... outside the United States for an American employer. It even covers non-US citizens working inside the United States but not outside of it. Title VII has some limited exemptions. This exemption permits certain businesses around Native American reservations to give preferential hiring treatment to the Indians. The law also permits any association or institution that is religious based to discriminate in ... the hiring of Priests, Rabbis, or other religious figures when performing their activities. An example that an employer can use in order to avoid having a Title VII violation is to acc...

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... that the 1969 white paper was not surprising. The white paper dismissed treaties as of little significance and denied any legal character to aboriginal title claims. No big deal. The "rights" that were being rejected were myths and fairy tales, not rights recognized in Canadian law. In ... courts. Now it is clear that the courts are better than the politicians. The first major case showing the shift was the Nishga aboriginal title case, Calder v Attorney General of British Columbia, decided by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1973. Technically the Nishga lost, but the ... the Indian Act wa...

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... Mabo v. Queensland has caused much controversy amongst Australians. The decision that Australia was not a land belonging to no-one brought up many racial issues and created the Australian Doctrine of native title. These decisions have been called activist because they were not made abiding to the strict lines of the Constitution; instead these decisions were made somewhat creatively. Sir Lionel Murphy was ... Activist that was never afraid to be outspoken on important issues (Hocking 2000, date accessed 25 May 2001). His Racial Discrimi! nation Act 1975 was the core of the landmark nati...

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... Congress. In the court case, Fletcher v. Peck, the defendant was John Peck and the plaintiff was Robert Fetcher. In 1795, the state of Georgia legislature sold thirty million acres of Native American land to companies for one and a half million dollars. John Peck later purchased some of the land from one companies and resold the land to Robert Fletcher. In 1796 ... ; make anything but gold and sliver coin tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant title of nobility. (States 3) This meant that states co...

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