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| Michèle Alexandre |
Girls Gone Wild and Rape Law: Revising the Contractual Concept of Consent & Ensuring an Unbiased Application of "Reasonable Doubt" When the Victim Is Non-traditional |
17 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 41 (2009) |
I. Introduction. 43 II. Criticism of the Current Contractual Standard and Exploration of a Continuum-Based Standard of Consent. 48 A. The Detrimental Influence of the Contractual Standard of Consent. 48 B. The Continuum-Based Consent Standard Defined. 55 III. The Rape Shield Statute. 59 IV. Detrimental Influence of the Contractual Standard in...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 2009 Articles Girls Gone Wild [Fna1] and Rape Law: Revising the Contractual Concept... |
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| Gwen Hoerr Jordan |
Horror of a Woman: Myra Bradwell, the 14th Amendment, and the Gendered Origins of Sociological Jurisprudence |
42 Akron Law Review 1201 (2009) |
On June 14, 1873, Myra Bradwell reprinted a short article from the St. Louis Republican in the Chicago Legal News announcing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in her case. The article glossed over the import of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the new Fourteenth Amendment and focused instead on the Illinois court's underlying decision to deny...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Akron Law Review 2009 Articles Horror of a Woman : Myra Bradwell, the 14th Amendment, and the Gendered Origins Of... |
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| Taylor Flynn |
Instant (Gender) Messaging: Expression-based Challenges to State Enforcement of Gender Norms |
18 Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 465 (Spring 2009) |
Statements of identity, without more, have long been a potent form of demand for inclusion and equal treatment. Consider the signs carried by workers, most of whom were African American, during the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike during which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. They read, quite simply, I AM A MAN. Or, consider the...; Search Snippet: ...2009 Symposium: Intersections of Transgender Lives and the Law Instant ( Gender) Messaging: Expression-based Challenges to State Enforcement of Gender Norms Taylor Flynn [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2009 Temple Political & Civil... |
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| Danielle Keats Citron |
Law's Expressive Value in Combating Cyber Gender Harassment |
108 Michigan Law Review 373 (December, 2009) |
The online harassment of women exemplifies twenty-first century behavior that profoundly harms women yet too often remains overlooked and even trivialized. This harassment includes rape threats, doctored photographs portraying women being strangled, postings of women's home addresses alongside suggestions that they are interested in anonymous sex,...; Search Snippet: ...Review December, 2009 Essay Law's Expressive Value in Combating Cyber Gender Harassment Danielle Keats Citron [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2009 Michigan Law... |
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| Giovanna Shay |
Locked Up, Overlooked |
29 Pace Law Review 377 (Winter 2009) |
In the late 1990s, an official of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) office in Washington, D.C. told me that VAWA funding was not available for programs for incarcerated women who were survivors of abuse. VAWA funds, she explained, were not meant for offenders, and a woman could not be both a victim and an offender. It did not matter, in her...; Search Snippet: ...Related to Women and the Law Reviews Locked Up, Overlooked Women Behind Bars: the Crisis of Women in the U.s. Prison System. By Silja J.a. Talvi. Berkeley... |
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| Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt , Marc S. Galanter , Kaushik Mukhopadhaya , Kathleen E. Hull |
Men and Women of the Bar: the Impact of Gender on Legal Careers |
16 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 49 (2009) |
I. Introduction 50 II. Analysis of the Data 52 A. Description of the Data Set 52 B. The Personal Characteristics of the Participants in the Surveys: What Type of People Become Lawyers and How Do Their Personal Characteristics Vary By Gender? 53 C. The Family Characteristics of the Participants in the Surveys: What are the Family Situations...; Search Snippet: ...Law Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 2009 Article Men and Women of the Bar: the Impact of Gender on Legal Careers [Fnd1] Kenneth G. Dau-schmidt [Fna1] Marc... |
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| Gregory S. Parks , Quinetta M. Roberson |
