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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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 ©... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| Margaret V. Sachs |
Women in Corporate Law Teaching: a Tale of Two Generations |
65 Maryland Law Review 666 (2006) |
For many law professors, law school courses have gendered identities. Corporations and commercial law, for example, are seen as rigorous and technical and thereby male. Family law and trusts and estates, on the other hand, are seen as soft and personal-relationship oriented and thus female. As a corporations teacher for more than twenty years,...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review 2006 Symposium Women and the New Corporate Governance Women in Corporate Law Teaching: a Tale of Two Generations Margaret... |
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| Michael Selmi, Naomi Cahn |
Women in the Workplace: Which Women, Which Agenda? |
13 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy Pol'y 7 (Spring 2006) |
When we talk about women in the workplace, there is a tendency to speak in broad generalizations, and frequently our own experiences deeply influence those generalizations. This has been particularly true of the work and family literature that has blossomed in the last decade. That literature has brought greater attention to the difficulty so many...; Search Snippet: ...Gender Law & Policy Spring 2006 Women in the Workplace Article Women in the Workplace: Which Women, Which Agenda? Michael Selmi Naomi Cahn [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006... |
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| Camille S. Williams |
Women, Equality, and the Federal Marriage Amendment |
20 BYU Journal of Public Law 487 (2006) |
Marriage and the marital family are arguably the only important social institutions in which women have always been necessary participants. The marital alliance is fundamentally a reproductive alliance: [r]ecognized marriage has invariably been restricted to heterosexual couples, and the relationship categories that proscribe marriage in any...; Search Snippet: ...Of Public Law Byu Journal of Public Law 2006 Article Women, Equality, and the Federal Marriage Amendment Camille S. Williams [Fna1... |
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| Andra Nahal Behrouz |
Women?s Rebellion: Towards a New Understanding of Domestic Violence in Islamic Law |
5 UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law 153 (2005-2006) |
The struggle against domestic violence in Muslim communities is ultimately a confrontation with jurisprudence, history, and power. This confrontation compels modern Muslim thinkers to engage with the unchanged, often unexamined, inherited assumptions and methodologies that have been used to interpret the religious texts. Islamic feminist-scholars...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Islamic and near Eastern Law 2005-2006 Comment Women S Rebellion: Towards a New Understanding of Domestic Violence In... |
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| Vicki Lens |
Work Sanctions under Welfare Reform: Are They Helping Women Achieve Self-sufficiency? |
13 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 255 (Spring 2006) |
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 radically reshaped the landscape of welfare for women. The changes transformed a program designed to meet the material needs of poor women and their families into one primarily focused on preventing dependency through promoting work. PRWORA includes an array of...; Search Snippet: ...Workplace Article Work Sanctions under Welfare Reform: Are They Helping Women Achieve Self-sufficiency? Vicki Lens [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2006 Duke... |
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| Shefali Milczarek-Desai |
(Re)locating Other/third World Women: an Alternative Approach to Santa Clara Pueblo V. Martinez's Construction of Gender, Culture and Identity |
13 UCLA Women's Law Journal 235 (Spring 2005) |
The stereotypical image conjured by invocation of the contrast between universalism and [relativism] is that of the dichotomy between Western liberal individualism and non-Western forms of communalism. . . . On the one hand, we have the liberal individual who is committed to constitutional democracy; on the other, the tightly knit non-Western...; Search Snippet: ...Women's Law Journal Spring 2005 Essay (Re)locating Other/third World Women: an Alternative Approach to Santa Clara Pueblo V. Martinez's Construction of Gender, Culture and Identity Shefali Milczarek-desai [Fn1] Copyright (C) 2005... |
