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Aviva Orenstein My God!: a Feminist Critique of the Excited Utterance Exception to the Hearsay Rule 85 California Law Review 159 (January, 1997) C1-3Table of Contents Introduction. 162 I. The Traditional Definition and Defense of the Hearsay Rule. 165 II. The Excited Utterance Exception: Nervous Agitation as a Guaranty of Spontaneity, Sincerity, and Reliability. 168 A. A History of the Doctrine. 168 B. The Current Doctrine. 173 C. The Psychological Critique of the Excited Utterance...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review California Law Review January, 1997 My God!: a Feminist Critique of the Excited Utterance Exception to the Hearsay Rule... 1997  
Jewel Amoah Narrative: the Road to Black Feminist Theory 12 Berkeley Women's Law Journal 84 (1997) Black feminist thought cannot challenge race, gender, and class oppression without empowering African-American women. Oppressed people resist by identifying themselves as subjects, by defining their reality, shaping their new identity, naming their history, telling their story. The practice of storytelling or Narrative is deeply rooted in African...; Search Snippet: ...Berkeley Women's Law Journal 1997 Narrative: the Road to Black Feminist Theory Jewel Amoah [Fnd] Copyright (C) 1997 Berkeley Women's Law Journal; Jewel Amoah Introduction Black Feminist Thought Cannot Challenge Race, Gender, and Class Oppression Without Empowering African- American Women. Oppressed People Resist by 1997 African/Black American
Regina Austin Nest Eggs and Stormy Weather: Law, Culture, and Black Women's Lack of Wealth 65 University of Cincinnati Law Review 767 (Spring 1997) Nest' egg', money saved and held in reserve for emergencies, retirement, etc. Wise men say Keep something til a rainy day. Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky, Stormy weather, since my man and I ain't together, keeps rainin' all the time. Nest eggs are supposed to provide protection against a rainy day, but suppose it rains all the time? I...; Search Snippet: ...Lecture Nest Eggs and Stormy Weather: Law, Culture, and Black Women's Lack of Wealth Regina Austin [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997 University... 1997 African/Black American
Heather R. Skinazi Not Just a "Conjured Afterthought" : Using Duress as a Defense for Battered Women Who "Fail to Protect" 85 California Law Review 993 (July, 1997) When the state charges a battered woman with failing to protect her child, attorneys seldom raise a duress defense and when they do, courts often express reluctance to accept such a defense in this context. In fact, a battered woman who is charged with killing her abuser and argues self-defense, possesses a better chance of exoneration than a...; Search Snippet: ...Conjured Afterthought [Fnd1] : Using Duress as a Defense for Battered Women Who Fail to Protect Heather R. Skinazi [Fnr1] Copyright ©... 1997  
Nancy L. Farrer Of Ivory Columns and Glass Ceilings: the Impact of the Supreme Court of the United States on the Practice of Women Attorneys in Law Firms 28 Saint Mary's Law Journal 529 (1997) In 1949, India Edwards, executive director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee, buttonholed President Harry Truman and lobbied fiercely for a woman to be appointed to fill at least one of the vacancies on the United States Supreme Court. President Truman seemed amenable to the idea, but when the dust settled, the...; Search Snippet: ...Supreme Court of the United States on the Practice of Women Attorneys in Law Firms Nancy L. Farrer [Fna] Copyright ©... 1997  
Patricia B. Campbell , Ellen Wahl Of Two Minds: Single-sex Education, Coeducation, and the Search for Gender Equity in K-12 Public Schooling 14 New York Law School Journal of Human Rights 289 (Symposium, 1997) After decades of coeducation as the norm for K-12 public education in the United States, reports that schools shortchange girls fueled an interest in single-sex education for girls in both single-sex schools and all-girl classes within co-ed schools. This paper presents what is known about the effects of single-sex and coeducation within a...; Search Snippet: ...Two Minds: Single-sex Education, Coeducation, and the Search for Gender Equity in K-12 Public Schooling Patricia B. Campbell [Fna1... 1997  
Darryl C. Wilson Parity Bowl Ix: Barrier Breakers V. Common Sense Makers the Serpentine Struggle for Gender Diversity in Collegiate Athletics 27 Cumberland Law Review 397 (1996-1997) C1-3Table of Contents INTRODUCTION. 398 I. TITLE IX, ATHLETICS AND CIVIL RIGHTS. 401 A. The Female Athlete Through History. 403 1. The Physiology Factor. 404 2. Rules of Society or of a Chosen Few?. 410 3. Economic Justifications. 413 B. The Evolution of Title IX. 415 C. The Incivility of the Civil Rights Analogy in the Athletic Context. 419 II....; Search Snippet: ...Barrier Breakers V. Common Sense Makers the Serpentine Struggle for Gender Diversity in Collegiate Athletics Darryl C. Wilson [Fnaa] Copyright ©... 1997  
