First Amendment Equal Protection: On Discretion, Inequality, and Participation

The tension between equality and discretion lies at the heart of some of the most vexing questions of constitutional law. The considerable discretion that many official decisionmakers wield raises the spectre that violations of equality norms will sometimes escape detection. This is true in a variet...

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Autor principal: Tokaji, Daniel P. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
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Publicado: 2003
En:Año: 2003
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