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Full-Text Articles in Law
At The Fusion Of Horizons: Incommensurability And The Public Interest, Joan C. Williams
At The Fusion Of Horizons: Incommensurability And The Public Interest, Joan C. Williams
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Mediation And The Americans With Disabilities Act, Ann C. Hodges
Mediation And The Americans With Disabilities Act, Ann C. Hodges
Law Faculty Publications
This Article will analyze the potential uses of mediation in ADA disputes, focusing primarily on employment issues. Part II of the Article provides a description and analysis of the mediation process. Part III provides an overview of the ADA. Part IV examines the dispute resolution provisions of the ADA and both the current and proposed uses of alternative dispute resolution. Finally, Part V analyzes the use of mediation in ADA cases and recommends appropriate uses of mediation that will effectuate the purpose of the statute.
Rethinking Civil Rights And Employment At Will: Toward A Coherent National Discharge Policy, Ann C. Mcginley
Rethinking Civil Rights And Employment At Will: Toward A Coherent National Discharge Policy, Ann C. Mcginley
Scholarly Works
America's employment discharge policy begs for reform. Although most states have created exceptions to the employment at will doctrine, the doctrine thrives. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), which bans discrimination in employment based on race, gender, color, religion, and national origin, has proved ineffective in combating employment discrimination. Despite the statutory and common law exceptions to the employment at will doctrine, today's employees may have less job security than in the past. Although I applaud the Commissioners' efforts toward achieving justice in the workplace, I believe that abolishing the employment at will doctrine through …
Rethinking Religion And Public School Education, Marjorie A. Silver
Rethinking Religion And Public School Education, Marjorie A. Silver
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
The Limits Of Legal Discourse: Learning From The Civil Rights Movement In The Quest For Gay And Lesbian Civil Rights, Odeana R. Neal
The Limits Of Legal Discourse: Learning From The Civil Rights Movement In The Quest For Gay And Lesbian Civil Rights, Odeana R. Neal
All Faculty Scholarship
The African-American struggle for civil rights has been a long one, one that began with the importation of the first black person into the country as a slave, and continues today. Through radical political struggle coupled with legal precedent, de jure segregation became a part of the past of the United States. Meticulous legal strategizing by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund culminated with the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared unconstitutional the governmental practice of segregating on the basis of race. Careful legislative lobbying—as well as the threats posed by radical black political groups who …
Principled Silence, Tobias Barrington Wolff
Principled Silence, Tobias Barrington Wolff
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Racist Health Care?, Barbara A. Noah
Racist Health Care?, Barbara A. Noah
Faculty Scholarship
During the past few years, rationing has become an explicit feature in decisions concerning optimal delivery of health care services, and it poses difficult choices for health care providers and policymakers. Insurers and patients increasingly must balance the desire for access to every possible treatment against concerns about affordability. Costdriven treatment decisions are becoming an unavoidable reality for most patients. Apparently, however, another more pernicious type of rationing occurs in this country. It does not depend on factors such as the likelihood of an optimal outcome, the comparative efficacy of different available treatment modalities, or even the ability to pay …
Q-Word As Red Herring: Why Disparate Impact Liability Does Not Induce Hiring Quotas, Peter Siegelman, Ian Ayres
Q-Word As Red Herring: Why Disparate Impact Liability Does Not Induce Hiring Quotas, Peter Siegelman, Ian Ayres
Faculty Articles and Papers
The debates over the passage of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act' were marked by passionate disagreement: conservatives objected to the legislation as an unwarranted interference with employers' freedom of contract, while liberal supporters considered it a first step toward racial justice. While disagreement about what employment discrimination law should do has continued-in much the same form-to this day, there has been surprising consensus about the mechanism by which Title VII actually works: whether it is thought of as inadequate or excessive, Title VII is usually presumed to promote the hiring of those it is designed to protect.'The …
Race And Political Empowerment: The Crisis Of Black Leadership, William E. Nelson Jr.
Race And Political Empowerment: The Crisis Of Black Leadership, William E. Nelson Jr.