Michelle Obama: a Contemporary Analysis of Race and Gender Discrimination Through the Lens of Title Vii |
20 Hastings Women's Law Journal L.J. 3 (Winter 2009) |
Meet the new political wife. She has a career; she has opinions--a partner in every way. . . . And now, she's become controversial. - Ted Koppel The 2008 presidential campaign is historic given the presence of a Black candidate (Barack Obama) and a woman candidate (Hillary Clinton). Not only is it historic that Americans had a real opportunity to...; Search Snippet: ...Winter 2009 Michelle Obama: a Contemporary Analysis of Race and Gender Discrimination Through the Lens of Title Vii Gregory S. Parks... |
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| Rangita de Silva de Alwis |
Mining the Intersections: Advancing the Rights of Women and Children with Disabilities Within an Interrelated Web of Human Rights |
18 Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 293 (January, 2009) |
This article argues that disability rights are a powerful lens through which to address the multiple forms of discrimination and subordination that women and children with disabilities face. A shift in the human rights paradigm that enables the different human rights treaties affecting women and children with disabilities to be...; Search Snippet: ...January, 2009 Symposium Mining the Intersections: Advancing the Rights of Women and Children with Disabilities Within an Interrelated Web of Human... |
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| Hillary Jo Baker |
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Protecting Gender Discrimination Named Plaintiffs from Employer Attacks |
20 Hastings Women's Law Journal 83 (Winter 2009) |
I don't believe anyone ever wants to sue their employer, and I, while I believed that this company would be sued for sexual harassment, I did not believe it was going to be me. There just seemed to be no choice other than to quit or be forced to quit a job that paid well and had great benefits. First, I did it for myself, keeping the other women...; Search Snippet: ...Law Journal Winter 2009 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Protecting Gender Discrimination Named Plaintiffs from Employer Attacks Hillary Jo Baker [Fna1... |
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| Felice Batlan, PhD, Kelly Hradsky, Kristen Jeschke, LaVonne Meyer, Jill Roberts |
Not Our Mother's Law School?: a Third-wave Feminist Study of Women's Experiences in Law School |
39 University of Baltimore Law Forum 124 (Spring 2009) |
This article is about a journey and a process as much as it is about a product. In spring 2007, as part of our Gender and the Law class at Chicago-Kent College of Law, we read portions of Lani Guinier's Becoming Gentlemen: Women, Law School, and Institutional Change, as well as more recent studies regarding women's experiences in law school....; Search Snippet: ...2009 Articles Not Our Mother's Law School?: a Third-wave Feminist Study of Women's Experiences in Law School [Fn1] Felice Batlan , Phd, Kelly Hradsky... |
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| Joanna E. Saul |
Of Sexual Bondage: the 'Legitimate Penological Interest' in Restricting Sexual Expression in Women's Prisons |
15 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 349 (2009) |
I. Introduction 350 II. Causes of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Female Prisons 354 III. Legal Framework: Turner v. Safley 358 IV. Benefits of Relationships Between Female Inmates 360 A. Protection 361 B. Emotional Support 362 C. Stability of Relationships 364 V. The Problems of Prison Sexual Expression 367 A. Public Health Concerns ...; Search Snippet: ...Bondage: the Legitimate Penological Interest in Restricting Sexual Expression in Women's Prisons Joanna E. Saul [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2009 University Of... |
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| Tamara R. Piety |
Onslaught: Commercial Speech and Gender Inequality |
60 Case Western Reserve Law Review 47 (Fall, 2009) |
Utilizing Dove's infamous Onslaught viral ad, this Article explores the ways commercial speech constructs images of and attitudes toward women that interfere with full equality for women. Advertising and marketing contribute to creating a social reality in which it is taken for granted that women must spend a great deal of time on appearance and...; Search Snippet: ...Reserve Law Review Fall, 2009 Article Onslaught: Commercial Speech and Gender Inequality Tamara R. Piety [Fnd1] Copyright © 2009 Case Western Reserve... |
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| Frank Rudy Cooper |
Our First Unisex President?: Black Masculinity and Obama's Feminine Side |
86 Denver University Law Review 633 (2009) |
