The constitutional logic of affirmative action /
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| Author / Creator: | Fiscus, Ronald Jerry |
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| Imprint: | Durham : Duke University Press, 1992. |
| Description: | xviii, 150 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1316711 |
Table of Contents:
- Editor's Preface
- Author's Preface
- 1. The Central Argument. The Meaning of Racial Correlations Given Nonracist Assumptions and Original Positions. Of Molecules and Mobility. Required Assumptions and the Court. Race and Cultural Ethnicity Distinguished
- 2. The Innocent Persons Argument Examined. The Innocent Person Shown to Be Guilty When Claiming Proportional Set-Aside Positions. The Innocent Persons Argument and the Court. The Misplaced Emphasis on Innocence and Blame
- 3. Proportionate and Disproportionate Quotas: The Key Distinction. Formalism. Entitlement. The Supreme Court and the Proportionality Principle. Related Constitutional Arguments. Scholarly Comment and the Proportionality Principle: Ronald Dworkin and the Rights of Whites
- 4. Applying the Principles: The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action. In General. Local versus National Standards. Applicant versus Labor Pool. The Complications of Seniority and Repeat Applications in Hiring and Promotions. Seniority, Repeat Applications and Layoffs: The Stotts Case Revisited.