AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearGender in title or SummaryEthnicity Identified in Title
G. Kristian Miccio Closing My Eyes and Remembering Myself : Reflections of a Lesbian Law Professor 7 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 167 (1997) I know that I am in the right place. The room is stuffy. The portraits of past deans line the wall reminding some of us that we are interlopers. The gaze of the dead mixes with that of the livingstaring at a podium inhabited by the newest member of the law school faculty. I am hereready to teach, to probe my students' minds, and to allow them to...; Search Snippet: ...understand how the King verdict evolved. As, E, a young African American male reminds us, If the verdict had come back for King... 1997 Yes African/Black American
Jennifer A. Larrabee Dwb (Driving While Black) and Equal Protection: the Realities of an Unconstitutional Police Practice 6 Journal of Law & Policy 291 (1997) On May 8, 1992, Robert L. Wilkins, an African-American graduate of Harvard Law School and a public defender in Washington, D.C., was traveling through western Maryland in a rented red Cadillac. Wilkins and his family were returning home from a funeral which they had attended in Chicago. Just before dawn, their car was stopped for speeding by...; Search Snippet: ...weight. [FN122] For example, in United States v. Harvey, an African- American male was arrested for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and... 1997 Yes African/Black American
Kathleen Daly, Michael Tonry Gender, Race, and Sentencing 22 Crime and Justice 201 (1997) Race and gender pose empirical and policy problems that are both similar and different for the U.S. criminal justice system. They are similar in that blacks and women occupy subordinate social and economic positions in American life, and their interests are less likely to be represented in the justice system than are those of white men. They are...; Search Snippet: ...1997 WL 33806586 CRIME AND JUSTICE Crime and Justice 1997 GENDER, RACE, AND SENTENCING Kathleen Daly Michael Tonry [FNa1] Copyright © 1997... 1997 Yes African/Black American
Risa L. Goluboff Reckoning with Race and Criminal Justice 106 Yale Law Journal 2299 (May, 1997) In 1995, one in three African-American men between the ages of twenty and twenty-nine was under the supervision of the criminal justice system. Two distinct academic fields, legal scholarship and criminology, have attempted to account for the effects of the criminal system on African Americans. While legal academics and criminologists share the...; Search Snippet: ...Note RECKONING WITH RACE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Search and Destroy: African- American Males in the Criminal Justice System. By Jerome G. Miller. New... 1997 Yes African/Black American
Joan W. Howarth Representing Black Male Innocence 1 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 97 (Fall, 1997) Over ten years ago I looked through a short stack of five or six case summaries, choosing which convicted death row prisoner I would represent on appeal before the California Supreme Court. I picked Barry Williams, a purported Blood leader convicted of killing two Crips in 1981 and 1982 in South Central Los Angeles. Two criteria predominated;...; Search Snippet: ...Justice Fall, 1997 Penalties, Prohibitions & Punishment Symposium Article REPRESENTING BLACK MALE INNOCENCE Joan W. Howarth [FNa1] Copyright (c) 1997 by the... 1997 Yes African/Black American
Mary Maxwell Thomas The African American Male: Communication Gap Converts Justice into "Just Us" System 13 Harvard Blackletter Law Journal 1 (Spring, 1997) Shocking statistics have led prominent black men, such as the Reverend Harold Bailey, founder and Executive Director of Probation Challenge, to euphemistically refer to the criminal justice system as the Just Us system in speaking to his young proteges, most of whom are black males. A 1990 study based upon Bureau of Justice statistics rocked the...; Search Snippet: ...BLACKLETTER LAW JOURNAL Harvard Blackletter Law Journal Spring, 1997 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE: COMMUNICATION GAP CONVERTS JUSTICE INTO JUST US SYSTEM Mary Maxwell... 1997 Yes African/Black American
