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| Alfreda S. Diamond |
Butterfly Effects from the Life of a Little Girl: a Book Review Essay of Equal Justice: the Courage of Ada Sipuel |
29 Women's Rights Law Reporter 167 (Winter/Spring 2007-2008) |
Law students are usually introduced to Ada Lois Sipuel in the context of several pre- Brown v. Board of Education cases decided by the United States Supreme Court. In these cases: State of Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada, Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, Sweatt v. Painter, and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher...; Search Snippet: ...Book Review Butterfly Effects from the Life of a Little Girl: a Book Review Essay of Equal Justice: the Courage Of... |
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| Shirley Tang |
Challenges of Policy and Practice in Under-resourced Asian American Communities: Analyzing Public Education, Health, and Development Issues with Cambodian American Women |
15 Asian American Law Journal 153 (May, 2008) |
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent American Community Survey (ACS), the growth of the Asian American population has outpaced that of all other racial groups in Massachusetts. From 2000 to 2005, the Asian American population increased by 23%; meanwhile, the Latino and Black populations grew by 14.5% and 6% respectively, and the...; Search Snippet: ...2008 Article Challenges of Policy and Practice in Under-resourced Asian American Communities: Analyzing Public Education, Health, and Development Issues with Cambodian American Women Shirley Tang [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2008 Regents of the University... |
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| Megan Ryan |
Comments from the Spring 2007 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender Conference |
31 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 378 (Summer 2008) |
Even after thirty-five years in existence, Title IX is still widely misunderstood. We hope this Conference sheds some light on how Title IX is actually implemented in practice and how it has had an impact on people's lives. Inspired by Deborah Brake's article, Revisiting Title IX's Feminist Legacy, we decided to focus on a larger theme for this...; Search Snippet: ...Articles Comments from the Spring 2007 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender Conference Held at Harvard Law School Edited and Abridged By... |
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| Susan Ekberg Stiritz |
Cultural Cliteracy: Exposing the Contexts of Women's Not Coming |
23 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 243 (Fall 2008) |
Cultural cliteracy denotes what an adequately educated person should know about the clitoris. This paper elaborates three ways to enlarge understandings of the clitoris. The first looks at the clitoris as a target of male aggression, a significant and persistent theme in Western history. The second describes an expanded anatomy of the clitoris, one...; Search Snippet: ...Justice Fall 2008 Commentary Cultural Cliteracy: Exposing the Contexts of Women's Not Coming Susan Ekberg Stiritz [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2008 Regents... |
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| Taunya Lovell Banks |
Dangerous Woman: Elizabeth Key's Freedom Suit - Subjecthood and Racialized Identity in Seventeenth Century Colonial Virginia |
41 Akron Law Review 799 (2008) |
I. Introduction. 799 II. English Subjecthood in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeen Century. 804 III. Elizabeth's Legal Theories. 809 A. Introduction. 809 B. Status of the Child Follows the Father (partus sequitur partem). 812 C. Indentured Servant versus Slave. 820 D. Christianity as a Marker of Free Status. 824 IV. Reflections on the Disposition of...; Search Snippet: ...Review Akron Law Review 2008 40th Anniversary Edition Article Dangerous Woman: Elizabeth Key's Freedom Suit - Subjecthood and Racialized Identity in Seventeenth... |
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| Dana Harrington Conner |
Do No Harm: an Analysis of the Legal and Social Consequences of Child Visitation Determinations for Incarcerated Perpetrators of Extreme Acts of Violence Against Women |
17 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 163 (2008) |
When the events are natural disasters or acts of God, those who bear witness sympathize readily with the victim. But when the traumatic events are of human design, those who bear witness are caught in the conflict between victim and perpetrator. It is morally impossible to remain neutral in this conflict. The bystander is forced to take sides. It...; Search Snippet: ...Determinations for Incarcerated Perpetrators of Extreme Acts of Violence Against Women Dana Harrington Conner [Fna1] Copyright © 2008 by the Columbia Journal... |
