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| Julie Goldscheid |
Rethinking Civil Rights and Gender Violence |
14 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 43 (Winter, 2013) |
Advocacy seeking justice for survivors of domestic and sexual violence historically has invoked civil rights law and rhetoric to advance legal remedies and public policy reform. Although many have come to think of a civil rights remedy as a private right of action against an individual, when we think about civil rights and gender violence, we...; Search Snippet: ...of Gender and Sexuality Law Article RETHINKING CIVIL RIGHTS AND GENDER VIOLENCE Julie Goldscheid [FNa1] Copyright © 2013 by Julie Goldscheid Abstract... |
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| Hannah Brenner , Renee Newman Knake |
Rethinking Gender Equality in the Legal Profession's Pipeline to Power: a Study on Media Coverage of Supreme Court Nominees (Phase I, the Introduction Week) |
84 Temple Law Review 325 (Winter 2012) |
Three women now sit on the Supreme Court of the United States, and a fourth recently retired, suggesting the attainment of formal gender equality. Despite this appearance of progress, women remain significantly underrepresented in major leadership roles within the legal profession, where they face extensive gender bias and stereotyping. This gender...; Search Snippet: ...TEMPLE LAW REVIEW Temple Law Review Winter 2012 Articles RETHINKING GENDER EQUALITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION'S PIPELINE TO POWER: A STUDY... |
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| Iván Espinoza-Madrigal |
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Diversity in the Workplace |
58 Practical Lawyer 39 (8/1/2012) |
Ms. Vinson's experience as a woman and as an African-American placed her in a unique position with respect to her relationship with her manager and the sexual harassment she experienced. The lack of job opportunities she likely encountered as an African-American woman in 1974 may have contributed to her hesitation to report Mr. Taylor and,...; Search Snippet: ...WL 3094950 PRACTICAL LAWYER Practical Lawyer August 2012 SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, AND DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE LGBT equality in the... |
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| Miranda McGowan |
Stop the Fight for Women's Equality Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women's Citizenship, (Linda C. Mcclain & Joanna L. Grossman, Eds.). New York, Cambridge University Press. 2009. Pp. 450. $99.00 |
28 Constitutional Commentary 139 (Spring 2012) |
Many civil rights scholars despair that the Equal Protection Clause's success in securing women and minorities' formal equality has come at the price of achieving substantive equality for individuals without regard to their race or sex. In the service of formal equality, for example, the Court has barred race-conscious measures to remedy past...; Search Snippet: ...Spring 2012 Book Review STOP THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY: DIMENSIONS OF WOMEN'S CITIZENSHIP, (LINDA C. MCCLAIN [FN1] & JOANNA... |
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| Veronica Colon-Padilla |
The "Miss America" Ideal: an Analysis of the Legality and Enforceability of Bodily Contract Clauses Within Modern Pageantry and the Gender and Cultural Implications of Using Governmentally Unregulated Weight Requirements in the Media |
34 Women's Rights Law Reporter 79 (Fall 2012) |
And so in these economic times, we need to be looking forward to what America needs, and I think Miss America needs to represent all. -Oskar Garcia The first recorded bathing beauty contest took place at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in 1880, a mere seventeen years after President Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and at the turn of...; Search Snippet: ...ENFORCEABILITY OF BODILY CONTRACT CLAUSES WITHIN MODERN PAGEANTRY AND THE GENDER AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF USING GOVERNMENTALLY UNREGULATED WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS IN... |
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| Candace Hamilton Hester, Chris Meyer, Steven Raphael |
The Evolution of Gender Employment Rate Differentials Within Racial Groups in the United States |
41 Journal of Legal Studies 385 (June, 2012) |
This paper analyzes changes in gender employment rate (GER) differentials for whites and blacks in the United States from 1950 to 2008. We document the evolution of the GER gap, which narrows considerably within both racial groups and turns slightly negative for blacks. We document the changing employment levels that drive these patterns as well as...; Search Snippet: ...Conference: The Law and Economics of Race THE EVOLUTION OF GENDER EMPLOYMENT RATE DIFFERENTIALS WITHIN RACIAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES... |
