Discrimination and Reverse Discrimination

228 pp., xvii. Stated: "First Edition" with '2' in number line. Following the Preface and Acknowledgments, the Contents are divided into two large sections: "Essay", having 10 chapters, and "Materials", having 9 chapters. ESSAY 1. "Preliminary Reflections"; 2. "Law and Philosophy"; 3. "A Brief Summary of Some Features of Law and Legal Institutions Relevant to Discrimination and Reverse Discrimination"; 4. " ' Discrimination ', ' Reverse Discrimination ' and Related Concepts"; 5. "Discrimination and Reverse Discrimination: Justice and Utility"; 6. "Development of the Law Against Discrimination: The Easier Ethical Problems"; 7. "Remedies for Specific and Illegal Past Discrimination and the Problem of de Facto Discrimination"; 8. "Broader Efforts to Stop Discrimination and the Encouragement of Reverse Discrimination"; 9. "Reverse Discrimination That Does Not Correct Specified Violations and That Plainly Goes Beyond Guarantees of Nondiscriminatory Choice"; 9. [sic] "The Future of Reverse Discrimination"; MATERIALS 1. "The Declaration of Independence and the Original Constitution"; 2. "The Post-Civil War Constitutional Amendments and Civil Rights Legislation"; 3. "Nineteenth-Century Interpretations of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments"; 4. "Discrimination and Law in the First Half of the Twentieth Century"; 5. "The Modern Law of Discrimination: Race"; 6. "The Modern Law of Discrimination: Gender"; 7. "The Modern Law of Discrimination: Statutory and Administrative Protections"; 8. "The Problem of Reverse Discrimination: Gender"; 9. "The Problem of Reverse Discrimination: Race"; Bibliographic Essay, pp. 221-224; Index, pp. 225-228. Glossy three-tone teal wrappers with Title lettering in white, superimposed over a dark teal rectangular background on top half front cover; Author name lettering in dark teal letters superimposed over light teal background at middle front cover; oval Publisher logo in dark teal over light teal background, along with Publisher Series name letters in white, superimposed over medium teal rectangular background on lower half front cover. Teeny bits of rubbing wear at front cover corners (essentially square), as at bottom right spine corner and top spine corners; 5/8" red remainder mark on top edge; previous owner name and purchase date discreetly at top left inside front cover: describes much worse than it is, but there you have it. Essentially looks crisp, UNREAD: Tight binding (NO cracks); corners essentially square. Clean text. News clippings laid in (NO offsetting): Boston Globe, Knight News Service, "Court in Detroit halts pro-black job quota" (2 28 78); Boston Globe, AP, "Affirmative action called failure" (3 6 78); Frank Rich, "Jonathan Pryce, ' Miss Saigon ' and Equity's Decision" plus "Dinkins Offers to Help in ' Miss Saigon ' Dispute" (8 10 90).…