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| Shelley D. Hayes, Bambi W. Gaddist, Andre W. Rawls |
Universal Access and Human Rights: for Women and Girls, Too |
28 No. 2 GPSolo 32 (March, 2011) |
HIV is the leading cause of death and disease in women of reproductive age around the world. Culture, history, and laws combine to deny women and girls equal access to HIV prevention and care. The first chapter of this story is told in the numbers. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that in 2007 one-half of the...; Search Snippet: ...Individual Rights and Responsibilities Universal Access and Human Rights: for Women and Girls, Too Shelley D. Hayes Bambi W. Gaddist Andre W. Rawls... |
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| Darren Rosenblum |
Unsex Cedaw, or What's Wrong with Women's Rights |
20 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 98 (2011) |
Before I go on, I want to tell a story. During high school, I had an English teacher who often wore a pendant from the National Organization of Women. I asked her about it and we began a conversation that continued for years as she fed my voracious mind with Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker and other feminist literature. One day, on my way home from a...; Search Snippet: ...Gender and Law 2011 Unsex Cedaw, or What's Wrong with Women's Rights Darren Rosenblum [Fna1] Copyright © 2011 by the Columbia Journal... |
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| Patricia Viseur Sellers |
Wartime Female Slavery: Enslavement? |
44 Cornell International Law Journal 115 (Winter 2011) |
Introduction. 115 I. Wartime Female Slavery. 117 A. World War II and the Comfort Women . 117 B. The Former Yugoslavia and the Foca Case. 125 C. Forced Marriage in the Sierra Leone Conflict. 128 II. Revisiting Female Wartime Slavery. 135 Conclusion. 143; Search Snippet: ...Law Journal Cornell International Law Journal Winter 2011 Article Wartime Female Slavery: Enslavement? Patricia Viseur Sellers [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2011 Cornell... |
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| Kathryn Smith |
What Do 1.5 Million Wal-mart Women Have in Common?: Dukes V. Wal-mart Class Action Certification |
52 Boston College Law Review E-Supplement 149 (2011) |
On April 26, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, held that Rule 23 commonality and typicality existed among 1.5 million female employees of Wal-Mart claiming gender discrimination in the company's hiring and promotion practices. This Comment addresses the commonality prong and...; Search Snippet: ...Case Ninth Circuit What Do 1.5 Million Wal-mart Women Have in Common?: Dukes V. Wal-mart Class Action Certification... |
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| Amy T. Pedagno |
Who Are the Parents? In Loco Parentis, Parens Patriae, and Abortion Decision-making for Pregnant Girls in Foster Care |
10 Ave Maria Law Review 171 (Fall 2011) |
A fourteen-year-old resident of the State of Arizona was accompanied by a Planned Parenthood volunteer as she flew from her home state to Wichita, Kansas. She was twenty-eight weeks pregnant. The young girl, known to the courts as Jackie Doe, was not only a ward of the State of Arizona, but also a juvenile detainee. Too pregnant to obtain a legal...; Search Snippet: ...Loco Parentis, Parens Patriae, and Abortion Decision-making for Pregnant Girls in Foster Care Amy T. Pedagno [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2011... |
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| Aileen Sprague |
Women and the Law: the Symbolism and the Reality |
16 Roger Williams University Law Review 260 (Spring 2011) |
Justice is justly represented Blind, because she sees no Difference in the Parties concerned. She has but one Scale and Weight, for Rich and Poor, Great and Small. Her sentence is not guided by the Person, but the Cause. In light of the fact that it was only in the early decades of the twentieth century that women were allowed to enter the...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Roger Williams University Law Review Spring 2011 Articles Women and the Law: the Symbolism and the Reality Aileen Sprague... |
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| Mildred Woryk |
Women in Corporate Governance: a Cinderella Story |
37 University of Dayton Law Review 21 (Fall, 2011) |
I. Introduction and Summary. 21 II. Current Status and Catalysts for Change. 22 A. Profit Analysis. 25 B. Legislation. 26 C. Corporate Social Responsibility. 29 D. Cultural & Demographic Trends. 33 III. Conclusion. 37; Search Snippet: ...Perspectives on Gender and Business Ethics: Women in Corporate Governance Women in Corporate Governance: a Cinderella [Fn1] Story Mildred Woryk [Fn2... |
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| Hidemi Chen |
Women on Probation and Parole: a Feminsit Critique of Community Programs and Services, by Merry Morash. Lebanon, New Hampshire: Northeastern University Press, 2010. 192 Pp. $24.95 Paperback. |
