The conventional interpretation of equality under the law singles out certain groups or classes for constitutional protection: women, racial minorities, and gays and lesbians. The United States Supreme Court calls these groups 'suspect classes'. Laws that discriminate against them are generally unconstitutional. While this is a familiar account of equal protection jurisprudence, this book argues that this approach suffers from hitherto unnoticed normative and political problems. The book elucidates a competing, extant interpretation of equal protection jurisprudence that avoids these problems. The interpretation is not concerned with suspect classes but rather with the kinds of reasons that are already inadmissible as a matter of constitutional law. This alternative approach treats the equal protection clause like any other limit on governmental power, thus allowing the Court to invalidate equality-infringing laws and policies by focusing on their justification rather than the identity group they discriminate against.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9781107515406
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208985714
Product Key Features
Author
Sonu Bedi
Publication Name
Beyond Race, Sex, and Sexual Orientation: Legal Equality Without Identity
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Law, Sociology
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
292 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
400g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Sonu Bedi
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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