advocacy strive for a regime that links these concerns to do justice to the workplace as a site for the expression of democratic citizenship.


U.S. Adherence To Its Agenda 21 Commitments: A Five-Year Review, John C. Dernbach Jan 1997

U.S. Adherence To Its Agenda 21 Commitments: A Five-Year Review, John C. Dernbach

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Our Common Future, American Style (Reviewing President’S Council On Sustainable Development, Sustainable America (1996)), John C. Dernbach May 1996

Our Common Future, American Style (Reviewing President’S Council On Sustainable Development, Sustainable America (1996)), John C. Dernbach

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