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| Dean Spade |
Documenting Gender |
59 Hastings Law Journal 731 (March, 2008) |
We are witnessing a period of great controversy and law reform about issues of identity documentation and identity verification. In the last few years, both the passage of the Real ID Act and the implementation of new data comparison practices between administrative agencies such as departments of motor vehicles (DMVs) and the Social Security...; Search Snippet: ...Hastings Law Journal Hastings Law Journal March, 2008 Articles Documenting Gender Dean Spade [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008 Uc Hastings College Of... |
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| Shirley Darby Howell |
Domestic Violence, Flawed Interpretations of 42 U.s.c. § 1437(d)(L)(6), Sexual Harassment in Public Housing, and Municipal Violations of the Eighth Amendment: Making Women Homeless and Keeping Them Homeless |
13 Jones Law Review Rev. 1 (Fall, 2008) |
Homeless women accompanied by at least one child comprise the fastest growing segment of America's homeless population. This article examines the great poverty that has befallen so many women in America, focusing specifically upon the links between domestic violence, the Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker decision interpreting 42...; Search Snippet: ...Public Housing, and Municipal Violations of the Eighth Amendment: Making Women Homeless and Keeping Them Homeless Shirley Darby Howell [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Patricia A. Broussard |
Female Genital Mutilation: Exploring Strategies for Ending Ritualized Torture; Shaming, Blaming, and Utilizing the Convention Against Torture |
15 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 19 (January, 2008) |
A student related to me that she had a conversation with a Nigerian, male friend in which she told him that she was very excited that her professor was writing an article on female genital mutilation. She reported that the he became enraged and shouted, How dare this American woman characterize a custom of my culture as mutilation, and further,...; Search Snippet: ...Policy Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy January, 2008 Articles Female Genital Mutilation: Exploring Strategies for Ending Ritualized Torture; Shaming, Blaming... |
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| Rosalind Dixon |
Feminist Disagreement (Comparatively) Recast |
31 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 277 (Summer 2008) |
Critical issues of gender justice are frequently analyzed in the American legal academy without meaningful attention to the insights of newer feminist theories. To some degree this is understandable, as newer feminisms have added substantially to the overall complexity of feminist scholarship and have employed a less accessible argumentative style...; Search Snippet: ...Gender Harvard Journal of Law & Gender Summer 2008 Main Articles Feminist Disagreement (Comparatively) Recast Rosalind Dixon [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008 By... |
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| Jill Elaine Hasday |
Fighting Women: the Military, Sex, and Extrajudicial Constitutional Change |
93 Minnesota Law Review 96 (November, 2008) |
Americans often celebrate military service as a badge of honor and an emblem of full citizenship. Though potentially dangerous and difficult, even brief service in the armed forces offers valuable training, employment benefits, and reputational advantages, opening doors to civilian careers. Yet for generations Congress, the executive branch, the...; Search Snippet: ...Minnesota Law Review Minnesota Law Review November, 2008 Article Fighting Women: the Military, Sex, and Extrajudicial Constitutional Change Jill Elaine Hasday... |
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| Christine J. Hung |
For Those Who Had No Voice: the Multifaceted Fight for Redress by and for the "Comfort Women" |
15 Asian American Law Journal 177 (May, 2008) |
These days I hum a song, Katusa, putting my own words to the tune: I am so miserable; return my youth to me; apologize . . . . You dragged us off against our own will. You trod on us. Apologize . . . --Lee Yong-soo, former Korean comfort woman, testifying in the U.S. House of Representatives in February 2007 For the Asian women who were...; Search Snippet: ...The Multifaceted Fight for Redress by and for the Comfort Women Christine J. Hung [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2008 Regents of The... |
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| Julie Goldscheid |