People often talk about the significance of Barack Obama's status as our first black President. During the 2008 Presidential campaign, however, a newspaper columnist declared, If Bill Clinton was once considered America's first black president, Obama may one day be viewed as our first woman president. That statement epitomized a large media...; Search Snippet: ...2009 Article Our First Unisex President?: Black Masculinity and Obama's Feminine Side Frank Rudy Cooper [Fnd1] Copyright © 2009 by the Denver... |
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| Elizabeth R. Sheyn |
Putting an End to an Unconstitutional Result: Equal Protection and Due Process Analyses of the Requirement That Female Immigrants Receive the Gardasil Vaccine Prior to Becoming Permanent Residents of the United States |
44 Valparaiso University Law Review Rev. 1 (Fall, 2009) |
Imagine that you are a twenty-four-year-old woman who has, despite all the odds, been allowed to emigrate to the United States with your husband. Perhaps you have been granted asylum or have been labeled a refugee. Now imagine that you would like to have the right to work in the United States and to be protected by this country's laws. In order to...; Search Snippet: ...Equal Protection and Due Process Analyses of the Requirement That Female Immigrants Receive the Gardasil Vaccine Prior to Becoming Permanent Residents... |
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| Khiara M. Bridges |
Quasi-colonial Bodies: an Analysis of the Reproductive Lives of Poor Black and Racially Subjugated Women |
18 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 609 (2009) |
This Article analyzes the relationship between the struggle for the recognition of Black women's reproductive rights in the United States and the fight for racial justice. Specifically, it argues that the problematization of poor Black women's fertility--evidenced by the depiction of single Black motherhood as a national crisis, the condemnation of...; Search Snippet: ...Of the Reproductive Lives of Poor Black and Racially Subjugated Women Khiara M. Bridges [Fna1] Copyright © 2009 by the Columbia Journal... |
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| Iris Halpern |
Rape, Incest, and Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird: on Alabama's Legal Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Context of Racial Subordination |
18 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 743 (2009) |
In 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird was published to significant popular acclaim: a reception that has proved enduring. Mockingbird remains one of the most widely circulated works in United States history. Curiously enough, however, the nonpareil American novel known for its condemnation of racism has proven itself a more venerable object in the heart...; Search Snippet: ...Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird: on Alabama's Legal Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Context of Racial Subordination Iris Halpern... |
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| Julie Goldscheid |
Reconsidering Domestic Violence Services and Advocacy |
29 Pace Law Review 227 (Winter 2009) |
Lisa A. Goodman and Deborah Epstein's book, Listening to Battered Women: A Survivor-Centered Approach to Advocacy, Mental Health and Justice (Listening to Battered Women), makes an important and powerful contribution to the literature on domestic violence. It addresses the vexing question of why battered women's circumstances have not changed...; Search Snippet: ...Reviews Reconsidering Domestic Violence Services and Advocacy Listening to Battered Women: a Survivor-centered Approach to Advocacy, Mental Health and Justice... |
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| Joan C. Williams |
Reconstructive Feminism: Changing the Way We Talk about Gender and Work Thirty Years after the Pda |
21 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 79 (2009) |
This Article seeks to challenge and change the way that we talk about gender--ways that make it difficult to progress on the work/family front. In the thirty years since the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) was passed in 1979, while the roles of men and women have changed dramatically, the American workplace has changed only...; Search Snippet: ...Symposium Article Reconstructive Feminism: Changing the Way We Talk about Gender and Work Thirty Years after the Pda Joan C. Williams... |
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| Introduction by Dean Elena Kagan |
Remarks Commemorating Celebration 55: the Women's Leadership Summit |
32 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 233 (Summer 2009) |
Good morning everybody. Good morning. It's wonderful to see you all here. Thank you again for coming to Celebration 55 and to this most special part of Celebration 55, which is a conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg is going to make a few remarks after I introduce her about Belva Lockwood. Some of you might be thinking...; Search Snippet: ...Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Remarks Commemorating Celebration 55: the Women's Leadership Summit [Fna1] Introduction by Dean Elena Kagan [Fn1] Copyright... |
