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The crusade for equality in the workplace : the Griggs v. Duke Power story  Cover Image E-book E-book

The crusade for equality in the workplace : the Griggs v. Duke Power story / Robert Belton ; edited by Stephen L. Wasby.

Summary:

The seminal history of Title VII of the civil Rights Act of 1964, workplace equality, and how Griggs v. Duke Power led to its interpretation and enforcement.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0700619801
  • ISBN: 9780700619801
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 412 pages)
  • Publisher: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, ©2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString:july.24
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The emergence of Title VII as a "poor enfeebled thing?" -- LDF's enforcement strategy -- The litigation phase begins -- Quarles and the present effects theory : a prelude to Griggs -- Griggs : the factual setting -- Griggs in the district court -- In the Fourth Circuit : Judge Sobeloff's blueprint for the disparate impact theory -- Griggs in the Supreme Court -- The maturation of the Griggs theory -- Make whole remedies : Moody and Franks -- Griggs and affirmative action : Weber and Johnson -- The death knell for Griggs : the court's 1989 "civil rights massacre" -- The resurrection of Griggs : the Civil Rights Act of 1991 -- Epilogue.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:
Made available online by JSTOR.
Subject: Affirmative action programs > Law and legislation > United States.
Affirmative action programs > Law and legislation
LAW > Labor & Employment.
United States


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