AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearGender in Title or SummaryEthnicity in Title
Lisa R. Pruitt Toward a Feminist Theory of the Rural 2007 Utah Law Review 421 (2007) Feminists have often criticized law's ignorance of women's day-to-day, lived experiences, even as they have sought to reveal the variety among those experiences. This article builds on both critiques to argue for greater attentiveness to a neglected aspect of women's situation: place. Specifically, Professor Pruitt asserts that the hardships and...; Search Snippet: ...Utah Law Review Utah Law Review 2007 Article Toward a Feminist Theory of the Rural Lisa R. Pruitt [Fna1] Copyright ©... 2007    
Susan W. Tiefenbrun Updating the Domestic and International Impact of the U.s. Victims of Trafficking Protection Act of 2000: Does Law Deter Crime? 38 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 249 (2006-2007) For many years, the United States has recognized the insufficiency of its criminal and immigration laws in preventing sex trafficking, protecting victims of trafficking, and effectively prosecuting traffickers. President William Clinton signed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act on October 28, 2000 (TVPA) to provide an...; Search Snippet: ...Charged with Involuntary Servitude); [Fn60] United States V. Gasanova [Fn61] ( Women from Uzbekistan Were Recruited into El Paso, Texas to Work... 2007    
Boatema Boateng Walking the Tradition-modernity Tightrope: Gender Contradictions in Textile Production and Intellectual Property Law in Ghana 15 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 341 (2007) Introduction. 341 The Political, Legal, and Theoretical Context. 345 The Gender of Ghanaian Cloth Production. 350 Gender Contradictions. 356; Search Snippet: ...Gender: the Unmapped Connections Symposium Walking the Tradition-modernity Tightrope: Gender Contradictions in Textile Production and Intellectual Property Law in Ghana... 2007    
  Aba Finds Parity Is Elusive for Women Lawyers of Color 06-11 Law Office Management and Administration Report 1 (November, 2006) There's no way to sugarcoat the fact that according to industry data, there are institutional barriers to success within large firms for women lawyers. It's also true that although many firms have made great advances to bridge the gap, there's still much work to be done. Indeed, the latest ABA survey of women lawyers of color shows exactly why...; Search Snippet: ...Report November, 2006 Diversity Aba Finds Parity Is Elusive for Women Lawyers of Color Copyright © 2006 Institute of Management and Administration... 2006 Yes  
  Aba to Industry: Leading Firms must Revisit Efforts to Support Women Lawyers of Color 06-10 Compensation and Benefits for Law Offices 1 (October, 2006) We all know the numbers: In 2004, only 17% of law partners were women and only 4% were attorneys of color. Indeed, it's no secret that women lawyers have a tough time overcoming institutional barriers to success within major law firms. Given the statistics, it stands to reason that minority women--confronted with the double whammy of race and...; Search Snippet: ...Aba to Industry: Leading Firms must Revisit Efforts to Support Women Lawyers of Color Copyright © 2006 Institute of Management and Administration... 2006 Yes  
Peter C. Alexander Another Perspective: the Bankruptcy Code Harms Women and Children 15 Widener Law Journal 599 (2006) For years, I have joined the chorus of scholars who have argued that American bankruptcy laws have had a negative effect on women and children, especially the provisions dealing with the discharge of marital debts. On October 17, 2005, new bankruptcy laws under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) became...; Search Snippet: ...Consumer Protection Act (Bapcpa) Another Perspective: the Bankruptcy Code Harms Women and Children Peter C. Alexander [Fna1] Copyright © 2006 by The... 2006 Yes  
Kristin Brandser Kalsem Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Well-being of Women:: How Intersectionality Matters in Money Matters 71 Brooklyn Law Review 1181 (Spring 2006) After eight years of heated controversy, President Bush signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 into law on April 20, 2005 and that legislation became effective on October 17, 2005. Massive in size and far-reaching in effect, this piece of legislation has been part of the congressional agenda since 1997. The title...; Search Snippet: ...2006 Article Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Well-being of Women:: How Intersectionality Matters in Money Matters Kristin Brandser Kalsem [Fnd1... 2006 Yes  
