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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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