Karen M. Morin Political Culture and Suffrage in an Anglo-american Women's West 19 Women's Rights Law Reporter 17 (Fall 1997) The seventy-fifth anniversary of the passage of the Equal Suffrage Amendment to the United States Constitution passed with little fanfare in the summer of 1995. At the site of the first U.S. women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, the August 26th anniversary provided an occasion for a Women's Equality Day celebration in People's Park....; Search Snippet: ...Fall 1997 Political Culture and Suffrage in an Anglo-american Women's West Karen M. Morin Copyright (C) 1997 Women's Rights Law... 1997  
Annette R. Appell Protecting Children or Punishing Mothers: Gender, Race, and Class in the Child Protection System An[essay 48 South Carolina Law Review 577 (Spring 1997) Introduction 578 Part One: The Child Protection System 581 A. The Mechanics of State Intervention 582 B. The Families Involved in the Child Protection System 584 Part Two: Concrete Examples of Bias 587 A. Objective Indicators of Systemic Bias: Violence and Drugs 587 B. Three Case Studies 589 1. Janice 591 2. Sarah 593 3. DeeDee 594 Part Three:...; Search Snippet: ...Carolina Law Review Spring 1997 Protecting Children or Punishing Mothers: Gender, Race, and Class in the Child Protection System An[essay... 1997  
Margaret A. Baldwin Public Women and the Feminist State 20 Harvard Women's Law Journal 47 (Spring, 1997) Let us never cease from thinkingwhat is this civilization in which we find ourselves? What are these ceremonies and why should we take part in them? What does the state care about women? What do women care about the state? This Article takes a long look at both of these questions. I explore the problem posed to feminist political theory by...; Search Snippet: ...Womens Law Journal Harvard Women's Law Journal Spring, 1997 Public Women and the Feminist State Margaret A. Baldwin [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997 by The... 1997  
Mary Becker Questions Women (And Men) Should Ask When Selecting a Law School 11 Wisconsin Women's Law Journal 417 (Summer 1997) Many people choose a law school without considering its atmosphere or their desired area of study. I chose a law school based on the limited information available in LSAS's Guide to Law Schools. This essay is designed to give a woman law student applicant information about factors worth considering in selecting a law school. Obviously, not every...; Search Snippet: ...Womens Law Journal Wisconsin Women's Law Journal Summer 1997 Questions Women (And Men) Should Ask When Selecting a Law School Mary... 1997  
Dorothy A. Brown Race, Class, and Gender Essentialism in Tax Literature: the Joint Return 54 Washington and Lee Law Review 1469 (Fall 1997) Table of Contents I. Introduction. 1471 II. The Literature's Focus on Married Women as Marginal Wage Earners. 1474 A. Introduction. 1474 B. Employment Experiences of Married Men and Women. 1474 C. The Federal Tax Laws Penalize Married Women Who Are Marginal Wage Earners. 1477 1. The Joint Return Penalizes Married Women in the Paid Labor Force. 1477...; Search Snippet: ...Washington and Lee Law Review Fall 1997 Race, Class, and Gender Essentialism in Tax Literature: the Joint Return Dorothy A. Brown... 1997  
  Report of the Working Committees to the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts 1997 Annual Survey of American Law 117 (1997) BACKGROUND OF THE TASK FORCE. 124 Section I INTRODUCTION. 126 Section II A SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT. 133 A. AN OVERVIEW OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT. 133 1. Facts About the Region: Geography and Population Density. 133 2. Economic Base. 135 3. The Population. 137 B. THE COURTS OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT: WHAT IS THE CASELOAD?. 139...; Search Snippet: ...The Working Committees to the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts Copyright (C) 1997... 1997  
Jennifer Sinton Rights Discourse and Mandatory Hiv Testing of Pregnant Women and Newborns 6 Journal of Law & Policy 187 (1997) The question of whether pregnant women or their newborn infants should be mandatorily tested for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been publicly debated in state and federal legislatures, public health communities and the media the last few years. The public debate is characterized by proponents of mandatory testing as a fight between...; Search Snippet: ...1997 Note Rights Discourse and Mandatory Hiv Testing of Pregnant Women and Newborns Jennifer Sinton [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997 Journal Of... 1997  
