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Labor, Employment, and the American Worker This link opens in a new window
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Labor and Employment: The American Worker brings together legislative histories on major legislation, briefs from Supreme Court cases, accounts of labor riots from the past, reports on working conditions of today, and more. Each title in the collection is assigned one more more subjects, which cover issues such as Pensions & Retirement, Employment Benefits, Workplace Protections and Discrimination, and Wages, and are browsable or searchable. Unique to this database is a chart of landmark court cases related to labor and employment law. This chart presents 24 landmark court cases, accompanied by their decision year and a brief synopsis of the case, centering its importance in both labor jurisprudence and history. While the majority of these cases were decided in the U.S. Supreme Court, it also contains selected influential state court cases. Cases range from 1842 to 2018.
Voting Rights & Election Law This link opens in a new window
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Voting Rights & Election Law features thousands of titles on the electoral process: how elections are conducted, how votes are counted, how political campaigns are run and funded, and who is allowed to vote. Featuring content on historical and more recent elections, this database allows users to understand both how our current electoral system came to be as well as the context for proposals for changes. Editors assigned each title in the collection one or more unique title-level subjects. These subjects are: Absentee Voting, Ballots, Campaign Finance, Election Administration, Election Integrity, Election Outcomes, Election Reform, Electoral College, Federal Election Commission, Gerrymandering, Legislative Redistricting, Political Campaigns, Suffrage, Voter Identification, Voter Registration, and Voting Rights. These subjects are both browsable and searchable, allowing users to better target their research.
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