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The Four Faces of Affirmative Action: Fundamental Answers and Actions
Affirmative action can generally be described as preferential treatment for minorities and women in jobs, educational opportunities, and receipt of other benefits. It takes affirmative action away from the tort law of causation by going as far back as Aristotle to show that private corrective justice is not an apt model for affirmative action.
| Author(s) | By W. Robert Gray. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 208 |
| Published in | United States |
| Published | 28 Feb 2001 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
Affirmative action can generally be described as preferential treatment for minorities and women in jobs, educational opportunities, and receipt of other benefits. It takes affirmative action away from the tort law of causation by going as far back as Aristotle to show that private corrective justice is not an apt model for affirmative action.
Introduction Dialectic and Diversity Logistic and Compensatory Causation Problematic and Social Causation Operational and Social Equality Conclusion
W. ROBERT GRAY is Professor of Law at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law./e Prior to academia, Gray practiced law in Washington, D.C.
