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Sep. 15, 2017
How courts undermine discrimination law
In their new book, Professors Sandra Sperino and Suja Thomas explain why individual cases alleging disparate treatment, harassment or retaliation on the basis of sex, race or other protected status so often come to grief in federal court.
Charlotte Fishman
Pick Up the PaceEmail: cfishman@sbcglobal.net
Charlotte is a member of the executive board of the National Employment Lawyers Association and a frequent contributor to CLE programs on hidden bias in the workplace.
In “Unequal: How America’s Courts Undermine Discrimination Law,” Professors Sandra Sperino and Suja Thomas explain why individual cases alleging disparate treatment, harassment or retaliation on the basis of sex, race or other protected status so often come to grief in federal court: They are subjected to court-created doctrines, inferences, frameworks and procedural devices that tilt the scales of justice in favor of employers. In language accessible to the general public, supported by ex...
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