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| Christine Sgarlata Chung |
From Lily Bart to the Boom-boom Room: How Wall Street's Social and Cultural Response to Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation |
33 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 175 (Winter 2010) |
Introduction. 176 Part I: The Pre-Twentieth Century Paradigm: A Fool and Her Money (and Virtue) Are Soon Parted. 183 British Antecedents: Harlots and Wither'd Maids. 183 Early National United States: Where Are Women's Stories?. 185 Part II: Turn of the Century to World War II: New Women Begin Buying and Selling Securities, but They Are Not...; Search Snippet: ...Boom Room: How Wall Street's Social and Cultural Response to Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation Christine Sgarlata Chung [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Daniel Gordon |
Gender, Race and Limiting the Constitutional Privilege of Religion as a Haven for Bias: the Bridge Back to the Twentieth Century |
31 Women's Rights Law Reporter 369 (Summer 2010) |
In 2008, a United States District Court found that a school of theology could terminate the employment of a female assistant professor because she was a female. The District Court rejected the professor's claim that under Title VII she possessed the right to be free of gender discrimination. The right to be free from gender discrimination acceded...; Search Snippet: ...Rights Law Reporter Women's Rights Law Reporter Summer 2010 Articles Gender, Race and Limiting the Constitutional Privilege of Religion as A... |
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| Michael Correll |
Getting Fat on Government Cheese: the Connection Between Social Welfare Participation, Gender, and Obesity in America |
18 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 45 (Fall 2010) |
The dramatic increase in obese and overweight Americans over the last two decades has produced enormous scholarly interest. New theories as to the causes, medical consequences, and legal implications of obesity abound. Despite this increase in obesity scholarship, medical, legal, and social science understandings of this topic largely remain...; Search Snippet: ...Fat on Government Cheese: the Connection Between Social Welfare Participation, Gender, and Obesity in America Michael Correll [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010... |
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| Shaun Ossei-Owusu |
Gimme Some More: Centering Gender and Inequality in Criminal Justice and Discretion Discourse |
18 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 607 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 608 II. Understanding Discretion. 612 A. Discretion as Discreetness. 612 B. Widening Our Lens. 613 III. Sites and Stages of Discretion. 614 A. Understanding Institutional Fields and Bureaucratic Patriarchy. 614 B. Police Practices and Preemptive Investigations. 616 C. Arrests. 619 D. Charging. 620 IV. Conclusion. 622; Search Snippet: ...To Help End the Status Quo Gimme Some More: Centering Gender and Inequality in Criminal Justice and Discretion Discourse Shaun Ossei... |
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| Bethany Swaton |
Girls Can Play, Too: Has the Lack of Female Leadership in Ncaa Athletics Become an Afterthought? |
20 Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law L. 1 (2010) |
Introduction. 2 II. The Failure of Title IX to Achieve Gender Equality. 5 A. Where are the Women?. 5 B. Title IX Is Not Working. 8 C. Commercialization of College Athletics. 15 D. Benefits of Female Leadership. 18 III. The Minority Coaching Issue. 25 A. Racial Problem and Adoption of the Rooney Rule. 25 B. NCAA. 31 IV. Parallels Between the Racial...; Search Snippet: ...Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law 2010 Article Girls Can Play, Too: Has the Lack of Female Leadership in Ncaa Athletics Become an Afterthought? Bethany Swaton [Fna1... |
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| Mark Allan Herzberg |
Girls Get in Free: a Legal Analysis of the Gender-based Door Entry Policies |
19 Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice 47 (Summer 2010) |
The peaceful mining town of Prescott, Arizona, was burgeoning in 1906. Lucrative capital investments in livestock operations afforded a comfortable lifestyle for many families. While the women of the town were at home for an early bedtime, the men-only saloons along Whiskey Row were lit up with raucous gambling and drinking. However, for one...; Search Snippet: ...Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice Summer 2010 Notes Girls Get in Free: a Legal Analysis of the Gender-based Door Entry Policies Mark Allan Herzberg Copyright (C) 2010... |