William Monroe Trotter Institute Publications
W.E.B. Du Bois demonstrated poignant insight into the character of American society when he predicted in 1901 that the fundamental problem of the 20th Century would be the problem of the color line. Du Bois was writing in the aftermath of the first reconstruction that saw the institutionalization of Jim Crow and white dominance across the South. This period was symbolized by the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896. It was also marked by the capitulation of white Republican custodians of Reconstruction to the racist demands of southern politics, including the massive ejection of Black politicians from public office, …
Assessing The Efficacy Of School Desegregation, Michael Heise
Assessing The Efficacy Of School Desegregation, Michael Heise
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Lynching, Federalism, And The Intersection Of Race And Gender In The Progressive Era, Barbara Holden-Smith
Lynching, Federalism, And The Intersection Of Race And Gender In The Progressive Era, Barbara Holden-Smith
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Through The Looking Glass: Recent Developments In Affirmative Action, Kathleen Morris
Through The Looking Glass: Recent Developments In Affirmative Action, Kathleen Morris
Publications
The year 1995 saw three major developments that threaten the future of voluntary affirmative action programs in California and nationwide. On June 12, the U.S. Supreme Court in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, held that voluntary federal affirmative action programs should be subject to the same "strict scrutiny" reserved for all other racial classifications. The following month, the Regents of the University of California voted to abolish the use of race and gender as factors in admissions and hiring in the University of California system. Finally, last year the so-called "California Civil Rights Initiative" ("CCRI") was presented to the …
Affirmative Action: A Rose By Any Other Name, Kingsley R. Browne
Affirmative Action: A Rose By Any Other Name, Kingsley R. Browne
Law Faculty Research Publications
No abstract provided.
“You've Got To Be Carefully Taught”: Justifying Affirmative Action After Croson And Adarand, 74 N.C. L. Rev. 1141 (1996), Donald L. Beschle
“You've Got To Be Carefully Taught”: Justifying Affirmative Action After Croson And Adarand, 74 N.C. L. Rev. 1141 (1996), Donald L. Beschle
UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship
In this Article Professor Beschle assesses the continuing legitimacy of affirmative action as a governmental response to racial discrimination. The author begins with a historical review of Supreme Court decisions in which the Court has determined the circumstances under which affirmative action programs are permissible. Next, Professor Beschle surveys the views of contemporary social scientists who contend that racial bias is an instinctive human characteristic, rather than simply a learned attitude. Finally, the author considers the implications of the work of these theorists for the future of affirmative action. Professor Beschle concludes that the ongoing need for governmental action to …
Natives, Newcomers And Nativism: A Human Rights Model For The Twenty-First Century, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol
Natives, Newcomers And Nativism: A Human Rights Model For The Twenty-First Century, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol
UF Law Faculty Publications
This article undertakes a broad overview of nativist sentiment and discrimination in U.S. social and legal history. Following a powerful vignette of a personal experience encountering nativism because of her accent, the author briefly reviews the history of the New York City Human Rights Commission in Part II. Part III traces the history of U.S. immigration and the parallel legacy of nativism, while Part IV details the legal developments arising from alienage discrimination. After reviewing relevant sources of international human rights law, the author concludes in Part VI by advocating a new human rights paradigm that will promote equality and …
An Evidentiary Framework For Diversity As A Compelling Interest In Higher Education, Kimberly J. Robinson
An Evidentiary Framework For Diversity As A Compelling Interest In Higher Education, Kimberly J. Robinson
Law Faculty Publications
This Note argues that if courts choose to reexamine evidence on the value of diversity in higher education, they should not apply the evidentiary requirements that the Supreme Court has applied to cases involving questions of past discrimination. Rather, courts should consider the unique nature of diversity in higher education and the protection afforded the academic context in which the evidence is considered and modify their review of the evidence presented accordingly. Furthermore, this Note argues that the interest of an institution of higher education16 in diversity is "compelling" in light of the evidence that a racially diverse student body …
Fax: Decision ’96: The Arab American Vote, Govt Forum, September 18, 1996, Arab American Institute
Fax: Decision ’96: The Arab American Vote, Govt Forum, September 18, 1996, Arab American Institute
Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials
A fax sent to AAI leaders to inform and rally the Arab American community. A leadership program to focus on the political races and issues that the Arab American community cares about and the voter impact that can be made by the community. Meet with the campaigns, the parties and pundits in Dearborn, Michigan October 12, 1996.
