Scholarship

From Proposition 209 to Proposal 2: Examining the Effects of Anti-Affirmative Action Voter Initiatives: Symposium Panel

Kim Forde-Mazrui

Co-author(s)

Christina Whitman ,

Daria Roithmayr ,

Mario Barnes ,

Luis Fuentes-Rohwier

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).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Kim Forde-Mazrui

John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Constitutional Law

Center for Criminal Justice

Human Rights Program

Center for the Study of Race and Law

Family Law Center

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