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| Eli Wald |
Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: Professional Ideologies, Gender Stereotypes, and the Future of Women Lawyers at Large Law Firms |
78 Fordham Law Review 2245 (April, 2010) |
Large law firms are experiencing a shift in professional ideology. Competitive meritocracy, an ideology that rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s and has come to dominate large law firm thinking since the 1980s, is in decline and is gradually being replaced by a hypercompetitive professional ideology. The consequences of this ideological...; Search Snippet: ...Large Law Firms Glass Ceilings and Dead Ends: Professional Ideologies, Gender Stereotypes, and the Future of Women Lawyers at Large Law Firms Eli Wald [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Kristin A. Collins |
Go West, Young Woman! The Mercer Girls and Legal Historiography |
63 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 77 (7/2/2010) |
I. Into a Space Beyond the Bounds of Civilization. 79 II. Bring a Suitable Wife. 82; Search Snippet: ...Review En Banc July 2, 2010 Response Go West, Young Woman! The Mercer Girls and Legal Historiography Kristin A. Collins [Fna1] Copyright © 2010 Vanderbilt... |
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| Rachel M. Zahorsky |
Great Strides for Female Lawyers |
96-SEP ABA Journal 63 (September, 2010) |
ON THE SAME WEEKEND THAT Elena Kagan was sworn in as the fourth female justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, five other female lawyers were honored at the ABA Annual Meeting for their commitment to the equal participation of women in the profession and justice system. The recipients of the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award,...; Search Snippet: ...Aba Edited by James Podgers / Podgersj@staff.abanet.org Great Strides for Female Lawyers Rachel M. Zahorsky Copyright © 2010 by the American Bar... |
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| Emily C. Rutledge |
Healing Jurisprudential "Bruises": a Critique of the Failure of Due Process to Account for the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender in the Post-castle Rock Era |
53 Howard Law Journal 421 (Winter 2010) |
Interaction of the justice system, especially police [and the courts], with communities of color is a major factor contributing to a dynamic that cannot be ignored in understanding the broad picture of domestic violence as it pertains to women of color. The United States Supreme Court in Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales delivered a troubling, yet...; Search Snippet: ...Process to Account for the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender in the Post-castle Rock Era Emily C. Rutledge [Fna1... |
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| Lynn Hecht Schafran |
History of Women in the Legal Profession: Edited Transcript |
31 Women's Rights Law Reporter 211 (Winter/Spring 2010) |
Good afternoon, I am Lynn Hecht Schafran, Director of the National Judicial Education Program at Legal Momentum. If some of you don't know that name, we used to be NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. We changed our name in 2004. For this panel I am wearing two hats. I'm your moderator and I'm also going to be a panelist. We are going to be...; Search Snippet: ...And the History of Women and the Law History of Women in the Legal Profession: Edited Transcript Lynn Hecht Schafran Copyright... |
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| Stacy Calhoun, Nena Messina, Jerome Cartier, Stephanie Torres, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs University of California, Los Angeles |
Implementing Gender-responsive Treatment for Women in Prison: Client and Staff Perspectives |
74-DEC Federal Probation 27 (December, 2010) |
OVER THE PAST TWO decades, the overall number of female prisoners in the United States has grown substantially. While the number of women in prison remains lower than the number of men, women are entering prisons at a faster rate than men. From 1995 to 2005, the total number of female prisoners increased 57 percent compared with a 34 percent...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Wl 5627230 Federal Probation Federal Probation December, 2010 Implementing Gender-responsive Treatment for Women in Prison: Client and Staff Perspectives Stacy Calhoun Nena Messina... |
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| Rebecca Tsosie |
Indigenous Women and International Human Rights Law: the Challenges of Colonialism, Cultural Survival, and Self-determination |
15 UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs 187 (Spring 2010) |