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11 Lawyers on the List of Women Who Shaped Las Vegas |
13-JUN Nevada Lawyer 29 (June, 2005) |
Women of Diversity Productions, Inc., in collaboration with other organizations, developed a 2005 program for the Las Vegas Centennial Celebration. The program is entitled 100 Years of Influence: Women Who Shaped Las Vegas. 11 of the nearly 300 Las Vegas women on the list are practicing lawyers, judges or hold law degrees. The focus of the Women...; Search Snippet: ...Feature Las Vegas Centennial 11 Lawyers on the List of Women Who Shaped Las Vegas Copyright © 2005 by State Bar Of... |
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| G. Kristian Miccio |
A House Divided: Mandatory Arrest, Domestic Violence, and the Conservatization of the Battered Women's Movement |
42 Houston Law Review 237 (Summer 2005) |
I. Introduction. 238 II. Remembering Our Roots--The Battered Women's Movement of the 1970s-80s. 238 A. Mapping the Contours of Women's Oppression: Developing a Feminist Ideology. 248 B. Locating the Contours of Women's Oppression: The Methodology of a Movement. 256 C. Mapping the Contours of Women's Oppression: The Nexus Between Ideology and...; Search Snippet: ...Mandatory Arrest, Domestic Violence, and the Conservatization of the Battered Women's Movement [Fna1] G. Kristian Miccio [Fnaa1] Copyright (C) 2005 Houston... |
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| Celestial S.D. Cassman , Lisa R. Pruitt |
A Kinder, Gentler Law School? Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Legal Education at King Hall |
38 U.C. Davis Law Review 1209 (April, 2005) |
I. Studies of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Legal Education. 1218 A. Gender. 1219 B. Race and Ethnicity. 1222 II. A Profile of King Hall. 1224 A. A Kinder, Gentler Law School: Reputation, Rhetoric, Reality?. 1225 B. Curriculum and Public Academic Environment. 1229 C. Demographics. 1231 III. The King Hall Law Student Survey. 1234 A. Survey Design....; Search Snippet: ...April, 2005 Article a Kinder, Gentler Law School? Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Legal Education at King Hall [Fnd1] Celestial S.d. Cassman... |
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| Myrna S. Raeder |
A Primer on Gender-related Issues That Affect Female Offenders |
20-SPG Criminal Justice Just. 4 (Spring, 2005) |
Despite the increasing influx of women into the criminal justice system, their numbers still pale in comparison to males. Thus, it is still easy to overlook gender-related differences that may play a role in evaluating why a woman commits a crime, what is important to her once arrested, and the collateral consequences of her incarceration. This...; Search Snippet: ...Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Spring, 2005 Feature a Primer on Gender-related Issues That Affect Female Offenders Myrna S. Raeder [Fna1] Copyright © 2005 by American Bar... |
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| Sarah Miller Little, Esq. |
A Woman of Property: from Being it to Controlling It. A Bicentennial Perspective on Women and Ohio Property Law, 1803 to 2003 |
16 Hastings Women's Law Journal 177 (Summer 2005) |
Women today have legal rights that they did not possess when Ohio became a state in 1803. This Article will review the right of a married woman to own and control her real property in Ohio, from pre-statehood to the present. In particular, this Article will focus on the women's movement and Ohio laws known as the Married Women's Property Acts...; Search Snippet: ...Law Journal Hastings Women's Law Journal Summer 2005 Article a Woman of Property: from Being it to Controlling It. A Bicentennial Perspective on Women and Ohio Property Law, 1803 to 2003 Sarah Miller Little... |
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| Joan H. Robinson |
Another Woman's Body Found Outside Juárez : Applying Velásquez Rodríguez for Women's Human Rights |
20 Wisconsin Women's Law Journal 167 (Spring 2005) |
Susana Flores, 13, was found dead in outlying scrubland in December, 1996. She had been repeatedly raped, stabbed and shot. An autopsy showed she suffered four heart attacks from terror before she died. [S]tay in your place or be afraid. Contrary to the arguments that such violence is only personal or cultural, it is profoundly political. It...; Search Snippet: ...Wisconsin Women's Law Journal Spring 2005 Twentieth Anniversary Celebration Another Woman's Body Found Outside Juárez [Fna1] : Applying Velásquez Rodríguez for Women's Human Rights Joan H. Robinson [Fnaa1] Copyright (C) 2005 Wisconsin... |