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| Kate L. Didech |
The Extension of Disparate Impact Theory to White Men: What the Civil Rights Act of 1991 Plainly Does Not Mean |
10 Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights 55 (Winter 2004) |
Great challenges still face religious, racial, and ethnic minorities and women in our society. Human nature has not yet advanced to the point at which individuals are measured by their humanity and not their gender or skin color. Achieving such a society requires the full measure of intellectual creativity and resources of . . . all Americans....; Search Snippet: ...2004 Note THE EXTENSION OF DISPARATE IMPACT THEORY TO WHITE MEN: WHAT THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1991 PLAINLY DOES NOT... |
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| Ajmel Quereshi |
The Forgotten Remedy: a Legal and Theoretical Defense of Intermediate Scrutiny for Gender-based Affirmative Action Programs |
21 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 797 (2013) |
Introduction. 798 I. The Rise and Fall of Gender-Based Affirmative Action: An Examination of the Development and Decline of Intermediate Scrutiny. 800 A. The Rise of Intermediate Scrutiny: The Development of the Court's Jurisprudence with Regard to Statutes That Differentiate on the Basis of Gender. 801 B. The First Step Backwards: The Supreme...; Search Snippet: ...REMEDY: A LEGAL AND THEORETICAL DEFENSE OF INTERMEDIATE SCRUTINY FOR GENDER-BASED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS Ajmel Quereshi [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2013... |
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| Keith J. Bybee |
The Limits of Debate or What We Talk about When We Talk about Gender Imbalance on the Bench |
2012 Michigan State Law Review 1481 (2012) |
Introduction. 1481 I. The Significance of Structure. 1483 II. Impartial Arbiters and Political Actors. 1484 III. The Limits of the Debate. 1490 IV. A Way Forward. 1496 What do we talk about when we talk about gender imbalance on the bench? The first thing we do is count. Scholars, pundits, the press, and organizations all keep track of the number...; Search Snippet: ...DEBATE OR WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GENDER IMBALANCE ON THE BENCH Keith J. Bybee [FNa1] Copyright © 2012... |
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| Vivian Berger |
The Mediator's (Female) Gender: Irrelevant, Important, or In-between? |
30 Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation 83 (April, 2012) |
My answer to the question posed in the title is all of the above. Generally speaking, the best mediators have what I call the four Ps: Process skills, Preparedness, Patience, and Perseverance. I doubt that such attributes lodge in our X or Y chromosomes. As a traditional, Ruth Ginsburg feminist, I tend to be leery of difference talk. Thus,...; Search Snippet: ...of Litigation April, 2012 Women in ADR THE MEDIATOR'S (FEMALE) GENDER: IRRELEVANT, IMPORTANT, OR IN-BETWEEN? Vivian Berger [FNa1] Copyright © 2012... |
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| Dean Spade |
The Only Way to End Racialized Gender Violence in Prisons Is to End Prisons: a Response to Russell Robinson's "Masculinity as Prison" |
3 California Law Review Circuit 182 (December, 2012) |
In Masculinity As Prison: Sexual Identity, Race, and Incarceration, Professor Russell Robinson explores the creation of the K6G unit of the Los Angeles County Jail. Robinson describes how this unit, designed to protect prisoners who may be targets because of their non-normative gender and/or sexual orientation, operates as a site for the...; Search Snippet: ...Review Circuit December, 2012 THE ONLY WAY TO END RACIALIZED GENDER VIOLENCE IN PRISONS IS TO END PRISONS: A RESPONSE TO... |
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| Robert S. Chang , Adrienne D. Davis |
An Epistolary Exchange Making up Is Hard to Do: Race/gender/sexual Orientation in the Law School Classroom |
33 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 1 (Winter 2010) |
Abstract. This exchange of letters picks up where Professors Adrienne Davis and Robert Chang left off in an earlier exchange that examined who speaks, who is allowed to speak, and what is remembered. Here, Professors Davis and Chang explore the dynamics of race, gender, and sexual orientation in the law school classroom. They compare the...; Search Snippet: ...AN EPISTOLARY EXCHANGE MAKING UP IS HARD TO DO: RACE/ GENDER/SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN THE LAW SCHOOL CLASSROOM Robert S. Chang... |
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| Lindsay Pérez Huber |