As indigenous peoples move toward full realization of their right to self-determination, as affirmed by the text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, some have queried whether this will promote the ability of indigenous groups to violate the rights of vulnerable members, particularly women. International human...; Search Snippet: ...Of International Law and Foreign Affairs Spring 2010 Article Indigenous Women and International Human Rights Law: the Challenges of Colonialism, Cultural... |
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| Amy Farrell , Geoff Ward, Danielle Rousseau |
Intersections of Gender and Race in Federal Sentencing: Examining Court Contexts and the Effects of Representative Court Authorities |
14 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 85 (Fall 2010) |
Decades of research confirm that women receive less-severe sanctions than men across all phases of the criminal justice system. In fact, leniency toward women has become an almost accepted phenomenon among scholars studying criminal case processing. Sex disparities are particularly evident in the sentencing practices of the federal courts, where...; Search Snippet: ...And the Law Criminal Sentencing Guidelines Conference Articles Intersections of Gender and Race in Federal Sentencing: Examining Court Contexts and The... |
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| Beverley Baines |
Is Constitutionalism Bad for Intersectional Feminists? |
28 Penn State International Law Review 427 (Winter 2010) |
Introduction. 428 Charter Constitutionalism. 431 State Action. 432 The Crime of Polygamy. 432 The Ban on Faith-based Family Arbitration. 434 The Limit on Accommodation of Cultural Differences. 435 Rights Violations. 437 Criminalizing Polygamy. 437 Banning Faith-based Family Arbitrations. 437 Limiting Accommodation of Cultural Differences. 438...; Search Snippet: ...Gentili Iii. Gender and Constitution Is Constitutionalism Bad for Intersectional Feminists? Beverley Baines [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010 Dickinson School of Law... |
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| Thomas D. Russell |
Keep Negroes out of Most Classes Where There Are a Large Number of Girls: the Unseen Power of the Ku Klux Klan and Standardized Testing at the University of Texas, 1899-1999 |
52 South Texas Law Review 1 (Fall 2010) |
I. Introduction: Response to Brown. 1 II. William Stewart Simkins: Klansman and Law Professor. 2 III. Jim Crow Education in Texas. 4 IV. Colonel Simkins Becomes Professor Simkins. 5 V. Separate but Equal . 6 VI. Sweatt v. Painter. 11 VII. Colonel Simkins and his Unseen Power . 12 VIII. Heman Sweatt Goes to Law School. 13 IX. Professor Simkins...; Search Snippet: ...Of Most Classes Where There Are a Large Number of Girls : the Unseen Power of the Ku Klux Klan and Standardized... |
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| David S. Cohen |
Keeping Men "Men" and Women Down: Sex Segregation, Anti-essentialism, and Masculinity |
33 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 509 (Summer 2010) |
Introduction. 509 I. The Stubborn Persistence of Sex Segregation. 513 II. Gender, Antiessentialism, and Masculinities. 517 A. Gender and Antiessentialism. 517 B. Multiple Masculinities. 521 III. Hegemonic Masculinity. 522 A. Not Feminine. 525 B. Heterosexual. 528 C. Physically Aggressive. 532 IV. The Hegemony of Men. 535 A. The Category of Men ....; Search Snippet: ...Of Law & Gender Summer 2010 Article Keeping Men Men and Women Down: Sex Segregation, Anti-essentialism, and Masculinity David S. Cohen... |
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| Beth Caldwell |
Latinas' Experiences in Relation to Gangs: Intersectionality of Race, Class, Gender, and the State |
2 Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives 19 (Spring, 2010) |
Women involved with gangs face gender bias and oppression at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels: within themselves and their families, within the gang subculture, at the community level, and through the state, as enacted by the law and its systems of enforcement. Gang-involved women face multiple experiences of victimization that occur within these...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives Spring, 2010 Article Latinas' Experiences in Relation to Gangs: Intersectionality of Race, Class, Gender, and the State Beth Caldwell [Fna1] Copyright © 2010 by Beth... |
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| Sally Engle Merry, Peggy Levitt, Mihaela Şerban Rosen, Diana H. Yoon |
Law from Below: Women's Human Rights and Social Movements in New York City |
44 Law and Society Review 101 (March, 2010) |