Angela Anita Allen-Bell The Birth of the Crime: Driving While Black (Dwb) 25 Southern University Law Review 195 (Fall, 1997) As America grows, so do her social problems. Americans are bombarded with reports of social ills such as racism, crime, violence, failing educational institutions, governmental corruption and scandal, health epidemics, unfair business practices, and illegal drugs. Of these, the problem which weighs most heavily on the national conscience is the...; Search Snippet: ...the morning on Interstate 95 with only one occupant, a male driver, casually dressed, about thirty years old, out of state... 1997 Yes African/Black American
Justin P. Brooks Will Boys Just Be Boyz N the Hood?--african-american Directors Portray a Crumbling Justice System in Urban America 22 Oklahoma City University Law Review 1 (Spring 1997) In the 1990s several African-American directors have explored issues of urban justice through stories of children growing up in urban America. Films such as Boyz N the Hood have brought vivid images of disenfranchised and violent neighborhoods and the obstacles involved in growing up in these neighborhoods. These films question whether the criminal...; Search Snippet: ...Spring 1997 A Symposium on Film and the Law WILL BOYS JUST BE BOYZ N THE HOOD?-- AFRICAN- AMERICAN DIRECTORS PORTRAY A CRUMBLING JUSTICE SYSTEM IN URBAN AMERICA Justin... 1997 Yes African/Black American
Kelly McMurry White Men Sue under Title Vii for Harassment of Coworkers 33-NOV Trial 14 (November, 1997) White male employees offended by a supervisor's remarks about African American and female coworkers can sue under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because they have a valid hostile environment claim, the Fourth Circuit ruled in August. The unanimous three-judge panel reversed a U.S. district court's dismissal of the case. (Childress v....; Search Snippet: ...NOV Trial 14 TRIAL Trial November, 1997 News & Trends WHITE MEN SUE UNDER TITLE VII FOR HARASSMENT OF COWORKERS Kelly McMurry... 1997 Yes Multiple Groups
Mark Kelman (Why) Does Gender Equity in College Athletics Entail Gender Equality? 7 Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies 63 (Fall 1997) Title IX legally commits us to gender equity in the allocation of resources to male and female athletes. One thing that this has come to mean, in practice, is that the vast bulk of universities and colleges must spend roughly as much per capita on varsity athletic programs for the women enrolled in the school as they do for men to be fully...; Search Snippet: ...of Law and Women's Studies Fall 1997 Article (WHY) DOES GENDER EQUITY IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS ENTAIL GENDER EQUALITY? Mark Kelman [FNa1] Copyright (c) 1997 University of Southern... 1997 Yes  
Alice Kessler-Harris A Principle of Law but Not of Justice: Men, Women and Income Taxes in the United States 1913-1948 6 Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies 331 (Spring 1997) How does gender work? I'll start with a text: In 1937, the state of Georgia levied a poll tax that applied, generally, to all persons in the state. It exempted the aged, the young, the blind and females who did not register to vote. To ensure that the tax was collected, and presumably to provide some controls over who might vote, the state required...; Search Snippet: ...Outlook A PRINCIPLE OF LAW BUT NOT OF JUSTICE: [FNa1] MEN, WOMEN AND INCOME TAXES IN THE UNITED STATES 1913-1948... 1997 Yes  
Sonya Michel A Tale of Two States: Race, Gender, and Public/private Welfare Provision in Postwar America 9 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 123 (1997) The simultaneous expansion of employer-sponsored fringe benefits and of government welfare programs in the post-World War II period created what might be termed a public-private welfare state in the United States. These developments were continuous with the public-private partnership that had characterized American welfare provision since the...; Search Snippet: ...of Law & Feminism 1997 A TALE OF TWO STATES: RACE, GENDER, AND PUBLIC/PRIVATE WELFARE PROVISION IN POSTWAR AMERICA Sonya Michel... 1997 Yes  
