civil rights

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination.

• labor law
• labor and employment law
• employment discrimination
• STATUTE
• federal statute

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination.

Equal protection means that a government must apply its laws fairly and cannot treat people differently without a valid reason. Individuals in similar situations should be treated alike under the law.

• equal protection
• equal protection clause
• VOTING RIGHTS
• voting rights act
• civil rights
• Fourteenth Amendment
• constitutional law
• constitutional amendment
• U.S. CONSTITUTION
• strict scrutiny
• INTERMEDIATE SCRUTINY
• rational basis review

An equal opportunity employer is generally considered an employer that does not discriminate in the employment context based on characteristics proscribed in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as interpreted by the U.S.

Equivalent means anything which is comparable in content, substance, material, denomination, number, quality etc., but not identical. Under patent law, an invention against an equivalent may be challenged for infringement by a patent holder (patentee). Doctrine of equivalents means similarity or resemblance among the elements of an existing infringed patent and alleged invention.

Ethnic persecution is a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC Elements of Crimes specifies that an ethnic persecution prosecution must show:

Excessive bail is an amount of bail ordered to be posted by an accused defendant which is much more than necessary or usual to ensure they will make court appearances particularly in relation to minor crimes.

The Fair Housing Act and the fair housing amendments refer to Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and later additions. Title VIII as set forth in 1968 prevented discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin in the selling and renting of housing. The Act did not apply to individuals selling or renting three or less houses and apartments.

A false arrest is the restraint or detention by one person of another without lawful justification (probable cause or a valid arrest warrant) under an asserted legal authority to enforce the process of the law.

Feminist jurisprudence is a philosophy of law based on the political, economic, and social issues of equality. As a field of legal scholarship, feminist jurisprudence began in the 1960s. It now holds a significant place in U.S.