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| Linda C. McClain |
Bend it like Beckham and Real Women Have Curves: Constructing Identity in Multicultural Coming-of-age Stories |
54 DePaul Law Review 701 (Spring 2005) |
Of course, neither the picture in which there is just an authentic nugget of selfhood, the core that is distinctively me, waiting to be dug out, nor the notion that I can simply make up any self I choose, should tempt us. We make up selves from a tool kit of options made available by our culture and society . . . We do make choices, but we don't...; Search Snippet: ...And Protecting Personhood Articles Bend it like Beckham and Real Women Have Curves: Constructing Identity in Multicultural Coming-of-age Stories... |
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| Valorie K. Vojdik |
Beyond Stereotyping in Equal Protection Doctrine: Reframing the Exclusion of Women from Combat |
57 Alabama Law Review 303 (Winter 2005) |
In United States v. Virginia (Virginia), the United States Supreme Court held that Virginia could not exclude qualified women from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) based upon generalizations about the abilities of women, even if such generalizations are true for most women. Writing for the majority, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg explained that...; Search Snippet: ...Beyond Stereotyping in Equal Protection Doctrine: Reframing the Exclusion of Women from Combat Valorie K. Vojdik [Fna1] Copyright © 2005 by The... |
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| Dorothy E. Roberts |
Black Club Women and Child Welfare: Lessons for Modern Reform |
32 Florida State University Law Review 957 (Spring, 2005) |
Last year I discovered a chapter in the history of U.S. child welfare policy that is overlooked in most accounts of the child welfare system. An editor for Darlene Clark Hine's Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia asked me to write the entry about child welfare. As I began the project, I realized that I had written an entire book and...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Spring, 2005 2004 Mason Ladd Lecture Black Club Women and Child Welfare: Lessons for Modern Reform Dorothy E. Roberts... |
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| Catherine F. Klein , Leslye E. Orloff , Hema Sarangapani |
Border Crossings: Understanding the Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Implications for Battered Women Fleeing Across State Lines with Their Children |
39 Family Law Quarterly 109 (Spring, 2005) |
The period immediately following an individual's decision to leave her abusive partner is often accompanied by a significant escalation in danger to the safety and welfare of the survivor and her children. While some survivors are able to navigate legal and social services systems to access basic legal protection, shelter and other emergency...; Search Snippet: ...Crossings: Understanding the Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Implications for Battered Women Fleeing Across State Lines with Their Children Catherine F. Klein... |
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| Terrance R. Kelly |
Canaanites, Catholics and the Constitution Developing Church Doctrine, Secular Law and Women Priests |
7 Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion 3 (12/15/2005) |
INTRODUCTION THE CANAANITE WOMAN AN EQUAL PROTECTION METHODOLOGY I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECULAR LAW AND CHURCH DOCTRINE A. THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SECULAR LAW AND CHURCH DOCTRINE B. THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF SECULAR LAW IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHURCH DOCTRINE 1. Newman, Noonan and Doctrinal Developments a. Usury b. Marriage and Adultery c. Slavery d....; Search Snippet: ...Catholics and the Constitution Developing Church Doctrine, Secular Law and Women Priests [Fna1] Terrance R. Kelly [Fnd1] Copyright © 2005 Rutgers Journal... |
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| Martha Chamallas |
Civil Rights in Ordinary Tort Cases: Race, Gender, and the Calculation of Economic Loss |
38 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1435 (Spring 2005) |
These days tort reform has become a code word for initiatives that seek to limit liability and reduce the amount or type of damages plaintiffs receive. It is a one way street that promises few benefits for injured parties or consumers. Tort reform has not always had this meaning. Prior to the 1980s, it was more frequently linked to measures, such...; Search Snippet: ...Civil Justice System? Civil Rights in Ordinary Tort Cases: Race, Gender, and the Calculation of Economic Loss Martha Chamallas [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Jenny Rivera |