Despite the ambivalent history of the domestic application of human rights in the United States, human rights increasingly offer important resources for American grassroots activists. Within the constraints of U.S. policy toward human rights, they provide social movements a kind of global law from below: a form of cosmopolitan law that subalterns...; Search Snippet: ...Law and Society Review March, 2010 Article Law from Below: Women's Human Rights and Social Movements in New York City Sally... |
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| Laura E. Pisarello |
Lawless by Design: Jurisdiction, Gender and Justice in Indian Country |
59 Emory Law Journal 1515 (2010) |
[O]ur method of dealing with [murder] was Crow Dog should go take care of Spotted Tail's family, and if he didn't do that we'd banish him from the tribe. But that was considered too barbaric . . . so they passed the Major Crimes Act that said we don't know how to handle murderers and they were going to show us. [I]f you want to rape or kill...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Emory Law Journal 2010 Comment Lawless by Design: Jurisdiction, Gender and Justice in Indian Country Laura E. Pisarello [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Pooja Nair, J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School 2011. |
Litigating Against the Forced Sterilization of Hiv-positive Women: Recent Developments in Chile and Namibia |
23 Harvard Human Rights Journal 223 (Spring 2010) |
In response to rising Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infection rates, poverty, and overpopulation, some nations have resorted to a policy of forcibly sterilizing HIV-positive women in order to prevent the transmission of HIV during childbirth. Such forced sterilization violates a woman's fundamental right to control her own body and her right...; Search Snippet: ...Recent Development Litigating Against the Forced Sterilization of Hiv-positive Women: Recent Developments in Chile and Namibia Pooja Nair J.d. Candidate... |
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| Leslye E. Orloff , Kathryn C. Isom , Edmundo Saballos |
Mandatory U-visa Certification Unnecessarily Undermines the Purpose of the Violence Against Women Act's Immigration Protections and its "Any Credible Evidence" Rules--a Call for Consistency |
11 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 619 (2010) |
I. Background and Legislative History of VAWA's Any Credible Evidence Standard of Proof Provisions 622 A. From Coverture to the Immigration Act of 1990's Battered Spouse Waiver 622 B. The Immigration and Naturalization Service's Implementation of the Battered Spouse Waiver 624 C. The Violence Against Women Act of 1994's Response: Any Credible...; Search Snippet: ...Visa Certification Unnecessarily Undermines the Purpose of the Violence Against Women Act's Immigration Protections and its Any Credible Evidence Rules--a... |
2010 |
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| Ellen Dannin |
Marriage and Law Reform: Lessons from the Nineteenth-century Michigan Married Women's Property Acts |
20 Texas Journal of Women and the Law L. 1 (Fall 2010) |
I. INTRODUCTION. 3 II. THE STUDY. 9 A. The Motivation for the Study. 9 B. Theories to be Tested. 10 C. Background Information on the Deeds Examined. 11 D. Data From the First Deeds Study. 12 E. Data From the Second Deeds Study. 21 III. DO THE RESULTS FIT WITH THEORIES AS TO WHY THE MICHIGAN MWPA WAS ENACTED?. 22 A. Debtor Relief. 23 B. Women's...; Search Snippet: ...And Law Reform: Lessons from the Nineteenth-century Michigan Married Women's Property Acts Ellen Dannin [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010 Texas Journal... |
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| Richard Collier |
Masculinities, Law, and Personal Life: Towards a New Framework for Understanding Men, Law, and Gender |
33 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 431 (Summer 2010) |
I. Introduction. 431 II. Contexts: The Masculinity Turn in Legal Scholarship. 434 A. Men, Masculinities, and Feminist Legal Studies. 435 III. The Critical Study of Men, Masculinities, and Law. 444 A. Background: The Pro-Feminist Study of Masculinities. 444 B. On the Man of Law: Legal Texts, Practices, Experiences, and Policy. 446 C. Law,...; Search Snippet: ...Life: Towards a New Framework for Understanding Men, Law, and Gender Richard Collier [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010 the President and Fellows... |
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| Dean Spade, Gabriel Arkles, Phil Duran, Pooja Gehi, Huy Nguyen, Introduction Author and Interview Facilitator, Transgender Advocates |
Medicaid Policy & Gender-confirming Healthcare for Trans People: an Interview with Advocates |
8 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 497 (Spring/Summer, 2010) |
