Administrative Coordination in Civil Rights Enforcement: A Regional Approach

The failure of traditional coordinative efforts among federal agencies suggests that new and different approaches are imperative. This Article has emphasized a regional approach for solving these problems. Experience has shown that even well-intentioned and capable administrators in Washington cannot alone ensure compliance with the federal civil rights laws. They must have the full support of key regional officials of the federal government, and they must have a certain degree of cooperation from state and local officials. One means of gaining this support and assistance is through the Councils, which bring together in one forum high-level federal, state, and local policymakers. While the past performance of the FRCs in coordinating civil rights programs has been mediocre in some areas, this record can be improved substantially through forceful presidential leadership and through the regular application by Council member agencies of legal sanctions for noncompliance with the civil rights laws. The two areas suggested in this Article for priority FRC coordination are equal employment opportunity and the federal grant-making process

Judicial Restraint Reappraised

This article is a revised version of the author\u27s chapter in the forthcoming book, S. Halpern & C. Lamb, eds., Supreme Court Activism and Restraint. (Lexington Books, D.C. Heath and Company)

Judicial Conflict and Consensus: Behavioral Studies of American Appellate Courts

These original essays by major scholars of judicial behavior explore the frequency, intensity, and especially the causes of conflict and consensus among judges on American appellate courts. Together, these studies provide new insights into judges’ attitudes and values, role perceptions, and small group interactions. Sheldon Goldman is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. Charles M. Lamb is associate professor of political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_law/1003/thumbnail.jp

State and local agencies are more effective than the federal government in housing discrimination enforcement

Discrimination by those selling or renting homes is illegal under the 1968 Fair Housing Act (known as Title VIII), but housing discrimination and segregation in the US have not been eliminated. Federal, state, and local agencies are responsible for enforcing Title VIII, so in which part of government is enforcement most effective? In new research which analyses data from the ..