Christopher W. Deering Same-gender Sexual Harassment: a Need to Re-examine the Legal Underpinnings of Title Vii's Ban on Discrimination "Because Of" Sex 27 Cumberland Law Review 231 (1996-1997) C1-3Table of Contents Introduction. 232 I. Sexual Harassment Under Title VII. 235 A. Background. 235 B. Two Theories of Sexual Harassment Liability Under Title VII. 239 1. The Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim. 239 2. The Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim. 239 II. Same-Gender Sexual Harassment: Inconsistency Under Title VII. 242...; Search Snippet: ...Cumberland Law Review Cumberland Law Review 1996-1997 Comment Same- Gender Sexual Harassment: a Need to Re-examine the Legal Underpinnings... 1997  
  Sara Mandelbaum 14 New York Law School Journal of Human Rights 81 (Symposium, 1997) SARA MANDELBAUM: I'm going to talk today about Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. Before I do so, I feel obliged to set forth some of the factual premises on which I operate when I approach this issue. One is that coeducation needs a lot of work to make it both responsive to the needs of female students and a less hostile...; Search Snippet: .... Sara Mandelbaum Is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mandelbaum Received... 1997  
Eric Miller Signifyin' Nothing?: Conversations on Race, Color, and Community 13 Harvard Blackletter Law Journal 241 (Spring, 1997) Judy Scales-Trent's book, Notes of a White Black Woman: Race, Color, Community, provides a sensitive, engaging and sophisticated contribution to the discussion of color in American society. Written in the narrative style, Scales-Trent's lucid prose, at times joyous and celebratory, at times distinctly frustrated, invites the reader to experience...; Search Snippet: ...On Race, Color, and Community Notes of a White Black Woman: Race, Color, Community by Judy Scales-trent. University Park, Pa... 1997 African/Black American
Carrie Corcoran Single-sex Education after Vmi: Equal Protection and East Harlem's Young Women's Leadership School 145 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 987 (April, 1997) At the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), brutal hazing by older students and an utter lack of personal privacy greet new students. In contrast, at the Young Women's Leadership School, located in East Harlem, New York, teachers bestow upon their students 'unconditional love' and students learn in an elite private school atmosphere, replete with...; Search Snippet: ...Sex Education after Vmi: Equal Protection and East Harlem's Young Women's Leadership School Carrie Corcoran [Fnd] Copyright (C) 1997 University Of... 1997  
Rodney K. Smith Solving the Title Ix Conundrum with Women's Football 38 South Texas Law Review 1057 (October, 1997) I. Introduction. 1057 II. Title IX Compliance: The Legal Justification For Adding Women's Football. 1060 III. Practical and Theoretical Justifications For Adding Women's Football. 1066 A. Extrinsic Equity. 1067 1. Gender Inequity in Participation in Athletics. 1067 2. Women's Interest in Participating in Football. 1069 B. Intrinsic Equity. 1071 IV....; Search Snippet: ...Society Law and Value Solving the Title Ix Conundrum with Women's Football Rodney K. Smith [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997 South Texas... 1997  
  Statistical Analysis for the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts 1997 Annual Survey of American Law 529 (1997) I. ASSIGNMENT AND MATERIALS RECEIVED. 529 II. METHODOLOGY. 530 III. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS. 532 A. PROMOTIONS. 532 B. HIRES. 537 C. TERMINATIONS. 540 D. WORKFORCE. 543 IV. SUMMARY TABLES AND APPENDICES. 548 We were asked by the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts to undertake a statistical analysis of the...; Search Snippet: ...Article Statistical Analysis for the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts Copyright (C) 1997... 1997  
Deborah Tuerkheimer Street Harassment as Sexual Subordination: the Phenomenology of Gender-specific Harm 12 Wisconsin Women's Law Journal 167 (Fall 1997) This article is about street harassment and its impact, told through the stories of women who experience it. The article also represents an attempt to think critically about the phenomenology of gender-specific harm. Inquiry into how our injuries become visible and how our suffering comes to be understood and counted as important is both...; Search Snippet: ...Fall 1997 Street Harassment as Sexual Subordination: the Phenomenology of Gender-specific Harm Deborah Tuerkheimer [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997 Wisconsin Women's... 1997  