Creating an Intimate Partner Violence Against Women Legal Theory |
8 New York City Law Review 495 (Fall 2005) |
Thank you. It is a pleasure to speak on this panel and to participate in this symposium. Professor Robson's work has had tremendous impact in many areas of critical legal analysis, and has challenged us to think in nontraditional ways about the law and legal jurisprudence. It is thus appropriate that we honor her work today by actively engaging in...; Search Snippet: ...Professor Ruthann Robson Equality Creating an Intimate Partner Violence Against Women Legal Theory [Fna1] Jenny Rivera [Fnaa1] Copyright (C) 2005 New... |
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Data Suggest Firms Revisit Retention of Minorities & Women |
05-1 Compensation and Benefits for Law Offices 2 (January, 2005) |
New research from NALP (Washington, D.C.; 202-835-1001; www.nalp.org) indicates yet again that relative to the attorney population as a whole and to the demographic composition of law school enrollment, women attorneys and attorneys of color continue to be under-represented in the partnership ranks at large law firms. According to data culled from...; Search Snippet: ...Offices January, 2005 Data Suggest Firms Revisit Retention of Minorities & Women Copyright © 2005 Institute of Management and Administration Inc. Westlaw Lawprac... |
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| Kathryn M. Stanchi |
Dealing with Hate in the Feminist Classroom: Re-thinking the Balance |
11 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 173 (2005) |
I. Introduction 173 II. The Facts 176 III. The Problem with Student Hate Speech in the Law School Classroom 182 A. The Problem Is Not the Principle 184 B. The Uneven Application of Free Speech and Academic Freedom Principles in the Legal Academy 188 C. What About Time, Place, and Manner Regulation? 199 D. The Devaluation of the Impact...; Search Snippet: ...Of Gender & Law 2005 Article Dealing with Hate in the Feminist Classroom: Re-thinking the Balance Kathryn M. Stanchi [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Larry Catá Backer |
Director Independence and the Duty of Loyalty: Race, Gender, Class, and the Disney-ovitz Litigation |
79 Saint John's Law Review 1011 (Fall 2005) |
Just as the 85,000-ton cruise ships Disney Magic and Disney Wonder are forced by science to obey the same laws of buoyancy as Disneyland's significantly smaller Jungle Cruise ships, so is a corporate board's extraordinary decision to award a $140 million severance package governed by the same corporate law principles as its everyday decision to...; Search Snippet: ...Public Corporation Director Independence and the Duty of Loyalty: Race, Gender, Class, and the Disney-ovitz Litigation Larry Catá Backer [Fnd1... |
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| Ayelet Lichtash |
Earning Dignity: Indirect Discrimination Against Women at Part-time Jobs, Comparative View |
26 Women's Rights Law Reporter 13 (Winter 2005) |
Part-time workers are far less likely than full-time workers to receive fringe benefits. Statutes that confer benefits exclude most part-time workers, and only a small percentage of those part-time workers enjoy the coverage of health and pension plans provided by their employers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Annual...; Search Snippet: ...Law Reporter Winter 2005 Article Earning Dignity: Indirect Discrimination Against Women at Part-time Jobs, Comparative View Ayelet Lichtash [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Ronald Adrine, Michael W. Runner, Cleveland (Ohio) Municipal Court, Family Violence Prevention Fund (San Francisco) |
Engaging Men and Boys in Domestic Violence Prevention Strategies |
6 Journal of the Center for Families, Children and the Courts 175 (2005) |
In California as well as nationwide, thousands of judges, court staff, attorneys, domestic violence advocates, law enforcement personnel, and other professionals engage daily in the battle to intervene after domestic violence, helping to protect the victims and their children, to hold perpetrators accountable, and to prevent future incidents of...; Search Snippet: ...The Successes of Intervention Efforts in Reaching and Assisting Battered Women, Domestic Violence Continues to Be Entrenched in Society. A Growing... |
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| Deleso Alford Washington |
Every Shut Eye, Ain't Sleep: Exploring the Impact of Crack Cocaine Sentencing and the Illusion of Reproductive Rights for Black Women from a Critical Race Feminist Perspective |