Geographically Sexual?: Advancing Lesbian And Gay Interests Through Proportional Representation, Darren Rosenblum
Geographically Sexual?: Advancing Lesbian And Gay Interests Through Proportional Representation, Darren Rosenblum
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Part I of this Article explores lesbian and gay interests and representational characteristics. Part II highlights the inadequacies of a single-member districting system in representing the interests of lesbian and gay communities. It concludes with an examination of the New York City Council's 1991 redistricting, where the mobilization of strong lesbian and gay communities in a receptive environment nonetheless failed to lead to effective representation of lesbian and gay interests in the City Council. Part III describes proportional representation systems and reveals how such systems would better serve lesbian and gay communities. Part IV acknowledges the political and legal obstacles …
Specific Agreements About Race: A Response To Professor Sunstein, Sheri Johnson
Specific Agreements About Race: A Response To Professor Sunstein, Sheri Johnson
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Rights, Remembrance And The Reconciliation Of Difference, David Engel, Frank W. Munger
Rights, Remembrance And The Reconciliation Of Difference, David Engel, Frank W. Munger
Articles & Chapters
Rights in American society present a paradox-critics increasingly assert that proliferation of rights is undermining Americans' sense of community, yet scholars continue to document Americans' reluctance to assert formal legal rights. We explore the meaning of rights in American society by describing the intersection between the evolving civil rights of a previously excluded minority, culminating in the, and the personal histories of two individuals who might potentially invoke or benefit from such rights. Tracing the life stories of "Sara Lane" and 'Jill Golding" from childhood through adolescence to adulthood and employment, we relate the everyday relevance or irrelevance of law …
Confronting Expectations: Women In The Legal Academy, Christine Haight Farley
Confronting Expectations: Women In The Legal Academy, Christine Haight Farley
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
A seemingly insurmountable barrier to women's success in legal academia is the way they are perceived. Numerous studies have shown that women are perceived as less competent than men and that the same work is evaluated more critically when it is thought to have been done by a woman than by a man. This problem exists in all aspects of life, but it is especially acute for women in professional roles, such as academics. Legal academia, however, seems to be particularly resistant to viewing women as equally competent. The article presents original empirical research that shows that student evaluations of …
George Bush's America Meets Dante's Inferno: The Americans With Disabilities Act In Prison, Ira Robbins
George Bush's America Meets Dante's Inferno: The Americans With Disabilities Act In Prison, Ira Robbins
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Introduction: The conditions in America's correctional facilities have long been cause for concern. Even those who do not advocate a comfortable quality of life for inmates recognize that basic problems such as overcrowding, inmate violence,' inadequate staffing,2 and increasing costs of building and maintaining prisons have approached crisis levels. Meanwhile, the prison population continues to swell. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the United States Department of Justice, the number of prisoners incarcerated at state and federal prisons annually has grown at a rate of 8.4% in recent years.'
Juror Empathy And Race, Douglas O. Linder
Sex As A Suspect Class: An Argument For Applying Strict Scrutiny To Gender Discrimination, Deborah Brake
Sex As A Suspect Class: An Argument For Applying Strict Scrutiny To Gender Discrimination, Deborah Brake
Articles
In United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia' ("VMI"), the Supreme Court has a landmark opportunity to revisit the legal standard courts should use to review classifications which treat men and women differently. The VMI case involves an equal protection challenge to the state's exclusion of women from VMI and its establishment of an alternative, sex-stereotyped women's leadership program as a remedy to that exclusion. The United States, which brought the case against VMI, has asked the Supreme Court to rule that sex-based classifications, like classifications based on race, must be subjected to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny, or "strict …
Restructuring Work And Family Entitlements Around Family Values, Joan C. Williams
Restructuring Work And Family Entitlements Around Family Values, Joan C. Williams
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Changing America: Three Arguments About Asian Americans And The Law, Frank H. Wu
Changing America: Three Arguments About Asian Americans And The Law, Frank H. Wu
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Speaking The Language Of Exclusion: How Equal Protection And Fundamental Rights Analyses Permit Language Discrimination (Comment), Donna F. Coltharp
Speaking The Language Of Exclusion: How Equal Protection And Fundamental Rights Analyses Permit Language Discrimination (Comment), Donna F. Coltharp
Faculty Articles
No abstract provided.
Book Review, Marianne Wesson
Institutional Myths, Historical Narratives And Social Science Evidence: Reading The "Record" In The Virginia Military Institute Case, Dianne Avery
Journal Articles
No abstract provided.
The Ghosts Of Homer Plessy, Rodney A. Smolla
The Ghosts Of Homer Plessy, Rodney A. Smolla
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.