civil rights law
Equality protection statute
Civil rights law is the body of legal protections against discrimination based on characteristics like race, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.
In the United States, landmark legislation includes the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Civil rights lawyers challenge discriminatory practices in employment, housing, education, and public accommodations: She specializes in civil rights law.
- lawsuitsLegal proceedings seeking remedy
- class actionLawsuit filed for many
- Obergefell v. HodgesRuling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
- Brown v. Board of EducationLandmark desegregation decision
- separate but equalRacial segregation's constitutional fiction
Jim Crow · Loving v. Virginia · freedom of speech · equality · federal courts · disability accommodations · marriage equality · anti-discrimination · protected class · state courts · Americans with Disabilities Act · due process · administrative agencies · education access · legal remedy · justice · religious freedom · healthcare access
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- legal historylegal history, medieval law, Roman law, Roman jurisprudence, common law
civil rights lawJim Crow laws
Post-Reconstruction racial separation statutes
segregation laws · Nuremberg Laws · sodomy laws · apartheid laws · Chinese Exclusion Act
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Idea proposed for consideration
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Extrajudicial killing by mob
mob violence · vigilante justice · pogrom · ethnic cleansing · hate crimes
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