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Autore |
Koppelman Andrew |
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A right to discriminate? [[electronic resource] ] : how the case of Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale warped the law of free association / / Andrew Koppelman ; with Tobias Barrington Wolff |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-35331-4 |
9786612353314 |
0-300-15592-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Freedom of association - United States |
Discrimination - Law and legislation - United States |
Associations, institutions, etc - Law and legislation - United States |
Boy Scouts - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Gay youth - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Federal aid to higher education - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-168) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Origins of the right to exclude -- Signs of the times : the Dale opinion -- The Solomon amendment litigation and other consequences of Dale -- The neolibertarian proposal -- Is the BSA being as bad as racists? : judging the BSA's antigay policy -- Why regulate the BSA? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Should the Boy Scouts of America and other noncommercial associations have a right to discriminate when selecting their members?Does the state have a legitimate interest in regulating the membership practices of private associations? These questions-- raised by Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Scouts had a right to expel gay members-- are at the core of this provocative book, an in-depth exploration of the tension between freedom of association and antidiscrimination law. The book demonstrates that the "right" to discriminate has a long and unpleasant history. Andrew Koppelman and Tobias Wolff bring together legal history, constitutional theory, and political philosophy to analyze how |
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