Gender Violence and Work: Reckoning with the Boundaries of Sex Discrimination Law |
18 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 61 (2008) |
It is uncontroverted . that Hossack was terminated because management feared her husband's threats and that he might very well cause workplace disruption in the future . [consequently] no reasonable jury could find that the defendant terminated [her] employment because she is a woman. Workplace inequality based on sex, as well as discrimination...; Search Snippet: ...Gender and Law Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 2008 Gender Violence and Work: Reckoning with the Boundaries of Sex Discrimination... |
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| Rhonda Copelon |
Gender Violence as Torture: the Contribution of Cat General Comment No. 2 |
11 New York City Law Review 229 (Summer 2008) |
Violence against women persists in every country in the world as a pervasive violation of human rights and a major impediment to achieving gender equality. Such violence is unacceptable, whether perpetrated by the State and its agents or by family members or strangers, in the public or private sphere, in peacetime or in times of conflict. The...; Search Snippet: ...And Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Remarks Gender Violence as Torture: the Contribution of Cat General Comment No... |
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| Lisa R. Pruitt 2008 |
Gender, Geography & Rural Justice |
23 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 338 (Fall 2008) |
This Article argues that a more grounded and nuanced understanding of women's lived realities requires legal scholars to engage geography. Because spatial aspects of women's lives implicate inequality and moral agency, they have direct relevance to an array of legal issues. The Article thus deploys the tools of critical geographers--space, place,...; Search Snippet: ...Justice Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice Fall 2008 Article Gender, Geography & Rural Justice Lisa R. Pruitt 2008 [Fnd1] Copyright ©... |
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| Mary Romero |
Go after the Women: Mothers Against Illegal Aliens' Campaign Against Mexican Immigrant Women and Their Children |
83 Indiana Law Journal 1355 (Fall, 2008) |
Protect Our Children, Secure Our Borders! is the rallying cry adopted by Mothers Against Illegal Aliens (MAIA), an Arizona-based women's anti-immigration group founded by Michelle Dallacroce in January 2006. Like other race-based nativist groups emerging in the United States, MAIA targets immigrants as the reason for overcrowded and low-achieving...; Search Snippet: ...Contemporary Legal Discourses Gender and Human Rights Go after the Women : Mothers Against Illegal Aliens' Campaign Against Mexican Immigrant Women and Their Children Mary Romero [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008 Trustees... |
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| Christiana Ochoa |
Guatemala's Gender Equality Reforms: Cil in the Making |
83 Indiana Law Journal 1333 (Fall, 2008) |
Attaining legitimacy and maintaining integral coherence are among the persistent goals of international law. My previous work on customary international law (CIL) has attended to these goals, specifically in relation to proscription. I have argued, together with others, that individuals should have a recognized role in the CIL formation process....; Search Snippet: ...Epicenter of Contemporary Legal Discourses Gender and Human Rights Guatemala's Gender Equality Reforms: Cil in the Making Christiana Ochoa [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Taunya Lovell Banks |
Here Comes the Judge! Gender Distortion on Tv Reality Court Shows |
39 University of Baltimore Law Forum 38 (Fall 2008) |
[W]e are seeing a shift from . . . the failed representation of the real . . . to . . . the impenetrable commingling of fiction and reality . . . representations no longer need to be rooted in reality. It is sufficient for images simply to reflect other images. Law has become . . . entertainment law. In 2000, television reality court shows replaced...; Search Snippet: ...Baltimore Law Forum Fall 2008 Article Here Comes the Judge! Gender Distortion on Tv Reality Court Shows Taunya Lovell Banks [Fna1... |
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| Rebecca A. Hart , M. Alexander Lowther |
Honoring Sovereignty: Aiding Tribal Efforts to Protect Native American Women from Domestic Violence |
96 California Law Review 185 (February, 2008) |
