| Description |
xv, 231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
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Landmark law cases & American society |
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Landmark law cases & American society.
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| Contents |
Editors' preface -- Preface -- [ch.] 1. Affirmative action in higher education -- [ch.] 2. Marco DeFunis seeks admission to the University of Washington School of Law, 1971-1974 -- [ch.] 3. "Let me in!" : Allan Bakke's plea to the University of California, Davis, Medical School -- [ch.] 4. Asking the U. S. Supreme Court to review Bakke -- [ch.] 5. "Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the Court" : the oral arguments in Bakke, 1977 -- [ch.] 6. Bakke and the dynamics of Supreme Court decision making -- [ch.] 7. Affirmative action public policy in the politically turbulent 1990s -- [ch.] 8. The Bakke legacy : hanging by a thread? -- Chronology -- Relevant cases -- Bibliographical essay -- Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index. |
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Bakke, Allan Paul -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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University of California (System). Regents -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Discrimination in medical education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Medical colleges -- California -- Admission.
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Bakke, Allan Paul -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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University of California (System). Regents -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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| ISBN |
0700610456 cloth alkaline paper |
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0700610464 paperback alkaline paper |
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