Beautifully Powerful: a Latcrit Reflection on Coming to an Epistemological Consciousness and the Power of Testimonio |
18 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 839 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 840 II. Coming to the Study. 841 III. Description of the Study. 843 IV. Coming to an Epistemological Consciousness. 844 V. The Power of Testimonio. 848 VI. Conclusion. 851; Search Snippet: ...overarching framework that examines the intersection of race, class, and gender, while also acknowledging the unique forms of subordination within the Latina/o community based on immigration status, language, phenotype, and ethnicity... |
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| Diane S. Sykes |
Gender and Judging |
94 Marquette Law Review 1381 (Summer 2011) |
On Monday, October 4, 2010, Elena Kagan heard her first case as the 112th Justice of the United States Supreme Court, replacing Justice John Paul Stevens, who retired in June after an extraordinary thirty-four-year tenure on the Court. It was often noted when she was nominated, and was emphasized again when she took the bench, that Justice Kagan is...; Search Snippet: ...4383274 MARQUETTE LAW REVIEW Marquette Law Review Summer 2011 Speech GENDER AND JUDGING The Honorable Diane S. Sykes [FNa1] Copyright ©... |
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| Stephanie Bontrager, Kelle Barrick, Elizabeth Stupi |
Gender and Sentencing: a Meta-analysis of Contemporary Research |
16 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 349 (Spring 2013) |
Daly and Bordt's review of sentencing studies published between 1960 and 1990 found that women were generally at an advantage over male defendants in sentencing decisions. Given twenty-one years of additional gender/sentencing inquiry, and extensive revisions to criminal justice policy and practice since the publication of the meta-analysis,...; Search Snippet: ...JUSTICE Journal of Gender, Race and Justice Spring 2013 Article GENDER AND SENTENCING: A META-ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH Stephanie Bontrager... |
2009 |
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African/Black American |
| Danielle R. Dale |
Gender Identity Protection: the Inadequacy of Shareholder Action to Amend Corporate Employment Discrimination Policies |
36 Journal of Corporation Law 469 (Winter 2011) |
I. Introduction. 470 II. Background. 471 A. Gender Identity Disorder. 471 B. Title VII. 471 C. Interpretation of Title VII in Cases. 472 1. Ulane v. Eastern Airlines and the Interpretation That Sex Does Not Encompass Gender Identity and Does Not Protect Transsexuals. 472 2. Sex Stereotyping and Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins. 473 3. Smith v. City of...; Search Snippet: ...OF CORPORATION LAW Journal of Corporation Law Winter 2011 Note GENDER IDENTITY PROTECTION: THE INADEQUACY OF SHAREHOLDER ACTION TO AMEND CORPORATE... |
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| Julie Goldscheid |
Gender Violence and Work in the United States and South Africa: the Parallel Processes of Legal and Cultural Change |
19 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 921 (2011) |
Introduction. 922 I. Context. 924 A. Prevalence of Abuse. 924 B. Women's Labor Market Participation. 928 II. Reform Projects and Critiques. 931 III. Gender Violence and Work. 937 IV. Opportunities for Law Reform. 944 A. South Africa's Constitutional and Statutory Anti-Discrimination Laws. 944 B. Unjust Dismissal Law. 946 C. Limitations in the...; Search Snippet: ...Invention: Mapping the Connections Washington, DC; April 16, 2010 Article GENDER VIOLENCE AND WORK IN THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH AFRICA... |
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| Rosalie Berger Levinson |
Gender-based Affirmative Action and Reverse Gender Bias: Beyond Gratz, Parents Involved, and Ricci |
34 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 1 (Winter 2011) |
I. Introduction. 1 II. History Behind the Affirmative Action Race/Gender Anomaly. 3 III. The Circuit Split on the Race/Gender Conundrum. 13 IV. Analogy to Race-Based Affirmative Action. 19 A. Remedial Purpose as a Justification for Affirmative Action. 20 B. The Diversity Rationale. 24 C. The Arguments Against Affirmative Action. 31 V. Conclusion....; Search Snippet: ...AND GENDER Harvard Journal of Law & Gender Winter 2011 Article GENDER-BASED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND REVERSE GENDER BIAS: BEYOND GRATZ, PARENTS INVOLVED, AND RICCI Rosalie Berger Levinson... |
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| Juliet A. Williams |
Girls Can Be Anything . . . but Boys Will Be Boys: Discourses of Sex Difference in Education Reform Debates |
13 Nevada Law Journal 533 (Winter 2013) |