Nekima Levy-Pounds Beaten by the System and down for the Count: Why Poor Women of Color and Children Don't Stand a Chance Against U.s. Drug-sentencing Policy 3 University of Saint Thomas Law Journal 462 (Spring 2006) I. Introduction. 463 II. Case of Kemba Smith as a Paradigm of Problems Within the War on Drugs . 467 A. Kemba the Kingpin and Mandatory Minimums. 468 B. Prosecutors as Gatekeepers to Freedom for Defendants. 470 1. Conspiracy Charges and the Catch-22. 470 2. Substantial Assistance and the Girlfriend Problem . 472 3. Ineffective Attempts at...; Search Snippet: ...By the System and down for the Count: Why Poor Women of Color and Children Don't Stand a Chance Against U.s... 2006 Yes  
Mario L. Barnes Black Women's Stories and the Criminal Law: Restating the Power of Narrative 39 U.C. Davis Law Review 941 (March, 2006) C1-3Table of Contents L1-2Introduction . L3943 I. Revisiting the Power of Narrative. 951 II. Criminal Law and the Continuing Cost of Unforgiveable Blackness (Womanhood and Poverty?). 958 A. Millie Simpson's Data. 962 B. My Grandmother's Story. 963 III. Doctrinal Narratives and Identity Construction. 966 A. My Grandmother's Hypervisibility....; Search Snippet: ...Law Review March, 2006 Color, Feminism, and the State Black Women's Stories and the Criminal Law: Restating the Power of Narrative... 2006 Yes African/Black American
Claire M. DeMatteis Coming of Age: the Women and the Law Section 24-FALL Delaware Lawyer 20 (Fall, 2006) The year was 1900: Five men were admitted to the Delaware Bar, joining the ranks of this all-male group. From 1900 through 1922, women who wanted to practice law in Delaware were blocked by a Delaware Supreme Court ruling that held that the State Constitution required officials of the State, including lawyers, to be men. The year was 1923: The...; Search Snippet: ...Lawyer Delaware Lawyer Fall, 2006 Feature Coming of Age: the Women and the Law Section Claire M. Dematteis Copyright © 2006 By... 2006 Yes  
Deborah Tuerkheimer Conceptualizing Violence Against Pregnant Women 81 Indiana Law Journal 667 (Spring, 2006) L1-3,T3Introduction 667 I. L2-3,T3Pregnancy Battering: Prevalence, Dynamics, Consequences 670. A. Social Scientific Understandings. 670 B. Glimpses from Case Law. 674 II. L2-3,T3Traditional Criminal Law Response 677. A. Limitations of Conventional Paradigms. 677 B. Decontextualizing the Violence. 679 C. Disregarding the Pregnancy. 684 III....; Search Snippet: ...Indiana Law Journal Spring, 2006 Article Conceptualizing Violence Against Pregnant Women [Fnd1] Deborah Tuerkheimer [Fna1] Copyright © 2006 by the Trustees Of... 2006 Yes American Indian/Alaskan Native
Michèle Alexandre Dance Halls, Masquerades, Body Protest and the Law: the Female Body as a Redemptive Tool Against Trinidad's Gender-biased Laws 13 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 177 (Spring 2006) Male domination of the female body is the basic material reality of women's lives; and all struggle for dignity and self-determination is rooted in the struggle for actual control of one's own body . . . . The very word erotic comes from the Greek word eros, the personification of love in all its aspects-born of Chaos, and personifying creative...; Search Snippet: ...Article Dance Halls, Masquerades, Body Protest and the Law: the Female Body as a Redemptive Tool Against Trinidad's Gender-biased Laws Michèle Alexandre [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 Duke Journal... 2006 Yes  
  Data Show Mentoring, Networking Programs Help Women of Color 06-9 Law Office Management and Administration Report 3 (September, 2006) Interested in improving your firm's retention of women lawyers of color? Thankfully, there's a good amount of data available from organizations like NALP, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, and the ABA's Women of Color Research Initiative. And for good reason. One report in the late 1990s found that women of color working in private...; Search Snippet: ...2006 Law Firm Diversity Data Show Mentoring, Networking Programs Help Women of Color Copyright © 2006 Institute of Management and Administration Inc... 2006 Yes  