13 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 123 (2005) |
Introduction. 124 I. Black Women Standing at the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender. 125 A. Critical Race Feminist Perspective. 126 B. Her-storical Lens. 126 II. Crack Cocaine Sentencing of Black Mothers and its Intergenerational Impact. 126 Conclusion. 126; Search Snippet: ...Cocaine Sentencing and the Illusion of Reproductive Rights for Black Women from a Critical Race Feminist Perspective Deleso Alford Washington [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2005 American University... |
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| Aaron M. Clemens |
Executing Homosexuality: Removing Anti-gay Bias from Capital Trials |
6 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 71 (2005) |
L1-2Introduction . R372. I. Anti-Gay Bias as a Concern. 75 A. Prevalence of Anti-Gay Attitudes. 75 B. Falsely Linking Homosexuality to crime. 77 C. Addressing Juror's Anti-Gay Bias to Prevent Unjust Execution. 78 D. Anti-Gay Attitudes Can Result in Illegitimate Executions. 81 II. Standard for Removing a Juror for Cause. 85 III. Determining Anti-Gay...; Search Snippet: ...That They Could Not Be Fair If a Party Was Female, Black, or Latino. [Fn67] this Survey, If Accurate, Demonstrates That Either There Is More Anti-gay Bias than Bias Against Females, Blacks, or Latinos, or That Public Admission of Anti-gay Bias Remains Socially... |
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| Shayla McGee |
Female Circumcision in Africa: Procedures, Rationales, Solutions, and the Road to Recovery |
11 Washington and Lee Race and Ethnic Ancestry Law Journal 133 (Winter, 2005) |
Female circumcision and female genital mutilation represent the spectrum of surgical operations performed on the genitalia of young girls and women in more than twenty countries in east, west, and central Africa. Female genital surgeries also occur in Indonesia and Malaysia and are practiced by Bohra Muslims in India, Pakistan, and South Yemen. I...; Search Snippet: ...Race and Ethnic Ancestry Law Journal Winter, 2005 Student Article Female Circumcision in Africa: Procedures, Rationales, Solutions, and the Road To... |
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| Theresa M. Beiner |
Female Judging |
36 University of Toledo Law Review 821 (Summer 2005) |
AS judicial watchers have argued for a more gender diverse bench, political scientists have been keeping a scorecard on the women who are actually appointed. Do they judge differently than men? Do they favor women in sex discrimination cases or reproductive rights cases? Do they favor criminal defendants? Do they have a broader understanding of...; Search Snippet: ...Toledo Law Review Summer 2005 Women of the Courts Symposium Female Judging Theresa M. Beiner [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2005 University Of... |
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| Virginia F. Milstead |
Forbidding Female Toplessness: Why "Real Difference" Jurisprudence Lacks "Support" and What Can Be Done about it |
36 University of Toledo Law Review 273 (Winter 2005) |
ON Super Bowl Sunday, 2004, the country erupted at the sight of a woman's breast. At the end of their halftime performance, singer Justin Timberlake ripped at Janet Jackson's costume, revealing her breast and, as it turned out, much more about our society. There were calls for an investigation by the Federal Communication Commission. Ms. Jackson's...; Search Snippet: ...Review University of Toledo Law Review Winter 2005 Article Forbidding Female Toplessness: Why Real Difference Jurisprudence Lacks Support and What Can... |
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| Jennifer C. Nash |
From Lavender to Purple: Privacy, Black Women, and Feminist Legal Theory |
11 Cardozo Women's Law Journal 303 (Winter 2005) |
Feminist legal theory, practice, and politics have been constructed around making the personal political, subjecting and exposing space traditionally seen as private to public purview, in order to safeguard the female subject's bodily integrity. Conventional feminist legal theory asserts that privacy functions as an ideology that enables male...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Winter 2005 Article from Lavender to Purple: Privacy, Black Women, and Feminist Legal Theory [Fna1] Jennifer C. Nash [Fnaa1] Copyright (C) 2005... |
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| Katharine K. Baker |
Gender and Emotion in Criminal Law |
28 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 447 (Summer, 2005) |
