When Does Private Discrimination Justify Public Affirmative Action

At a moment when judicial tolerance of race-conscious government action seems to be waning, this Article develops a new set of constitutionally viable justifications for affirmative action. Rather than enter the familiar debate over the legitimacy of the Court's application of strict scrutiny t...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ayres, Ian (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Vars, Fredrick E.
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1998
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