What is parens patrias ?

Parens Patriae is a juvenile justice legal system that grants the state rights to serve as a guardian for children, the elderly, mentally ill, or the disabled. The idea is that these types of individuals cannot take care of themselves, so if no one else can be their guardian, it is the responsibility of the government to assume that role.

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affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts