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Tainted Precedent, Darrell A. H. Miller
Slouching Toward Universality: A Brief History Of Race, Voting, And Political Participation, Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis E. Fuentes-Rohwer
Slouching Toward Universality: A Brief History Of Race, Voting, And Political Participation, Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis E. Fuentes-Rohwer
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Race And Representation Revisited: The New Racial Gerrymandering Cases And Section 2 Of The Vra, Guy-Uriel Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Race And Representation Revisited: The New Racial Gerrymandering Cases And Section 2 Of The Vra, Guy-Uriel Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
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The Thirteenth Amendment, Disparate Impact, And Empathy Deficits, Darrell A. H. Miller
The Thirteenth Amendment, Disparate Impact, And Empathy Deficits, Darrell A. H. Miller
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Race, Federalism, And Voting Rights, Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Race, Federalism, And Voting Rights, Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
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In Shelby County v. Holder, the Court struck down an important provision of the Voting Rights Act, section 4, on federalism grounds. The Court argued that Congress no longer had the power to enact section 4 because of the “federalism costs” imposed by the Act and because the Act violated "basic principles" of federalism. Unfortunately, the Court failed to articulate the costs to federalism imposed by the Act, much less conduct a cost-benefit analysis in order to determine whether the benefits of the Act outweighed its costs. Moreover, the Court failed to discuss whether the Reconstruction Amendments ought to matter …
Title Vii At 50: Contemporary Challenges For U.S. Employment Discrimination Law, Trina Jones
Title Vii At 50: Contemporary Challenges For U.S. Employment Discrimination Law, Trina Jones
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Response: Anti-Discrimination Law In Peril?, Trina Jones
Response: Anti-Discrimination Law In Peril?, Trina Jones
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Reply: Good Intentions Matter, Katharine T. Bartlett
Reply: Good Intentions Matter, Katharine T. Bartlett
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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. …
Do We Care Enough About Racial Inequality? Reflections On The River Runs Dry, Guy-Uriel Charles
Do We Care Enough About Racial Inequality? Reflections On The River Runs Dry, Guy-Uriel Charles
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In response to Kimberly West-Faulcon, The River Runs Dry: When Title VI Trumps State Anti–Affirmative Action Laws, 157 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1075 (2009)
Toward A New Civil Rights Framework, Guy-Uriel Charles
Toward A New Civil Rights Framework, Guy-Uriel Charles
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Civil Rights And Civil Liberties: Whose “Rule Of Law”?, William W. Van Alstyne
Civil Rights And Civil Liberties: Whose “Rule Of Law”?, William W. Van Alstyne
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Foreign Affairs And Domestic Reform (Book Review), Curtis A. Bradley
Foreign Affairs And Domestic Reform (Book Review), Curtis A. Bradley
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Reviewing, Mary L. Dudziak, Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy (2000).
Rights And Rules: An Overview, Matthew D. Adler, Michael C. Dorf
Rights And Rules: An Overview, Matthew D. Adler, Michael C. Dorf
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Lawyers And Social Justice, Michael E. Tigar
Lawyers And Social Justice, Michael E. Tigar
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Whose Rights? What Danger?, Michael E. Tigar
Whose Rights? What Danger?, Michael E. Tigar
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Equality For Individuals Or Equality For Groups: Implications Of The Supreme Court Decision In The Manhart Case, William W. Van Alstyne
Equality For Individuals Or Equality For Groups: Implications Of The Supreme Court Decision In The Manhart Case, William W. Van Alstyne
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This commentary breaks down the case of the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power v. Manhart and discusses what effects the Supreme Court's decision will have when Title VII is applied to university employers, particularly in their relationship with TIAA-CREF
New Frontiers, Michael E. Tigar
The New Law Of Race Relations, Arthur Larson
The New Law Of Race Relations, Arthur Larson
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