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# Jul/​Aug 1985 

Vol. 9 No. 4 

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##### Features 

#### [Is Affirmative Action Constitutional? ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/affirmative-action-constitutional)

By William B. Allen, Drew S. Days III, Benjamin L. Hooks, & William Bradford Reynolds 

#### [Antitrust and the Banking Revolution ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/antitrust-banking-revolution)

By Lee Loevinger 

#### [Drilling For Dollars: The Federal Oil-Lease Lottery Program ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/drilling-dollars-federal-oil-lease-lottery-program)

By Abraham E. Haspel 

#### [Fare is Fair in Airline Deregulation: The Decline of Price Discrimination ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/fare-fair-airline-deregulation-decline-price-discrimination)

By Joseph P. Schwieterman 

##### Letters 

##### [The Economics of Civil Rights Litigation ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/economics-civil-rights-litigation)

##### [An Overhaul for Corporate-Takeover Laws? ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/overhaul-corporate-takeover-laws)

##### [Technological Advance and Government Resistance ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/technological-advance-government-resistance)

##### Perspectives 

##### [AIDS, Hepatitis, and the National Blood Policy ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/aids-hepatitis-national-blood-policy)

##### [The Long Arm of Antiquity Law ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/long-arm-antiquity-law)

##### [Nuclear Decommissioning Revenge of the Tortoise ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/nuclear-decommissioning-revenge-tortoise)

##### Readings 

##### [When the Exception Becomes the Rule: Regulatory Equity and the Formulation of Energy Policy through an Exceptions Process ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/when-exception-becomes-rule-regulatory-equity-formulation-energy-policy)

##### [Liability for Harm versus Regulation of Safety ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/liability-harm-versus-regulation-safety)

##### [The New York Authorship Rights Act: A Comparative Critique ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/new-york-authorship-rights-act-comparative-critique)

##### [Racial Remarks in the Workplace: Humor or Harassment? ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/racial-remarks-workplace-humor-or-harassment)

##### [The Ban on Intra-Major Joint Bids in Federal Petroleum Offshore Lease Sales: An Evaluation ](/regulation/jul/aug-1985/ban-intra-major-joint-bids-federal-petroleum-offshore-lease-sales-evaluation)

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