Animus : : A Short Introduction to Bias in the Law / / William D. Araiza.

An introduction to the legal concept of unconstitutional bias.If a town council denies a zoning permit for a group home for intellectually disabled persons because residents don’t want “those kinds of people” in the neighborhood, the town’s decision is motivated by the public’s dislike of a particul...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Laying Out the Tools
  • 1. Class Legislation and the Prehistory of Animus
  • 2. Department of Agriculture v. Moreno
  • 3. City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center
  • 4. Romer and Lawrence
  • 5. United States v. Windsor
  • Part II. Building the Structure
  • 6. What’s Wrong with Subjective Dislike?
  • 7. Objectively Objectionable
  • 8. The Doctrinal Uniqueness of Animus
  • 9. The Elusive Search for Animus
  • 10. How Much Animus Is Enough? And What Should We Do about It?
  • 11. Applying What We Have Learned
  • 12. Obergefell and Animus
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • About the Author