373 pp., ix. '1' in number line. First published in 1991; reprinted in 1993 with 8 additional pages [Publisher, YUP, has PAP listed at $38.00, but "out of stock" and no information about the 8 pages: perhaps merely a new Introduction to the PAP reprint?). Contents divided into three Parts and 10 Chapters: PART ONE "Liberal Political Philosophy and Affirmative Action": ONE "Definition of Key Concepts and Delimitation of Scope of Analysis"; TWO "Libertarian Justice and Affirmative Action"; THREE "Contractarian Justice and Affirmative Action"; FOUR "Utilitarian Justice and Affirmative Action"; FIVE "Egalitarian Justice and Affirmative Action"; PART TWO "Constitutional Equality and Affirmative Action": SIX "Constitutional Equality and Equal Protection"; SEVEN "The Constitutional Dimension of Affirmative Action"; PART THREE "Equality, Difference, and Consensus: Toward an Integrated Conception of the Justice of Affirmative Action"; EIGHT "The Limitations of the Major Liberal Philosophical Conceptions of the Justice of Affirmative Action"; NINE "Justice as Reversibility, Equality, and the Right to be Different"; TEN "Toward and Integrated Philosophical and Constitutional Justification of Affirmative Action"; List of Cases, pp. 337-338; Notes, pp. 339-351; Bibliography, pp. 353-358; Index, pp. 359-373. Black cloth with brilliant silver lettering on spine; gray endpapers. Black and white dustwrapper not price-clipped (with sticker for $30.00 NET affixed over original price?) with Title lettering in large red letters over white background on top half front cover; Author name and Subtitle lettering in smaller white letters across top front cover and lower half front cover, respectively. Red remainder mark on top edge and two small spot smudges (NO impact on pages); previous owner name and purchase date discreetly at top left inside front cover, covered by inside front dw panel; very minor, thin line (1/8") of crinkling across top spine: describes much worse than it is, but there you have it, else unqualifiedly Fine ensemble: Strong binding; sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear. Clean text.

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Title: Affirmative Action and Justice: A Philosophical and Constitutional Inquiry
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven and London
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0300047819
ISBN 13: 9780300047813
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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In this book Michel Rosenfeld provides virtually the first interdisciplinary analysis of affirmative action. Rosenfeld offers a critical examination of the major existing philosophical and constitutional theories on affirmative action and elaborates a new theory that strongly defends the justice of affirmative action from both the standpoint of both philosophy and constitutional law. Rosenfeld begins by discussing the treatment of affirmative action under each of the four major philosophical conceptions of equality consistent with the tenets of liberal political philosophy. He then examines the Supreme Court's rulings on affirmative action in the light of evolving conceptions of the constitutional right to equal protection. Finally, he presents his new theory which aims to provide a unified philosophical and constitutional justification of affirmative action.

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Retired academic's reference library with specialization in philosophy, religion, science, and mathematics--all scholarly subject areas; Pre-Socratics to contemporary; biographies; some series collections. General stock also, including fiction, poetry, literary criticism, mysteries, some foreign language, children's, history, sociology, psychology, education. Some signed copies.

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