Symposium

Changing Concepts of Equality: From Equality Before the Law to the Welfare State

Author: Ralph K. Winter Jr. (Yale Law School)

Abstract

Equality, or at least the rhetoric of equality, has been almost from the start a central issue in our society. The debate, however, has been a fluid one, because the society has shifted from the pursuit of one concept of equality to the pursuit of another. The former concept of equality I shall call equality before the law. The latter I shall call equality of social-political-economic status.

Keywords: Private schools, Private clubs, Equality, Welfare Rights

How to Cite: Winter, R. K., Jr. (1979) “Changing Concepts of Equality: From Equality Before the Law to the Welfare State”, Washington University Law Review. 1979(3).