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1994

Antidiscrimination

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Was The Corruption Of Civil Rights Law Inevitable, Christopher T. Wonnell Feb 1994

Was The Corruption Of Civil Rights Law Inevitable, Christopher T. Wonnell

San Diego Law Review

This Article accepts Richard Epstein's premise that civil rights laws have become corrupt set forth in his book Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination. Once this corruption is recognized, this Article asks two questions about the change in focus of the antidiscrimination laws: (1) Was it inevitable that the antidiscrimination laws would follow this course?; and (2) If it was inevitable, should we live with the resulting costs, or bite the bullet and repeal antidiscrimination laws in the private economy? This Article discusses considerations pertinent to such answers.