Scientific Evidence and Equal Protection of the Law /

Scientific Evidence and Equal Protection of the Law / / Angelo N Ancheta.

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Scientific and social scientific evidence has informed judicial decisions and the making of constitutional law for decades, but for much of U.S. history it has also served as a rhetorical device to justify inequality. It is only in recent years that scientific and statistical research has helped red...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Ancheta, Angelo N,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Science and Law, Ideology and Inequality
  • 3. Desegregation and "Modern Authority"
  • 4. Science and Equal Protection
  • 5. Proving Discrimination
  • 6. Science, Advocacy, and Fact Finding
  • 7. Directions and Conclusions
  • Cases Discussed in the Text
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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