Christopher N. Kendall Gay Male Pornography after Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium: a Call for Gay Male Cooperation in the Struggle for Sex Equality 12 Wisconsin Women's Law Journal 21 (Spring 1997) In 1983, American feminists Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon drafted a civil rights ordinance for the City of Minneapolis aimed at addressing the harms to equality caused by the production and distribution of pornography. The ordinance declared that pornography and sexual harassment injure the public welfare by degrading women and fostering...; Search Snippet: ...WOMENS LAW JOURNAL Wisconsin Women's Law Journal Spring 1997 GAY MALE PORNOGRAPHY AFTER LITTLE SISTERS BOOK AND ART EMPORIUM: A CALL FOR GAY MALE COOPERATION IN THE STRUGGLE FOR SEX EQUALITY Christopher N. Kendall... 1997 Yes  
Barbara Stark Guys and Dolls: Remedial Nurturing Skills in Post-divorce Practice, Feminist Theory, and Family Law Doctrine 26 Hofstra Law Review 293 (Winter 1997) Introduction. 295 I. Guys and Dolls--The Story of the Unitary Family. 299 A. Practice. 299 B. Theory. 301 C. Doctrine. 306 II. How This Story Fails Post-Divorce Families. 309 III. Changing Roles and Post-Divorce Families: Remedial Nurturing Skills. 315 A. Practice. 319 1. Empathy. 319 a. Recognizing a Child's Feelings. 319 b. Engaging Cooperation....; Search Snippet: ...HOFSTRA LAW REVIEW Hofstra Law Review Winter 1997 December, 1997 GUYS AND DOLLS: REMEDIAL NURTURING SKILLS IN POST-DIVORCE PRACTICE, FEMINIST... 1997 Yes  
Michael Kimmel Integrating Men into the Curriculum 4 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 181 (Spring, 1997) This article has a provocative title because its intent is to address the invisibility of men in the university as a first step towards developing strategies to integrate men into the contemporary collegiate curriculum. There is a general failure to see men, or more accurately masculinity, at every level of the educational endeavor--from what is...; Search Snippet: ...Gender & The Higher Education Classroom: Maximizing the Learning Environment INTEGRATING MEN INTO THE CURRICULUM Michael Kimmel [FNa] Copyright (c) 1997 by... 1997 Yes  
Dorothy A. Brown Race, Class, and Gender Essentialism in Tax Literature: the Joint Return 54 Washington and Lee Law Review 1469 (Fall 1997) Table of Contents I. Introduction. 1471 II. The Literature's Focus on Married Women as Marginal Wage Earners. 1474 A. Introduction. 1474 B. Employment Experiences of Married Men and Women. 1474 C. The Federal Tax Laws Penalize Married Women Who Are Marginal Wage Earners. 1477 1. The Joint Return Penalizes Married Women in the Paid Labor Force. 1477...; Search Snippet: ...Washington and Lee Law Review Fall 1997 RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER ESSENTIALISM IN TAX LITERATURE: THE JOINT RETURN Dorothy A. Brown... 1997 Yes  
Deborah Zalesne The Intersection of Socioeconomic Class and Gender in Hostile Housing Environment Claims under Title Viii: Who Is the Reasonable Person? 38 Boston College Law Review 861 (September, 1997) Sexual Harassment, most broadly defined, refers to the unwanted imposition of sexual requirements in the context of a relationship of unequal power. -Catharine A. MacKinnon The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; but the...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review September, 1997 THE INTERSECTION OF SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS AND GENDER IN HOSTILE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT CLAIMS UNDER TITLE VIII: WHO IS... 1997 Yes  
Captain Stephanie L. Stephens Assault at West Point the Court-martial of Johnson Whittaker 153 Military Law Review 293 (Summer, 1996) The American Civil War ended in 1865. Fifteen years later, Johnson Chestnut Whittaker was the only black cadet at West Point. On the morning of 6 April 1880, however, he gained distinction for another reason. Cadet Whittaker was absent from the 0600 cadet reveille formation. The Cadet Officer of the Day, George R. Burnett, went to look for...; Search Snippet: ...before West Point, gives the reader true insight to the man and to the struggle for recognition faced by all black Americans of that time. The Johnson Whittaker story is amazing in... 1996 Yes African/Black American
