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Affirmative Action: A Robin Hood Hiring In Federally Aided Construction, Frederick W. Lambert
Affirmative Action: A Robin Hood Hiring In Federally Aided Construction, Frederick W. Lambert
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Executive Order 11246, promulgated in September 1965, requires that all federal financial aid applicants incorporate into construction contracts and sub-contracts the same guarantees of equal employment opportunity that are required of parties in a direct contractual relationship with the government. Each contractor must "take affirmative action to ensure that [job] applicants are employed… and treated during employment" in a nondiscriminatory manner and must guarantee that his subcontractors will also take such affirmative action. Responsibility for enforcement of the Order was delegated to the newly-established Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCC). The OFCC drafted guidelines 6 requiring contractors and major subcontractors …
Unconstitutional Uncertainty: A Study Of The Use Of Detainers, Donald E. Shelton
Unconstitutional Uncertainty: A Study Of The Use Of Detainers, Donald E. Shelton
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The question is why a prosecutor would go through the motions of asking a warden to notify him of the availability of a prisoner that he never intends to take into custody. The first answer is that it is common practice for many prosecutors to automatically file a detainer upon learning that an accused is imprisoned elsewhere. This decision is made without any regard to their eventual decision to prosecute. But the more basic answer, and the reason why this practice of automatic filing of detainers has developed, lies in the effects a detainer has upon the prisoner.