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De jure means 'by law', either by a court decision or by legislation. Affirmative action, for example, if ever written into legislation or decided would be an example of de jure discrimination.

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The difference between de jure and de facto discrimination is easier to define when "discrimination" is at first left off. de jure means "in law" and de facto means "in practice" So in adding "discrimination" to either would simply indicate a specific reference to what the law allows, states and or provides regarding discrimination and what is "in fact" being practiced usually to the contrary of the other. A law that was written and voted into power 150 years ago may be treated or practiced very differently today then it was then. In law discrimination of most kinds is punishable in some way within the legal confines of our judicial system. In law a sick person who gets a doctors recommendation to possess and cultivate medical marijuana for their own personal needs is not subject to arrest or seizier of medication upon facilitation of doctors verification. However in practice if a patient does not have a "state issued VOLUNTARY Medical Marijuana ID card on hand and the possessed amount is more then an ounce to jail you will go and you can prove your innocence in court (even though its not for the accused to prove themselves innocent but rather burden of guilt proved beyond reasonable doubt by prosecutor's In this case the patient is being discriminated against and whats written "in law" is ignored

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De Jure means as by law and De Facto means as in fact, as there are situations when the legal position does not correspond to the actual situation. The best example is where there is a revolution or a coup d etat in a country. To overthrow a government by force is illegal. Therefore the new regime is de jure invalid but is still the de facto government. Other governments have to decide whether to recognise the new government and, when they do, the new government becomes de jure.

A typical example would be the Military Coup in Portugal in 1974. It is obviously against the constitution of any country for the armed forces to seize power but in this case it was the only way to free the country from oppression and hence all governments recognised the new state. Thus the de facto government by virtue of being recognised became de jure...

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De jure indicates that according to law women have equality

De facto means that as a matter of fact, they don't have equality in many areas

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"De jure" means "concerning law" while "de facto" means "concerning fact". A state may be de jure sovereign without being de facto sovereign, because a greater nation maintains economic or political hegemony over them, as Syria did with Lebanon. Or vice versa: de facto sovereign without being de jure sovereign, like the tribal areas of Pakistan.


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De facto equality?

de facto means 'concerning fact' or 'in reality'. So de jure (concerning law) equality would mean equality in law (but not necessarily in fact) and de facto equality would mean equality in practice. A good real life example is race relations in the US. The 1965 Civil Rights Act ended de jure discrimination and inequality in America, but de facto discrimination and inequality persisted.


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De jure means decided by law, and de facto is decided by 'fact' or, 'real life'. When you decide not to wear a jacket when it rains, no policeman will arrest you and have you tried and a judge sentence to 'be cold'; that is a 'de facto' result of your decision.


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What is De jure discrimination and de facto are two ways in which some Americans are less equal than others Examples of public policies designed to address each of these forms of discrimination are?

the brown descion (de jure) and affirmative action (de facto)


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What does de jure mean in English?

De jure translates from Latin to English as, "to law." As an adverb, de jure refers to conditions created by enacted law, as opposed to "de facto," conditions created by social or economic circumstances, but not by law.For example, the US Supreme Court declared de jure racial segregation [enacted laws] unconstitutional, but many inner-city schools suffer de facto segregation because the school district serves an area populated by lower income African-American families.


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