Each year more than 4 million women are the victims of domestic violence at the hands of their partners--this is an epidemic from which Native American women are not immune. The obstacles to leaving an abusive relationship are numerous: women often need medical help, may lack the financial resources to support themselves and their families, and...; Search Snippet: ...February, 2008 Comment Honoring Sovereignty: Aiding Tribal Efforts to Protect Native American Women from Domestic Violence Rebecca A. Hart [Fnd1] M. Alexander Lowther... |
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| K.J. Greene |
Intellectual Property at the Intersection of Race and Gender: Lady Sings the Blues |
16 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 365 (2008) |
I. The Emergence of Race in Legal Analysis. 367 A. Intellectual Property, Innovation and African-Americans. 368 B. Blacks and Copyright Law. 370 C. Blacks and Trademark Law. 374 II. The Emerging Feminist Critique of Intellecual Property. 378 A. African-American Women and IP. 380 III. Traditional Knowledge/Indigenous Peoples and Intellectual...; Search Snippet: ...2008 Article Intellectual Property at the Intersection of Race and Gender: Lady Sings the Blues K.j. Greene [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008... |
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| Phyliss Craig-Taylor |
Lifting the Veil: the Intersectionality of Ethics, Culture, and Gender Bias in Domestic Violence Cases |
32 Rutgers Law Record 31 (Spring, 2008) |
This article will explore both theoretical and pragmatic questions which arise out of deconstructing the term objective and competent representation inside the paradigm of zealous representation, when viewed through the lens of domestic violence cases. These cases invoke highly problematic issues when examined in a homogeneous, rather than a...; Search Snippet: ...2008 Lifting the Veil: the Intersectionality of Ethics, Culture, and Gender Bias in Domestic Violence Cases Phyliss Craig-taylor [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Rose Ernst |
Localizing the "Welfare Queen" Ten Years Later: Race, Gender, Place, and Welfare Rights |
11 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 181 (Winter 2008) |
Mysheda Autry sits on a linoleum floor, watching her three children play with toys from a nearby milk crate. She is pregnant. This photo, featured in The New York Times, marked the tenth anniversary of welfare reform. The caption beneath the photo reads, Today is the 10th anniversary of the law intended to wean poor women off welfare. But Mysheda...; Search Snippet: ...Contemporary America Localizing the Welfare Queen Ten Years Later: Race, Gender, Place, and Welfare Rights Rose Ernst [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008... |
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| Shirley Darby Howell |
Making Women Homeless and Keeping Them Homeless Domestic Violence, Flawed Interpretations of 42 U.s.c. §1437d(l)(6), Sexual Harassment in Public Housing, and Municipal Violations of the Eighth Amendment |
65 Guild Practitioner 77 (Summer, 2008) |
Homeless women accompanied by at least one child comprise the fastest growing segment of America's homeless population. This article examines the great poverty that has befallen so many women in America, focusing specifically upon the links between domestic violence, the Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker decision interpreting 42...; Search Snippet: ...2008 Wl 7644709 Guild Practitioner Guild Practitioner Summer, 2008 Making Women Homeless and Keeping Them Homeless Domestic Violence, Flawed Interpretations Of... |
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| Krystyna M. Cloutier |
Marching Toward War: Reconnoitering the Use of All Female Platoons |
40 Connecticut Law Review 1531 (July, 2008) |
Throughout America's history women have played an active role in the military. Since the advent of the All Volunteer Force in 1973 the overall numbers of women in the military have increased. Additionally, the roles women have played in the military have also multiplied and today about ninety percent of the military occupational specialties are...; Search Snippet: ...2008 Note Marching Toward War: Reconnoitering the Use of All Female Platoons Krystyna M. Cloutier [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008 Connecticut Law... |
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| Nancy E. Dowd |
Masculinities and Feminist Legal Theory |
23 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society 201 (Fall 2008) |
Feminist theory has examined men, patriarchy, and masculine characteristics predominantly as sources of power, domination, inequality, and subordination. Various theories of inequality developed by feminists challenge and reveal structures and discourses that reinforce explicitly or implicitly the centrality of men and the male identity of a...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law, Gender & Society Fall 2008 Articles Masculinities and Feminist Legal Theory [Fna1] Nancy E. Dowd [Fnaa1] Copyright (C) 2008... |
