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Race Against the Court
The Supreme Court and Minorities in Contemporary America
The controversies surrounding the nominations, confirmations, and rejections of recent Supreme Court justices, and the increasingly conservative nature of the Court, have focused attention on the Supreme Court as never before. Although the Supreme Court is commonly understood to be the guardian of minority rights against the tyranny of the ......
ISBN-13: 9780814779637 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Girardeau A. Spann
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Local release date: 31/01/1993
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Categories: Social discrimination & inequality [JFFJ]Ethnic studies [JFSL]Courts & procedure [LNAA]Constitutional & administrative law [LND]USA [1KBB]

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Regulating Unfair Trade
Analyzes the US government's efforts to combat the objectionable trading practices of other countries, arguing that some US regulatory activity has acquired a political momentum of its own, in part because it offers policymakers the ends and means to aid constituents at relatively little risk.
ISBN-13: 9780815760894 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Pietro S. Nivola
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AUD $42.99
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Local release date: 01/01/1993
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Categories: Central government policies [JPQB]International trade [KCLT]Constitutional & administrative law [LND]USA [1KBB]

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Constitutional Reform and Effective Government
In this revised edition of his highly acclaimed 1986 volume, James Sundquist reviews the origins and rationale of the constitutional structure and the current debate about whether reform is needed, then raises practical questions about what changes might work best if a consensus should emerge that the national government is too prone to stalemate ......
ISBN-13: 9780815782292 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
James Sundquist
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Local release date: 01/10/1992
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Categories: Constitution: government & the state [JPHC]Constitutional & administrative law [LND]USA [1KBB]

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Controversies in Minority Voting
The Voting Rights Act in Perspective
The primary purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was to break down barriers to minority voting. Beginning with chapters covering the key provisions of the Act, this book discusses the way the Act has transformed American politics and looks at the role played by major civil rights groups in lobbying for extensions and amendments to it and in ......
ISBN-13: 9780815717508 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Bernard N. Grofman, Chandler Davidson
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Local release date: 01/05/1992
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Categories: Sociology & anthropology [JH]Constitution: government & the state [JPHC]Human rights [JPVH]Constitutional & administrative law [LND]USA [1KBB]c 1960 to c 1970 [3JJPK]c 1970 to c 1980 [3JJPL]c 1980 to c 1990 [3JJPN]c 1990 to c 2000 [3JJPR]

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Law, Gender, and Injustice
A Legal History of U.S. Women
In this widely acclaimed landmark study, Joan Hoff illustrates how women remain second- class citizens under the current legal system and questions whether the continued pursuit of equality based on a one-size-fits-all vision of traditional individual rights is really what will most improve conditions for women in America as they prepare for the ......
ISBN-13: 9780814734674 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Joan Hoff
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Local release date: 31/05/1991
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Categories: Constitutional & administrative law [LND]USA [1KBB]