Access to healthcare is a significant issue in the United States, especially for populations facing disproportionate poverty, medical abuse, and discriminatory denial of treatment. Trans people live at a complex crossroads-- the law defines us through medical norms by requiring medical evidence of our gender at every turn, yet many laws and...; Search Snippet: ...Spring/summer, 2010 Transgender Issues and the Law Medicaid Policy & Gender-confirming Healthcare for Trans People: an Interview with Advocates Dean... |
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| Mary Vasaly |
Men in Black: Gender Diversity and the Eighth Circuit Bench |
36 William Mitchell Law Review 1703 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 1703 II. Why is the Eighth Circuit Important?. 1705 III. Why Gender Diversity is Central to the Concept of Equal Justice for All. 1706 IV. History of Efforts to Increase Diversity in the Eighth Circuit. 1712 V. Why is it Harder to Achieve Diversity in the Federal System?. 1713 VI. What We are Doing About It. 1716 VII. Conclusion....; Search Snippet: ...Mitchell Law Review 2010 the Eighth Circuit Men in Black: Gender Diversity and the Eighth Circuit Bench Mary Vasaly [Fnd1] Copyright... |
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| Ann Varley |
Modest Expectations: Gender and Property Rights in Urban Mexico |
44 Law and Society Review 67 (March, 2010) |
This article examines gender and property in Guadalajara, Mexico, in the light of debates that oppose formal title to the social embeddedness of rights in customary law and assert that titling is bad for women. The article focuses on urban homes, private property, and civil law but finds that qualities regarded as characterizing customary property...; Search Snippet: ...Review Law and Society Review March, 2010 Article Modest Expectations: Gender and Property Rights in Urban Mexico Ann Varley [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Kelly Lynn Anders , Washburn University, kelly.anders@washburn.edu |
Movies with Women Lawyers as Leading Characters |
79-JUN Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 11 (June, 2010) |
My wife is a lawyer, and she loves television shows about lawyers. If it involves the law, lawyers, or law firms, she'll watch it. She especially enjoys shows with minority female lawyer characters. I think it's probably helpful for her to see these images because she sometimes feels isolated. She is the only lawyer in our family, and we don't have...; Search Snippet: ...Association June, 2010 Regular Feature the Diversity Corner Movies with Women Lawyers as Leading Characters Kelly Lynn Anders [Fna1] Washburn University... |
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| Rebecca A. Hart |
No Exceptions Made: Sexual Assault Against Native American Women and the Denial of Reproductive Healthcare Services |
25 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society 209 (Fall 2010) |
Introduction. 211 I. Sexual Assault in Indian Country. 216 A. The Epidemic of Sexual Assault in Indian Country. 216 B. The Federal Trust Relationship and Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country. 217 i. Federal and Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over Sexual Assault Committed by a Native American. 218 ii. Federal and Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over...; Search Snippet: ...Society Fall 2010 Articles No Exceptions Made: Sexual Assault Against Native American Women and the Denial of Reproductive Healthcare Services Rebecca A. Hart... |
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| Dionne L. Koller |
Not Just One of the Boys: a Post-feminist Critique of Title Ix's Vision for Gender Equity in Sports |
43 Connecticut Law Review 401 (December, 2010) |
Title IX as applied to athletics is a high-profile, controversial public policy effort that has opened up the world of athletics to millions of girls and women. Yet as it is both celebrated for the opportunities it has created for women, and decried as going too far at the expense of men, a reality persists that women do not pursue or remain...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Article Not Just One of the Boys: a Post- Feminist Critique of Title Ix's Vision for Gender Equity in Sports Dionne L. Koller [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2011... |
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| Danielle Sollars |
Note: Gender Balance in the Judiciary: Why Does it Matter? |
