Source: http://www.antibiaslaw.com/civil-rights-library
Timestamp: 2016-07-29 00:04:25
Document Index: 390600073

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1981', '§ 1981', '§ 1982', '§ 1983', '§ 1985', '§ 1986', '§ 1988']

Civil Rights LibraryThis section of the site is under construction. We have begun with many of the basic federal civil rights protections (below), and you will see a link to the text of the original Reconstruction Era civil rights legislation in the right column of this page. More to come.
Explore civil rights laws and regulations:
Fair Housing Act Intended to have the broadest reach possible within constitutional limits; fundamentally concerned with the creation of racially integrated housing patterns. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The vote in June 1964 to curtail the Senate filibuster that had been led by Senator Strom Thurmond was 71 to 29. 42 U.S.C. § 1981 Equal right to make and enforce contracts and participate in judicial proceedings. 42 U.S.C. § 1981a Expanding availability of damages and of jury trials in Title VII and Americans with Disabilities Act cases. 42 U.S.C. § 1982 Equal right to purchase, hold and convey real property. 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Liability for violation of constitutional or federal statutory rights under color of state law. 42 U.S.C. § 1985 Prohibition of civil rights conspiracies and protection of voting rights. 42 U.S.C. § 1986 Action for neglect in preventing violation of civil rights 42 U.S.C. § 1988 Availability of attorney's fees and expert's fees. Get updates by email
In the period from 1866 to 1875, Congress passed several pieces of critically important civil rights legislation, key provisions of which live on in modern-era codifications. Here are the texts of the original enactments.
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A Powerful Local Counterpart
Federal civil rights law represents a floor below which states and localities may not fall, not a ceiling above which they may not rise. Many states and localities have taken advantage of this fact to build statutes stronger than their federal counterpart.
The New York City Human Rights Law is a particulary good example of this phenomenon, providing broader coverage, more victim-friendly legal doctrines, and stronger remedies across the spectrum of discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
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