In recent years, K-12 public education has emerged as a central staging ground for debating the nature and significance of gender differences. What might the rise of gender-based advocacy in education suggest about contemporary understandings of sex and gender in the United States? Assessing recent efforts to introduce gender-appropriate learning...; Search Snippet: ...IV: Masculinities and Education Law GIRLS CAN BE ANYTHING . . . BUT BOYS WILL BE BOYS: DISCOURSES OF SEX DIFFERENCE IN EDUCATION REFORM DEBATES Dr. Juliet... |
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African/Black American |
| Serena Mayeri |
Historicizing the "End of Men": the Politics of Reaction(s) |
93 Boston University Law Review 729 (May, 2013) |
In fact, the most distinctive change is probably the emergence of an American matriarchy, where the younger men especially are unmoored, and closer than at any other time in history to being obsolete . . . . - Hanna Rosin In 1965 a Labor Department official named Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a report entitled The Negro Family: The Case for...; Search Snippet: ...the End of Men: Historical Perspectives HISTORICIZING THE END OF MEN : THE POLITICS OF REACTION(S) Serena Mayeri [FNa1] Copyright ©... |
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African/Black American |
| J. Herbie DiFonzo |
How Marriage Became Optional: Cohabitation, Gender, and the Emerging Functional Norms |
8 Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy 521 (Spring, 2011) |
In 1953, sociologist Ray E. Baber confidently asserted that the opportunity which marriage affords for constant and complete companionship with the person most loved, with the full sanction of society, is its greatest single attraction. Another mid-20th century text, Paul H. Landis' Making the Most of Marriage, referred to the long-accepted...; Search Snippet: ...Current Issues in Public Policy HOW MARRIAGE BECAME OPTIONAL: COHABITATION, GENDER, AND THE EMERGING FUNCTIONAL NORMS J. Herbie DiFonzo [FNa1] Copyright... |
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| Ann C. McGinley |
Introduction: Men, Masculinities, and Law a Symposium on Multidimensional Masculinities Theory |
13 Nevada Law Journal 315 (Winter 2013) |
I am pleased to introduce this volume of the Nevada Law Journal on Multidimensional Masculinities and the Law. Multidimensional Masculinities and the Law is an emerging legal discipline that uses masculinities studies from social sciences to interpret legal doctrine and to propose changes to legal interpretation. Those of us who are engaged in...; Search Snippet: ...Masculinities, and Law: A Symposium on Multidimensional Masculinities Theory INTRODUCTION: MEN, MASCULINITIES, AND LAW A SYMPOSIUM ON MULTIDIMENSIONAL MASCULINITIES THEORY Ann... |
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African/Black American |
| Michael Kimmel |
Is it the End of Men, or Are Men Still in Power? Yes! |
93 Boston University Law Review 689 (May, 2013) |
Introduction. 689 I. Assumptions: Is Gender a Zero-Sum Game?. 690 II. Economy: Greater Equality and the Glass Ceiling. 691 III. Education: Is the Boy Crisis Because of Girls' Rise?. 693 IV. Sex: The Gender Politics of Hooking Up. 693 Conclusion. 695; Search Snippet: ...2013 Commentators on Keynote Address IS IT THE END OF MEN, OR ARE MEN STILL IN POWER? YES! Michael Kimmel [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2013... |
2009 |
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African/Black American |
| June Carbone , Naomi Cahn |
Is Marriage for Rich Men? |
13 Nevada Law Journal 386 (Winter 2013) |
At the center of critical theory, including feminism and much of masculinities theory, is a distrust of hierarchy. Yet, promotion of gender equality between men and women does not necessarily address the role of hierarchies among men or among women, and the role of male hierarchies often has different consequences from those among women. In this...; Search Snippet: ...Section II: Work, Family, and Masculinities IS MARRIAGE FOR RICH MEN? [FN1] June Carbone [FNa1] Naomi Cahn [FNaa1] Copyright (c) 2013... |
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| Pat K. Chew |
Judges' Gender and Employment Discrimination Cases: Emerging Evidence-based Empirical Conclusions |
14 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 359 (Spring 2011) |
Why did we think that women would transform institutions without simultaneously--or alternatively--being transformed by them . . .? Why did we believe that women appointed to positions of power would be representative of women as a group, rather than being those who most resemble the traditional incumbents and are thus considered least likely to...; Search Snippet: ...Intersection in Employment, Economics, and the Law Symposium Article JUDGES' GENDER AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CASES: EMERGING EVIDENCE-BASED EMPIRICAL CONCLUSIONS Pat... |
