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Equal Protection
Francis Graham Lee
其他書名
Rights and Liberties under the Law
出版Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2003-11-17
主題Political Science / GeneralLaw / General
ISBN15760785159781576078518
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=46bOEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋An introductory survey of the government's role in America's continuing drive for equality.

Today's lingering inequalities, particularly the "American dilemma" of racism, runs throughout U.S. history. Equal Protection provides readers with a historical overview of the controversies over the issue of equality, an understanding of how government-and, particularly, the courts and Congress-has reacted to these controversies, and the role these issues have played in shaping U.S. society.

This volume follows the push for equal treatment regardless of age, gender, disabilities, economic status, or sexual orientation. It focuses on legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, and political initiatives and movements such as The Great Society, the ERA, and the War on Poverty. Here are American's interpretations of equal rights, then and now.