civil rights law

Civil rights law is the body of law that protects individuals from discrimination and unequal treatment based on characteristics such as race, gender, religion, or disability, and ensures their fundamental freedoms and equal access to opportunities.

Aliases (12)

• anti-discrimination law ×7
• employment discrimination case ×6
• housing discrimination case ×3
• sex discrimination case ×2
• United States federal civil rights law ×1
• antidiscrimination law ×1
• disability rights law ×1
• discriminatory employment law ×1
• fair lending law ×1
• gender discrimination case ×1
• provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ×1
• section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ×1

Instances (47)

• Craig v. Boren ("gender discrimination case")
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan ("sex discrimination case")
• Equal Pay Act of 1963 ("anti-discrimination law")
• Civil Rights Act of 1871
• Reed v. Reed ("sex discrimination case")
• Shelley v. Kraemer ("housing discrimination case")
• Title IX ("United States federal civil rights law")
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Civil Rights Act of 1991
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 ("anti-discrimination law")
• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. ("employment discrimination case")
• Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson ("employment discrimination case")
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins ("employment discrimination case")
• Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. ("employment discrimination case")
• Bostock v. Clayton County ("employment discrimination case")
• Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
• Equal Educational Opportunities Act
• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green ("employment discrimination case")
• Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
• Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act
• Title VIII
• Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
• Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service ("discriminatory employment law")
• Title VIII – Registration and Voting Statistics ("provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964")
• CRA 1964
• Title IV – Desegregation of Public Education ("section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964")
• Civil Rights Act of 1957
• Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019 ("antidiscrimination law")
• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• Pub.L. 89–110
• Fair Housing Act of 1968
• Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
• Public Law 88-38 ("anti-discrimination law")
• Equal Credit Opportunity Act ("anti-discrimination law")
• Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ("fair lending law")
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. ("housing discrimination case")
• Civil Rights Act of 1875
• McGhee v. Sipes ("housing discrimination case")