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| Martha K. Plante |
Protecting Women's Health: How Gonzales V. Carhart Endangers Women's Health and Women's Equal Right to Personhood under the Constitution |
16 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 387 (2008) |
I. Introduction. 389 II. Abortion's Legal History in America Suggests That, as Knowledge About Abortion Has Increased, and Advances in Medical Technology Have Been Made, the Law's Recognition of a Woman's Right to Protect Her Health and Know Best What Is Right For Her Own Body Has Declined. 390 A. Pre-Industrial American Abortion Laws Reflected...; Search Snippet: ...Gender, Social Policy and the Law 2008 Current Events Protecting Women's Health: How Gonzales V. Carhart Endangers Women's Health and Women's Equal Right to Personhood under the Constitution Martha K. Plante... |
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| Jacquelyn H. Slotkin |
Rabenmutter and the Glass Ceiling : an Analysis of Role Conflict Experienced by Women Lawyers in Germany Compared with Women Lawyers in the United States |
38 California Western International Law Journal 287 (Spring 2008) |
Can women lawyers do it all--practice law, maintain a satisfying marriage or partnership, and have a family? German women lawyers answered that question with these comments: Successful women lawyers are only the exception. We [women lawyers] need a forty-eight-hour day. Society does not accept women lawyers practicing business law. Law...; Search Snippet: ...Glass Ceiling [Fn2] : an Analysis of Role Conflict Experienced by Women Lawyers in Germany Compared with Women Lawyers in the United States Jacquelyn H. Slotkin [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Felicia Kornbluh |
Redistribution, Recognition, and Good China: Administrative Justice for Women Welfare Recipients Before Goldberg V. Kelly |
20 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 165 (2008) |
Introduction. 165 I. Fair Hearings and Poverty Law Scholarship: The Need for New Categories. 169 II. Who Brought Fair Hearings and How?. 173 III. Why Women Brought Fair Hearings. 176 IV. Consumer Citizenship and Welfare Justice. 179 V. How Fair the Hearing?. 182 VI. Bargaining in the Shadow of the Hearing: Redistribution. 183 VII. Achieving...; Search Snippet: ...Welfare Rights Redistribution, Recognition, and Good China: Administrative Justice for Women Welfare Recipients Before Goldberg V. Kelly Felicia Kornbluh [Fnd1] Copyright... |
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| Joanne E. Brosh , Monica K. Miller |
Regulating Pregnancy Behaviors: How the Constitutional Rights of Minority Women Are Disproportionately Compromised |
16 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 437 (2008) |
I. Regulation of Pregnancy Behaviors and Violation of Rights. 439 A. Regulation of Pregnancy Behaviors. 440 1. HIV Testing and Treatment. 440 2. Illegal Drug Use. 441 3. Doctors' Orders. 443 B. Violation of Rights. 444 II. Disproportionate Harm to Minority Women. 447 A. Health Decision-Making. 448 B. Differences in the Level of Trust Women Have in...; Search Snippet: ...Article Regulating Pregnancy Behaviors: How the Constitutional Rights of Minority Women Are Disproportionately Compromised Joanne E. Brosh [Fna1] Monica K. Miller... |
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| Lorna Fox |
Re-possessing "Home": a Re-analysis of Gender, Homeownership and Debtor Default for Feminist Legal Theory |
14 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law 423 (Spring, 2008) |
The current credit crisis has brought the subject of subprime and other problematic debt to the forefront of many agendas - both political and personal. This article explores some of the underlying legal, theoretical, economic, and phenomenological issues associated with default and foreclosure, particularly as they affect women homeowners. The...; Search Snippet: ...Spring, 2008 Articles Re-possessing Home: a Re-analysis of Gender, Homeownership and Debtor Default for Feminist Legal Theory Lorna Fox [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008 College Of... |
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| Priscilla J. Smith |
Responsibility for Life: How Abortion Serves Women's Interests in Motherhood |
17 Journal of Law & Policy 97 (2008) |
Introduction. 98 I. The Importance of Motherhood and Other Reasons Women Choose Abortion. 103 A. Pregnancy and Abortion: the Data. 103 B. Why Women Have Abortions. 106 C. Special Reasons Women Have Abortions in the Second Trimester. 109 1. Medical Factors, including Fetal Anomalies, and Women's Health Conditions. 110 2. Delay in Obtaining...; Search Snippet: ...Of Law & Policy 2008 Responsibility for Life: How Abortion Serves Women's Interests in Motherhood Priscilla J. Smith [Fna1] Copyright © 2008 By... |
