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1 lip 2013 · The policy included consideration of an applicant’s race as part of a complicated, holistic evaluation of many aspects of an applicant’s background and experience — to help the University achieve the benefits of a racially diverse student body.
Fisher v University of Texas at Austin 1 had a long, strange trip at the Supreme Court. Fisher was the Court’s latest encounter with affirmative action in higher education.
5 kwi 2017 · University of Texas: Fisher, a Caucasian woman, was denied admission into the University of Texas and challenged their admission procedures which included the consideration of an applicant’s race. Fisher alleged the procedure violated the 14th Amendment ’s Equal Protection Clause.
The case, Fisher v. Texas, challenged UT Austin’s admissions procedures. Most of its students are chosen by admitting the students at the top of every high school class in the state.
Six years after the Hopwood decision in Texas, the US Supreme Court held that narrowly tailored affirmative action programs could be constitutional, and the UT Austin admissions process began ...
30 gru 2010 · Definitions play a fundamental role in legal discourse, which can be identified in its two basic functions: avoiding ambiguity in interpretation, and warranting the application of a law to a case.
- There is no single universally-agreed definition of the rule of law. But its core concepts include limits on state power, clarity and accessibility of the law, equality before the law, protection for fundamental rights, judicial independence and access to justice. Background