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| Wendy Parker |
Juries, Race, and Gender: a Story of Today's Inequality |
46 Wake Forest Law Review 209 (Summer 2011) |
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Act or 1991 Act) was thought to be a victory for employment discrimination plaintiffs--a dramatic expansion of their rights. Twenty years later, however, we are told that the news for employment discrimination plaintiffs has gone from bad to worse. Employment discrimination plaintiffs should expect defendants...; Search Snippet: ...Wake Forest Law Review Summer 2011 Article JURIES, RACE, AND GENDER: A STORY OF TODAY'S INEQUALITY Wendy Parker [FNa1] Copyright ©... |
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| Beth Caldwell |
Latinas' Experiences in Relation to Gangs: Intersectionality of Race, Class, Gender, and the State |
2 Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives 19 (Spring, 2010) |
Women involved with gangs face gender bias and oppression at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels: within themselves and their families, within the gang subculture, at the community level, and through the state, as enacted by the law and its systems of enforcement. Gang-involved women face multiple experiences of victimization that occur within these...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives Spring, 2010 Article LATINAS' EXPERIENCES IN RELATION TO GANGS: INTERSECTIONALITY OF RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND THE STATE Beth Caldwell [FNa1] Copyright © 2010 by Beth... |
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| Eve M. Grina |
Mainstreaming Gender in Rule of Law Initiatives in Post-conflict Settings |
17 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law 435 (Winter, 2011) |
Gender inequality is a pandemic, both in the developing world and in developed countries. In an attempt to address the situation, the United Nations (U.N.) has called on its subsidiary agencies and all Member States to mainstream a gender approach in all programming. Although the mandate is vague concerning implementation, the clear goal is gender...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Women and the Law Winter, 2011 Notes MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN RULE OF LAW INITIATIVES IN POST-CONFLICT SETTINGS Eve... |
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| Sheldon Goldman, Elliot Slotnick, Sara Schiavoni |
Obama's Judiciary at Midterm: the Confirmation Drama Continues |
94 Judicature 262 (May-June 2011) |
When Barack Obama assumed the presidency on January 20, 2009, he inherited a country struggling with an economy on the brink of reprising the Great Depression of the 1930s, two middle-eastern wars, crushing deficits, a lopsided tax policy that favored the wealthy and deprived the country of badly needed tax revenue, a health care crisis, and myriad...; Search Snippet: ...THE CONFIRMATION DRAMA CONTINUES Barack Obama's stunning achievement of promoting gender, ethnic, and racial diversity on the federal bench, including two... |
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| Christopher Smith |
Polarized Circuits: Party Affiliation of Appointing Presidents, Ideology, and Circuit Court Voting in Race and Gender Civil Rights Cases |
22 Hastings Women's Law Journal 157 (Winter 2011) |
Empty federal judicial benches, long Senate confirmation delays, highly partisan Senate judiciary confirmation hearings, and Kabuki theater characterize the polarizing environment that is the federal judiciary branch. Such an atmosphere raises the question of whether the partisanship and politicization within the confirmation process affects how...; Search Snippet: ...APPOINTING PRESIDENTS, IDEOLOGY, AND CIRCUIT COURT VOTING IN RACE AND GENDER CIVIL RIGHTS CASES Christopher Smith [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2011 UC... |
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| Anita Bernstein , Hans Dieter Seibel |
Reparations, Microfinance, and Gender: a Plan, with Strategies for Implementation |
44 Cornell International Law Journal 75 (Winter 2011) |
Introduction. 76 I. The Strategy. 79 A. Engaging Microfinance Institutions to Effect Reparations. 79 1. Terminology. 79 2. The Plan in Brief: Transfer Payments to, and Shares in, Microfinance Institutions. 80 3. Upgrading and Linking to Larger Financial Institutions. 81 4. Options for the Reparations Plan. 85 B. Extending the Microfinance Record....; Search Snippet: ...Cornell International Law Journal Winter 2011 Article REPARATIONS, MICROFINANCE, AND GENDER: A PLAN, WITH STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION Anita Bernstein [FNd1] , Hans... |
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| Rayvon Fouché , Sharra Vostral |
Selling Women: Lillian Gilbreth, Gender Translation, and Intellectual Property |
