Public Deliberation, Affirmative Action, and the Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court and public policy.
REVISED SYLLABUS (2/6/14) This course examines major Supreme Court decisions in light of constitutional doctrine and the public policy controversies at the time they were handed down. It then places them in broader historical context. The overarching thesis of this course is that the Supreme Court is a major player in just about every major public policy in the United States. Its decisions regu...
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عنوان ژورنال: California Law Review
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0008-1221
DOI: 10.2307/3480991