AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearEthnicity in Title or SummaryGender in Title or Summary
Harold Hongju Koh Two Cheers for Feminist Procedure 61 University of Cincinnati Law Review 1201 (1993) When I first told my wife, who is also a lawyer, that I was going to be on a panel about feminism and civil procedure, she asked me who else was going to participate. When I read her the list of names, she smiled a bit and asked, So how does it feel to be the token international lawyer? For me, her question summarizes both the disadvantages and...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review 1993 Feminist Jurisprudence and Procedure Two Cheers for Feminist Procedure Harold Hongju Koh [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1993 by The... 1993    
Henry J. Reske Two Paths for Ginsburg 79-AUG ABA Journal 16 (August, 1993) Words like balanced, fair and moderate are rarely applied to the pathfinders of the world. That breed is generally associated with terms like troublemaker, revolutionary and visionary. Thurgood Marshall was reviled and threatened at gunpoint as he traveled the South in the civil rights struggle. When he died early this year, he was hailed as a...; Search Snippet: ...Journal August, 1993 Developments Two Paths for Ginsburg the Trailblazing Women's Rights Litigator Become a Moderate Judge Henry J. Reske Copyright... 1993    
M. Patricia Fernández Kelly Underclass and Immigrant Women as Economic Actors: Rethinking Citizenship in a Changing Global Economy 9 American University Journal of International Law and Policy 151 (Fall, 1993) In an age when millions of working people throughout the developing world are hired by transnational corporations, others migrate to distant places in search of work, and still others languish without employment in advanced industrial countries, where does the locus of civic rights and obligations reside? How are the dramatic political and economic...; Search Snippet: ...Role of Private Actors in International Law Underclass and Immigrant Women as Economic Actors: Rethinking Citizenship in a Changing Global Economy... 1993   Yes
Mary Ann Dutton Understanding Women's Responses to Domestic Violence: a Redefinition of Battered Woman Syndrome 21 Hofstra Law Review 1191 (Summer 1993) I. Introduction . 1193 A. Rationale for Redefining Battered Woman Syndrome . 1194 1. Testimony Concerning the Experiences of Battered Women Refers to More Than Their Psychological Reactions to Domestic Violence . 1195 2. The Psychological Realities of Battered Women Are Not Limited to One Particular Profile . 1196 B. Overview of this Article ....; Search Snippet: ...Hofstra Law Review Summer 1993 Symposium on Domestic Violence Understanding Women's Responses to Domestic Violence: a Redefinition of Battered Woman Syndrome Mary Ann Dutton [Fna] Copyright (C) 1993 Hofstra Law... 1993   Yes
Nancy D. Polikoff We Will Get What We Ask For: Why Legalizing Gay and Lesbian Marriage Will Not "Dismantle the Legal Structure of Gender in Every Marriage" 79 Virginia Law Review 1535 (October, 1993) THE arguments for and against making marriage a priority for the lesbian and gay rights movement have been presented extensively. Attorney Tom Stoddard justifies aggressively pursuing same-sex marriage on three bases. First, Stoddard cites practical reasons, including the right to obtain direct economic benefits (e.g., social security benefits,...; Search Snippet: ...And Lesbian Marriage Will Not Dismantle the Legal Structure of Gender in Every Marriage [Fna] Nancy D. Polikoff [Fnd] Copyright ©... 1993    
  What's Culture Got to Do with It? Excising the Harmful Tradition of Female Circumcision 106 Harvard Law Review 1944 (June, 1993) The film was graphic and riveting. A baby girl was being administered to by a traditional medical practitioner. As he tattooed a lizard on the abdomen of the child, the little girl wailed plaintively: Maami, maami, maami! But there was no maami to rescue her. Marks had already been engraved on her cheeks which were covered by a black substance....; Search Snippet: ...Got to Do with It? Excising the Harmful Tradition of Female Circumcision [Fna] Copyright (C) 1993 by the Harvard Law Review... 1993 African/Black American Yes
Wilma Williams Pinder When Will Black Women Lawyers Slay the Two-headed Dragon; Racism and Gender Bias? 20 Pepperdine Law Review 1053 (1993) Racism remains the most debilitating virus in the American system and the consequences spill over into almost every facet of life. Lawyers are often analogized to knights because of the many characteristics they share. Both groups of warriors dedicate themselves to causes for which they fight. Skill and courage are essential characteristics in...; Search Snippet: ...Pepperdine Law Review Pepperdine Law Review 1993 When Will Black Women Lawyers Slay the Two-headed Dragon; Racism and Gender Bias? Wilma Williams Pinder [Fna] Copyright (C) 1993 by The... 1993 African/Black American Yes
