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Finding A "Manifest Imbalance": The Case For A Unified Statistical Test For Voluntary Affirmative Action Under Title Vii, David D. Meyer
Finding A "Manifest Imbalance": The Case For A Unified Statistical Test For Voluntary Affirmative Action Under Title Vii, David D. Meyer
Michigan Law Review
This Note analyzes the "manifest imbalance" standard developed in Weber and Johnson and the various approaches the lower courts have taken in trying to apply the test. Part I examines the Weber and Johnson opinions in some detail, and argues that the Court intended to permit affirmative action aimed at remedying the evident effects of past discrimination, regardless of whether the employer or society at large is to blame. Section I.A describes the diverging constitutional and statutory standards for evaluating voluntary affirmative action programs, and the policies behind the divergence. Sections I.B and I.C take a closer look at the …
Webs Of Things In The Mind: A New Science Of Evidence, Peter Tillers
Webs Of Things In The Mind: A New Science Of Evidence, Peter Tillers
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Evidence and Inference for the Intelligence Analyst by David Schum
Using Statistical Techniques To Predict Non-Pecuniary Damage Awards In Personal Injury Cases, Jack Effron, John Forster
Using Statistical Techniques To Predict Non-Pecuniary Damage Awards In Personal Injury Cases, Jack Effron, John Forster
Dalhousie Law Journal
The real issue in personal injury cases is often damages. Our concepts and law relating to negligence and other aspects of personal injury are sufficiently developed that parties can often agree upon who is at fault. Yet damages law, for all the cases and principles which have been decided, remains the least intelligible and thus the least predictable for parties and their counsel. When parties have to go to trial in a personal injury case, it is often primarily to decide who should pay what.