The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination. The EEOC was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The employment section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, known...
civil rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is an independent federal agency established via Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The agency is in charge of enforcing federal laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and...
equal protection
Overview
Equal Protection refers to the idea that a governmental body may not deny people equal protection of its governing laws. The governing body state must treat an individual in the same manner as others in similar conditions and...
equal-opportunity employer
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. Supreme Court and the Equal...
equivalent
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 (...
ethnic persecution
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:
Severe deprivation of...
excessive bail
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. Moreover, under the Eighth...
Fair Housing Act & Fair Housing Amendments Act
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...
false arrest
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. False arrest is also referred...
feminist jurisprudence
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. law and legal...