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| Suzanne Koepplinger |
Sex Trafficking of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota |
6 University of Saint Thomas Law Journal 129 (Fall 2008) |
The views represented in this article are those of the author. The terms American Indian, Native American, and Indian will be used interchangeably. The Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center (MIWRC), in partnership with several culturally based non-profit service providers in the state, recently began investigating anecdotal reports of...; Search Snippet: ...Trafficking Victims: a Host of Unresolved Issues Sex Trafficking of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota Suzanne Koepplinger [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2009 University Of... |
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| Lisa Pilnik |
Six Steps to Address Rising Stis in Teen Girls |
27 No. 3 Child Law Practice 47 (May, 2008) |
Do you talk to adolescents you work with about their health? Talking about sexual health is not always easy. New research showing a high incidence of sexually transmitted infections among teen girls makes these conversations even more critical. More than one in four teenage girls has at least one STI according to a new study from the Centers for...; Search Snippet: ...Health Matters Six Steps to Address Rising Stis in Teen Girls Lisa Pilnik [Fna1] Copyright © 2008 by American Bar Association; Lisa... |
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| Bernie D. Jones |
Southern Free Women of Color in the Antebellum North: Race, Class, and a "New Women's Legal History" |
41 Akron Law Review 763 (2008) |
I. Configuring Race, Gender, and Class in American Legal History. 763 II. African-American Women in the Antebellum United States: Enslaved and Free Women Facing the Law. 772 III. Formulating an Abolitionist Law Practice: John Jolliffe. 788 IV. Conclusion. 794; Search Snippet: ...Akron Law Review 2008 40th Anniversary Edition Article Southern Free Women of Color in the Antebellum North: Race, Class, and a New Women's Legal History Bernie D. Jones [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008 Akron... |
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Striving for Diversity in Adr & Why it Matters: an Interview with the Hon. Timothy K. Lewis |
63-APR Dispute Resolution Journal 20 (February-April, 2008) |
Judge Lewis: My name is Tim Lewis. I am a former U.S. Circuit Court judge and a former United States District Court judge. I served eight years on the Third Circuit. Before that, I was a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. I am a native of Pittsburgh, Pa. I still live in Pittsburgh, but I now practice in the...; Search Snippet: ...In the Decision Making Professions, and Why Allowing Minorities and Women an Opportunity to Participate Is So Vitally Important Copyright © 2008... |
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| Phyra M. McCandless |
The Fallacy of Mandating Contraceptive Equity: Why Laws That Protect Women with Health Insurance Deepen Institutional Discrimination |
42 University of San Francisco Law Review 1115 (Spring 2008) |
THE RIGHT TO ACCESS CONTRACEPTIVES was cemented by the United States Supreme Court in Eisenstadt v. Baird, which held that states cannot prohibit the distribution of contraceptives to individuals, as such prohibition fundamentally affect[s] . . . the decision whether to bear or beget a child. Although Eisenstadt motivated reproductive rights...; Search Snippet: ...The Fallacy of Mandating Contraceptive Equity: Why Laws That Protect Women with Health Insurance Deepen Institutional Discrimination Phyra M. Mccandless [Fna1... |
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| Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol |
The Gender Bend: Culture, Sex, and Sexuality-a Latcritical Human Rights Map of Latina/o Border Crossings |
83 Indiana Law Journal 1283 (Fall, 2008) |
[C]ultures provide specific plots for lives. Away, she went away but each place she went pushed her to the other side, al otro lado. [j]Mejor puta que pata. Mejor ladrón que maricón. In the course of studying and theorizing about Latinas/os and their location in law and culture, critical theory has been simultaneously liberating and restraining,...; Search Snippet: ...Epicenter of Contemporary Legal Discourses Gender and Human Rights the Gender Bend: Culture, Sex, and Sexuality-a Latcritical Human Rights Map of Latina/o Border Crossings Berta Esperanza Hernandez-truyol [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Lorraine H. Weber |
