Browsing by Subject "employment discrimination"

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    • How the First Forty Years of Circuit Precedent Got Title VII's Sex Discrimination Provision Wrong 
      Clarke, Jessica (Texas Law Review Online, 2019)
      The Supreme Court will soon decide whether, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is discrimination “because of sex” to fire an employee because of their sexual orientation or transgender identity. There’s a ...
    • Judicial and Agency Enforcement of Nondiscrimination Laws 
      Druhan Bullock, Virginia Blair (2015-04-06)
      Department: Law and Economics
      Each branch of the federal government has a role in enforcing the federal nondiscrimination statutes. Congress creates and amends the statutes; the federal courts apply the law when parties file lawsuits under the statutes; ...
    • Obesity in the Labor Market: Implications for the Legal System 
      Shinall, Jennifer Hope Bennett (2012-04-19)
      Department: Law and Economics
      This dissertation examines the impact of obesity on the labor market from a legal point of view. Previous scholars have documented a discrepancy between the wages of the obese and the non-obese that is particularly large ...