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Some Thoughts on Affirmative Action Here and in India: Galanter's Competing Equalities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Alfred W. Blumrosen
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American Bar Foundation Research Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , Summer 1985 , pp. 653 - 673
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3 The constitutional prohibition against governmental discrimination on grounds of “religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth” is qualified by permission for “special provisions for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes.” India Const., art. 15 (4).Google Scholar

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20 The Rutgers Law School special admissions program was initially developed for black applicants, and the number of seats was defined accordingly. Expansion took place when Hispanic students were admitted; the program then stabilized. Asian students have now been included, as have disadvantaged whites. An informal approach to the numbers of admissions has left the school with flexibility and has given the various student groupings a sense of inclusion. This approach would be impossible if subgroupings were formally recognized.Google Scholar

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