San Diego Law Review
Document Type
Article
Abstract
We may mean very different things when we say that an actor (the putative defendant in a lawsuit designed to alter the behavior in which he would engage but-for legal intervention) "discriminates" against another person (the suit's putative plaintiff). Recognizing this difference is helpful because it demonstrates that we should be extremely clear in using a term that does not have a single, uncontested meaning. More importantly, it reveals why we have certain norms against private discrimination, particularly in the employment market and a subset of markets in which customers purchase goods and services.
Recommended Citation
Mark Kelman,
Defining the Antidiscrimination Norm to Defend It,
43
San Diego L. Rev.
735
(2006).
Available at:
https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol43/iss4/3