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Peer reviewedGertner, Nancy – Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 1979
Justice Powell's conceptualization of sex discrimination in the Bakke case is analyzed. Implications of this analysis for affirmative action for women are considered, and the court's approach to affirmative action for minorities is rejected as applying to women's rights. An alternative approach to affirmative action for women is outlined.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