Miriam A. Cherry Decentering the Firm: the Limited Liability Company and Low-wage Immigrant Women Workers 39 U.C. Davis Law Review 787 (March, 2006) C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 787 I. Feminist Business. 790 II. Corporate Law: Using the Master's Tools?. 795 III. One Possible Solution: The Limited Liability Company. 798 Conclusion. 803; Search Snippet: ...The Firm: the Limited Liability Company and Low-wage Immigrant Women Workers Miriam A. Cherry [Fna1] Copyright © 2006 by the Regents... 2006 Yes  
Myrna S., Raeder, Professor,, Southwestern Law, School Domestic Violence in Federal Court: Abused Women as Victims, Survivors, and Offenders 2006 Federal Sentencing Reporter 3912217 (12/1/2006) While domestic violence cases typically are found in state courts, a small but growing number of federal cases involve male batterers and abused women. Although some think that domestic violence is not important enough to warrant federal attention, intimate partner abuse is at the root of a number of recent Supreme Court cases. Moreover, a recent...; Search Snippet: ...Volume 19, Number 2 Domestic Violence in Federal Court: Abused Women as Victims, Survivors, and Offenders December 1, 2006 Myrna S... 2006 Yes  
Heather S. Goldman Emergency Health Care Services: Disparate Access and Barriers Faced by Women 7 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 1165 (2006) I. Historical perspective of Health Care and Disparate Treatment. 1166 A. EMTALA--A Guaranteed Right to Emergency Health Care. 1167 1. The Rights of Americans to Health Care Before EMTALA. 1167 2. After the Enactment of EMTALA. 1169 B. Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage. 1173 1. An Overview of the Facts and Laws Regarding Health Insurance in...; Search Snippet: ...Emergency Health Care Services: Disparate Access and Barriers Faced by Women Heather S. Goldman [Fna1] Copyright © 2006 by the Georgetown Journal... 2006 Yes  
Rachel Kalman Epa's Mercury Cap and Trade Rule: an Environmental Injustice for Women 13 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 111 (Fall 2006) In 2005, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Clean Air Mercury Rule, which will change the way the agency had proposed to regulate mercury emission from power plants not five years before. In 2000, the EPA concluded that coal and oil-fired utility steam generating units were a major source of hazardous air...; Search Snippet: ...Epa's Mercury Cap and Trade Rule: an Environmental Injustice for Women Rachel Kalman [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 Yeshiva University; Rachel Kalman... 2006 Yes  
Ann Martin Stacey, Cassia Spohn Gender and the Social Costs of Sentencing: an Analysis of Sentences Imposed on Male and Female Offenders in Three U.s. District Courts 11 Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law 43 (Spring, 2006) Disparity in the treatment of offenders involved in the criminal justice system has been the topic of a substantial amount of research over the past thirty years. Perhaps the most compelling evidence of disparity is found in the demographics of the inmate population in state and federal prisons throughout the United States. Most of those...; Search Snippet: ...Criminal Law Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law Spring, 2006 Article Gender and the Social Costs of Sentencing: an Analysis of Sentences Imposed on Male and Female Offenders in Three U.s. District Courts Ann Martin Stacey Cassia... 2006 Yes  
Danielle Pelfrey Duryea Gendering the Gentrification of Public Housing: Hope Vi's Disparate Impact on Lowest-income African American Women 13 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 567 (Fall, 2006) HOPE VI must have seemed so promising. When, in 1992, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) introduced the program later dubbed HOPE VI, replacing the country's worst public housing projects with mixed-income, mixed-use, low-density new developments while providing targeted social services to low-income residents must have seemed...; Search Snippet: ...Of Public Housing: Hope Vi's Disparate Impact on Lowest-income African American Women Danielle Pelfrey Duryea [Fna1] Copyright © 2007 by Georgetown Journal On... 2006 Yes African/Black American
