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Article: Barbara A. Perry. The Michigan Affirmative Action Cases.(Book review)

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Barbara A. Perry. The Michigan Affirmative Action Cases. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2007. Pp. 232. Bibliographic essay. Index. Cloth, $35.00; paper, $16.95.

Barbara A. Perry's The Michigan Affirmative Action Cases analyzes two important 2003 Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action in education. This volume, published as part of the Landmark Law Cases and American Society series from the University of Kansas, provides the legal and historical context for Gratz v. Bollinger et al. and Grutter v. Bollinger et al., which challenged the University of Michigan's admissions practices for undergraduates and law-school applicants.

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