The History of Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Initiatives in Michigan-where We Have Been, Where We Hope to Go, and Why it Is Important |
25 Thomas M. Cooley Law Review 139 (2008) |
Good afternoon, I am both proud and a little amazed at the opportunity that I had early on in Michigan to be a part of this movement, and, as you might have gleaned from my introduction, I regret to say that I am indeed old enough to have been there pretty much from the beginning. As I look around this room, I see the faces of some who were there...; Search Snippet: ...To Equality: Are We There Yet? Transcript the History of Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Initiatives in Michigan-where We Have Been... |
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| Bruce A. Kimball, Brian S. Shull |
The Ironical Exclusion of Women from Harvard Law School, 1870-1900 |
58 Journal of Legal Education 3 (March, 2008) |
In the final three decades of the nineteenth century, Harvard Law School (HLS) introduced and established the model of professional education that became normative in the United States during the twentieth century. That development resulted chiefly from the work of C. C. Langdell, who served as dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895 and who...; Search Snippet: ...March, 2008 History of Legal Education the Ironical Exclusion of Women from Harvard Law School, 1870-1900 Bruce A. Kimball Brian... |
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| Ariela Migdal, Emily J. Martin, Mie Lewis, Lenora M. Lapidus |
The Need to Address Equal Educational Opportunities for Women and Girls |
35-SUM Human Rights 16 (Summer, 2008) |
While all students are vulnerable to assaults on their rights, girls and women face a distinct set of challenges. This article examines three trends illustrating obstacles to an equal education for girls and women. The first section addresses the current popularity of sex-segregated programs in public schools, in which boys and girls are taught...; Search Snippet: ...Summer, 2008 the Need to Address Equal Educational Opportunities for Women and Girls Ariela Migdal Emily J. Martin Mie Lewis Lenora M. Lapidus... |
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| Dana Neaçsu |
The Red Booklet on Feminist Equality. Instead of a Manifesto. |
30 Women's Rights Law Reporter 106 (Fall 2008) |
If feminist legal theory were to face its legacy today, it would see that its tremendous value rests in its means more than in its ends. True, it has produced palpable results for its promoters domestically. It satisfied many feminists' discrete incremental requests, from Women's History Month to a limited right to bear or beget. While feminism...; Search Snippet: ...Rights Law Reporter Fall 2008 Articles the Red Booklet on Feminist Equality. Instead of a Manifesto. Dana Neaçsu [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Anders Walker |
Things Cannot Go on as They Are: Contextualizing Herbert Wechsler's Critique of the School Segregation Cases |
52 Saint Louis University Law Journal 1211 (Summer 2008) |
This morning, constitutional scholar David Strauss asked us to reconsider Herbert Wechsler's 1959 critique of Brown v. Board of Education in Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law. Read outside its historical context, Wechsler's charge that Brown failed to establish a neutral legal principle for invalidating segregation, and that...; Search Snippet: ...A White Central High Student, Assaulted Another One of the African American Girls at the School, Prompting Holloway's Suspension. [Fn20] over the Course... |
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Traversing 2 and 3 Waves: Feminist Legal Theory Moving Forward |
39 University of Baltimore Law Forum L.F. I (Fall, 2008) |
The difference between 2 and 3 wave is experiential -- not chronological -- Gloria Steinem As a 3 wave feminist asking you, a 2 wave feminist . where should we go from here? . what do you want us to accomplish? Query to Steinem by young woman during Q & A. I just want you to go . It's up to you [what you want to accomplish .] -- Ms. Steinem's...; Search Snippet: ...Law Forum Fall, 2008 Foreword Traversing 2 Nd and 3 Rd Waves: Feminist Legal Theory Moving Forward Barbara Ann White [Fna1] Copyright © 2008... |
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True Donative Freedom: Using Mediation to Resolve the Disparate Impact Current Succession Law Has on Committed Same-gender Loving Couples |
23 Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution 715 (2008) |
In recent years the national discussion concerning what rights same-gender loving Americans do or do not have has been thrust to the forefront of American political debate. The issues of same-sex marriage, same-gender loving adoption rights, and civil unions have sparked heated debate between both ends of the political spectrum. Moreover, this...; Search Snippet: ...The Disparate Impact Current Succession Law Has on Committed Same- Gender Loving Couples [Fn1] X. Brian Edwards [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2008... |
