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Fairness and justice : law in the service of equality / by Charles M. Haar and Daniel Wm. Fessler.

Title
Fairness and justice : law in the service of equality / by Charles M. Haar and Daniel Wm. Fessler.
Author
Haar, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1920-2012
Publication
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1987, c1986.

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Additional Authors
Fessler, Daniel William.
Description
335 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
Wrong side of the tracks
Alternative Title
Wrong side of the tracks
Subject
  • Common law > United States
  • Courts > United States
  • Discrimination in municipal services > Law and legislation > United States
  • Equality before the law > United States
Note
  • "A Touchstone book."
  • Originally published under title: The wrong side of the tracks.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 257-323.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Rediscovering a common law duty -- The equality norm and the constitutional barrier -- An efficient alternative: The common Law Duty of equal and adequate service -- A flower of the crown: Courts as guarantors of the social compact -- Refining the duty to serve: Molding the principle of equality in response to the rise of the railroad -- The rise of administrative commissions: Public utilities, the duty to serve, and courts as reviewing agencies -- Reasoning over the centuries: Judicial explanations for the common law doctrine of equal services for all -- The grand tradition.
ISBN
0671633112 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^86029775^
OCLC
14930951
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library