Kim Taylor-Thompson Girl Talk--examining Racial and Gender Lines in Juvenile Justice 6 Nevada Law Journal 1137 (Spring 2006) Much of the talk about juvenile justice in the United States centers on the plight of young men of color: for good reason. Their disproportionate presence in the system warrants, at a minimum, close examination and candid conversation. As critical as that discussion remains, it may be deflecting attention from the fastest growing segment of the...; Search Snippet: ...Spring 2006 Special Issue on Legal Representation of Children Article Girl Talk--examining Racial and Gender Lines in Juvenile Justice Kim Taylor-thompson [Fna1] Copyright ©... 2006 Yes  
Judith E. Koons Gunsmoke and Legal Mirrors: Women Surviving Intimate Battery and Deadly Legal Doctrines 14 Journal of Law & Policy 617 (2006) Gunsmoke trail. Oh tell me of days gone by. - Theme from Gunsmoke [Y]ou wanna control. I mean, that's where the hitting comes from. To put fear in em. - Participant in Batterers' Intervention Program We do not ask of the man in the barroom brawl that he leave the bar before the occurrence of an anticipated fight, but we do ask the battered woman...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Policy 2006 Article Gunsmoke and Legal Mirrors: Women Surviving Intimate Battery and Deadly Legal Doctrines Judith E. Koons... 2006 Yes  
Alexandra Blake Flamme Hernandez V. Ashcroft: a Construction of "Extreme Cruelty" under the Violence Against Women Act and its Potential Impact on Immigration and Domestic Violence Law 40 New England Law Review 571 (Winter 2006) In June of 1985, Judy Norman shot and killed her husband while he slept. For the previous twenty years, he subjected his wife to serious physical and mental abuse. He beat her almost every day with anything that was nearby (fly swatter, fist, shoe, baseball bat), put cigarettes out on her skin, smashed glasses on her head, threw hot coffee on her,...; Search Snippet: ...Ashcroft: a Construction of Extreme Cruelty under the Violence Against Women Act and its Potential Impact on Immigration and Domestic Violence... 2006 Yes  
Lisa C. Ikemoto In the Shadow of Race: Women of Color in Health Disparities Policy 39 U.C. Davis Law Review 1023 (March, 2006) C1-3Table of Contents L1-2Introduction . L31025 I. The Federal Government's Role in Addressing Racism and Patriarchy in Health Care: 1940s-1970s. 1028 A. The Federal Government's Influence. 1028 B. Racism in Health Care: The Civil Rights Era. 1029 C. Patriarchy in Health Care: The Women's Health Movement and the Abortion Wars. 1031 D. Women of...; Search Snippet: ...Repertoire of Women of Color in the Shadow of Race: Women of Color in Health Disparities Policy Lisa C. Ikemoto [Fna1... 2006 Yes  
Iris Halpern Increasing Healthcare Coverage for Women of Color in the Workplace: a Proposal for Legislative Change in Labor Law 21 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 132 (2006) As the percentage of the medically uninsured continues to climb, the state of healthcare coverage in America has become a topic of volatile debate. The number of uninsured individuals reached 45.8 million in 2004, reaching a disconcerting one-sixth of the total population. National unemployment rates, however, continue to hover at a far lower 5%. A...; Search Snippet: ...Gender, Law & Justice 2006 Recent Development Increasing Healthcare Coverage for Women of Color in the Workplace: a Proposal for Legislative Change... 2006 Yes  
Camden J. McDaris Legal Protection Only for Those Who Are Most like "Us"? What Animal Activists Can Learn from the Early Women's Movement about Society's Resistance to Acknowledging Rights 2 Journal of Animal Law 159 (2006) All social movements share essential similarities: they consist of out-groups that society views as illegitimate; persuasion is the sole means available to transform perceptions of reality and to achieve legitimacy, since social movements cannot rely on established legal channels to reward or punish behavior; and advocates must often spend great...; Search Snippet: ...Like Us? What Animal Activists Can Learn from the Early Women's Movement about Society's Resistance to Acknowledging Rights Camden J. Mcdaris... 2006 Yes  