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Twenty-first-century Loving: Nationality, Gender, and Religion in the Muslim World |
76 Fordham Law Review 2895 (May, 2008) |
It scarcely seems possible that the Loving v. Virginia decision is now forty years old. In that case, decided more than ten years after the historic Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation decision, Virginia was one of many states that forbade intermarriage between whites and blacks. It took the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a racist law...; Search Snippet: ...On Race, Sex, and Family Twenty-first-century Loving: Nationality, Gender, and Religion in the Muslim World Adrien Katherine Wing [Fna1... |
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Unholy Troika: Gender, Race and Religiosity in the 2008 Presidential Contest |
15 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 275 (August, 2008) |
B.C. Thy Husband Shall Rule Over Thee [Genesis, Old Testament] A.D. Let wives be subject to their husbands as to the Lord; because a husband is head of the wife just as Christ is head of the Church. . .just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also let wives be subject to their husbands in all things. [St. Paul, Epistle to the Ephesians 5, New...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Gender Law & Policy August, 2008 Article Unholy Troika: Gender, Race and Religiosity in the 2008 Presidential Contest Barbara L... |
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| Carrie Acus Love |
Unrepeatable Harms: Female Genital Mutilation and Involuntary Sterilization in U.s. Asylum Law |
40 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 173 (Fall 2008) |
As a citizen of the People's Republic of China, Ms. X chose to have three children with her husband. In doing so she violated China's one couple, one child family planning policy. Although she allowed another family to raise her second child and went into hiding herself, the government authorities eventually found her, arrested her, and forcibly...; Search Snippet: ...Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School Note Unrepeatable Harms: Female Genital Mutilation and Involuntary Sterilization in U.s. Asylum Law Carrie... |
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| Marcia D. Greenberger , Jocelyn F. Samuels |
What Women Need: a Policy Agenda for the New Administration |
35-FALL Human Rights 16 (Fall, 2008) |
The statistics are alarming. One in four girls drops out of high school, resulting in an average annual income that falls $9,100 below even the low wages earned by male high school dropouts. More than four decades after enactment of the Equal Pay Act, women working full time still earn about 78 cents, on average, for every dollar paid to men. More...; Search Snippet: ...Human Rights Human Rights Fall, 2008 President Barack Obama What Women Need: a Policy Agenda for the New Administration Marcia D... |
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| Leigh Goodmark |
When Is a Battered Woman Not a Battered Woman? When She Fights Back |
20 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 75 (2008) |
Introduction. 76 I. The Importance of Narrative. 78 A. Narratives and the Law. 81 II. The Paradigmatic Victim and her Silenced Sisters. 82 A. The Paradigmatic Victim Is Passive. 82 B. The Paradigmatic Victim Is White. 85 C. The Paradigmatic Victim Is Straight. 90 III. The Stories of Women Who Fight Back. 92 A. African American Women Who Fight Back....; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Feminism 2008 Article When Is a Battered Woman Not a Battered Woman? When She Fights Back Leigh Goodmark [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2008... |
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| Sunny Woan |
White Sexual Imperialism: a Theory of Asian Feminist Jurisprudence |
14 Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice 275 (Spring, 2008) |
This Article studies the intersection of race and gender, examining it through the lens of Western imperialism. Even though both critical race and feminist scholarship have addressed this intersection, few if any offer a precise theory for understanding the imperialized experience. This Article seeks to fill that void. The social inequality...; Search Snippet: ...Spring, 2008 Article White Sexual Imperialism: a Theory of Asian Feminist Jurisprudence Sunny Woan [Fna1] Copyright © 2008 by Washington and Lee... |
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