Landmark law cases & American society The Bakke case : race, education, and affirmative action
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0700610464
ISBN 13
9780700610464
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Pages
xv, 231 pages
Subject
American Famous Trials
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Abstract
"Examines the law and politics surrounding the Bakke case; a case claiming reverse discriminations, considered by many as the most important civil rights decision since the end of segregation." - Voila
Description
Contents:
Affirmative action in higher education -- Marco DeFunis seeks admission to the University of Washington School of Law, 1971-1974 -- "Let me in!" : Allan Bakke's plea to the University of California, Davis, Medical School -- Asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review Bakke -- "Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the Court" : the oral arguments in Bakke, 1977 -- Bakke and the dynamics of Supreme Court decision making -- Affirmative action public policy in the politically turbulent 1990s -- The Bakke legacy : hanging by a thread?
Affirmative action in higher education -- Marco DeFunis seeks admission to the University of Washington School of Law, 1971-1974 -- "Let me in!" : Allan Bakke's plea to the University of California, Davis, Medical School -- Asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review Bakke -- "Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the Court" : the oral arguments in Bakke, 1977 -- Bakke and the dynamics of Supreme Court decision making -- Affirmative action public policy in the politically turbulent 1990s -- The Bakke legacy : hanging by a thread?
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.
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1