Marina Angel Susan Glaspell's Trifles and a Jury of Her Peers: Woman Abuse in a Literary and Legal Context 45 Buffalo Law Review 779 (Fall 1997) C1-3Contents Introduction. 779 I. The Story-Fact'. 782 II. The First Wave of Feminism: History and Philosophy. 790 III. The Story-Fiction'. 797 IV. The Facts of Woman Abuse. 808 V. The Criminal Law and Juries. 818 VI. The Greek Connection. 830 Conclusion. 843; Search Snippet: ...1997 Susan Glaspell's Trifles and a Jury of Her Peers: Woman Abuse in a Literary and Legal Context Marina Angel [Fnd1... 1997  
Katharine K. Baker Taking Care of Our Daughters 18 Cardozo Law Review 1495 (January, 1997) In The Neutered Mother, The Sexual Family and Other Twentieth Century Tragedies, Martha Fineman gives a powerful critique of the traditional family and proposes an innovative model for change. In the course of her critique, Fineman reveals a number of important truths. Primary among these truths are (1) that dependency begets dependency; (2) that...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review January, 1997 Book Review Taking Care of Our Daughters the Neutered Mother, the Sexual Family and Other Twentieth Century... 1997  
Pamela Edwards Teaching Legal Writing as Women's Work: Life on the Fringes of the Academy 4 Cardozo Women's Law Journal 75 (1997) As early as the mid-1980s, commentators, such as Richard H. Chused, warned that teaching legal writing was on its way to becoming a woman's job. This prediction has materialized. The recently issued Report on the Status of Women in the Legal Profession, published by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, shows that...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Cardozo Women's Law Journal 1997 Teaching Legal Writing as Women's Work: Life on the Fringes of the Academy Pamela Edwards... 1997  
Trina Grillo Tenure and Minority Women Law Professors: Separating the Strands 31 University of San Francisco Law Review 747 (Summer 1997) I WANT TO ADDRESS my remarks today specifically to the situation of minority women. This is not an easy thing to do. The story of minority women--our story--gets lost. First, there is discussion of women. It is understood that when people are talking about women they are talking mostly about a kind of experience that is identified with white...; Search Snippet: ...Grillo: Legal Education for a Diverse World Tenure and Minority Women Law Professors: Separating the Strands Trina Grillo [Fna1] Copyright ©... 1997  
David L. Faigman , Amy J. Wright The Battered Woman Syndrome in the Age of Science 39 Arizona Law Review 67 (Spring, 1997) I. Introduction. 68 II. The Theory and Research Behind the Battered Woman Syndrome. 71 A. The Theory of the Battered Woman Syndrome. 71 1. The Cycle Theory. 72 2. Learned Helplessness. 73 B. The Empirical Vacuity of the Battered Woman Syndrome. 75 1. The Cycle Theory. 76 2. Learned Helplessness. 78 III. Legal Applications of the Battered Woman...; Search Snippet: ...Arizona Law Review Arizona Law Review Spring, 1997 the Battered Woman Syndrome in the Age of Science David L. Faigman [Fna1... 1997  
Jennifer Reed The Expansion of the Legal Profession to Include Women with Children 33-JUL Arizona Attorney 44 (July, 1997) America is a paradox of lofty visions of equality and the reality of the human condition. It has been a struggle to change the traditions inherited from aristocratic, patriarchal-dominated England to fit the promise of the American dream. Institutions are slowly changing though; the right to vote, the very foundation of democracy, is now extended...; Search Snippet: ...Contest Winner the Expansion of the Legal Profession to Include Women with Children Jennifer Reed [Fna] Copyright (C) 1997 by The... 1997  
Lisa C. Ikemoto The Fuzzy Logic of Race and Gender in the Mismeasure of Asian American Women's Health Needs 65 University of Cincinnati Law Review 799 (Spring 1997) It is said that if you have your health, you have everything. This common wisdom expresses recognition that physical and mental health premise much of what we are, what we can do, and what we need. Status, wealth, and health are very closely linked. In part, status and wealth are interdependent with health. The Americans with Disabilities Act...; Search Snippet: ...Gender, and Economic Justice the Fuzzy Logic of Race and Gender in the Mismeasure of Asian American Women's Health Needs Lisa C. Ikemoto [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997 University... 1997 Asian American
Carol Pressman The House That Ruth Built: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gender and Justice 14 New York Law School Journal of Human Rights 311 (Symposium, 1997) In 1959, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and eleven other female law students graduated from Columbia Law School. Despite graduating first. in her class, she received no offers from law firms. I applied for clerkships to every judge in the southern district, in the eastern district, and again, no one was interested. Finding her first job out of law...; Search Snippet: ...The House That Ruth Built: [Fna1] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gender and Justice Carol Pressman Copyright (C) 1998 by the New... 1997  
