When Does Private Discrimination Justify Public Affirmative Action?

98 Columbia L. Review 1577 (1998)

65 Pages Posted: 19 Apr 1998

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Ian Ayres

Yale University - Yale Law School; Yale University - Yale School of Management

Fredrick E. Vars

University of Alabama - School of Law

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Date Written: November 01, 1998

Abstract

and seminar participants at Cornell, Florida State, Kansas, Valparaiso, and Yale law schools provided helpful comments. (Professor Ayres has advised the Justice Department in its post-Adarand review of affirmative action. The authors have also submitted comments to the Small Business Administration and the Department of Transportation. The opinions expressed in this Article are not necessarily the views of the Justice Department, or any other federal agency.)

JEL Classification: K10, K31

Suggested Citation

Ayres, Ian and Vars, Fredrick E., When Does Private Discrimination Justify Public Affirmative Action? (November 01, 1998). 98 Columbia L. Review 1577 (1998), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=77628 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.77628

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