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| Jacquelyn Bridgeman , Gracie Lawson-Borders , Margaret Zamudio |
Representative Democracy in Rural America: Race, Gender, and Class Through a Localism Lens |
8 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 81 (Fall/Winter 2009) |
Political history is often made during presidential election cycles. For example, in 1861 President Abraham Lincoln not only became the sixteenth president of the United States, but he was also thrust into a nation-changing social and political maelstrom centered on slavery, secession, and preservation of the Union that would etch him into history....; Search Snippet: ...Place, Identity, and Politics Representative Democracy in Rural America: Race, Gender, and Class Through a Localism Lens Jacquelyn Bridgeman [Fn1] Gracie... |
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| Ann C. McGinley |
Reproducing Gender on Law School Faculties |
2009 Brigham Young University Law Review 99 (2009) |
This Article demonstrates that there is a gender divide on law school faculties. Women work in inferior sex-segregated jobs and teach a disproportionate percentage of female-identified courses; more than eighty percent of law school deans are men. Men teach the more prestigious male-identified courses. Women suffer from differential expectations...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Brigham Young University Law Review 2009 Article Reproducing Gender on Law School Faculties Ann C. Mcginley [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Gabriel Arkles |
Safety and Solidarity Across Gender Lines: Rethinking Segregation of Transgender People in Detention |
18 Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 515 (Spring 2009) |
The correctional officers are the ones who are the most violent. They're the ones to be scared of. . . . I'm raped on a daily basis, I've made complaint after complaint, but no response. No success. I'm scared to push forward with my complaints against officers for beating me up and raping me. I was in full restraints when the correctional officers...; Search Snippet: ...Of Transgender Lives and the Law Safety and Solidarity Across Gender Lines: Rethinking Segregation of Transgender People in Detention Gabriel Arkles... |
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| Angela Clements |
Sexual Orientation, Gender Nonconformity, and Trait-based Discrimination: Cautionary Tales from Title Vii & an Argument for Inclusion |
24 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 166 (Fall 2009) |
Introduction. 167 I. Overview of Trait-Based Discrimination Under Title VII: Race, National Origin, and Sex. 172 A. Race and National Origin Trait Discrimination. 172 1. Race. 172 2. National Origin. 173 3. The Puzzle of Immutability in Race and National Origin Cases. 174 B. Sex-Based Trait Discrimination. 175 1. Initial Conceptual Confusion about...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Gender, Law & Justice Fall 2009 Article Sexual Orientation, Gender Nonconformity, and Trait-based Discrimination: Cautionary Tales from Title Vii... |
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Taking the Heat: Gender Discrimination in Firefighting |
17 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 713 (2009) |
PROCEEDINGS: DANIELA KRAIEM: Good afternoon everyone. My name is Daniela Kraiem, I'm the Associate Director of the Women in the Law Program, and I am thrilled to be able to bring you this program today. We're working in conjunction with the Program on Law and Government and with Professor Richard Ugelow. I'm going to ask everybody to fill in over...; Search Snippet: ...Taking the Heat: Gender Discrimination in Firefighting Taking the Heat: Gender Discrimination in Firefighting [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2009 American University Journal... |
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| Joanna Lian Pearson, Donna Rouner |
The 2008 Elections and the Role of Gender among Young Voters |
24 Saint John's Journal of Legal Commentary 343 (Fall 2009) |
The presidential election process of 2008 was a study in conflict diversity, the understanding of how different groups exist in a hierarchy of inequality. This study looks at how gender schemas exist in the minds of first-time voters to determine whether they could elect a woman for president of the United States and the reason(s) why or why not....; Search Snippet: ...Fall 2009 Article the 2008 Elections and the Role of Gender among Young Voters Joanna Lian Pearson Donna Rouner [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Deleso Alford Washington |