Martha R. Mahoney Whiteness and Women, in Practice and Theory: a Response to Catharine Mackinnon 5 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 217 (Spring, 1993) As a white woman, I want to respond to Catharine MacKinnon's recent essay subtitled What is a White Woman Anyway? I am troubled both by the essay's defensive tone and by its substantive arguments. MacKinnon's contribution to feminism has emphasized the ways in which gender is constructed through male domination and sexual exploitation, and the...; Search Snippet: ...Feminism Yale Journal of Law & Feminism Spring, 1993 Whiteness and Women, in Practice and Theory: a Response to Catharine Mackinnon Martha... 1993   Yes
Pamela R. Jones Women in the Crossfire: Should the Court Allow It? 78 Cornell Law Review 252 (January, 1993) During the Gulf War, 540,000 soldiers participated in Operation Desert Storm. Of these soldiers, 35,000 were women. Women performed combat support missions during the war and received the respect of the public and of Congress. In August 1991, Congress passed legislation to modify the current combat exclusion laws and policies, and to examine...; Search Snippet: ...177240 Cornell Law Review Cornell Law Review January, 1993 Note Women in the Crossfire: Should the Court Allow It? Pamela R... 1993   Yes
Barbara Bader Aldave Women in the Law in Texas: the Stories of Three Pioneers 25 Saint Mary's Law Journal 289 (1993) I. Introduction. 289 II. The First Woman Lawyer. 290 III. The First Woman Judge. 292 IV. The First Woman Law Professor. 295 V. Conclusion. 299; Search Snippet: ...Saint Marys Law Journal Saint Mary's Law Journal 1993 Commentary Women in the Law in Texas: the Stories of Three Pioneers... 1993   Yes
Rosalio Castro , Lucia Corral Women of Color and Employment Discrimination: Race and Gender Combined in Title Vii Claims 6 La Raza Law Journal 159 (1993) The American labor system has been shaped by historical White male domination that continues to subordinate people of color and women. The authors agree with theorists and scholars who argue that working women of color are more vulnerable to racist and sexist employment practices than either working White women or working men of color. This is true...; Search Snippet: ...La Raza Law Journal La Raza Law Journal 1993 Comment Women of Color and Employment Discrimination: Race and Gender Combined in Title Vii Claims Rosalio Castro [Fnd1] Lucia Corral... 1993   Yes
Jane E. Larson Women Understand So Little, They Call My Good Nature 'Deceit': a Feminist Rethinking of Seduction 93 Columbia Law Review 374 (March, 1993) Introduction. 375 I. The Tort of Seduction: A Feminist History. 381 A. The Common Law Tort of Seduction. 382 1. Fathers and Daughters. 382 2. Sexual Restraint and the Protection of Women. 388 3. Sexual Freedom and the Anti-Heartbalm Movement. 393 B. Modern Cases. 401 II. Fraud and Sexual Consent. 412 A. The Sex Exception. 413 1. Coercion and...; Search Snippet: ...Wl 195119 Columbia Law Review Columbia Law Review March, 1993 Women Understand So Little, They Call My Good Nature Deceit: a Feminist Rethinking of Seduction Jane E. Larson [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1993... 1993   Yes
Lillian Gonzalez-Pardo, M.D. Women's Health Care: Limited Access Despite Majority Status 3-FALL Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 57 (Fall, 1993) Women, historically, have been health care givers, brokers, and protectors of their families' health. They have also been recipients of health care and subjects of medical research. The 1990 United States Census revealed that women constitute the majority of the population, 51.2%, or 127.9 million. Despite the majority status of women, a gender gap...; Search Snippet: ...Health Care: Monitoring the Pulse of a Nation in Need Women's Health Care: Limited Access Despite Majority Status Lillian Gonzalez-pardo... 1993   Yes
Tracy Thornburg , Diane Trunk A Collage of Voices: a Dialogue with Women in Prison 2 Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies 155 (Fall, 1992) This article is an attempt to give voices to women who have been affected by the criminal law. Through this attempt, we hope to bring a much needed perspective and missing dynamic to legal scholarship. Traditional legal scholarship historically has excluded the voices of the powerless. In the area of criminal law, this exclusion has led to dramatic...; Search Snippet: ...And Crime Note a Collage of Voices: a Dialogue with Women in Prison [Fna1] Tracy Thornburg [Fnaa1] Diane Trunk [Fnaaa1] Copyright... 1992   Yes