Marie A. Failinger Lessons Unlearned: Women Offenders, the Ethics of Care, and the Promise of Restorative Justice 33 Fordham Urban Law Journal 487 (January, 2006) Latasha, the child of an alcoholic father and herself an alcohol abuser by thirteen, was arrested at nineteen after she hit a police officer with a baseball bat. The officer was attempting to arrest her when she tried to take her child back from her boyfriend and his new girlfriend and instead ended up assaulting the girlfriend's mother. It was...; Search Snippet: ...2006 Special Feature: Women as Perpetrators of Crime Lessons Unlearned: Women Offenders, the Ethics of Care, and the Promise of Restorative... 2006 Yes  
Michelle S. Jacobs Loyalty's Reward -- a Felony Conviction: Recent Prosecutions of High-status Female Offenders 33 Fordham Urban Law Journal 843 (March, 2006) Over the past four years, the American public has witnessed a seemingly unending number of corporate and white-collar scandals. Corporate scandals in the business world are not a new phenomenon; indeed, every decade has had its share. Michael Milken, the Wall Street wonder of the eighties, along with his associate, Ivan Boesky, were both dethroned...; Search Snippet: ...Loyalty's Reward -- a Felony Conviction: Recent Prosecutions of High-status Female Offenders Michelle S. Jacobs [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 Fordham Urban... 2006 Yes  
  New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts 27 Women's Rights Law Reporter 121 (Spring 2006) MS. NESSEL: Hi, I'm Lori Nessel, I'm a professor here at Seton Hall and I just wanted to take a minute to welcome everyone here to our presentation sponsored by the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts. We are particularly pleased to be hosting this event here at Seton Hall. Both because as we celebrate our fiftieth anniversary...; Search Snippet: ...Reporter Spring 2006 Transcript New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts Copyright (C) 2007 Women's Rights Law Reporter... 2006 Yes  
Yvette Joy Liebesman No Guarantees: Lessons from the Property Rights Gained and Lost by Married Women in Two American Colonies 27 Women's Rights Law Reporter 181 (Summer 2006) It was all Mrs. Bumble. She WOULD do it, urged Mr. Bumble; first looking round to ascertain that his partner had left the room. That is no excuse, replied Mr. Brownlow. You were present on the occasion of the destruction of these trinkets, and, indeed are the more guilty of the two, in the eye of the law; for the law supposes that your wife...; Search Snippet: ...Lessons from the Property Rights Gained and Lost by Married Women in Two American Colonies Yvette Joy Liebesman [Fna1] Copyright ©... 2006 Yes  
Kathleen O'Connor Ives Out of the Loop: Female Federal District Court Candidates Disadvantaged by a Nomination Process Imbued with Favoritism 16 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 103 (Fall 2006) I. Introduction. 104 II. Women's Involvement in the Judicial Nomination Process. 106 A. Female Judges on the Federal Bench: More than Window Dressing. 106 B. The Structure of the Nomination Process at the Federal District Court Level. 107 1. Misconstrued Objectives of the Hearings. 107 2. The Role of Congressional Members in the Nomination Process....; Search Snippet: ...And the Law Fall 2006 Note out of the Loop: Female Federal District Court Candidates Disadvantaged by a Nomination Process Imbued... 2006 Yes  
Mary Shaw-Perry, Ph.D., CHES Perceptions and Beliefs about Type 2 Diabetes among Non-diabetic Black Women 10 DePaul Journal of Health Care Law 51 (Fall 2006) Racial and ethnic disparities have existed in America since the birth of the nation. A vital part of working toward the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities lies in understanding the lived experiences of those deemed high risk for preventable diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Few studies have explored the perceptions and beliefs that...; Search Snippet: ...And Beliefs about Type 2 Diabetes among Non-diabetic Black Women Mary Shaw-perry , Ph.d., Ches Copyright (C) 2006 Depaul University... 2006 Yes African/Black American
Renée M. Landers Plus Ça Change, plus C'est La Même Chose: the Representation of People of Color (And Women) in Boston Law Firms 50-DEC Boston Bar Journal 15 (November/December, 2006) In Grutter v. Bollinger, the U.S. Supreme Court held diversity an interest sufficiently compelling to justify the use of race-based affirmative action at the University of Michigan Law School. In so holding, the Court pointedly noted that law schools represent the training ground for a large number of our Nation's leaders. The Court catalogued...; Search Snippet: ...La Même Chose: the Representation of People of Color (And Women) in Boston Law Firms Renée M. Landers [Fna1] Copyright © 2006... 2006 Yes  
Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol Power, Democracy, and Participation: the Gender-neutral Notion of Trade and the Exclusion of Women from the Table 100 American Society of International Law Proceedings 170 (March 29-April 1, 2006) The centennial celebration of the American Society of International Law is an appropriate and exciting occasion during which to have a conversation about international legal theory. This discussion provides the framework within which internationalists can continue to develop, expand, and transform existing legal theoretical frameworks to account...; Search Snippet: ...Law Theory: Possibilities and Problems Power, Democracy, and Participation: the Gender-neutral Notion of Trade and the Exclusion of Women from the Table Berta Esperanza Hernández-truyol [Fna1] Copyright © 2006... 2006 Yes  
Victor L. Streib Rare and Inconsistent: the Death Penalty for Women 33 Fordham Urban Law Journal 609 (January, 2006) There is also overwhelming evidence that the death penalty is employed against men and not women . . . It is difficult to understand why women have received such favored treatment since the purposes allegedly served by capital punishment seemingly are equally applicable to both sexes. Picture in your mind a condemned murderer being sentenced to...; Search Snippet: ...Perpetrators of Crime Rare and Inconsistent: the Death Penalty for Women Victor L. Streib [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 Fordham Urban Law... 2006 Yes  
Nadine Strossen Reproducing Women's Rights: All over Again 31 Vermont Law Review 1 (Fall, 2006) Thank you so much for that kind introduction, and thank you to the audience for that warm welcome. Congratulations to the Women's Law Group (WLG) on your first quarter-century, and many happy returns for the next one and beyond! When I was a law student, I was very active in my school's Women's Law Association, which was one of the most positive...; Search Snippet: ...Vermont Law Review Vermont Law Review Fall, 2006 Speech Reproducing Women's Rights: All over Again Nadine Strossen [Fna1] [Fnd1] Copyright ©... 2006 Yes  
Brenda V. Smith Sexual Abuse of Women in United States Prisons: a Modern Corollary of Slavery 33 Fordham Urban Law Journal 571 (January, 2006) I initially began working on this paper in connection with a project that looked at the transatlantic abolition movement in the United States and Europe from 1830 to 1870 with a focus on early feminist efforts. In that initial effort, it became clear that sexual abuse of women in prison and the sexual abuse of female slaves shared many...; Search Snippet: ...Special Feature: Women as Perpetrators of Crime Sexual Abuse of Women in United States Prisons: a Modern Corollary of Slavery Brenda... 2006 Yes  
Tiffany Lyttle Stop the Injustice: a Protest Against the Unconstitutional Punishment of Pregnant Drug-addicted Women 9 NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy 781 (2005-2006) Beginning in the late 1970s, an innovative prosecutorial strategy arose: states began prosecuting pregnant women because of their criminal behavior and its effects on their unborn and newborn children. Prior to this creative use of the criminal justice system, women had never been prosecuted, let alone punished, for this behavior during pregnancy....; Search Snippet: ...A Protest Against the Unconstitutional Punishment of Pregnant Drug-addicted Women Tiffany Lyttle [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 New York University Journal... 2006 Yes  
