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Just Do It, Girardeau A. Spann
Rights In Conflict: The First Amendment’S Third Century, Robert M. O'Neil
Rights In Conflict: The First Amendment’S Third Century, Robert M. O'Neil
Law and Contemporary Problems
O'Neil has witnesses the resolution, or at least the clarification, of many free speech and press issues. There are, however, persistent issues that deserve particularly close scrutiny. Three such issues are tensions between free expression and privacy, civility, and equality.
Taxing The Market Citizen: Fiscal Policy And Inequality In An Age Of Privatization, Lisa Philipps
Taxing The Market Citizen: Fiscal Policy And Inequality In An Age Of Privatization, Lisa Philipps
Law and Contemporary Problems
Focusing on Canada, Philipps argues that recent efforts to revise important facets of the income tax system are best understood through the lens of privatization. By promoting personal responsibility, the tax code is contributing to the erosion of the ideal of social citizenship and replacing it with a new model of market citizenship.
Taking Economic Equality Off The Table, Gene R. Nichol
Taking Economic Equality Off The Table, Gene R. Nichol
Law and Contemporary Problems
Nichol considers Pres Clinton's Administration's record on issues of economic equality, including California Gov Pete Wilson's plan to discriminate against newly arrived California welfare recipients. The Clinton Administration has not been alone in taking economic fairness off the political agenda, but they have clearly done their part.
The Dimensions Of American Constitutional Equality, J. Harvie Wilkinson Iii
The Dimensions Of American Constitutional Equality, J. Harvie Wilkinson Iii
Law and Contemporary Problems
Liberty and equality are the hallmark characteristics of any legal order. Constitutional equality in the US is discussed. The rights of equality are not economic in nature, and they are not subject to strictly majority rule.
Equality, Paul J. Mishkin