Charlotte Rutherford African American Women and "Typically Female," Low-wage Jobs: Is Litigation the Answer? 17 Yale Journal of International Law 211 (Winter, 1992) Many people expected the elimination of racial stereotypes and job barriers to improve economic conditions for both African American men and women in the labor market. Even as legal victories have opened new and better-paying jobs for African American workers, however, the level of poverty among African American families headed by working women has...; Search Snippet: ...Of the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Project African American Women and Typically Female, Low-wage Jobs: Is Litigation the Answer? Charlotte Rutherford [Fn... 1992 African/Black American Yes
  An Unlady-like Response to Legal Conceptions of Women 105 Harvard Law Review 2104 (June, 1992) In every generation, American women have campaigned for equality, only to suffer powerful counterassaults. When Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Seneca Falls Convention appealed for equal jobs and education, America enacted bans on divorce, contraception and abortion; when women won the right to vote in 1920, they were met with protective labor codes...; Search Snippet: ...Book Note an Unlady-like Response to Legal Conceptions of Women Backlash: the Undeclared War Against American Women. By Susan Faludi. [Fn1] New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1991... 1992   Yes
  Beyond Batson: Eliminating Gender-based Peremptory Challenges 105 Harvard Law Review 1920 (June, 1992) A fundamental tenet of jury selection is that j ury competence is an individual rather than a group or class matter. In jury selection, attorneys should make assessments of each prospective juror's competence and impartiality. For this reason, challenges for cause require a showing that a particular prospective juror is biased. In contrast,...; Search Snippet: ...Review Harvard Law Review June, 1992 Note Beyond Batson: Eliminating Gender-based Peremptory Challenges Copyright (C) 1992 by the Harvard Law... 1992    
Ann Althouse Beyond King Solomon's Harlots: Women in Evidence 65 Southern California Law Review 1265 (March, 1992) There is a tradition of beginning the law school course on evidence with the Judgment of Solomon. The biblical version quoted by the casebook I use reads as follows: Then two harlots came to the king, and stood before him. The one woman said, Oh, my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the...; Search Snippet: ...California Law Review March, 1992 Essay Beyond King Solomon's Harlots: Women in Evidence Ann Althouse [Fna] Copyright (C) 1992 by The... 1992   Yes
Joyce E. McConnell Beyond Metaphor: Battered Women, Involuntary Servitude and the Thirteenth Amendment 4 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 207 (Spring, 1992) When Congress debated the Thirteenth Amendment and its prohibitions against slavery and involuntary servitude, anxious members inquired whether it would alter the traditional relationship of husband and wife. Their concern materialized out of a political context in which those who sought abolition of African American chattel slavery and the...; Search Snippet: ...Yale Journal of Law & Feminism Spring, 1992 Beyond Metaphor: Battered Women, Involuntary Servitude and the Thirteenth Amendment Joyce E. Mcconnell [Fnd... 1992 African/Black American Yes
Marc A. Fajer Can Two Real Men Eat Quiche Together? Storytelling, Gender-role Sterotypes, and Legal Protection for Lesbians and Gay Men 46 University of Miami Law Review 511 (January, 1992) I. Introduction. 512 II. Storytelling in Law and Gay Advocacy. 516 A. Inclusive Storytelling. 517 B. Persuasive Stories. 521 C. The Tension Between Inclusion and Persuasion: The Problem of Difference. 522 D. Naming. 530 III. Stories of Sex, Love, and Relationships. 537 A. Non-Gay Stories: Sex as Lifestyle. 537 B. Gay Stories: Putting Sex in...; Search Snippet: ...And Articles Can Two Real Men Eat Quiche Together? Storytelling, Gender-role Sterotypes, and Legal Protection for Lesbians and Gay Men... 1992    
Andrea Brenneke Civil Rights for Battered Women: Axiomatic & Ignored 11 Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice Ineq. 1 (December, 1992) I. Introduction: Civil Rights Remedies for Battered WomenAxiomatic and Ignored. 3 II. Battering Deprives Women of Rights That Should Be Protected By Civil Rights Law. 5 A. The Facts: Battering Disproportionately Affects Women and Can Be Motivated By Gender. 5 B. Situating Domestic Violence in a System of Gendered Power Relations': A Feminist...; Search Snippet: ...Of Theory and Practice December, 1992 Civil Rights for Battered Women: Axiomatic & Ignored Andrea Brenneke [Fna] [Fnaa] Copyright (C) 1992 By... 1992   Yes