19 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 825 (2011) |
I. Introduction. 825 II. Women's Bodies, Vernacular Knowledge, and Intellectual Property. 831 III. The Gilbreth Report: Extracting, Commodifying, and Packaging. 835 IV. Gender Translation. 844; Search Snippet: ...April 16, 2010 Symposium Article SELLING WOMEN: LILLIAN GILBRETH, GENDER TRANSLATION, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Rayvon Fouché [FNa1] Sharra Vostral [FNd1... |
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| Amy J. Schmitz |
Sex Matters: Considering Gender in Consumer Contracting |
19 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 437 (Winter 2013) |
We hear about the so-called War on Women and persisting salary gaps between men and women in the popular media, but contracts scholars and policymakers rarely discuss gender. Instead, dominant voices in the contracts field often reflect classical and economics-driven theories built on assumptions of gender neutral and economically rational...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Gender Winter 2013 Article SEX MATTERS: CONSIDERING GENDER IN CONSUMER CONTRACTING Amy J. Schmitz [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2013... |
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| Bridgette Baldwin |
Stratification of the Welfare Poor: Intersections of Gender, Race, & "Worthiness" in Poverty Discourse and Policy |
6 Modern American Am. 4 (Spring, 2010) |
On average, we black women have bigger, better problems than any other women alive. We bear the burden of being seen as pretenders to the thrones of both femininity and masculinity, endlessly mocked by the ambiguously gendered crown-of-thorns imagery of queen Madame Queen, snap queen, welfare queen, quota queen, Queenie Queen, Queen Queen Queen....; Search Snippet: ...American Spring, 2010 STRATIFICATION OF THE WELFARE POOR: INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER, RACE, & WORTHINESS IN POVERTY DISCOURSE AND POLICY Bridgette Baldwin [FN1... |
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| Melissa Murray |
Teaching Gender as a Core Value: the Softer Side of Criminal Law |
36 Oklahoma City University Law Review 525 (Summer 2011) |
This is my fifth year teaching family law and criminal law at the University of California, Berkeley. In many ways, incorporating issues of gender into the traditional family-law curriculum is a no-brainer. From Bradwell v. Illinois to more recent cases like In re Baby M, the family-law canon is replete with examples of how gender shapes the...; Search Snippet: ...in the Classroom: Teaching Gender as a Core Value TEACHING GENDER AS A CORE VALUE: THE SOFTER SIDE OF CRIMINAL LAW... |
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| Mildred Wigfall Robinson |
The Current Economic Situation and its Impact on Gender, Race, and Class: the Legacy of Raced (And Gendered) Employment |
14 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 431 (Spring 2011) |
In November 2009, American joblessness soared to 10.2%, the highest unemployment rate reported in a quarter century. The present unemployment rate continues to hover near 10%. More than 15 million Americans are encompassed within this percentage. Moreover, available data suggest that the number of unemployed is actually significantly higher than 15...; Search Snippet: ...Symposium Article THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION AND ITS IMPACT ON GENDER, RACE, AND CLASS: THE LEGACY OF RACED (AND GENDERED) EMPLOYMENT... |
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| George W. Gowen |
The Measure of Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort Law by Martha Chamallas and Jennifer B. Wriggins New York University Press, New York, Ny, 2010. 228 Pages, $40.00 |
57-JUL Federal Lawyer 53 (July, 2010) |
If there is truth to the Japanese proverb, The saddest thing in life is to be born a woman, it lies in the treatment of women as chattel in much of the world, in female infanticide and circumcision, and in the sex trade in adolescent girls. But, if we flatter ourselves in believing that the United States is approaching gender equality as well as...; Search Snippet: ...Lawyer July, 2010 Book Review THE MEASURE OF INJURY: RACE, GENDER, AND TORT LAW BY MARTHA CHAMALLAS AND JENNIFER B. WRIGGINS... |
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| Michael J. Higdon |
To Lynch a Child: Bullying and Gender Nonconformity in Our Nation's Schools |
86 Indiana Law Journal 827 (Summer, 2011) |
Introduction. 827 I. Bullying and Its Gendered Roots. 833 A. The Bully as Gender Enforcer. 836 B. Beyond the Bully: The Complicity of Educators. 843 II. The Harms of Chronic Bullying: A Psychological and Spiritual Lynching. 847 A. Physical Effects: A Growing Body Count. 851 B. Emotional Effects: First they bully you, then you bully yourself.. 855...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Summer, 2011 Article TO LYNCH A CHILD: BULLYING AND GENDER NONCONFORMITY IN OUR NATION'S SCHOOLS [FNd1] Michael J. Higdon [FNa1... |
