The constitutional logic of affirmative action / Ronald J. Fiscus ; edited by Stephen L. Wasby.
1992
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Title
The constitutional logic of affirmative action / Ronald J. Fiscus ; edited by Stephen L. Wasby.
Published
Durham : Duke University Press, 1992.
Call Number
KF4755.5 .F57 1992
ISBN
0822312069 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description
xviii, 150 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)24468059
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-141) and index.
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Table of Contents
Editor's Preface
Author's Preface
Introduction
1
1
The Central Argument
15
The Meaning of Racial Correlations Given Nonracist Assumptions and Original Positions
15
Of Molecules and Mobility
20
Required Assumptions and the Court
24
Race and Cultural Ethnicity Distinguished
29
2
The Innocent Persons Argument Examined
37
The Innocent Person Shown to Be Guilty When Claiming Proportional Set-Aside Positions
37
The Innocent Persons Argument and the Court
39
The Misplaced Emphasis on Innocence and Blame
44
3
Proportionate and Disproportionate Quotas: The Key Distinction
51
Formalism
54
Entitlement
57
The Supreme Court and the Proportionality Principle
61
Related Constitutional Arguments
65
Scholarly Comment and the Proportionality Principle: Ronald Dworkin and the Rights of Whites
71
4
Applying the Principles: The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action
83
In General
83
Local versus National Standards
85
Applicant versus Labor Pool
90
The Complications of Seniority and Repeat Applications in Hiring and Promotions
92
Seniority, Repeat Applications and Layoffs: The Stotts Case Revisited
104
Epilogue
113
Notes
129
Table of Cases
143
Index
145