Deborah Zalesne The Intersection of Socioeconomic Class and Gender in Hostile Housing Environment Claims under Title Viii: Who Is the Reasonable Person? 38 Boston College Law Review 861 (September, 1997) Sexual Harassment, most broadly defined, refers to the unwanted imposition of sexual requirements in the context of a relationship of unequal power. -Catharine A. MacKinnon The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; but the...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review September, 1997 the Intersection of Socioeconomic Class and Gender in Hostile Housing Environment Claims under Title Viii: Who Is... 1997  
Larry Catá Backer The Many Faces of Hegemony: Patriarchy and Welfare as a Woman's Issue 92 Northwestern University Law Review 327 (Fall 1997) In Under Attack, Fighting Back, Professor Mimi Abramovitz distills a long and formidable life of work for the dignity of women generally, and poor women in particular, within our culture. She succinctly details the feminization of poverty in modern times in the United States, offers a theoretical basis for this state of affairs, and then melds...; Search Snippet: ...The Many Faces of Hegemony: Patriarchy and Welfare as a Woman's Issue under Attack, Fighting Back: Women and Welfare in the United States. By Mimi Abramovitz. New... 1997  
Brian L. Porto The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Title Ix and the Battle for Gender Equity in College Sports 41-DEC Res Gestae 26 (November, 1997) Editor's Note: Brian L. Porto, Bethel, Vt., is the second-place recipient of the 1997 Harrison Legal Writing Award. Established in 1996 by the ISBA Written Publications Committee, the Harrison Legal Writing Award commemorates the first president of the Indiana State Bar Association, former U.S. President Benjamin Harrison. Plaques and cash prizes...; Search Snippet: ...They Stay the Same: Title Ix and the Battle for Gender Equity in College Sports Brian L. Porto [Fna1] Copyright ©... 1997 American Indian/Alaskan Native
Vanessa Merton The Utility of International Law for Protecting Women's Health Rights 9 Pace International Law Review 259 (Summer 1997) In all candidness, I know little about international law, but I do have some sense of how to use the domestic law on women's health issues. I know how to prosecute men who beat and murder their wives. I know how to sue companies that profit from pharmaceuticals that have not been properly tested and, therefore, harm women. I know how to use...; Search Snippet: ...Law Day Colloquium the Utility of International Law for Protecting Women's Health Rights Vanessa Merton [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 1997 Pace University... 1997  
Christine Conover The Violence Against Women Act: Stabilizing Commerce Through a Civil Rights Remedy 1 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 269 (Fall, 1997) When Christy Brzonkala returned to her dormitory at Virginia Polytechnic and State University (VPI) on the night of September 21, 1994, two university football players raped her three times. Brzonkala and a friend, Hope Handley, had met the assailants, Antonio Morrison and James Crawford, only a half hour prior to the assault. Handley and Crawford...; Search Snippet: ...And Justice Fall, 1997 Student Recent Development the Violence Against Women Act: Stabilizing Commerce Through a Civil Rights Remedy Christine Conover... 1997  
Martha Minow The Young Adulthood of a Women's Law Journal 20 Harvard Women's Law Journal L.J. 1 (Spring, 1997) When will it no longer be necessary to attach special weight to the word woman and raise it specially? Ding Ling It's not that the world would have been better if women had run it, but that the world will be better when we as women, who bring our own perspective, share in running it. Betty Bumpers As the Harvard Women's Law Journal (WLJ) hits...; Search Snippet: ...Of Feminist Thought Introduction Essay the Young Adulthood of a Women's Law Journal Martha Minow [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997 by The... 1997  
Amy B. Bellman The Young Women's Leadership School: Single-sex Public Education after V.m.i. 1997 Wisconsin Law Review 827 (1997) Public schools in America are in crisis. With minimal resources available to respond to the various social, economic, and cultural needs of the communities they serve, many school systems have become innovative. Publicly-funded exclusive enrollment schools (voluntary and mandatory) are springing up across the country. In the last decade school...; Search Snippet: ...Wisconsin Law Review Wisconsin Law Review 1997 Comment the Young Women's Leadership School: Single-sex Public Education after V.m.i. Amy B... 1997  