26 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 191 (Winter 2011) |
In Women on Probation and Parole, Merry Morash compares two adjacent counties in a northwestern U.S. state with different systems of probation and parole. Gender Responsive County differs from Traditional County by incorporating gender-specific aspects in its supervision system: an emphasis on needs and feelings common to women, supervising...; Search Snippet: ...Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice Winter 2011 Books Received Women on Probation and Parole: a Feminsit Critique of Community Programs... |
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| Heather S. Dixon |
A Temporary Ban on Pornography: a First Amendment-friendly Stride Toward Gender Equality |
20 Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice 433 (Summer 2011) |
[I]f true equality between male and female persons is to be achieved, we cannot ignore the threat to equality resulting from exposure to . . . [m]aterials portraying women . . . as objects for sexual exploitation and abuse. Previous attempts to protect women and their enjoyment of constitutional liberties from the detrimental effects of pornography...; Search Snippet: ...Temporary Ban on Pornography: a First Amendment-friendly Stride Toward Gender Equality Heather S. Dixon [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2011 University Of... |
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| Drew Hardman |
Acba Combines Diversity, Gender Equality Positions |
13 No. 21 Lawyers Journal J. 8 (10/21/2011) |
As the Allegheny County Bar Association's new Director of Diversity and Gender Equality, veteran attorney Alysia Mercedes Keating will make use of a lifetime of experience to further diversity efforts in the Pittsburgh legal community and continue the work of the ACBA Institute for Gender Equality, addressing the gender barrier in the legal...; Search Snippet: ...Lawyers Journal Lawyers Journal October 21, 2011 Acba Combines Diversity, Gender Equality Positions Drew Hardman Copyright © 2011 by Allegheny County Bar... |
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| Jessica Dixon Weaver |
African-american Grandmothers: Does the Gender-entrapment Theory Apply? Essay Response to Professor Beth Richie |
37 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 153 (2011) |
First, I would like to extend my appreciation to Dean Appell and Vice-Provost Davis for inviting me to discuss how my research on the African-American family intersects with Professor Richie's work in the anti-violence black feminist movement area. My focus on the black family deals with how the family has been historically structured, how law and...; Search Snippet: ...Justice: Mass Incarceration and Masculinity Through a Black Feminist Lens African- American Grandmothers: Does the Gender-entrapment Theory Apply? Essay Response to Professor Beth Richie Jessica... |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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... |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Cheryl L. Wade |
Teaching Gender as a Core Value in Business Organizations Class |
36 Oklahoma City University Law Review 545 (Summer 2011) |
I teach a business organizations course that is typically a large class with up to ninety students. At some point in the first week of each semester, I talk about public companies and the men who lead them. I point out to my students that while it is appropriate in most contexts to use gender-neutral language, it would be inaccurate to do so when...; Search Snippet: ...In the Classroom: Teaching Gender as a Core Value Teaching Gender as a Core Value in Business Organizations Class Cheryl L... |
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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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| Rosalind S. Simson |
The Title Ix Athletic Regulations and the Ideal of a Gender-free Society |
2011 Denver University Sports and Entertainment Law Journal L.J. 3 (Fall, 2011) |
Some philosophers and political theorists have argued that to achieve a just society we must eliminate gender roles. Few would dispute that many of the reductions in the influence of gender over the last fifty or so years have increased justice in the U.S. Whether justice requires that our society become entirely gender-free, however, is more...; Search Snippet: ...The Title Ix Athletic Regulations and the Ideal of a Gender-free Society Rosalind S. Simson [Fn1] Copyright © 2011 Sturm College... |
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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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Trafficking, Prostitution, and Inequality |
46 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 271 (Summer 2011) |