Despite most people's view that emotion is far from simple, the criminal law's approach to emotion is, for the most part, simplistic. The criminal law acknowledges mechanistic emotionsthose that are immediate, clear, or seemingly instinctivebut it frequently ignores or discounts complicated emotional states. The failure to appreciate or...; Search Snippet: ...Law & Gender Summer, 2005 Focus Section on Law and Emotion Gender and Emotion in Criminal Law Katharine K. Baker [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Lucy Fowler |
Gender and Jury Deliberations: the Contributions of Social Science |
12 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law L. 1 (Fall, 2005) |
Women were not permitted to serve on juries for most of United States history. As recently as 1961, the United States Supreme Court upheld a state jury selection scheme that permitted women to serve on juries only if they filed a written declaration expressing their desire to be eligible for service. Part I of this article traces this history of...; Search Snippet: ...Mary Journal of Women and the Law Fall, 2005 Article Gender and Jury Deliberations: the Contributions of Social Science Lucy Fowler... |
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| Brian Donovan |
Gender Inequality and Criminal Seduction: Prosecuting Sexual Coercion in the Early-20th Century |
30 Law and Social Inquiry 61 (Winter 2005) |
This article analyzes narratives of sexual consent and coercion in 15 criminal seduction cases tried in New York City from 1903 to 1918. I explore courtroom accounts of seduction to explain how dominant notions of masculinity and femininity constrain the effectiveness of sex crime laws. Unlike men, women in the Progressive era (1900-1920) who...; Search Snippet: ...And Social Inquiry Law and Social Inquiry Winter 2005 Article Gender Inequality and Criminal Seduction: Prosecuting Sexual Coercion in the Early... |
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| Marie-Amélie George |
Gendered Crime, Raced Justice: a Critical Race Feminist Approach to Forensic Dna Databank Expansion |
19 National Black Law Journal 78 (2005) |
Between 1997 and 2002, Mark Wayne Rathburn raped fourteen women in Long Beach, California. One of his victims was an elderly widow who was recovering from surgery. In 1994, a serial rapist in the Bronx began a five-year crime spree, during which he sexually assaulted fifty-one women. Both of these perpetrators had previously been arrested, and...; Search Snippet: ...Journal 2005 Note Gendered Crime, Raced Justice: a Critical Race Feminist Approach to Forensic Dna Databank Expansion Marie-amélie George [Fna1... |
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| Fred O. Smith, Jr. |
Gendered Justice: Do Male and Female Judges Rule Differently on Questions of Gay Rights? |
57 Stanford Law Review 2087 (May, 2005) |
Introduction: When and Where I Enter. 2088 I. Gendered Justice. 2097 A. The Dataset. 2098 B. Results. 2099 1. Age and decision year. 2101 2. Region. 2103 3. Political party. 2104 4. Method selected and jurisdictional level. 2106 C. Controlling for Legal Doctrines. 2107 D. Alternative Methodological Considerations. 2109 II. Understanding the...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review May, 2005 Note Gendered Justice: Do Male and Female Judges Rule Differently on Questions of Gay Rights? Fred O... |
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| Lynn M. Paltrow |
Governmental Responses to Pregnant Women Who Use Alcohol or Other Drugs |
8 DePaul Journal of Health Care Law 461 (AMA Special Issue 2005) |
Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s the media gave extraordinary coverage to the war on drugs. News reports were typically presented in extremely alarmist terms, reporting crack as a plague that was eating away at the fabric of America. Such claims were routinely made despite the lack of evidence to support them. Unsupported and...; Search Snippet: ...Public Health, and the Law Article Governmental Responses to Pregnant Women Who Use Alcohol or Other Drugs Lynn M. Paltrow [Fna1... |
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| Courtni E. Molnar |
Has the Millennium Yet Dawned?: a History of Attitudes Toward Pregnant Workers in America |
12 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 163 (2005) |
I. Introduction 163 II. First Comes Work, Then Comes Marriage 167 III. Then Comes Baby in a Baby Carriage 170 IV. The Exceptions: Working Class and Black Women 176 V. Accommodation 179 VI. Individual Assessment as an Alternative Solution 183 VII. Conclusion 186; Search Snippet: ...In the Decades after the Civil War, the Number of African- American Women Participating in the Work Force Rose Dramatically, Including Married Women. [Fn36] Part of the Reason for this Phenomenon Was The... |