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| Doris Marie Provine |
Too Many Black Men: the Sentencing Judge's Dilemma |
23 Law and Social Inquiry 823 (Fall, 1998) |
Legal reform sometimes has unanticipated, even ironic, results. A good example is federal legislation adopted in the 1980s that was supposed to enhance equity in sentencing. Congress, like many state legislatures in this period, reduced judicial control over sentencing by adopting presumptive sentencing guidelines for all serious criminal offenses...; Search Snippet: ...Special Issue of Honor of Herbert Jacob TOO MANY BLACK MEN: THE SENTENCING JUDGE'S DILEMMA Doris Marie Provine [FNa1] Copyright ©... |
2009 |
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Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
| June Carbone |
Unpacking Inequality and Class: Family, Gender and the Reconstruction of Class Barriers |
45 New England Law Review 527 (Spring 2011) |
The changing economy and evolution of political ideas have led to a resurgence of the idea of class in American discourse. Relatively little of that discourse, however, acknowledges the role of greater inequality as a critical force remaking the family along class lines. The political right exploits class resentments in championing family values...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Spring 2011 Article UNPACKING INEQUALITY AND CLASS: FAMILY, GENDER AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CLASS BARRIERS June Carbone [FNa1] Copyright... |
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| Michael J. Kelly |
A Skeleton in the Legal Closet: the Discovery of "Kennewick Man" Crystalizes the Debate over Federal Law Governing Disposal of Ancient Human Remains |
21 University of Hawaii Law Review 41 (Summer, 1999) |
Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home, Rests and expiates in a life to come. Lo, the poor Indian! Whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or milky way; Yet simple Nature to...; Search Snippet: ...A SKELETON IN THE LEGAL CLOSET: THE DISCOVERY OF KENNEWICK MAN CRYSTALIZES THE DEBATE OVER FEDERAL LAW GOVERNING DISPOSAL OF ANCIENT... |
2008 |
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Multiple Groups |
| Angela P. Harris |
Beyond the Monster Factory: Gender Violence, Race, and the Liberatory Potential of Restorative Justice |
25 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 199 (Spring 2010) |
Some years ago, Frank Zimring and Gordon Hawkins noted that American crime rates are similar to those of other industrialized nations in most categories of nonviolent crime - even lower, in some cases. Only when it comes to lethal violence does the United States outpace other Western nations, with homicide rates many, many times greater. Zimring...; Search Snippet: ...Law & Justice Spring 2010 Book Review BEYOND THE MONSTER FACTORY: GENDER VIOLENCE, RACE, AND THE LIBERATORY POTENTIAL OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Dreams... |
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| Prof. Michael K. Jordan |
Colored People and Affirmative Action: the Colored Man Standing by the Punch Bowl |
5 New York City Law Review 175 (Fall 2002) |
Imagine attending a social gathering where there are a number of people who have never met. You are standing with a group of friends, one of whom is attempting to describe an individual standing across the room. Finally, your friend identifies the individual by saying the person he is talking about is the colored man standing by the punch bowl....; Search Snippet: ...Fall 2002 Articles COLORED PEOPLE AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: THE COLORED MAN STANDING BY THE PUNCH BOWL Prof. Michael K. Jordan [FNa1... |
2008 |
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Hispanic/Latinx American |
| Jennifer B. Wriggins |
Constitution Day Lecture: Constitutional Law and Tort Law: Injury, Race, Gender, and Equal Protection |
63 Maine Law Review 263 (2010) |
Welcome to the annual Constitution Day lecture at the University of Maine School of Law. This lecture follows the example set last year by Professor Mel Zarr who spoke about the Fourth Amendment and search and seizure law in a piece that was published by the Maine Law Review. My focus today is on a different section of the Constitution, the...; Search Snippet: ...CONSTITUTION DAY LECTURE: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND TORT LAW: INJURY, RACE, GENDER, AND EQUAL PROTECTION Jennifer B. Wriggins [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2010... |
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| Leah M. Provost |