36 William Mitchell Law Review 1721 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 1722 II. Background. 1723 A. The Minnesota Task Force for Gender Fairness in the Courts. 1723 B. Gender Balance on the Eighth Circuit and the Supreme Court. 1725 1. Women (Woman) and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. 1725 2. Women and the United States Supreme Court. 1728 III. Do Men and Women Decide Cases Differently?. 1729 A....; Search Snippet: ...The Courts Student Writing Competition Winner: Courtroom Environment Category Note: Gender Balance in the Judiciary: Why Does it Matter? Danielle Sollars... |
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| Joanne Belknap |
Offending Women: a Double Entendre |
100 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1061 (Summer 2010) |
Two of the most significant contributions of feminist criminology since the 1970s are the documentation of (1) the significant amount of violence against women and girls perpetrated by men and boys; and (2) how girls' and women's victimizations and trauma, often at the hands of abusive men, are risk factors for their subsequent offending or...; Search Snippet: ...Symposium: a Century of Criminal Justice Iii. The People Offending Women : a Double Entendre Joanne Belknap [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010 Northwestern... |
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| Kim Shayo Buchanan |
Our Prisons, Ourselves: Race, Gender and the Rule of Law |
29 Yale Law and Policy Review 1 (Fall 2010) |
Introduction. 2 I. The Prison Rape Narrative. 12 II. Real Men vs. Sissies: The Heterosexual Defense. 23 A. The Legal Response to Sexual Abuse in Prison. 23 1. Underenforcement. 25 2. Be a man. Stand up and fight. . 29 3. You're gay. You must have liked it. . 32 B. Dominance and Sexuality: Making Men. 37 1. Masculinities and the Social Meaning...; Search Snippet: ...And Policy Review Fall 2010 Article Our Prisons, Ourselves: Race, Gender and the Rule of Law Kim Shayo Buchanan [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Kamille Wolff |
Out of Many, One People; E Pluribus Unum: an Analysis of Self-identity in the Context of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture |
18 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 747 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 748 II. Self-Identity and Ethnicity. 750 A. Self-Identity Viewed Through the Immigrant Lens. 750 B. Self-Identity and Nationality. 752 C. Self-Identity in the Shape of Ethnic Consciousness. 756 III. Self-Identity and Culture. 764 A. Music as Cultural Expression. 764 1. Reggae and Reggaetón. 764 2. The Hip Hop Movement. 768 IV....; Search Snippet: ...Describing the Jamaican Coat of Arms as a Male and Female Flanking a Shield). See Generally Helen I. Safa, Popular Culture... |
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| Meera E. Deo , Maria Woodruff , Rican Vue , Thomas Jefferson School of Law, UCLA, UCLA |
Paint by Number? How the Race and Gender of Law School Faculty Affect the First-year Curriculum |
29 Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review Rev. 1 (2010) |
While there is a relatively standard first-year curriculum at all ABA-accredited law schools in the U.S., no two classrooms are identical. This article examines how the race and gender of law school faculty affect both what is taught in the first year and how that material is taught. Using focus group data from a national, longitudinal,...; Search Snippet: ...Review 2010 Articles Paint by Number? How the Race and Gender of Law School Faculty Affect the First-year Curriculum Meera... |
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| Maia Goodell |
Physical-strength Rationales for De Jure Exclusion of Women from Military Combat Positions |
34 Seattle University Law Review 17 (Fall, 2010) |
In his first State of the Union Address, President Obama pledged, This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are. It's the right thing to do. Since its foundation, our country has struggled with the legal and social...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Article Physical-strength Rationales for De Jure Exclusion of Women from Military Combat Positions Maia Goodell [Fnd1] Copyright © 2010 By... |
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| Angela Mae Kupenda , Letitia Simmons Johnson , Ramona Seabron-Williams |
Political Invisibility of Black Women: Still Suspect but No Suspect Class |
50 Washburn Law Journal 109 (Fall 2010) |
All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in. Black women have been doubly victimized by scholarly neglect and racist assumptions. Belonging as they do to two groups which have traditionally been treated as inferiors by American society--Blacks and women--they have been doubly invisible. History...; Search Snippet: ...Washburn Law Journal Fall 2010 Article Political Invisibility of Black Women: Still Suspect but No Suspect Class Angela Mae Kupenda [Fna1... |
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| Rachel J. Anderson |
