Affirmative Action and Justice: A Philosophical and Constitutional Inquiry

by Michel Rosenfeld

Book Overview

A comprehensive discussion of both the interpretive and critical issues central to the question of whether affirmative action programs are constitutional. Michel Rosenfeld presents a new theory that strongly defends the justice of affirmative action from the standpoint of both philosophy and constitutional law.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300055080
• ISBN13: 9780300055085
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Indispensable for research

This book gives you the four most important points of view about affirmative action: libertarian, contractarian, utilitarian and egalitarian. It has various approaches and I found it extremely usefull in my researches about this controversial topic.