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Epstein's Challenge To The Civil Rights Regime, W. B. Allen Feb 1994

Epstein's Challenge To The Civil Rights Regime, W. B. Allen

San Diego Law Review

This Article takes a close look at the government's determination of the substantive meaning of nondiscrimination in order to better evaluate the relation between the current practice of the civil rights regime and the alternative suggested by Richard Epstein in his book Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws. It also analyzes the "limit condition view" of government, namely that the government may in no way discriminate, and everyone cannot be prevented from discriminating. The author concludes that defenders of the civil rights regime must engage Epstein's argument, because failing to do so will be to fail either to …


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.


Beyond The Civil Rights Agenda For Blacks: Principles For The Pursuit Of Economic And Community Development, James Jennings Jan 1994

Beyond The Civil Rights Agenda For Blacks: Principles For The Pursuit Of Economic And Community Development, James Jennings

William Monroe Trotter Institute Publications

Over the last several decades, this country has experimented with economic development and social welfare strategies and programs molded by liberals and conservatives, and embodied in the policies and politics of both Republicans and Democrats at the national level. However, given the continuing social and economic crisis, and gaps between African Americans and whites, it seems the approaches of both liberals and conservatives have been inadequate. Due to the failure of current policy strategies, in terms of black living conditions, debate in the black community should move from disagreements between liberals and conservatives, or Democrats and Republicans, towards the question …


The Bamboo Gulag: Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China, 1991-1992, Ta-Ling Lee, John F. Copper Jan 1994

The Bamboo Gulag: Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China, 1991-1992, Ta-Ling Lee, John F. Copper

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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