Ann Shalleck Theory and Experience in Constructing the Relationship Between Lawyer and Client: Representing Women Who Have Been Abused 64 Tennessee Law Review 1019 (Summer, 1997) C1-4Table of Contents L1-4 I. L2-3,T3FEMINIST CRITIQUES OF THE BATTERED WOMAN AND BATTERING' 1022 II. L2-3,T3THEORIES OF REPRESENTATION FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED 1027 A. Reflection on Experience. 1029 B. Recognition of the Fluidity of the Lawyer-Client Relationship. 1033 C. Working Collaboratively with Clients. 1035 D. Developing Responses...; Search Snippet: ...Experience in Constructing the Relationship Between Lawyer and Client: Representing Women Who Have Been Abused Ann Shalleck [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997... 1997  
Betty Barteau Thirty Years of the Journey of Indiana's Women Judges 1964-1994 30 Indiana Law Review 43 (1997) C1-2Table of Contents Table of Contents. 43 Introduction. 45 I. The Genesis of Women in the Legal Profession in the United States. 46 A. The State Bar Experience. 46 B. The Federal Experience. 52 C. Personal Lives. 53 II. The Genesis of Women in the Legal Profession in Indiana. 55 III. The Genesis of Women in the Judiciary in the United States. 62...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review 1997 Thirty Years of the Journey of Indiana's Women Judges 1964-1994 Betty Barteau [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997... 1997 American Indian/Alaskan Native
Terry S. Kogan Transsexuals and Critical Gender Theory: the Possibility of a Restroom Labeled "Other" 48 Hastings Law Journal 1223 (August, 1997) The voices of transsexuals have been ignored in our country and, accordingly, few social and legal institutions have developed to support the unique needs of this minority. Yet one group of feminist theorists who might be expected to ally with transsexuals in their struggle for recognitionscholars I will refer to as critical gender theorists...; Search Snippet: ...Of Race, Ethnicity, Class, Gender & Sexual Orientation Transsexuals and Critical Gender Theory: the Possibility of a Restroom Labeled Other Terry S... 1997  
  Trapped in Domestic Violence: the Impact of United States Immigration Laws on Battered Immigrant Women 6 Boston University Public Interest Law Journal 589 (Winter 1997) The devastating effects of domestic violence affect our entire society indiscriminately. Domestic violence is blind to distinctions based on class, race, ethnic, religious, and economic lines. However, the consequences are particularly overwhelming when the victim of abuse is an immigrant woman with conditional resident status. In addition to the...; Search Snippet: ...The Impact of United States Immigration Laws on Battered Immigrant Women Copyright (C) 1997 Trustees of Boston University I. Introduction The... 1997  
Elizabeth A. Douglas United States V. Virginia: Gender Scrutiny under an "Exceedingly Persuasive Justification" Standard 26 Capital University Law Review 173 (1997) It was more than a century after the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified before the United States Supreme Court, in Reed v. Reed, first recognized that a state's gender-based classifications require some form of heightened scrutiny to comport with the Equal Protection Clause. Shortly after Reed, the Court announced that such classifications must...; Search Snippet: ...Capital University Law Review 1997 Note United States V. Virginia: Gender Scrutiny under an Exceedingly Persuasive Justification Standard Elizabeth A. Douglas... 1997  
Cathy C. Cardillo Violence Against Chinese Women: Defining the Cultural Role 19 Women's Rights Law Reporter 85 (Fall 1997) When foreign customs are presented as exonerating evidence in criminal cases, it is considered a cultural defense. The defense assumes that someone raised in a foreign culture should not be held fully accountable for conduct that violates United States law ... [if that conduct] would be acceptable in his or her native culture. Thus, the defense...; Search Snippet: ...Women's Rights Law Reporter Fall 1997 Note Violence Against Chinese Women: Defining the Cultural Role Cathy C. Cardillo [Fna1] Copyright ©... 1997  
Vicki C. Jackson What Judges Can Learn from Gender Bias Task Force Studies 81 Judicature 15 (July-August 1997) As task force studies show, judges can be a powerful force for promoting equality of treatment for women and men in their courts. In 1963 a state court held in contempt an African-American female witness who refused to answer questions from a prosecutor because he called her by her first name. The U.S. Supreme Court summarily reversed her...; Search Snippet: ...Judicature Judicature July-august 1997 What Judges Can Learn from Gender Bias Task Force Studies Vicki C. Jackson [Fna] Copyright 1997... 1997 African/Black American
