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Aging On Air: Sex, Age, And Television News, Rebecca H. White
Aging On Air: Sex, Age, And Television News, Rebecca H. White
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The best piece of advice I received when I began teaching law was to adopt Charlie Sullivan's and Mike Zimmer's casebook for my Employment Discrimination class. Before I became a law professor, I had no clue how important choosing the right textbook is, not only for the students but for the teacher. I also was unaware of how much I had to learn about a subject I thought I knew well. I had been litigating employment discrimination cases for several years, but when I began teaching, I quickly learned how much I did not know. Charlie's and Mike's casebook, through …
Retaliation: 462 Clark County School District V. Breeden, 532 U.S. 268 (2001), Rebecca White
Retaliation: 462 Clark County School District V. Breeden, 532 U.S. 268 (2001), Rebecca White
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Clark County School District v. Breeden, to my mind, has always been a sleeper case. A per curiam opinion, it takes up no more than five pages in the US reports, yet when I taught this case to my employment discrimination students, we often would spend a full class period – and sometimes more – on it. Why? Because it presents virtually every issue that can crop up under section 704 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the statute’s antiretaliation provision.
A Rules-Based Approach To Jam’S Restrictive Immunity: Implications For International Organizations, Desiree Leclercq
A Rules-Based Approach To Jam’S Restrictive Immunity: Implications For International Organizations, Desiree Leclercq
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U.S. jurisprudence has granted international organizations immunity from suit, even when they carry out operations that violate U.S. rules. In the recent Jam v. Int’l Fin. Corp., the Supreme Court reversed this jurisprudence and restricted the immunity of international organizations. Jam is a landmark decision, but the Court’s failure to address critical questions concerning the scope and meaning of its restricted immunity has led to legal uncertainty and criticism. Under both predominant theories in the international organization discourse – functionalism and constitutionalism – scholars predict that Jam will have a deleterious impact on international organizations. Given the theories’ emphasis on …