Promoting Distributional Equality for Women: Some Thoughts on Gender and Global Corporate Citizenship in Foreign Direct Investment |
32 Women's Rights Law Reporter 1 (Fall, 2010) |
This essay applies a legal theory of global corporate citizenship to the question of women's distributional equality in foreign direct investment (FDI). It proposes ways that a legal theory of mandatory global corporate citizenship can expand the ways we think about regulating transnational corporations and promoting gender equality. Gender...; Search Snippet: ...Presentations: Women, Law, and the Economy Promoting Distributional Equality for Women: Some Thoughts on Gender and Global Corporate Citizenship in Foreign Direct Investment Rachel J... |
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| Carissa Byrne Hessick |
Race and Gender as Explicit Sentencing Factors |
14 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 127 (Fall 2010) |
Most modern sentencing systems in the United States express an explicit commitment to ensuring that a defendant's sentence is not affected by the defendant's race or gender. This commitment to keeping criminal sentencing free of race and gender considerations is consistent with the wider legal trend of eradicating race and gender discrimination...; Search Snippet: ...And the Law Criminal Sentencing Guidelines Conference Articles Race and Gender as Explicit Sentencing Factors Carissa Byrne Hessick [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Sarah Deer |
Relocation Revisited: Sex Trafficking of Native Women in the United States |
36 William Mitchell Law Review 621 (2010) |
I. Introduction. 622 II. Historical Overview: Preliminary Notes on Context. 630 III. Enslavement. 632 A. Pre-Colonial Human Captivity. 633 B. Indian Slavery under Spanish and Portuguese Law. 636 C. Indian Slavery under English Law. 638 D. Indian Slavery under French Law. 639 E. Indian Slavery in the United States. 640 IV. Exploitation. 640 A....; Search Snippet: ...Review 2010 Indian Law Relocation Revisited: Sex Trafficking of Native Women in the United States Sarah Deer [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2010... |
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American Indian/Alaskan Native |
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| Margareth Etienne |
Sentencing Women: Reassessing the Claims of Disparity |
14 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 73 (Fall 2010) |
Despite its title, this Article is perhaps as much about sentencing men as it is about sentencing women. Any account of how courts sentence female defendants is incomplete without some understanding of how courts sentence male defendants. This is so in part because one of the most intractable puzzles in sentencing law is the notable disparity...; Search Snippet: ...Economics, and the Law Criminal Sentencing Guidelines Conference Articles Sentencing Women: Reassessing the Claims of Disparity Margareth Etienne [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Amanda Kloer |
Sex Trafficking and Hiv/aids a Deadly Junction for Women and Girls |
37-SPG Human Rights 8 (Spring, 2010) |
A way out of no way, it's flesh out of flesh, it's courage that cries out at night; A way out of no way, it's flesh out of flesh, it's bravery kept out of sight; A way out of no way, it's too much to ask, it's too much of a task for any one woman.--Oughta Be A Woman, by Sweet Honey in the Rock The nexus of the global epidemics of sex...; Search Snippet: ...2010 Sex Trafficking and Hiv/aids a Deadly Junction for Women and Girls Amanda Kloer [Fna1] Copyright © 2010 by American Bar Association; Amanda... |
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| William N. Eskridge, Jr. |
Sexual and Gender Variation in American Public Law: from Malignant to Benign to Productive |
57 UCLA Law Review 1333 (June, 2010) |
Sexuality, gender, and the law now constitutes an important field of legal inquiry and scholarship. This Article traces the evolution of the big idea in this area: Contrary to natural law assumptions, the nation is moving decisively toward the norm that sexual and gender variation are typically benign and not malignant. Today, this liberal norm...; Search Snippet: ...Gender Law: Assessing the Field, Envisioning the Future Sexual and Gender Variation in American Public Law: from Malignant to Benign To... |
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| Marisa Rothstein |
Sharing the Stage: Using Title Vii to End Discrimination Against Female Playwrights on Broadway |
17 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 171 (2010) |
