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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786348303321

Autore

Zelnick Robert <1940->

Titolo

Swing dance [[electronic resource] ] : Justice O'Connor and the Michigan muddle / / Robert Zelnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2004

ISBN

0-8179-4523-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 528

Disciplina

344.73/0798

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Admission - Law and legislation - Michigan

Discrimination in education - Law and legislation - Michigan

Affirmative action programs in education - Law and legislation - Michigan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1.  The Swing Justice; 2.  Affirmative Action Before O'Connor; 3.  O'Connor and the Employment Cases; 4.  O'Connor in Command; 5.  The Percentage Plans; 6.  The Michigan Case; 7.  The Sixth Circuit; 8.  Argument; 9.  Decision; 10.  After Michigan; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With a journalist's eye for detail, Robert Zelnick looks at Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's key role in the controversial University of Michigan affirmative action cases of 2003, providing key background information, detailed descriptions of daily arguments, and an evaluation of the final rulings.