DOC 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Brandeis Brief, Intersectionality, Gender Role
15 Feb 2017
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Compelling interest: examining the evidence on racial dynamics in colleges and universities. Legal argument about affirmative action have focused on questions of fairness and justice. Debates around affirmative action often include false assumptions about the current state of race and racism. Limited bakers to a 10 hour workday, a 60 hour work week, and health regulations. Lochner contested the 10 hour work day portion of the law, arguing that it limited the freedom of contract of the bakers. Hegemonic belief: the law discriminates against bakers by not preventing them from making as much money as possible. Contradiction: bakers needed these laws to protect their health. Argued that bakers a profession did not need the protection, they were not wards of the state . It was important to maintain limit the police power of the state in order to protect the individual rights of the business owners. Health conditions of bakeries during this time.