The Anatomy of a "Pantsuit": Performance, Proxy and Presence for Women of Color in Legal Education |
30 Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy 605 (Spring 2009) |
I am a Good Sister! I have earthed many students with my wisdom and spiritual insight I have run a good race with mental strength and physical might; all while lecturing, during both day and night I am nothing but the Truth! I am a Good Sister! I have withstood historical lies told about me; My light so bright, those who were blind could not help...; Search Snippet: ...The Anatomy of a Pantsuit: Performance, Proxy and Presence for Women of Color in Legal Education Deleso Alford Washington [Fn1] Copyright... |
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| JoEllen Lind |
The Clinton/palin Phenomenon and Young Women Voters |
30 Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy 513 (Spring 2009) |
Clearly, the recent presidential election was historic for women. Hillary Clinton almost became the presidential nominee of a major party; Sarah Palin was tapped to be Vice President by the McCain campaign. However, their historic roles trace to stunningly different origins. Clinton's prominence stemmed from the popular vote of some eighteen...; Search Snippet: ...In Legal Education Panel the Clinton/palin Phenomenon and Young Women Voters Joellen Lind [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2009 Hamline Journal Of... |
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| Rucker C. Johnson , Steven Raphael , University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley |
The Effects of Male Incarceration Dynamics on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Infection Rates among African American Women and Men |
52 Journal of Law & Economics 251 (May, 2009) |
This paper investigates the connection between incarceration dynamics and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) infection rates, with particular emphasis on the black-white AIDS rate disparity. Using case-level U.S. data spanning 1982-96, we model the dynamic relationship between AIDS infection rates and the proportion of men in the age-,...; Search Snippet: ...Incarceration Dynamics on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Infection Rates among African American Women and Men Rucker C. Johnson [Fna1] University of California, Berkeley... |
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| Robin E. Shea, Charles M. Louderback, Philip S. Mortensen, Esq., C. R. Wright, Geoffrey S. Sheldon |
The Impact of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: an Immediate Look at the Legal, Governmental, and Economic Ramifications of New Legislation Regarding Equal Pay Based on Gender |
2009 Aspatore Special Report 17 (6/1/2009) |
President Barack Obama, in the first such act of his term, signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Pub. L. No. 111-2, 123 Stat. 5 (2009), which will dramatically lengthen the statute of limitations in certain discrimination cases. The Ledbetter Act amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (2009), et seq.; the...; Search Snippet: ...Economic Ramifications of New Legislation Regarding Equal Pay Based on Gender Robin E. Shea [Fna1] Charles M. Louderback [Fna1... |
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| Craig M. Kabatchnick |
The Tbi Impact: the Truth about Traumatic Brain Injuries and Their Indeterminate Effects on Elderly, Minority, and Female Veterans of All Wars |
11 Marquette Elder's Advisor 81 (Fall 2009) |
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget That the highest appreciation is not to utter words, But to live by them. - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a condition caused by a head injury that results in lasting damage to the brain. TBI is a recognized neurological disorder occurring as the result of a blow or jolt...; Search Snippet: ...Brain Injuries and Their Indeterminate Effects on Elderly, Minority, and Female Veterans of All Wars Craig M. Kabatchnick [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Margaret Ryznar |
To Work, or Not to Work? The Immortal Tax Disincentives for Married Women |
13 Lewis & Clark Law Review 921 (Winter 2009) |
Among the most fundamental barriers to the aggressive participation of many married women in the work force are the disincentives for secondary income earners embedded in the federal tax code. Specifically, the current code contains a marriage penalty, which is aggravated by the progressive nature of taxation and any potential increases in income...; Search Snippet: ...Or Not to Work? The Immortal Tax Disincentives for Married Women Margaret Ryznar [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2009 Lewis & Clark Law School... |
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| Sonia Goltz, Roger Reinsch, Joel Tuoriniemi |
