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Settlement of Title VII Disputes: Shifting Patterns in a Changing World.
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Bompey, Stuart H.; Witten, Richard E. – Journal of College and University Law, 1980
An overview is given of the mechanics of dispute resolution under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Described and analyzed are the various stages during the processing of a dispute when settlement is possible. The effects of Bakke and Weber decisions on the process are considered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Arbitration, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Affirmative Action in Antidiscrimination Law and Policy: An Overview and Synthesis. SUNY Series in American Constitutionalism.
Leiter, Samuel; Leiter, William M. – 2002
This book focuses on the legal and ideological controversy over the application of affirmative action policy to combat discrimination based on race, national origin/ethnicity, and gender. After the introduction, seven chapters discuss (2) "The Roots of Affirmative Action, the Women's Movement, and the Groups Covered by Affirmative…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education, Black Colleges, Civil Rights
Neutrality in the Application of Strict Scrutiny: The Implications of Bakke.
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Phillips, Michael J. – American Business Law Journal, 1979
The use of strict scrutiny in compliance with antidiscrimination legislation, as in the Bakke case, represents a shift in constitutional law clearly related to social and political trends in the United States in the 1970's. Available from Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19174. (MSE)
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Bakke on Affirmative Action for Women: Pedestal or Cage?
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Gertner, 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
Who Needs Affirmative Action.
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Ginger, Ann Fagan – Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 1979
Affirmative action and reverse discrimination are discussed. Facts that were omitted from the court record on the Bakke case are examined. The need for encouraging minority students and women to continue to press for school admission and for lawyers to continue to press affirmative action suits is stressed. (MC)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights