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47 Criminal Law Bulletin 3 (2011) |
Shane W. Kraus is a clinical-community doctoral candidate in the psychology department at Bowling Green State University. His research interests include the assessment and treatment of addictive behaviors, recovery-oriented mental health practices, and the psychological and cognitive aspects of jury decision making. He received his M.A. in forensic...; Search Snippet: ...Bulletin Volume 47, Issue 2 Spring 2011 Criminal Law Bulletin Gender, Jury Instructions, and Homophobia: What Influence Do These Factors Have... |
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| Rebecca D. Gill, Sylvia R. Lazos, Mallory M. Waters |
Are Judicial Performance Evaluations Fair to Women and Minorities? A Cautionary Tale from Clark County, Nevada |
45 Law and Society Review 731 (September, 2011) |
Because voters rely on judicial performance evaluations when casting their ballots, policymakers should work diligently to compile valid, reliable, and unbiased information about our sitting judges. Although some claim that judicial performance evaluations are fair, the systematic research needed to establish such a proposition has not been done....; Search Snippet: ...Review September, 2011 Article Are Judicial Performance Evaluations Fair to Women and Minorities? A Cautionary Tale from Clark County, Nevada Rebecca... |
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| Adrienne D. Davis |
Bad Girls of Art and Law: Abjection, Power, and Sexuality Exceptionalism in (Kara Walker's) Art and (Janet Halley's) Law |
23 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism Feminism 1 (2011) |
This Article draws some connections between legal theorist Janet Halley and contemporary artist Kara Walker. It compares their recent oeuvre to show how both reject understandings of the interplay of sex, power, and subordination proffered by conventional justice projects--specifically civil rights' and feminism's articulations of...; Search Snippet: ...And Feminism Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 2011 Article Bad Girls of Art and Law: Abjection, Power, and Sexuality Exceptionalism In... |
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| LaJuana Davis |
Beyond Xenophobia: the Role of Race and Gender Expectations Behind the Lpga's English Language Policy |
2 William Mitchell Law Raza Journal J. 1 (Spring 2011) |
In 2007, a young South Korean woman, Eun-Hee Ji, became an unwitting catalyst for one of the oldest professional women's sporting organizations, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), to adopt an English-language policy. Ji, after winning the Wegmans Tournament in Rochester, NY, spoke in Korean during her acceptance speech, which a...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Spring 2011 Beyond Xenophobia: the Role of Race and Gender Expectations Behind the Lpga's English Language Policy Lajuana Davis [Fn1... |
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| D. Wendy Greene |
Black Women Can't Have Blonde Hair . . . in the Workplace |
14 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 405 (Spring 2011) |
Paulette Caldwell's pioneering hair piece situated Black women's hairstyle choices and the constraints placed upon them in making these choices within much needed historical and contemporary social context. Professor Caldwell presented a compelling appraisal of the infamous braids case, Rogers v. American Airlines, and in doing so, offered a...; Search Snippet: ...Intersection in Employment, Economics, and the Law Symposium Article Black Women Can't Have Blonde Hair . . . in the Workplace D. Wendy Greene... |
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| Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, Melissa Roca |
Black Women Judges: Three Decade Journey to Maryland Appellate Courts |
44-AUG Maryland Bar Journal 20 (July/August, 2011) |
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE National Bar Association's annual convention which will be held in Baltimore this summer, Judge Marcella A. Holland, the first African-American woman Circuit Administrative Judge in the State of Maryland (Circuit Court for Baltimroe City, 8th Judicial Circuit,) asked me to write an article focusing on minorities in the...; Search Snippet: ...July/august, 2011 Feature Diversity in the Legal Profession Black Women Judges: Three Decade Journey to Maryland Appellate Courts the Honorable... |
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| Christina M. Tenuta |
Can You Really Be a Good Role Model to Your Child If You Can't Braid Her Hair? The Unconstitutionality of Factoring Gender and Sexuality into Custody Determinations |
14 CUNY Law Review 351 (Summer 2011) |
The best way to defend your constitutional rights as a parent may be to enroll in beauty school. One trial court implied that the ability of a parent to style a child's hair is a relevant consideration in the determination of a child custody dispute. While family courts make decisions about what traits children should learn from their parents with...; Search Snippet: ...If You Can't Braid Her Hair? The Unconstitutionality of Factoring Gender and Sexuality into Custody Determinations Christina M. Tenuta [Fnd1] Copyright... |
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| Lynne Marie Kohm , Diane J. Chandler , Doris Gomez |
Christianity, Feminism, and the Paradox of Female Happiness |
17 Trinity Law Review 191 (Fall, 2011) |
I. Introduction. 191 II. A Historical Look at the Successes and Failures of Religious Christianity Regarding Gender Equality. 194 A. Successes. 195 B. Failures. 205 III. A Historical Look at the Successes and Failures of Feminist Philosophy in Gender Equality. 210 A. Successes. 212 B. Failures. 217 IV. Successes and Failures in Contemporary Women's...; Search Snippet: ...Review Fall, 2011 Article Christianity, Feminism, and the Paradox of Female Happiness Lynne Marie Kohm [Fna1] Diane J. Chandler [Fnaa1] Doris... |
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| Marcia L. McCormick |
Consensus, Dissensus, and Enforcement: Legal Protection of Working Women from the Time of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire to Today |
14 NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy 645 (2011) |
Introduction. 646 I. The Progressive Era Social Movements and Women's Work. 647 A. Women, Work, and Labor Laws in the Progressive Era. 649 B. Factory Conditions, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, and Reactions. 654 II. The Shift to Individual Rights and Anti-Discrimination Laws. 659 III. Dissensus and the Failure of Enforcement. 674 Conclusion....; Search Snippet: ...2011 Article Consensus, Dissensus, and Enforcement: Legal Protection of Working Women from the Time of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire To... |
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| Roy G. Spece, Jr. |
Constitutional Attacks Against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's "Mandating" That Certain Individuals and Employers Purchase Insurance While Restricting Purchase by Undocumented Immigrants and Women Seeking Abortion Coverage |
38 Northern Kentucky Law Review 489 (2011) |
I. Introduction: Four Contexts for Constitutional Analysis 490 II. Certain Historical Events, Situations and Processes that Preceded the PPACA 499 III. A Brief Description of Parts of the PPACA 508 A. Assumptions for Purposes of Analysis 508 B. A Global Overview 508 C. Additional Info about the PPACA Provisions Most Relevant Here 513 1. Exchanges...; Search Snippet: ...Employers Purchase Insurance While Restricting Purchase by Undocumented Immigrants and Women Seeking Abortion Coverage Roy G. Spece, Jr. [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Frank Dobbin , Jiwook Jung |
Corporate Board Gender Diversity and Stock Performance: the Competence Gap or Institutional Investor Bias? |
89 North Carolina Law Review 809 (March, 2011) |
Introduction. 809 I. Theories of Group Composition and Efficacy. 813 A. Theories Suggesting Advantages of Group Diversity. 814 B. Theories Suggesting Disadvantages of Group Diversity. 815 II. Research on Board Diversity and Performance. 817 III. Institutional Investor Activism, Institutional Investor Bias. 820 IV. Data and Methods. 825 A. Sample....; Search Snippet: ...Diversity and Corporate Performance: Filling in the Gaps Corporate Board Gender Diversity and Stock Performance: the Competence Gap or Institutional Investor... |
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| Lisa Lindquist Dorr, University of Alabama |
Crystal N. Feimster, Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching, Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, 2009. Pp. 314. $35.00 (Isbn 978-0-674-03562-1) |
29 Law and History Review 912 (August, 2011) |
To students of southern history, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Rebecca Latimer Felton are familiar figures. Both women lent their voices to public debates about the racial implications of sexual violence. Crystal Feimster, in Southern Horrors, places these two women; their ideological understandings of race, sex, and politics; and the culture of...; Search Snippet: ...Review August, 2011 Book Review Crystal N. Feimster, Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching, Cambridge, Ma: Harvard... |
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| Joy E. Sanders |
Daughters of the River Huong by Uyen Nicole Duong Amazonencore, 2011 |
49-OCT Houston Lawyer 42 (September/October, 2011) |
Mi mi mi mi. The word symbolizes a Vietnamese princess from the Hung era, a time of peace and harmony predating border wars and long periods of conflict in Vietnam. Simone Mi Uyen, the fourth generation daughter of the River Huong and modern voice of the novel, describes the sound mi as a pure, vibrating sound that is formed when the lips are...; Search Snippet: ...Houston Lawyer Houston Lawyer September/october, 2011 Department Media Review Daughters of the River Huong by Uyen Nicole Duong Amazonencore, 2011... |
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| Julie Goldscheid |
Disparate Impact's Impact: the Gender Violence Lens |
90 Oregon Law Review 33 (2011) |
I. Introduction. 34 A. Disparate Impact: A Theory of Limits or Untapped Potential?. 36 B. Context: Domestic Violence. 38 II. Disparate Impact: Testing Theory and Doctrine. 42 A. Theory. 42 B. Doctrine. 45 1. Statutory Requirements. 45 2. Single Decision Cases. 48 C. Establishing Impact. 59 D. Impact of Impact Analysis. 65 Conclusion. 66; Search Snippet: ...Review Oregon Law Review 2011 Articles Disparate Impact's Impact: the Gender Violence Lens Julie Goldscheid [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2011 University Of... |
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| Dan Subotnik |
Do Law Schools Mistreat Women Faculty? Or, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
44 Akron Law Review 867 (2011) |
I. Introduction. 868 II. Initial Hiring Practices. 872 A. Initial Appointments. 872 B. Non-Prestigious Fields. 873 C. Legal Writing. 876 D. Emphasis on Scholarship. 881 III. Retention. 882 A. Inferior Teaching Evaluations. 882 B. Promotion and Tenure. 883 C. Service Work. 885 IV. Deanships. 886 V. Conclusion. 890; Search Snippet: ...Review Akron Law Review Articles 2011 Do Law Schools Mistreat Women Faculty? Or, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Dan Subotnik [Fna1... |
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| Bernard Duhaime, Josée-Anne Riverin |
Double Discrimination and Equality Rights of Indigenous Women in Quebec |
65 University of Miami Law Review 903 (Spring 2011) |
I. Introduction. 903 II. Indigenous Women Face Double Discrimination. 905 III. Why Address Equality Rights of Indigenous Women from an Intersectional Approach?. 909 IV. Overview of Three Situations of Double Discrimination Faced by Indigenous Women in Quebec. 912 A. The Transmission of Indigenous Women's Indian Status Under the Federal Indian Act....; Search Snippet: ...The Americas Essays Double Discrimination and Equality Rights of Indigenous Women in Quebec Bernard Duhaime Josée-anne Riverin [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Erin Liotta |
Double Victims: Ending the Incarceration of California's Battered Women |
26 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 253 (Summer 2011) |
This Comment focuses on the plight of incarcerated survivors of domestic violence--specifically, women who are eligible for habeas corpus relief under California Penal Code section 1473.5. Taking the position that these women should be released from prison, the author examines the range of relief potentially available before focusing on the...; Search Snippet: ...2011 Commentary Double Victims: Ending the Incarceration of California's Battered Women Erin Liotta [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2011 Regents of the University... |
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| Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid |
Eligible Patent Matter--gender Analysis of Patent Law: International and Comparative Perspectives |
19 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 851 (2011) |
I. Introduction. 852 A. The Differences Between Genders: A New Outlook. 852 B. Gender Analysis of Patent Law: A New Approach. 855 II. Exclusion of Women Inventors by the Narrow Definition of a Patentable Invention. 858 A. Eligible Patent Matter (EPM) as a Filtering Factor. 858 B. The Narrow Approach: The Technological Definition of Invention in the...; Search Snippet: ...Washington, Dc; April 16, 2010 Symposium Article Eligible Patent Matter-- Gender Analysis of Patent Law: International and Comparative Perspectives Dr. Shlomit... |
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| Ryan Elias Newby |
Evil Women and Innocent Victims: the Effect of Gender on California Sentences for Domestic Homicide |
22 Hastings Women's Law Journal 113 (Winter 2011) |
Karen Provencio is serving fifty years to life in prison for killing her husband in their Temecula home in December of 1998. She insisted his death was an accident, caused by a gun going off in her hand when she removed it from their bed for safekeeping. She and her husband fought the night he died, and their children reported he was crying...; Search Snippet: ...Law Journal Hastings Women's Law Journal Winter 2011 Note Evil Women and Innocent Victims: the Effect of Gender on California Sentences for Domestic Homicide Ryan Elias Newby [Fna1... |
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| Deborah L. Rhode |
From Platitudes to Priorities: Diversity and Gender Equity in Law Firms |
24 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 1041 (Fall, 2011) |
One irony of this nation's continuing struggle for diversity and gender equity in employment is that the profession leading the struggle has failed to set an example in its own workplaces. In principle, the bar is deeply committed to equal opportunity and social justice. In practice, it lags behind other occupations in leveling the playing field....; Search Snippet: ...Ethics Fall, 2011 Article from Platitudes to Priorities: Diversity and Gender Equity in Law Firms Deborah L. Rhode [Fna1] Copyright © 2011... |
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| Elaine Bucklo |
From Women's Rights Advocate to Supreme Court Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks |
37 No. 2 Litigation 8 (Winter, 2011) |
Last August, I was privileged to interview U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her chambers. In large part, the interview concerned the important decisions of the Supreme Court from 1971 through 1993 that fundamentally altered the rights of women in the United States. Until November 1971, states could enact with impunity almost any...; Search Snippet: ...1618133 Litigation Litigation Winter, 2011 Rule to Live by from Women's Rights Advocate to Supreme Court Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks... |
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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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| Emily A. Leskinen, Lilia M. Cortina, Dana B. Kabat |
Gender Harassment: Broadening Our Understanding of Sex-based Harassment at Work |
35 Law and Human Behavior 25 (February, 2011) |
This study challenges the common legal and organizational practice of privileging sexual advance forms of sex-based harassment, while neglecting gender harassment. Survey data came from women working in two male-dominated contexts: the military and the legal profession. Their responses to the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ) revealed...; Search Snippet: ...Human Behavior Law and Human Behavior February, 2011 Original Article Gender Harassment: Broadening Our Understanding of Sex-based Harassment at Work... |
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| 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... |
2011 |
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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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Gender Violence in Prison & Hyper-masculinities in the 'Hood: Cycles of Destructive Masculinity |
37 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 89 (2011) |
C1-2Table of Contents I. Introduction to the Problem 90 A. Gender Norms in Society 95 1. Pornography & Prostitution 99 2. Hate Language 103 B. Prison Reproductions of Destructive Masculinity 106 II. Documenting Destructive Masculinity 107 A. Prisoner on Prisoner 108 1. Rape and Turning Out 111 2. Forced Families, Prostitution & Slavery 116 B. Guard...; Search Snippet: ...Justice: Mass Incarceration and Masculinity Through a Black Feminist Lens Gender Violence in Prison & Hyper-masculinities in the 'Hood: Cycles Of... |
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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 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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| Shabnam Javdani, Naomi Sadeh, Edelyn Verona , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Gendered Social Forces |
17 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 161 (May, 2011) |
Increasing arrest rates for girls and women have been documented both nationally and internationally and have propelled the development of promising theories of female antisocial behavior and crime. Nonetheless, many psychological theories focus exclusively on individual characteristics of women that promote criminality. Fewer theorists incorporate...; Search Snippet: ...Fna1] a Review of the Impact of Institutionalized Factors on Women and Girls' Criminal Justice Trajectories Shabnam Javdani Naomi Sadeh Edelyn Verona [Fna2... |
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Girls and the Juvenile Court: an Historical Examination of the Treatment of Girls |
47 Criminal Law Bulletin 5 (2011) |
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Southern Oregon University. Professor Burke's primary interests are juvenile delinquency, gender and justice, delinquency prevention, juvenile justice.; Search Snippet: ...Bulletin Volume 47, Issue 1 Winter 2011 Criminal Law Bulletin Girls and the Juvenile Court: an Historical Examination of the Treatment of Girls Alison S. Burke[ * Introduction in Recent Years, The... |
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| Thaddeus Matthew Lenkiewicz |
Green Jackets in Men's Sizes Only: Gender Discrimination at Private Country Clubs |
44 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 777 (May, 2011) |
On November 3, 2009, the Supreme Court of Ireland held that the Portmarnock Golf Club could maintain its rule prohibiting female membership free from the sanctions of Ireland's antidiscrimination laws. Portmarnock is representative of the numerous private golf clubs that continue to promote discrimination against women. Despite significant advances...; Search Snippet: ...Law May, 2011 Notes Green Jackets in Men's Sizes Only: Gender Discrimination at Private Country Clubs Thaddeus Matthew Lenkiewicz [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Nicole Moody |
Health Reform and the Plight of the Uninsured Pregnant Woman |
90 Oregon Law Review 643 (2011) |
Introduction. 644 I. Pre-Health-Reform State of Affairs for the Underinsured and the Uninsured. 657 A. Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance. 658 B. Individually Purchased Insurance. 661 C. Medicaid. 663 1. California's Medicaid Program: Medi-Cal. 665 2. Oregon's Medicaid Program: Oregon Health Plan (OHP). 668 3. Conclusions About Medicaid as a...; Search Snippet: ...Comment Health Reform and the Plight of the Uninsured Pregnant Woman [Fn1] Nicole Moody [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2011 University of Oregon... |
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| Angela P. Harris |
Heteropatriarchy Kills: Challenging Gender Violence in a Prison Nation |
37 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 13 (2011) |
We need an analysis that furthers neither the conservative project of sequestering millions of men of color in accordance with the contemporary dictates of globalized capital and its prison industrial complex, nor the equally conservative project of abandoning poor women of color to a continuum of violence that extends from the sweatshops through...; Search Snippet: ...And Masculinity Through a Black Feminist Lens Heteropatriarchy Kills: Challenging Gender Violence in a Prison Nation Angela P. Harris [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| James Nelson Lewis |
Hidden in Dodd-frank: a Look at the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion |
7 Modern American 2 (Fall, 2011) |
An Act [t]o promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end too big to fail, to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. The Office of Minority and Women Inclusion,...; Search Snippet: ...Dodd-frank: a Look at the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion James Nelson Lewis [Fn1] Copyright © 2011 by the Modern... |
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| Ronald Chester |
History's Orphan: Arthur Maclean and the Legal Education of Women |
51 American Journal of Legal History 305 (April, 2011) |
[T]here is properly no history; only biography. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series Essay I: History (1841). It is never too late to honor the dead. Attributed to Toni Morrison, N.Y. Times, July 28, 2008. In the spring of 1941, Arthur Winfield MacLean, sixty-one year old Dean and founder of Boston's Portia Law School for women on Beacon...; Search Snippet: ...2011 History's Orphan: Arthur Maclean and the Legal Education of Women Ronald Chester [Fn1] Copyright © 2011 by Temple University James E... |
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| 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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| Lynne A. Battaglia, Evelyn C. Lombardo |
Investing in the Future of Maryland Women |
44-AUG Maryland Bar Journal 12 (July/August, 2011) |
ATTORNEYS WHO ARE FEMALE have been identified by and with their gender since their admission to the Maryland Bar in 1902. For instance, in 1907, when Baltimore Law School closed its doors to women, it was rumored in the media that male law students had petitioned the faculty for the women's exclusion, because the female students had outshone their...; Search Snippet: ...In the Legal Profession Investing in the Future of Maryland Women the Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia, Evelyn C. Lombardo [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Hilary Hammell |
Is the Right to Health a Necessary Precondition for Gender Equality? |
35 New York University Review of Law and Social Change 131 (2011) |
I. Introduction. 132 II. International Human Rights Law Includes the Right to Health. 133 III. The Right to Health Includes the Right to an Abortion. 140 A. Pregnancy and Abortion Are Health Issues. 141 B. Foreign Countries and International Bodies Have Recognized That the Right to Health Includes the Right to a Safe Abortion. 146 1. National...; Search Snippet: ...Rights Is the Right to Health a Necessary Precondition for Gender Equality? Hilary Hammell [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2011 New York University... |
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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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| 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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| Allison M. Blackman |
Manufactured Home Displacement and its Disparate Impact on Low-income Females: a Violation of the Fair Housing Act in Boise, Idaho? |
4 the crit: a Critical Studies Journal 67 (Winter, 2011) |