ROMEO [F]amine is in thy cheeks, Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes, Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back; The world is not thy friend nor the world's law; The world affords no law to make thee rich; Then be not poor, but break it, and take this. APOTHECARY My poverty, but not my will, consents. ROMEO I pay thy poverty, and not thy...; Search Snippet: ...On Jan. 5, 2009, in Bihar, India. Many of the Women Whose Situations Are Evoked in it Attended; Some Spoke As... |
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| 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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| Ajmel Quereshi |
287(g) and Women: the Family Values of Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law |
25 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society 261 (Fall 2010) |
Introduction. 261 I. The History of INA § 287(g). 263 II. The Impact of 287(g) Agreements on Minority Communities.. 265 A. The Prevalence of Racial Profiling. 266 B. The Program's Disproportionate Focus on Traffic Offenses and Misdemeanors.. 273 C. Lack of Adequate Federal Oversight. 276 D. Lack of Adequate Data Collection. 279 III. The Impact of...; Search Snippet: ...Of Law, Gender & Society Fall 2010 Articles 287(g) and Women: the Family Values of Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law... |
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| Mary Shivanandan |
A Civilization of Vows and the Dignity of Women |
8 Ave Maria Law Review 375 (Spring 2010) |
The inimitable G.K. Chesterton in The Superstition of Divorce characterizes the Christian Middle Ages as the age of vows and skeptical modernity as the age of contracts--contracts that are all too easily broken. In his usual paradoxical way, Chesterton says, It began with divorce for a king; and it is now ending in divorces for a whole...; Search Snippet: ...Ii Article a Civilization of Vows and the Dignity of Women Mary Shivanandan [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2010 Ave Maria Law Review... |
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| Nancy Cook |
A Few Words about Women in the Discourse of Criminal Law upon Reading Martha Grace Duncan's Essay, Beauty in the Dark of Night |
59 Emory Law Journal 1245 (2010) |
One key idea in Martha Grace Duncan's essay, Beauty in the Dark of Night: The Pleasures of Form in Criminal Law, is that in our justice system, criminal law represents the juncture where state and individual interact in the most dramatic way; the point at which the state goes furthest in exerting its authority over the citizen. This intersecting...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Emory Law Journal 2010 Essay a Few Words about Women in the Discourse of Criminal Law upon Reading Martha Grace... |
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| Cheryl Brown Wattley |
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher: How a "Skinny Little Girl" Took on the University of Oklahoma and Helped Pave the Road to Brown V. Board of Education |
62 Oklahoma Law Review 449 (Spring, 2010) |
In January 1946, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher applied for admission to the University of Oklahoma School of Law (OU Law). That application marked a frontal assault on the Oklahoma Constitution and the statutes that required separation of the races in educational institutions. It also represented a critical step in the National Association for the...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Article Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher: How a Skinny Little Girl Took on the University of Oklahoma and Helped Pave The... |
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| Edieth Y. Wu |
American Women -- the Struggle Continues |
12 Journal of Law & Social Challenges 13 (Spring 2010) |
All over the world, especially over the last century, women have made significant strides . . . This feminist transformation of society has been especially apparent in the United States where, in 2008, America was in a unique position to elect its first female president. Many hoped that the statistical majority of women would flock to the...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Social Challenges Spring 2010 Short Essay American Women -- the Struggle Continues Edieth Y. Wu [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010... |
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| Elizabeth R. Sheyn |
An Accidental Violation: How Required Gardasil Vaccinations for Female Immigrants to the United States Contravene International Law |
88 Nebraska Law Review 524 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 525 II. The Gardasil Vaccine--Development, Use, Problems, and Criticism. 526 A. An Overview of Cervical Cancer: Causes and Preventative Measures. 527 B. The Gardasil Vaccine. 528 C. Medical Issues Resulting from the Use of the Gardasil Vaccine. 530 D. Criticism of the Gardasil Vaccine. 532 1. General Criticism. 532 2. Criticism in...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Article an Accidental Violation: How Required Gardasil Vaccinations for Female Immigrants to the United States Contravene International Law Elizabeth R... |
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