The law of affirmative action : twenty five years of Supreme Court decisions on race and remedies / Girardeau A. Spann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spann, Girardeau A., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Affirmative action programs--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Affirmative action programs.

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : New York University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The debate over race in this country has of late converged on the contentious issue of affirmative action. Although the Supreme Court once supported the concept of racial affirmative action, in recent years a majority of the Court has consistently opposed various affirmative action programs. The Law of Affirmative Action provides a comprehensive chronicle of the evolution of the Supreme Court's involvement with the racial affirmative action issue over the last quarter century. Starting with the 1974 DeFunis v. Odegaard decision and the 1978 Bakke decision, which marked the beginnings of the Co

Contents:

1. Affirmative action

2. The early cases

3. The majority opinions

4. The voting rights cases

5. The law of affirmative action.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-298) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814783931

0814783937

9780814786673

0814786677

9780585318523

0585318522

OCLC:

779828363