It's time to hear both sides, to hear all voices, to build a culture where stories are told by both men and women. That is the way the planet is going to survive, and it's the way we are going to survive. - Theresa Rebeck, American playwright In the 2008-2009 season, women wrote only ten of the seventy-eight shows produced on Broadway. This...; Search Snippet: ...Sharing the Stage: Using Title Vii to End Discrimination Against Female Playwrights on Broadway Marisa Rothstein [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2010 Yeshiva... |
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| Adele M. Morrison |
Straightening Up: Black Women Law Professors, Interracial Relationships, and Academic Fit(ting) in |
33 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 85 (Winter 2010) |
In Making Up Is Hard to Do: Race/Gender/Sexual Orientation in the Law School Classroom, Professors Robert Chang and Adrienne Davis write of the tools that people of color, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons use in order to fit into the role of law professor. They further explore how those same groups are perceived,...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Gender Winter 2010 Article Straightening Up: Black Women Law Professors, Interracial Relationships, and Academic Fit(ting) in Adele... |
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| Bridgette Baldwin |
Stratification of the Welfare Poor: Intersections of Gender, Race, & "Worthiness" in Poverty Discourse and Policy |
6 Modern American 4 (Spring, 2010) |
On average, we black women have bigger, better problems than any other women alive. We bear the burden of being seen as pretenders to the thrones of both femininity and masculinity, endlessly mocked by the ambiguously gendered crown-of-thorns imagery of queen Madame Queen, snap queen, welfare queen, quota queen, Queenie Queen, Queen Queen Queen....; Search Snippet: ...American Spring, 2010 Stratification of the Welfare Poor: Intersections of Gender, Race, & Worthiness in Poverty Discourse and Policy Bridgette Baldwin [Fn1... |
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| Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro |
Successes and Further Goals for Women in the Workforce |
37-SUM Human Rights 9 (Summer, 2010) |
The fifteenth anniversary of the Beijing Conference on Women, explored in this issue of Human Rights, marks an important milestone. And, like all milestones, it represents an occasion for us to pause and reflect on women's long national journey toward full equality--both in how far we have come, and how much further we still need to go. In terms of...; Search Snippet: ...Rights Human Rights Summer, 2010 Successes and Further Goals for Women in the Workforce Congresswoman Rosa L. Delauro [Fna1] Copyright © 2010... |
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| Jeanine DeBor |
Suffragists, Unite!: Remembering the Struggle for Women's Suffrage |
12 No. 5 Lawyers Journal J. 7 (2/26/2010) |
Constitutional Amendment XIX, passed by Congress on June 4, 1919 and ratified Aug. 18, 1920, states that The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. As we look toward the 90th anniversary of women's right to vote, a brief history of the long and painful...; Search Snippet: ...The Law Division Page Suffragists, Unite!: Remembering the Struggle for Women's Suffrage Jeanine Debor [Fna1] Copyright © 2010 by Allegheny County Bar... |
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| Nancy E. Dowd |
The "F" Factor: Fineman as Method and Substance |
59 Emory Law Journal 1191 (2010) |
Martha Fineman's latest volume continues her long tradition of challenging, unraveling, and moving forward the dialogue of equality and justice. In this latest volume to emerge from the Feminism and Legal Theory Project (FLTP), Fineman, together with her co-editors, Jack Jackson and Adam Romero, has gathered an extraordinary group of scholars who...; Search Snippet: ...The F Factor: Fineman as Method and Substance Review of Feminist and Queer Legal Theory: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations, Edited By... |
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| Asmara M. Tekle |
The "Non-maternal Wall" and Women of Color in High Governmental Office |
35 Thurgood Marshall Law Review 169 (Spring, 2010) |
Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Justice Sonia Sotomayor are renowned and to be admired for their ascendance to the heights of American government, a feat that few individuals, let alone women of color, have achieved. What these highly accomplished women are less well known for, however, is their ability to balance motherhood and a...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Spring, 2010 Articles the Non-maternal Wall and Women of Color in High Governmental Office Asmara M. Tekle [Fna1... |
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