C1-3TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction 68 II. The History Of Manufactured Home Displacement In Boise, Idaho 73 III. Potential Legal Frameworks 77 A. Non-Existence Of Constitutional Remedies 77 B. Other Federal Frameworks 79 1. The Fair Housing Act 79 2. Disparate Impact Theory 82 C. Problematic Idaho Law 86 IV. The Violations 87 A. HUD's Own...; Search Snippet: ...Manufactured Home Displacement and its Disparate Impact on Low-income Females: a Violation of the Fair Housing Act in Boise, Idaho... |
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| Joan C. Williams , Veta Richardson |
New Millennium, Same Glass Ceiling? The Impact of Law Firm Compensation Systems on Women |
62 Hastings Law Journal 597 (February, 2011) |
This Article reports on a survey of 694 law firm partners, virtually all women, who filled out an online survey about the impact of law firm compensation systems on women. The results were analyzed through the lens of thirty-five years of experimental social psychology studies of gender bias. Survey results showed considerable dissatisfaction among...; Search Snippet: ...Glass Ceiling? The Impact of Law Firm Compensation Systems on Women [Fnd1] Joan C. Williams [Fna1] Veta Richardson [Fnaa1] Copyright ©... |
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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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| Vincent R. Johnson |
On Race, Gender, and Radical Tort Reform: a Review of Martha Chamallas & Jennifer B. Wriggins, the Measure of Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort Law |
17 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law 591 (Spring, 2011) |
I. A Radical Challenge to Existing Tort Law A. Identity-Based Scholarship B. Prioritizing Emotional Harm and Relationships II. Centrality of Race and Gender A. Refining the Argument B. Selective Perception and Related Risks C. The Difficulties of Historical Analysis III. The Victim's Perspective IV. Appealing Arguments and Interesting Questions A....; Search Snippet: ...Women and the Law Spring, 2011 Book Review on Race, Gender, and Radical Tort Reform: a Review of Martha Chamallas & Jennifer B. Wriggins, the Measure of Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort Law Vincent R. Johnson [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2011... |
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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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| Kirsten Gallacher |
Protecting Women from Deception: the Constitutionality of Disclosure Requirements in Pregnancy Centers |
33 Women's Rights Law Reporter 113 (Fall 2011) |
Warna Lewis thought she was pregnant and wanted an abortion. She looked in the phone book under Abortion Information and Services and found a facility that offered Pregnancy-Abortion Info, including free pregnancy tests. She called the facility and spoke with a staff member. Warna explained that she thought she might be pregnant and in her...; Search Snippet: ...Law Reporter Women's Rights Law Reporter Fall 2011 Note Protecting Women from Deception: the Constitutionality of Disclosure Requirements in Pregnancy Centers... |
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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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Second Annual Golden Gate University School of Law Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Women Chief Justices |
41 Golden Gate University Law Review 153 (Winter 2011) |
Welcome Drucilla Stender Ramey Dean, Golden Gate University School of Law Dan Angel President, Golden Gate University Chief Justice Ronald M. George Supreme Court of California Lecture Introduction Justice Morgan Christen Alaska Supreme Court Lecture Justice Dana Fabe Former chief justice, Alaska Supreme Court President, National Association of...; Search Snippet: ...School of Law Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Women Chief Justices Women Chief Justices Copyright (C) 2011 Golden Gate... |
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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: ...The Connections Washington, Dc; April 16, 2010 Symposium Article Selling Women: Lillian Gilbreth, Gender Translation, and Intellectual Property Rayvon Fouché [Fna1] Sharra Vostral [Fnd1... |
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| Leslie C. Griffin |
Smith and Women's Equality |
32 Cardozo Law Review 1831 (May, 2011) |
S.D. filed for a restraining order against her husband in New Jersey because he had beaten her and forced her to have sexual intercourse against her will due to his dissatisfaction with her inability to cook acceptable meals for his houseguests. The couple was wed in an arranged marriage in Morocco in July 2008, when the bride was seventeen years...; Search Snippet: ...Exercise of Religion and How it Changed History Smith and Women's Equality Leslie C. Griffin [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2011 Yeshiva University... |
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