Excavating from the Inside: Race, Gender, and Peremptory Challenges |
45 Valparaiso University Law Review 307 (Fall, 2010) |
Class, race, sexuality, gender-and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other-need to be excavated from the inside. The attorney begins by asking Juror Number Four, a white male, questions about his background. Do you have any legal training? No, Juror Number Four replies. Please tell me your present occupation. I...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Fall, 2010 Notes EXCAVATING FROM THE INSIDE: RACE, GENDER, AND PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES Leah M. Provost [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2010... |
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| Gina M. Vincent, Laura S. Guy, Samantha L. Fusco, Bernice G. Gershenson, University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Field Reliability of the Savry with Juvenile Probation Officers: Implications for Training |
36 Law and Human Behavior 225 (2012) |
Two complimentary studies were conducted to investigate the inter-rater reliability and performance of juvenile justice personnel when conducting the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk for Youth (SAVRY). Study 1 reports the performance on four standardized vignettes of 408 juvenile probation officers (JPOs) and social workers rating the SAVRY...; Search Snippet: ...35 years of age ( SD = 9.05 years), 58% were male and most were Black/ African- American (61%; White, 39%). JPOs had worked in juvenile justice settings... |
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| Sarah Hinger |
Finding the Fundamental: Shaping Identity in Gender and Sexual Orientation Based Asylum Claims |
19 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 367 (2010) |
Within the United States and globally, gender and sexual orientation form the basis of an increasing number of rights claims and protections. Both grounds, which reflect the expanding notions and challenges of identity-based rights, have been incorporated into United States asylum law with varying success. The extension of asylum to include some...; Search Snippet: ...Gender and Law 2010 FINDING THE FUNDAMENTAL: SHAPING IDENTITY IN GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION BASED ASYLUM CLAIMS Sarah Hinger [FNa1] Copyright... |
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| Laura M. Padilla |
Gendered Shades of Property: a Status Check on Gender, Race & Property |
5 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 361 (Spring 2002) |
Approximately 75% of women between the ages of twenty and fifty-four now work, including nearly 65% of women with children under the age of six. Yet, women on average still earn between 70% to 75% of what men earn. Working women also continue to perform between two to three times as much housework as men, remain overwhelmingly responsible for child...; Search Snippet: ...2002 Article GENDERED SHADES OF PROPERTY: A STATUS CHECK ON GENDER, RACE & PROPERTY Laura M. Padilla [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2002 Journal... |
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Hispanic/Latinx American |
| Michael Correll |
Getting Fat on Government Cheese: the Connection Between Social Welfare Participation, Gender, and Obesity in America |
18 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 45 (Fall 2010) |
The dramatic increase in obese and overweight Americans over the last two decades has produced enormous scholarly interest. New theories as to the causes, medical consequences, and legal implications of obesity abound. Despite this increase in obesity scholarship, medical, legal, and social science understandings of this topic largely remain...; Search Snippet: ...FAT ON GOVERNMENT CHEESE: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SOCIAL WELFARE PARTICIPATION, GENDER, AND OBESITY IN AMERICA Michael Correll [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2010... |
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| Shaun Ossei-Owusu |
Gimme Some More: Centering Gender and Inequality in Criminal Justice and Discretion Discourse |
18 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 607 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 608 II. Understanding Discretion. 612 A. Discretion as Discreetness. 612 B. Widening Our Lens. 613 III. Sites and Stages of Discretion. 614 A. Understanding Institutional Fields and Bureaucratic Patriarchy. 614 B. Police Practices and Preemptive Investigations. 616 C. Arrests. 619 D. Charging. 620 IV. Conclusion. 622; Search Snippet: ...to Help End the Status Quo GIMME SOME MORE: CENTERING GENDER AND INEQUALITY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND DISCRETION DISCOURSE Shaun Ossei... |
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