  Study Underscores the Importance of Mentoring for Women of Color 06-7 Compensation and Benefits for Law Offices 2 (July, 2006) Next month, the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession will release the results of its much anticipated Women of Color Research Initiative at the association's annual meeting in Hawaii. Among other things, the surveyors contend that the data will examine the professional trajectory of women lawyers of color based on research in the late 1990s...; Search Snippet: ...Offices July, 2006 Study Underscores the Importance of Mentoring for Women of Color Copyright © 2006 Institute of Management and Administration Inc... 2006 Yes Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Julia L. Ernst The Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues: an Inside Perspective on Lawmaking by and for Women 12 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 189 (2006) I. Introduction 190 II. The Dynamic History of the Women's Caucus 192 III. Inside Mechanics: How the Women's Caucus Worked in the 108th Congress 201 A. People Involved in the Women's Caucus 201 1. Women's Caucus Leaders 202 2. Women's Caucus Membership 205 3. Women's Caucus Staffers 215 B. Mechanisms for Action within the Women's...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Gender & Law 2006 Article the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues: an Inside Perspective on Lawmaking by and for Women Julia L. Ernst [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 University of Michigan... 2006 Yes  
Nancy D. Campbell The Construction of Pregnant Drug-using Women as Criminal Perpetrators 33 Fordham Urban Law Journal 463 (January, 2006) [W]hat the law tells us to do is not as important as what the law tells us to be. Despite clear lack of intent to harm those whom they carry, drug-using pregnant women have been constructed as de facto criminal perpetrators. When women become noticeably unable or unwilling to carry out their assigned social roles and responsibilities as parents,...; Search Snippet: ...As Perpetrators of Crime the Construction of Pregnant Drug-using Women as Criminal Perpetrators Nancy D. Campbell [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006... 2006 Yes  
Susan Tiefenbrun The Cultural, Political, and Legal Climate Behind the Fight to Stop Trafficking in Women: William J. Clinton's Legacy to Women's Rights 12 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 855 (Summer 2006) Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. -- Margaret Mead Trafficking in women for the purpose of enslaving them in sex work is one of the oldest and most heinous violations of women's rights. Trafficking had never effectively been addressed until the Clinton...; Search Snippet: ...And Legal Climate Behind the Fight to Stop Trafficking in Women: William J. Clinton's Legacy to Women's Rights Susan Tiefenbrun [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 Yeshiva University; Susan... 2006 Yes  
Brenda Oppermann The Impact of Legal Pluralism on Women's Status: an Examination of Marriage Laws in Egypt, South Africa, and the United States 17 Hastings Women's Law Journal 65 (Winter 2006) The concept of the rule of law becomes muddied when a government recognizes more than one body of law. Nowhere is this more apparent than in legally pluralistic countries where traditional law and national law exist side by side. Because these bodies of law grew out of culturally distinct customs and practices, their coexistence frequently results...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Winter 2006 Article the Impact of Legal Pluralism on Women's Status: an Examination of Marriage Laws in Egypt, South Africa... 2006 Yes  
Linda C. Fentiman The New "Fetal Protection": the Wrong Answer to the Crisis of Inadequate Health Care for Women and Children 84 Denver University Law Review 537 (2006) In 1999, Regina McKnight, a homeless, mentally retarded woman who was pregnant and addicted to cocaine, was charged with murder when her child was stillborn. The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed her murder conviction and upheld the twenty-year sentence imposed. In 2002, a severely mentally disabled woman became pregnant after being raped by...; Search Snippet: ...Wrong Answer to the Crisis of Inadequate Health Care for Women and Children Linda C. Fentiman [Fnd1] Copyright © 2006 Denver University... 2006 Yes  
Ronnie Wade Robertson Tilting at Windmills: the Relationship Between Men's Non-revenue Sports and Women's Sports 76 Mississippi Law Journal 297 (Fall, 2006) Because they spend much of their time and energy fighting each other for scraps left over from men's revenue sports, proponents of men's non-revenue sports and women's sports are overlooking the fact that they could be valuable allies in shaping the evolution of Title IX in college athletics. The struggle between men's non-revenue sports and...; Search Snippet: ...At Windmills: the Relationship Between Men's Non-revenue Sports and Women's Sports Ronnie Wade Robertson Copyright © 2006 Mississippi Law Journal, Inc... 2006 Yes  
