Lee v. Macon County Board of Education: The Possibilities of Federal Enforcement of Equal Educational Opportunity

Lee v. Macon County Board of Education shows the evolution of the role of the three branches in enforcing the equal protection clause in public education in Alabama. All three branches initially acquiesced in the separate but equal doctrine. The executive and the judicial branches rejected the doctrine in Brown, but the legislative branch remained silent until 1964. Despite Congress’ failure to authorize a federal role in desegregation, the Department of Justice was an active participant in Lee beginning in 1963. When Congress finally did act in 1964 to authorize such suits, it encumbered the authorization with severe limitations. Congress also created a parallel enforcement mechanism, in Title VI of the 1964 Act. In later years, Congress and the executive have emphasized general reform of education as the answer, in legislation such as No Child Left Behind. My paper explores the role of the federal government in the statewide desegregation of Alabama’s public schools. Federal court litigation in Lee v. Macon County Board of Education led to an extraordinary remedy and illustrates the potential for the Departments of Justice and Education to play a key role in reviving the quest for equal educational opportunity through desegregation

Book Review: Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons

A review of Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons edited by Rita Sherma and Arvind Sharma

Book Review: Bourgeois Hinduism, Or the Faith of the Modern Vedantists

A review of Bourgeois Hinduism, Or the Faith of the Modern Vedantists by Brian A. Hatcher

Characterisation of the first authenticated organomercury hydroxide, 4-Me₂NC₆H₄HgOH

4-Me₂NC₆H₄HgOH was prepared from 4-Me₂NC₆H₄HgOAc. Full characterisation showed that it crystallises as discrete molecules, the first example of a true organomercury hydroxide in the solid state. The structures of 4-Me₂NC₆H₄HgOAc and (4-Me₂NC₆H₄)₂Hg are also discussed. 4-Me₂NC₆H₄HgOH has been characterised spectroscopically and crystallographically as a true organomercury hydroxide

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF FEED INGREDIENT PRICE RISK ON THE SELECTION OF MINIMUM COST BACKGROUNDING FEED RATIONS

The traditional minimum cost feed ration linear programming model is expanded to permit risk management responses to price variability associated with feeding a particular ration across time. The cost minimizing objective function also considers feed cost in a mean-variance (E-V) framework. The model is specified using NRC nutrient requirements and an historic Feedstuffs price series. A decision-maker can choose his/her optimal ration by making tradeoffs between price risk and net income. The results should provide a basis for decision tools that allow livestock producers to manage the net income risk involved in the selection of a feed ration.Marketing,