Civil Rights & Equality

Race, gender, immigration, and the law of equal treatment under the United States Constitution and federal statute.

From the archive

Articles from volumes 55–66 that touch on this area, ordered by how often they have been cited elsewhere on the open web.

• The Causation Standard in Federal Employment Law: Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Civil Rights Act of 1991Michael C. Harper · 58 Buff. L. Rev. 69 (2010)
• First Korematsu and Now Ashcroft v. Iqbal: The Latest Chapter in the Wartime Supreme Court’s Disregard for Claims of DiscriminationDawinder S. Sidhu · 58 Buff. L. Rev. 419 (2010)
• Now We Know Better: A New Legal Framework on Sex to Better Promote Autonomy, Equality, Diversity and Care for the PoorHelen M. Alvaré · 66 Buff. L. Rev. 669 (2018)
• A Sisterhood of Arms: Envisioning Conscription and Selective Service Post-Gender Integration of Combat ArmsErin R. Goldberg · 64 Buff. L. Rev. 1135 (2016)
• Protecting the Compromised Worker: A Challenge for Employment Discrimination LawPeter Siegelman · 64 Buff. L. Rev. 565 (2016)
• Introducing ClassCrits: From Class Blindness to a Critical Legal Analysis of Economic InequalityAthena D. Mutua · 56 Buff. L. Rev. 859 (2008)
• Race and Class: More than a Liberal ParadoxMaria Grahn-Farley · 56 Buff. L. Rev. 937 (2008)
• Constitutionalizing Class Inequality: Due Process in State FarmMartha T. McCluskey · 56 Buff. L. Rev. 1037 (2008)
• Race-Specific Patents, Commercialization, and Intellectual Property PolicyShubha Ghosh · 56 Buff. L. Rev. 409 (2008)

Reading the conversation

Commentary essays on this subject are forthcoming. The reading list above is a starting point; for the live conversation on current doctrine in this area, the Buffalo Law Review continues to publish new volumes at digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/buffalolawreview.