Linda L. Peter What Remains of Public Choice and Parental Rights: Does the Vmi Decision Preclude Exclusive Schools or Classes Based on Gender? 33 California Western Law Review 249 (Spring 1997) On June 26, 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Virginia Military Academy (VMI) violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it was a state-supported institution with a male-only admissions policy. In a 7-1 decision (Justice Thomas recused himself from the case), the Court held that the state failed to...; Search Snippet: ...The Vmi Decision Preclude Exclusive Schools or Classes Based on Gender? Linda L. Peter [Fna] Copyright (C) 1997 California Western School... 1997  
J. P. Howlett Women and Hiv: the Barriers to Protection 5 Circles: Buffalo Women's Journal of Law and Social Policy 20 (1997) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), known in the early years of the epidemic as Gay Related Immune Disorder (GRID), has evolved from a disease almost exclusively associated with gay men to one affecting an increasing number of women. The incidence of AIDS is escalating fifty percent more rapidly among women than among men. AIDS is the...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law and Social Policy 1997 Academic/legal Article Women and Hiv: the Barriers to Protection J. P. Howlett [Fn1... 1997  
Margaret A. Costello Women in the Legal Profession: You've Come a Long Way-or Have You? 1997 Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University Law Review 909 (Fall, 1997) It is 1998. There are two female justices on the United States Supreme Court. The attorney general of the United States is a woman. During the past year, until the retirement of Hon. Dorothy Comstock Riley, there was a female majority on Michigan's highest court. The immediate past president of the Michigan State Bar is female. Women lawyers, such...; Search Snippet: ...Of Law at Michigan State University Law Review Fall, 1997 Women in the Legal Profession: You've Come a Long Way-or... 1997  
Margalynne Armstrong Women of Color in the Law: the Duality of Transformation 31 University of San Francisco Law Review 967 (Summer 1997) WHEN A WOMAN of color enters the legal profession, she steps into a forum that has only recently begun to permit her presence. The long tradition of excluding most minority men, white women, and women of color from law schools and law practice formed a bar and bench devoid of the experiences and perspectives of the majority of the people that have...; Search Snippet: ...Review University of San Francisco Law Review Summer 1997 Essay Women of Color in the Law: the Duality of Transformation Margalynne... 1997  
Christopher H. Pyle Women's Colleges: Is Segregation by Sex Still Justifiable Afterunited States V. Virginia? 77 Boston University Law Review 209 (April, 1997) Suppose that a women's college accepted Shannon Faulkner only to discover in September that she was a he. Could the college revoke his admission, much as the all-male Citadel refused to enroll Miss Faulkner? Do women's colleges still have sufficient grounds to exclude men from their undergraduate degree programs? This latter question invokes a...; Search Snippet: ...Boston University Law Review Boston University Law Review April, 1997 Women's Colleges: Is Segregation by Sex Still Justifiable Afterunited States V... 1997  
Jessica E. Jay Women's Participation in Sports: Four Feminist Perspectives 7 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 1 (Fall, 1997) L1-2,T2Introduction 2. I. Historical Discrimination, Title IX, and Participation Today. 3 II. The Benefits of Participation in Sports--Assuming Participation Can Be Encouraged, Achieved, and Maintained. 10 A. Health and Fitness Benefits. 10 B. Self-Esteem and Success Benefits. 12 III. Feminist Perspectives of Girls' Sports Participation. 17 A....; Search Snippet: ...Law Texas Journal of Women and the Law Fall, 1997 Women's Participation in Sports: Four Feminist Perspectives Jessica E. Jay [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1997 by The... 1997  
Nadine Strossen Women's Rights under Siege 73 North Dakota Law Review 207 (1997) I am honored to address you, to help you celebrate Women's History Month. Some of my most vivid memories from my own student days involve hearing talks by women who were actively engaged in the women's rights movement. They made a powerful impact on me, and definitely played a role in my decision to become an advocate of human rights, including...; Search Snippet: ...595269 North Dakota Law Review North Dakota Law Review 1997 Women's Rights under Siege [Fna1] Nadine Strossen [Fnaa1] Copyright (C) 1997... 1997  
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