Joelle S. Weiss Controlling Hiv-positive Women's Procreative Destiny: a Critical Equal Protection Analysis 2 Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal 643 (Spring, 1992) I. INTRODUCTION II. WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH AIDS A. The Epidemiology of Women with AIDS B. The Epidemiology of Children with AIDS III. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE EXPLOITATIVE REPRODUCTIVE MEASURES: AN AGGRESSIVE CRUSADE TO RESTRICT WOMEN'S PROCREATIVE AUTONOMY IV. THE CULTURAL, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC, AND PERSONAL REALITIES OF REPRODUCTIVE...; Search Snippet: ...Hall Constitutional Law Journal Spring, 1992 Comment Controlling Hiv-positive Women's Procreative Destiny: a Critical Equal Protection Analysis Joelle S. Weiss... 1992   Yes
Barbara Ann Leavine Court-ordered Cesareans: Can a Pregnant Woman Refuse? 29 Houston Law Review 185 (Spring, 1992) I. Introduction. 186 II. Court-Ordered Cesareans. 189 III. Abortion Cases. 193 A. The Cases. 194 B. The Impact of Abortion Cases on Court-Ordered Cesareans. 196 IV. The Right To Refuse Medical Treatment. 198 A. Informed Consent and Protection of Personal Autonomy. 199 B. Substitute Judgment Analysis. 200 C. Qualifying State Interests in Protecting...; Search Snippet: ...Law Section Essay Award Court-ordered Cesareans: Can a Pregnant Woman Refuse? Barbara Ann Leavine [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1992 by The... 1992   Yes
David F. Chavkin For Their Own Good: Civil Commitment of Alcohol and Drug-dependent Pregnant Women 37 South Dakota Law Review 224 (1991/1992) I. Introduction II. What is the Scope of the Problem Being Addressed? A. Legal and Illegal Drugs B. Alcohol C. Tobacco III. What is the History of Mandatory Treatment in the United States? IV. Policy Considerations Underlying Civil Commitment A. What Goal is Civil Commitment Intended to Address? B. Is Civil Commitment Constitutional? C. Can Alcohol...; Search Snippet: ...Own Good: Civil Commitment of Alcohol and Drug-dependent Pregnant Women David F. Chavkin [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1992 by the South... 1992   Yes
Judith Resnik Hearing Women 65 Southern California Law Review 1333 (March, 1992) On Monday, October the 7th of 1992, many anticipated that the confirmation vote on Clarence Thomas for the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court would go forward, as scheduled, on the following day. That morning, I received a call from another woman law professor. She told me that the press had just reported that Anita...; Search Snippet: ...Clarence Thomas Hearings Sexual Harassment: Myths, Literature and Law Hearing Women Judith Resnik [Fna] Copyright (C) 1992 by the University Of... 1992   Yes
Marion Crain Images of Power in Labor Law: a Feminist Deconstruction 33 Boston College Law Review 481 (May, 1992) A central task of feminist legal scholars is to deconstruct systematically, from a feminist perspective, existing law and the institutions that it creates. The effort to reveal and to challenge the male-centered attitudes that structure the law has as its goal the introduction of women's perspectives and a consequent transformation of the law. An...; Search Snippet: ...Review May, 1992 Images of Power in Labor Law: a Feminist Deconstruction [Fnp] Marion Crain [Fna] Copyright (C) 1992 by Marion... 1992    
Judith Grant Intimate Work: the Regulation of Female Sexuatlity and Reproduction 1 Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies 225 (Winter, 1992) Liberal feminists of both the first (early twentieth century) and second (late 1960's to the present) waves have always pointed with acrimony to the presence of a gender-based double standard. As is now well known, liberal feminists have claimed that men are treated according to one set of rules and women according to another. Today, in light of...; Search Snippet: ...A Symposium on Reconstructing Motherhood Intimate Work: the Regulation of Female Sexuatlity and Reproduction Judith Grant [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1992 By... 1992   Yes
Isabel Karpin Legislating the Female Body: Reproductive Technology and the Reconstructed Woman 3 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 325 (1992) Legal conceptions of the female body tend to assume a singular, uncontested, received idea of the nature of that body. I argue, on the contrary, that in the process of regulating the female body, the law legislates its shape, its lineaments, and its boundaries. However, law does not act alone to fix the shape of the female body. It collaborates...; Search Snippet: ...Law Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 1992 Legislating the Female Body: Reproductive Technology and the Reconstructed Woman Isabel Karpin [Fna] Copyright (C) 1993 by the Columbia Journal... 1992   Yes