Cheryl L. Wade Transforming Discriminatory Corporate Cultures: this Is Not Just Women's Work 65 Maryland Law Review 346 (2006) The Symposium on Women and the New Corporate Governance began with an opening address by Sheila Wellington, the President of Catalyst. Don't change women, she said, change corporations. I agree with Ms Wellington, but I would go one step further by observing that companies will change only if men change. The overwhelming majority of the...; Search Snippet: ...Corporate Governance Transforming Discriminatory Corporate Cultures: this Is Not Just Women's Work Cheryl L. Wade [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 Maryland Law... 2006 Yes  
Angie Perone Unchain My Heart: Slavery as a Defense to the Dismantling of the Violence Against Women Act 17 Hastings Women's Law Journal 115 (Winter 2006) Violence against women is a pervasive societal problem whose importance has consistently been ignored or belittled by the courts. Courts have historically minimized the effect of violence against women and continue to do so. Attempts to protect women from gender-motivated violence have been held unconstitutional. Despite persuasive congressional...; Search Snippet: ...As a Defense to the Dismantling of the Violence Against Women Act Angie Perone [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 Uc Hastings College... 2006 Yes  
Leila Abolfazli Violence Against Women Act (Vawa) 7 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 863 (2006) I. Historical Treatment of Domestic Violence. 864 II. Federal Criminal Laws Relating to Violence Against Women. 868 A. Section 2261: Forcing Victim Across Interstate Lines. 868 B. Section 2262: Federalizing Protection Orders. 871 C. Immigration Cases. 872 III. Funding Initiatives. 873 IV. Gaps Left by Previous VAWA Legislation and VAWA III Changes....; Search Snippet: ...Of Gender and Sexuality Law Criminal Law Chapter Violence Against Women Act (Vawa) Leila Abolfazli Copyright © 2006 by the Georgetown Journal... 2006 Yes  
Sheila Dauer Violence Against Women: an Obstacle to Equality 6 University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class 281 (Fall 2006) Violence against women is the human rights scandal of our times. The underlying cause is discrimination, which denies women equality with men in all areas of life. In 1991, the United Nations (U.N.) committee that monitors the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued General Recommendation 19, which...; Search Snippet: ...Global Advancement of Women: Barriers and Best Practices Violence Against Women: an Obstacle to Equality [Fna1] Sheila Dauer [Fnaa1] Copyright ©... 2006 Yes  
Sari Bashi , Maryana Iskander Why Legal Education Is Failing Women 18 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 389 (2006) In this Article, Ms. Bashi and Ms. Iskander report and analyze the results of a comprehensive study of the way Yale Law School educates female and male students. This research is distinctive for its attention to faculty observations and its robust use of quantitative and qualitative data to map women's experiences throughout law school....; Search Snippet: ...Of Law & Feminism 2006 Article Why Legal Education Is Failing Women Sari Bashi [Fnd1] Maryana Iskander [Fndd1] Copyright (C) 2006 Yale... 2006 Yes  
Cindy A. Schipani , Terry Morehead Dworkin , Angel Kwolek-Folland , Virginia Maurer , Marina v.N. Whitman Women and the New Corporate Governance: Pathways for Obtaining Positions of Corporate Leadership 65 Maryland Law Review 504 (2006) Evidence abounds in the business press that women have stormed the bastions of the economic elite, at least in developed nations. Unfortunately, relatively few women have scaled the walls successfully and climbed over them onto major board directorships and top executive positions. Women corporate officers hold only 9.9% of line jobs -- those...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review 2006 Symposium Women and the New Corporate Governance Women and the New Corporate Governance: Pathways for Obtaining Positions Of... 2006 Yes  
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