The Use of Racial Preferences in Employment: The Affirmative Action/Reverse Discrimination Dilemma.

Janssen, Judith Miller

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Publication Date: 1979-Apr

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The Use of Racial Preferences in Employment: The Affirmative Action/Reverse Discrimination Dilemma.

Janssen, Judith Miller

Vanderbilt Law Review, v32 n3 p783-818 Apr 1979

Examines the constitutional and statutory background of the affirmative action/reverse discrimination issue and analyzes judicial decisions confronting the dilemma. Explores grounds on which the Supreme Court might permit voluntary affirmative action using quotas. Available from Executive Secretary, Vanderbilt Law Review, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240; sc $4.00. (Author/IRT)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Equal Protection, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Quotas, Reverse Discrimination, Supreme Court Litigation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Bakke v Regents of University of California; Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VII

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