Introduction—Overview of discrimination law

The background of discrimination law: Employment at will

The post-Civil War civil rights laws and enactments

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Readings: LED 2-7, Kerr v. Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City (4th Cir. 1945)

LED 9-18

LED pp. 1209-15 [12th Ed.1179-85] ((§§705, 706(a), (b), (e)(1)), (f)(1), (3), (g)(1) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-4, 5(a), (b), (e)(1)), (f)(1), (3), (g)(1)(a)-(c)).