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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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008 Asian American Yes
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... 2008    
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... 2008    
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 ©... 2008    
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008    
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... 2008    
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... 2008 American Indian/Alaskan Native Yes
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... 2008 African/Black American  
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... 2008    
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... 2008    
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008    
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008    
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008 American Indian/Alaskan Native Yes
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008 African/Black American Yes
  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... 2008    
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... 2008   Yes
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 ©... 2008 Hispanic/Latinx American  
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... 2008    
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008   Yes
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 ©... 2008    
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... 2008 African/Black American  
Barbara Ann White 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... 2008    
X. Brian Edwards 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... 2008    
Adrien Katherine Wing 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... 2008 African/Black American  
Barbara L. Bernier 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... 2008    
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008   Yes
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... 2008 African/Black American Yes
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... 2008 Asian American  
Samuel Josephs Whose Revolution Is This? Gender's Divisive Role in the Black Panther Party 9 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 403 (2008) I. Calling All Men: Background and Context of Gender's Role Early On. 404 A. Early Recruitment. 408 B. Women Gain Interest. 410 C. Women Join the Party. 412 II. The Federal, State, and Local Attack on The Black Panther Party. 413 III. Gender's Divide. 416 A. The Visibility of Panther Women: Gender Discussed on the Front Pages. 416 B. Gender as an...; Search Snippet: ...Of Gender and Sexuality Law Note Whose Revolution Is This? Gender's Divisive Role in the Black Panther Party Samuel Josephs [Fna1... 2008 African/Black American  
Harry Greenlee, Esq. , Shelia P. Greenlee, Ph.D. Women and the Death Penalty: Racial Disparities and Differences 14 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law 319 (Winter, 2008) The death penalty in America has been studied, discussed, and written about extensively. The vast majority of researchers, however, have focused their study of the death penalty, or capital punishment, on male prisoners. This article examines the data related to women on death row since 1973, with particular attention to similar problems that have...; Search Snippet: ...The Law Winter, 2008 2007 Symposium: Women in Prisons Article Women and the Death Penalty: Racial Disparities and Differences Harry Greenlee... 2008   Yes
Arianne Renan Barzilay Women at Work: Towards an Inclusive Narrative of the Rise of the Regulatory State 31 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 169 (Winter 2008) Our aim is not to denounce the fictitiousness of other discourses but to induce them, so far as possible, to take into consideration what they have allowed themselves to overlook. - Jacques Donzelot This Article seeks to enrich what we know about the establishment of the regulatory state. It focuses on women's contribution to the rise of...; Search Snippet: ...Law and Gender Harvard Journal of Law & Gender Winter 2008 Women at Work: Towards an Inclusive Narrative of the Rise Of... 2008   Yes
Carmen D. Hernandez , 717 D Street NW Suite 310 Washington, DC 20004 202-628-0090 Fax 202-628-2881 E-mail chernan7@aol.com Women Behind Bars - No Dignity, No Hope 32-APR Champion Champion 5 (April, 2008) According to a recent report by a study group of the Pew Charitable Trusts, more than 1 in 100 Americans is currently behind bars. When the figures are broken down by age, sex and race, the statistics are as stunning as a slap in the face: 1 in 9 black males aged 20 to 34 is incarcerated. One in 72 of all males is in jail or prison. One in 96 of...; Search Snippet: ...Wl 1892688 Champion Champion April, 2008 Column from the President Women Behind Bars No Dignity, No Hope Carmen D. Hernandez [Fna1... 2008 African/Black American Yes
Guadalupe T. Luna Women in Blue Jeans: Connecting the past with Agricultural Transformations in the Present 23 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society 313 (Fall 2008) A lot of us are getting into farming later, as we get older . . .. We're willing to toss insanity to the winds. It's just a different focus for women. The systemic and ongoing demise of independent farm operations is well documented and lamented. The confluence of globalization and rising production costs in the present are further jeopardizing...; Search Snippet: ...Society Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society Fall 2008 Articles Women in Blue Jeans: Connecting the past with Agricultural Transformations In... 2008   Yes
Kim White Women in Federal Prison: Pathways In, Programs out 14 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law 305 (Winter, 2008) One of the fastest growing populations in most correctional systems is female offenders and the impact of these rising numbers is significant. The author speaks to the rising female population numbers, the types of crimes and behaviors that lead to their incarceration, the characteristics of female offenders, the impact their incarceration has on...; Search Snippet: ...The Law Winter, 2008 2007 Symposium: Women in Prisons Article Women in Federal Prison: Pathways In, Programs out Kim White [Fna1... 2008   Yes
Jenni Gainsborough Women in Prison: International Problems and Human Rights Based Approaches to Reform 14 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law 271 (Winter, 2008) The growth in prison populations is a world-wide phenomenon, and within the overall growth rate, many countries are seeing a disproportionate rate of increase among women. Despite differences in culture and resources, women everywhere face similar problems in prison systems, which have been designed primarily by and for men. These include sexual...; Search Snippet: ...The Law Winter, 2008 2007 Symposium: Women in Prisons Article Women in Prison: International Problems and Human Rights Based Approaches To... 2008   Yes
Fiona Kay , Elizabeth Gorman Women in the Legal Profession 4 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 299 (2008) gender, law practice, careers, mobility, earnings, discrimination In recent years, the legal profession has undergone significant change, with rapidly rising numbers of women among its membership. Scholars of legal history, sociology, economics, organizational behavior, and law have examined various dimensions of the feminization of the legal...; Search Snippet: ...Social Science Annual Review of Law and Social Science 2008 Women in the Legal Profession Fiona Kay [Fn1] Elizabeth Gorman [Fn2... 2008   Yes
Carmelyn P. Malalis, Linda A. Neilan A Crackdown on Caregiver Discrimination 43-AUG Trial 32 (August, 2007) Last year, along with the American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union, we represented six women police officers who sued their employer, claiming that its policy barring officers from light-duty assignments--like working a desk job--while they were pregnant violated the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) and New...; Search Snippet: ...Pregnancy and Family Leave Can Manifest as Discrimination--against Both Women and Men Carmelyn P. Malalis Linda A. Neilan [Fna1] Copyright... 2007    
Laura M. Padilla A Gendered Update on Women Law Deans: Who, Where, Why, and Why Not? 15 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 443 (2007) Introduction. 444 I. What Does a Law Dean Do, and How Do You Become One Anyway?. 447 A. A Job Description for Law Deans. 448 B. The Path to a Law Deanship. 454 II. Empirical Information. 460 A. Who Are Uur Law Deans, and What Are Their Demographics?. 460 B. A Twenty Year Overview of Women Law Deans, Focusing on 1984-1985, 1994-1995, and 2004-2005....; Search Snippet: ...Policy and the Law 2007 Articles a Gendered Update on Women Law Deans: Who, Where, Why, and Why Not? Laura M... 2007   Yes
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