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Fordham Law School

2004

Equality

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A Duty To Make Reasonable Efforts And A Defense Of The Disparate Impact Doctrine In Employment Discrimination Law, Laya Sleiman Jan 2004

A Duty To Make Reasonable Efforts And A Defense Of The Disparate Impact Doctrine In Employment Discrimination Law, Laya Sleiman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Gender, Why Feminists Can't (Or Shouldn't) Be Liberals, Tracy E. Higgins Jan 2004

Gender, Why Feminists Can't (Or Shouldn't) Be Liberals, Tracy E. Higgins

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Race And Ethnicity, Rawls, Race, And Reason, Sheila R. Foster Jan 2004

Race And Ethnicity, Rawls, Race, And Reason, Sheila R. Foster

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


"Press Prudence," Nazi Student Orders, And Jim Crow, Louis H. Pollak Jan 2004

"Press Prudence," Nazi Student Orders, And Jim Crow, Louis H. Pollak

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article discusses the 1931 decision of the Austrian Constitutional Court in which it was held that rules promulgated by the University of Vienna, which aimed to separate the student body into four ethnically-defined nations, were invalid. The Article notes the striking similarities of the case to Brown v. Board of Education and other American equal protection education cases. In examining the decision the article states that in declining to uphold an equivalent to the 'separate but equal' doctrine, the Austrian justices did for Austrian law what Plessy had failed to do for US law thirty five years before. The …


The Judicial Betrayal Of Blacks - Again: The Supreme Court's Destruction Of The Hopes Raised By Brown V. Board Of Education, Nathaniel R. Jones Jan 2004

The Judicial Betrayal Of Blacks - Again: The Supreme Court's Destruction Of The Hopes Raised By Brown V. Board Of Education, Nathaniel R. Jones

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article discusses the history of school desegregation beginning with the pivotal decision in Brown v. Board of Education and noting the hopes that the case raised for black americans. The Article notes the resistance that Brown faced, especially from political forces who began to subvert the desegregation process, and examines the Supreme Court's subsequent decisions which aimed to secure Brown's objectives. The Article also examines the desegregation attempts in the North and discusses the difficulties plaintiffs faced in proving racial discrimination in school districts. The Article concludes by stating that the commitment to desegregation is waring and that segregation …


Race And Ethnicity, Race, Face, And Rawls, Anita L. Allen Jan 2004

Race And Ethnicity, Race, Face, And Rawls, Anita L. Allen

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Race And Ethnicity, Race, Labor, And The Fair Equality Of Opportunity Principle, Seana Valentine Shiffrin Jan 2004

Race And Ethnicity, Race, Labor, And The Fair Equality Of Opportunity Principle, Seana Valentine Shiffrin

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Race And Ethnicity, Race And Social Justice: Rawlsian Considerations, Tommie Shelby Jan 2004

Race And Ethnicity, Race And Social Justice: Rawlsian Considerations, Tommie Shelby

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Are There Limits To Constitutional Change? Rawls On Comprehensive Doctrines, Unconstitutional Amendments, And The Basis Of Equality, Charles A. Kelbley Jan 2004

Are There Limits To Constitutional Change? Rawls On Comprehensive Doctrines, Unconstitutional Amendments, And The Basis Of Equality, Charles A. Kelbley

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.