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| Daniel Lublin Pollock , Natalie E. Rainer |
Healthcare Access: a Review of Major Barriers to Health Care Services for Women |
6 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 825 (2005) |
I. Significant Disparities Exist in Health Care Access for Low-Income Women and Minorities. 826 A. Sources of Disparities in Access to Health Care. 827 B. Results of Disparities in Access to Health Care. 830 II. Potential Legal Remedies for Disparities in Access to Health Care. 832 A. Hill-Burton Act: A First Attempt. 832 B. The Supreme Court has...; Search Snippet: ...A Review of Major Barriers to Health Care Services for Women Daniel Lublin Pollock [Fna1] Natalie E. Rainer [Fnaa1] Copyright © 2005... |
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| Carrie A. Martell , Sarah Deer |
Heeding the Voice of Native Women: Toward an Ethic of Decolonization |
81 North Dakota Law Review 807 (2005) |
How often have we heard it reiterated that the destiny of the world depends on woman--that woman is the appointed agent of morality--the inspirer of those feelings and dispositions which form the moral nature of man . . . . The elevation of our race does depend upon the manner in which woman executes this commission. Nor does the destiny of man as...; Search Snippet: ...Dakota Law Review 2005 Article Heeding the Voice of Native Women: Toward an Ethic of Decolonization Carrie A. Martell [Fna1] Sarah... |
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| Peter C. Alexander |
Herstory Repeats: the Bankruptcy Code Harms Women and Children |
13 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review 571 (Winter 2005) |
For years, scholars have recognized that American bankruptcy laws have had a negative effect on women and children, especially the provisions dealing with the discharge of marital debts. Even though the U.S. Bankruptcy Code has been historically viewed as gender-neutral, several authors have demonstrated that dischargeability disputes between...; Search Snippet: ...Surface of Bapcpa Article Herstory Repeats: the Bankruptcy Code Harms Women and Children Peter C. Alexander [Fna1] Copyright © 2005 by The... |
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| Charles E. Daye |
In Memoriam: Marilyn V. Yarbrough "She Was a Great Woman" |
83 North Carolina Law Review 323 (January, 2005) |
For this task words are feeble. Words cannot manifest. Words cannot make the ineffable palpable. If words had such powers I could paint a portrait of our dearly departed, Marilyn. I would make visual her indomitable spirit, revitalize her incomparable service, physically project her pioneering achievements, give sentience to her love for life,...; Search Snippet: ...2005 in Memoriam: Marilyn V. Yarbrough She Was a Great Woman Charles E. Daye [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2005 North Carolina Law... |
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| Nancy Ehrenreich , Mark Barr |
Intersex Surgery, Female Genital Cutting, and the Selective Condemnation of "Cultural Practices" |
40 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 71 (Winter, 2005) |
Western feminism has represented African genital cutting as primitive, irrational, harmful, and deserving of condemnation. The Western medical community has represented its genital cutting as modern, scientific, healing, and above reproach. When will Western feminists realize that their failure to examine either of these claims others African...; Search Snippet: ...Rights-civil Liberties Law Review Winter, 2005 Article Intersex Surgery, Female Genital Cutting, and the Selective Condemnation of Cultural Practices Nancy... |
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| Cheryl L. Wade |
Introduction to Symposium on People of Color, Women, and the Public Corporation: the Sophistication of Discrimination |
79 Saint John's Law Review 887 (Fall 2005) |
Justice O'Connor[] . . . fully understood the real world of discrimination. . . . [O'Connor] graduated number two in her class from Stanford, . . . couldn't get a job because she was a woman; they'd offer her a job as a secretary. . . . [S]he understood . . . that discrimination has become very sophisticated. . . [and] very much more subtle than it...; Search Snippet: ...The Public Corporation Introduction to Symposium on People of Color, Women, and the Public Corporation: the Sophistication of Discrimination Cheryl L... |
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