

Date
2008-2
PANEL II
POTENTIAL LEGAL ALTERNATIVES TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Citation
Christina Whitman et al., From Proposition 209 to Proposal 2: Examining the Effects of Anti-Affirmative Action Voter Initiatives: Symposium Panel, 13 Michigan Journal of Race & Law, 461–504 (2008).
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