Discrimination and the Law
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Description
This article focuses on the development of antidiscrimination law in the United States at the federal level. It is concerned primarily with employment law and discriminatory practices involving race and gender. Other areas of US law are also considered (e.g., school desegregation) before briefly surveying international developments. The role of social science in antidiscrimination legal practice is stressed.
Source Publication
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Source Editors/Authors
James D. Wright
Publication Date
2015
Edition
2
Recommended Citation
Malamud, Deborah C., "Discrimination and the Law" (2015). Faculty Chapters. 1298.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/1298