Christine A. Littleton Double and Nothing: Lesbian as Category 7 UCLA Women's Law Journal L.J. 1 (Fall-Winter 1996) In this Article, Littleton argues that the social and legal construction of sexual orientation and of gender uphold the dominance of cultural masculinity. Because of this construction, members of the set lesbians disappear into subsets based on sexual orientation (women are seen only as straight women) or gender (gays are seen only as...; Search Snippet: ...doctrine organized around the categories of race and sex. [FN28] African- American women are ignored when race discrimination analysis focuses on the experience of African- American men, and likewise ignored when sex discrimination analysis focuses on the... 1996 Yes African/Black American
Kenneth L. Shropshire Merit, Ol' Boy Networks, and the Black-bottomed Pyramid 47 Hastings Law Journal 455 (January, 1996) They've [blacks] got everything. If they take over coaching like everybody wants them to, there's not going to be anything left for white people. -- Former CBS broadcaster Jimmy the Greek Snyder We [white people] decide when, how many and which ones. -- Sociologist Andrew Hacker regarding the hiring of African-Americans in top-level positions in...; Search Snippet: ...LAW JOURNAL Hastings Law Journal January, 1996 Essay MERIT, OL' BOY NETWORKS, AND THE BLACK-BOTTOMED PYRAMID Kenneth L. Shropshire [Fna... 1996 Yes African/Black American
Nancy S. Ehrenreich O.j. Simpson & the Myth of Gender/race Conflict 67 University of Colorado Law Review 931 (Fall 1996) As an observer of the O.J. Simpson trial, what struck me more than anything about this social drama was how it played out, in the media and in the public consciousness, so similarly to other previous events in which an African American man has been charged with aggression against a woman. Whether their names are O.J. Simpson or Mike Tyson, Nicole...; Search Snippet: ...and Decision Making Gender Perspective O.J. SIMPSON & THE MYTH OF GENDER/RACE CONFLICT Nancy S. Ehrenreich [FNa] Copyright (c) 1996 University... 1996 Yes African/Black American
Lisa A. Crooms Stepping into the Projects : Lawmaking, Storytelling, and Practicing the Politics of Identification 1 Michigan Journal of Race and Law 1 (1996) In her article, The Black Community, Its Lawbreakers, and a Politics of Identification, Professor Regina Austin proposes a paradigm to move the Black community beyond a manifestation of a nostalgic longing for a time when blacks were clearly distinguishable from whites and concern about the welfare of the poor was more natural than our hairdos....; Search Snippet: ...refuge from the madness of their lives. The young Black man despairs at the thought of watching his life repeated by... 1996 Yes African/Black American
Kenneth W. Brown The Educational Crisis of African American Males 25 Journal of Law and Education 517 (Summer, 1996) Desperate times demand desperate actions. Under any socioeconomic indicator-- crime, employment, or death rate--the African-American male is facing a crisis. The solution to this crisis must start with the children. As the Supreme Court stated in the seminal case of Brown v. Board of Education, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be...; Search Snippet: ...and Education Summer, 1996 Chalk Talk THE EDUCATIONAL CRISIS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES Kenneth W. Brown Copyright (c) 1996 by the Jefferson Law... 1996 Yes African/Black American
Leonard M. Baynes Who Is Black Enough for You the Stories of One Black Man and His Family's Pursuit of the American Dream 11 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 97 (Fall, 1996) Mr. Mitchell was a West Indian, and I didn't like him. I didn't like any West Indians. They couldn't talk, they were stingy and most of them were as mean as could be. I like Butch, but I didn't believe that he was a real West Indian. Many critical race scholars have discussed identity issues from their position at the intersection of race,...; Search Snippet: ...IS BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU THE STORIES OF ONE BLACK MAN AND HIS FAMILY'S PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM Leonard M... 1996 Yes African/Black American
Guadalupe T. Luna Agricultural Underdogs and International Agreements: the Legal Context of Agricultural Workers Within the Rural Economy 26 New Mexico Law Review 9 (Winter, 1996) As soon as cheap labor from Europe was stopped, many lines of American industry which had been run on a cheap-labor basis turned to the Mexican supply. For here, right at our doors, was a great reservoir of the cheapest and most docile labor. The Mexican peon (Indian or mixed-breed) is a poverty-stricken, ignorant, primitive creature, with strong...; Search Snippet: ...within the rural economy. DWIGHT MACDONALD, HENRY WALLACE: THE MAN AND THE MYTH 47 (2d. 1948) (characterization of agricultural workers... 1996 Yes Hispanic/Latinx American
Bruce Hamilton, Executive Director A Dangerous Man, a Guru of Optimism, a New Justice and More . 32-MAY Arizona Attorney 40 (May, 1996) Along with a number of members of the Board of Governors, I attended the Hayzel B. Daniels Bar Association's 6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Dinner. The keynote speaker was Dr. Cornel West who was introduced by the Master of Ceremonies, Ernest D. Tinsley, as a dangerous man. I had read Dr. West's Race Matters but feared that,...; Search Snippet: ...ATTORNEY Arizona Attorney May, 1996 Bar Brief Viewpoint A DANGEROUS MAN, A GURU OF OPTIMISM, A NEW JUSTICE AND MORE Bruce... 1996 Yes  
  Chapter Iv: Women and Men in Criminal Justice 84 Georgetown Law Journal 1778 (May, 1996) There is an enormous range of decisionsinvolving parties, attorneys, jurors, witnesses, and courthouse personnelin the criminal justice process in which the effects of gender might be studied, far too many for this Committee to address. The Committee considered many issues but was most successful in collecting data in the areas of appointment of...; Search Snippet: ...Law Journal May, 1996 Special Section CHAPTER IV: WOMEN AND MEN IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Copyright (c) 1996 by the Georgetown Law... 1996 Yes  
Mary Coombs Comment: Between Women/between Men: the Significance for Lesbianism of Historical Understandings of Same-(Male)sex Sexual Activities 8 Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities 241 (Winter 1996) The two primary articles in this Symposium each contribute significantly to the project of providing a history for same-sex sexual activities and desires. That project is politically and intellectually valuable, both in its own right and as a means toward understanding contemporary homosexuality. It also has potential legal implications. The term...; Search Snippet: ...Sexuality, Cultural Tradition, and the Law COMMENT: BETWEEN WOMEN/BETWEEN MEN: THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR LESBIANISM OF HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF SAME-(MALE)SEX... 1996 Yes  
Phyllis Goldfarb Describing Without Circumscribing: Questioning the Construction of Gender in the Discourse of Intimate Violence 64 George Washington Law Review 582 (March, 1996) In this Article, Professor Goldfarb examines the construction of gender roles in the discourse on intimate violence. The Article argues that this discourse assumes that male violence against female intimates represents the problem of battering in its entirety. In doing so, the discourse renders invisible the battering that occurs outside this...; Search Snippet: ...Review March, 1996 DESCRIBING WITHOUT CIRCUMSCRIBING: QUESTIONING THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IN THE DISCOURSE OF INTIMATE VIOLENCE Phyllis Goldfarb [FNa] Copyright... 1996 Yes  
Carole Shapiro Do or Die: Does Dead Man Walking Run? 30 University of San Francisco Law Review 1143 (Summer 1996) WHEN I FIRST SAW Dead Man Walking, I was moved by the strong anti-capital punishment statement I thought the film made. Discussing it with friends and strangers, however, I was surprised to hear the range of opinion about the film's point of view on this issue. Later, when I committed myself to write about Dead Man Walking for this law review, I...; Search Snippet: ...in the Visual Media Essay DO OR DIE: DOES DEAD MAN WALKING RUN? Carole Shapiro [FNa] Copyright (c) 1996 University of... 1996 Yes  
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