University Women's Experiences in Bringing Second Generation Sex Discrimination Claims: Further Support for Adoption of a Structural Approach |
18 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 145 (Spring 2009) |
I. INTRODUCTION. 146 II. THE DIFFICULTY IN BRINGING SECOND GENERATION DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS. 147 A. First Generation Versus Second Generation Discrimination Claims. 147 B. The Role of the Courts and Judges. 152 C. The Workplace. 152 D. The Intermediaries. 154 E. The Lawyers. 155 III. THE DIFFICULTY IN BRINGING SECOND GENERATION SEX DISCRIMINATION...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Women and the Law Spring 2009 Article University Women's Experiences in Bringing Second Generation Sex Discrimination Claims: Further Support... |
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| Joan MacLeod Heminway , Sarah White |
Wanted: Female Corporate Directors |
29 Pace Law Review 249 (Winter 2009) |
Each year, increasing numbers of women enroll in top law schools and MBA programs, with matriculation rates for women in law schools nearing fifty percent of each new class. Increases in female enrollment in MBA programs have been slower, with matriculation rates hovering around thirty-five percent, but the trend exists nonetheless. With more and...; Search Snippet: ...Of Books Related to Women and the Law Reviews Wanted: Female Corporate Directors No Seat at the Table: How Governance and Law Keep Women out of the Boardroom. By Douglas M. Branson. New York... |
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| John C. Brittain , Kenneth W. Chandler II |
What Was Key to Becoming a Judge? A Survey of Minorities and Women on the Bench |
48 No. 4 Judges' Journal 10 (Fall, 2009) |
Justice Thurgood Marshall once stated that mere access to the court-house doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process. Implicit in that statement is the idea that judges should have the background to appreciate the circumstances of those who appear before them. A new empirical study on judicial diversity asked...; Search Snippet: ...Key to Becoming a Judge? A Survey of Minorities and Women on the Bench John C. Brittain [Fna1] Kenneth W. Chandler... |
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| David H. Kaye , Joseph L. Gastwirth |
Where Have All the Women Gone? The Gender Gap in Supreme Court Clerkships |
49 Jurimetrics Journal 411 (Summer, 2009) |
In the world of American law, a Supreme Court clerkship is a position desired by many but attained by few, particularly when it comes to women and minorities. Although women make up nearly half of all law students, they constitute only about a third of all Supreme Court clerks. This article examines the flow of aspiring clerks from law...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Jurimetrics Journal Summer, 2009 Article Where Have All the Women Gone? The Gender Gap in Supreme Court Clerkships David H. Kaye [Fna1] Joseph... |
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| Kathleen A. Portuan Miller |
Who Says Muslim Women Don't Have the Right to Divorce?--a Comparison Between Anglo-american Law and Islamic Law |
22 New York International Law Review 201 (Winter, 2009) |
After living in Morocco for four years, I became interested in Islamic law, and how that law affected women's rights. I wrote this article because I have heard Americans say that Muslim women do not have any right to divorce. However, I found the opposite to be true. This article will seek to dispel many of those common misunderstandings that...; Search Snippet: ...York International Law Review Winter, 2009 Article Who Says Muslim Women Don't Have the Right to Divorce?--a Comparison Between Anglo... |
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| Elizabeth Kaigh |
Whores and Other Sex Slaves: Why the Equation of Prostitution with Sex Trafficking in the William Wilberforce Reauthorization Act of 2008 Promotes Gender Discrimination |
12 Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues 139 (Fall 2009) |
I. Introduction. 139 II. Legal Background. 144 III. Analysis. 151 A. VTVPA and its Reauthorization Plan Too Broadly Generalize and Punish Prostitutes. 152 B. Strengthening Prostitution Laws Would Exacerbate the Existing Discrimination Present in State Prostitution Laws and Enforcement. 158 C. Decriminalizing Prostitution Could Aid Enforcement of...; Search Snippet: ...Trafficking in the William Wilberforce Reauthorization Act of 2008 Promotes Gender Discrimination Elizabeth Kaigh [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2009 the Scholar: St... |
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| Cynthia Grant Bowman |
Women in the Legal Profession from the 1920s to the 1970s: What Can We Learn from Their Experience about Law and Social Change? |
61 Maine Law Review 1 (2009) |
