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Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
The U.S. Supreme Court provided evidence that its membership had shifted to be more critical of affirmative action as it heard oral arguments last week in two cases involving the race-based assignment of students to public schools. Although the court did not exhibit any desire to reconsider its stand on affirmative action in higher education, the…
Descriptors: College Admission, Affirmative Action, Courts, Racial Factors
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Orfield, Gary – Journal of Law and Education, 1975
Develops the role of politics and the need for political leadership in civil rights legislation and enforcement policies. (DW)
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
Bunker, Peter; Bunker, John – 1977
The pamphlet is one issue of the PROBE series which gives British secondary school youth an overview of social issues and suggests questions for discussion. Information and issues about law and justice in England and Wales are discussed in this issue. Section one explains the differences between criminal law, which is enforced by the police, and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Comparative Education, Courts, Criminal Law