I work in a law school building that is named for Jane M.G. Foster, who donated the money for its construction. It's a lovely building, and my office overlooks a gorge so that I can hear the water fall as I write. So I'm grateful to Jane Foster. And curious. Who was she? Jane Foster graduated from Cornell Law School in 1918, having served as an...; Search Snippet: ...Wl 1456538 Maine Law Review Maine Law Review 2009 Articles Women in the Legal Profession from the 1920s to the 1970s... |
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| Alison I. Stein |
Women Lawyers Blog for Workplace Equality: Blogging as a Feminist Legal Method |
20 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 357 (2009) |
Legal scholars and academic commentators have long written about the ways in which close-knit communities of people employ extralegal or nonlegal methods to structure conflict, resolve disputes, and advocate for their rights and interests. From cattle ranchers to diamond merchants to Third Wave feminists, scholars emphasize how groups of...; Search Snippet: ...Law and Feminism Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 2009 Article Women Lawyers Blog for Workplace Equality: Blogging as a Feminist Legal Method Alison I. Stein [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2009 Yale... |
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| Amy Fettig |
Women Prisoners Altering the Cycle of Abuse |
36-SPG Human Rights 2 (Spring, 2009) |
Being a prisoner is the lowest you can be in life. Being a female prisoner is so much worse. --Toni Bunton Toni Bunton is one of over 500 women in Michigan prisons who claim they were repeatedly sexually assaulted by guards and that prison officials either ignored or dismissed evidence of systemic sexual abuse in the state's women's correctional...; Search Snippet: ...2 2009 Wl 2221303 Human Rights Human Rights Spring, 2009 Women Prisoners Altering the Cycle of Abuse Amy Fettig [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Carolyn M. Byerly |
Women, the Economy and News: Analysis of the 2008 U.s. Primary Coverage |
24 Saint John's Journal of Legal Commentary 387 (Fall 2009) |
The issue is whether . . . as critics suggest, media coverage of women in America reinforces rather than challenges the dominant culture, and thereby contributes to women's marginalization in public life.Pippa Norris (1997) Months before the collapse of major financial institutions in September 2008, there was already considerable national angst...; Search Snippet: ...Commentary Saint John's Journal of Legal Commentary Fall 2009 Article Women, the Economy and News: Analysis of the 2008 U.s. Primary... |
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| C.J. Griffin |
Workplace Restroom Policies in Light of New Jersey's Gender Identity Protection |
61 Rutgers Law Review 409 (Winter 2009) |
Always use the one that says WHITES ONLY, as she pointed to the sign on the water fountain. . . . The same went for restrooms, except it was even more confusing: aside from whether or not the sign read WHITE or COLORED, I had to make sure it read LADIES' instead of MEN. It seemed like an awful lot to keep up with, when all I wanted was a...; Search Snippet: ...2009 Notes Workplace Restroom Policies in Light of New Jersey's Gender Identity Protection C.j. Griffin [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2009 Rutgers University... |
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| Lane Wood, Esq , Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX |
A Young Vaccine for Young Girls: Should the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Be Mandatory for Public School Attendance? |
20 No. 5 Health Lawyer 30 (June, 2008) |
On February 2, 2007, Texas Governor Rick Perry bypassed the state legislature and issued an executive order that would require all girls entering the sixth grade in 2008 be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), the most commonly sexually transmitted virus. The order initiated a national debate about mandating the newly approved HPV...; Search Snippet: ...Lawyer Health Lawyer June, 2008 a Young Vaccine for Young Girls: Should the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Be Mandatory for Public School... |
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| A. Jerome Dees |
Access or Interest: Why Brown Has Benefited African-american Women More than Title Ix |
76 UMKC Law Review 625 (Spring, 2008) |
In May 1954, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that separate but equal doctrine was an inherently disparate and unconstitutional means of delivering education to African-American children. Less than twenty years later, Congress legislated that women should have the same educational opportunities afforded to men...; Search Snippet: ...And Professional Sports Access or Interest: Why Brown Has Benefited African- American Women More than Title Ix A. Jerome Dees [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Marc Edelman , C. Keith Harrison |
Analyzing the Wnba's Mandatory Age/education Policy from a Legal, Cultural, and Ethical Perspective: Women, Men, and the Professional Sports Landscape |
3 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 1 (Winter, 2008) |
During the 2006-07 college basketball season, two young centers dominated their respective competition. At Ohio State University, Greg Oden, a 70, 257-pound freshman, born January 22, 1988, burst onto the scene, averaging 15.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. After leading Ohio State University to the national championship game, Oden declared...; Search Snippet: ...Age/education Policy from a Legal, Cultural, and Ethical Perspective: Women, Men, and the Professional Sports Landscape Marc Edelman [Fna1] C... |
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| Elizabeth Loeb |
As "Every Schoolboy Knows": Gender, Land, and Native Title in the United States |
32 New York University Review of Law and Social Change 253 (2008) |
This article begins with an obvious but necessary premise: the U.S. state has historically produced itself as sovereign over a specific territorial mass through the violent conquest and continuing occupation of lands to which Native Americans also lay and have laid sovereign claim. At its core, this article seeks to ask how a Liberal conception of...; Search Snippet: ...Law and Social Change 2008 Article as Every Schoolboy Knows: Gender, Land, and Native Title in the United States Elizabeth Loeb... |
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| Jamie Rene Abrams, Daniela Kraiem |
Banding Together: Reflections on the Role of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the Washington College of Law in Promoting Women's Rights |
4 Modern American 42 (Fall, 2008) |
Incorporation, Washington College of Law (1898). The Washington College of Law and the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia share an important historical connection; Ellen Spencer Mussey and Emma Gillett founded both...; Search Snippet: ...Herstory Too Banding Together: Reflections on the Role of the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the Washington College of Law in Promoting Women's Rights Jamie Rene Abrams Daniela Kraiem [Fna1] Copyright © 2006 By...; Search Snippet: The Number of Immigrants Living in the U.s. Has Steadily Increased in the Last Fifteen Years. In 2014, over 42 |
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| Theresa M. Beiner |
Book Review: Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women by Christine B. Whelan |
19 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 533 (2008) |
Introduction. 534 I. SWANS and Marriage Prospects. 535 A. How Should SWANS Find Mates?. 537 B. Children and Family Time. 543 II. Debunking the Myth. 547 A. Issues Whelan Skirts. 548 1. Should SWANS Marry?. 550 2. Children. 554 3. What About Divorce?. 559 B. Marriage Demographics and Societal Implications. 561 Conclusion. 565; Search Snippet: ...Feminism 2008 Review Book Review: Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women by Christine B. Whelan Comforting Insights into What Should Be... |
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| Julie B. Ehrlich |
Breaking the Law by Giving Birth: the War on Drugs, the War on Reproductive Rights, and the War on Women |
32 New York University Review of Law and Social Change 381 (2008) |
The distinction between benefits and burdens is more than one of semantics. In the United States, women's reproductive capabilities have been used both to exalt and to oppress women. Women's unique role in reproduction has been used to refuse women the power to secure employment, to bar women from practicing in their chosen profession, and to...; Search Snippet: ...Drugs, the War on Reproductive Rights, and the War on Women Julie B. Ehrlich [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008 New York University... |
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| Barbara Palmer, Dennis Simon |
Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling: Incumbency, Redistricting, and the Success of Women Candidates |
31 Thomas Jefferson Law Review 29 (Fall 2008) |
On January 5, 2007, after being sworn in as the new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Representative Nancy Pelosi announced, [T]oday, we have broken the marble ceiling. However, she presides over a House that is only sixteen percent female. In the 110th Congress (2008 session), there are 16 women in the Senate and 71 women in the...; Search Snippet: ...The Political Glass Ceiling: Incumbency, Redistricting, and the Success of Women Candidates Barbara Palmer Dennis Simon [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008 Thomas... |
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