Scott Folkers Lewis V. Pearson Foundation, Inc.: Does 42 U.s.c. § 1985 (3) Offer Protection to Women as a Class? 37 South Dakota Law Review 621 (1991/1992) Lewis v. Pearson Foundation, Inc., involves the activities of an organization, the Pearson Foundation, whose sole purpose is to prevent as many women from obtaining abortions as possible. In effecting this goal, it trampled on Warna Lewis' constitutional rights of privacy and reproductive freedom guaranteed under Roe v. Wade. Lewis attempted to...; Search Snippet: ...Inc.: Does 42 U.s.c. § 1985 (3) Offer Protection to Women as a Class? Scott Folkers Copyright (C) 1992 by The... 1992   Yes
Erin Edmonds Mapping the Terrain of Our Resistance: a White Feminist Perspective on the Enforcement of Rape Law 9 Harvard BlackLetter Journal 43 (Spring, 1992) Women, all women, are accountable for racism continuing to divide us. bell hooks When I first set out to write a paper on the enforcement of rape law from a white feminist's point of view, I had no idea what grief awaited me. Bruised, battered, and violated bodies polluted the crisp, droning rape statutesbodies of women, Black and white and in...; Search Snippet: ...And Equality Mapping the Terrain of Our Resistance: a White Feminist Perspective on the Enforcement of Rape Law [Fna1] Erin Edmonds... 1992 African/Black American  
Hayley Gorenberg , Amanda White Off the Pedestal and into the Arena: Toward Including Women in Experimental Protocols 19 New York University Review of Law and Social Change 205 (1991/1992) Introduction I. The Misguided History of Exclusionary Policies A. The Protectionist Rationale B. The Efficiency Rationale C. The Unstated Rationale: Funding Driven by Fear II. Current Regulatory Activity: FDA and DHHS A. DHHS Regulations 1. DHHS Regulations Regarding Pregnant Women and Children 2. The Effect of DHHS Regulations on Nonpregnant Women...; Search Snippet: ...1992 off the Pedestal and into the Arena: Toward Including Women in Experimental Protocols Hayley Gorenberg [Fna1] Amanda White [Fnaa1] Copyright... 1992   Yes
Elizabeth M. Schneider Particularity and Generality: Challenges of Feminist Theory and Practice in Work on Woman-abuse 67 New York University Law Review 520 (June, 1992) Since the beginning of the women's movement, feminist legal theory has been based largely upon exploration and analysis of the particular, unique experiences of women's lives. In this Article, Professor Schneider asserts that feminist theory founded exclusively upon a particularity analysis is inadequate to capture the full range of women's...; Search Snippet: ...University Law Review June, 1992 Particularity and Generality: Challenges of Feminist Theory and Practice in Work on Woman-abuse Elizabeth M. Schneider [Fna] Copyright (C) 1992 by The... 1992   Yes
Richard Delgado , Jean Stefancic Pornography and Harm to Women: "No Empirical Evidence?" 53 Ohio State Law Journal 1037 (1992) In a series of articles, we have been addressing the forces that render transformative legal thought so halting and slow. We recently examined the history of popular depiction of four ethnic groups of color, concluding that racism is so deeply embedded in our culture that it is for all practical purposes invisible. Inscribed in the master...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Ohio State Law Journal 1992 Pornography and Harm to Women: No Empirical Evidence? Richard Delgado [Fna1] Jean Stefancic [Fnaa1] Copyright... 1992   Yes
Carolyn Jin-Myung Oh Questioning the Cultural and Gender-based Assumptions of the Adversary System: Voices of Asian-american Law Students 7 Berkeley Women's Law Journal 125 (1992) The political and legal institutions of a country inevitably reflect the ethos of its dominant culture. The legal system in the United States is no exception. It has been and continues to be shaped by the cultural values prevalent in America, especially the values held by those in powereducated white men. The entry of women in increasing numbers...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Berkeley Women's Law Journal 1992 Questioning the Cultural and Gender-based Assumptions of the Adversary System: Voices of Asian- American Law Students Carolyn Jin-myung Oh [Fnd] Copyright (C) 1992... 1992 Asian American  
Kimberle Crenshaw Race, Gender, and Sexual Harassment 65 Southern California Law Review 1467 (March, 1992) I would like to thank Anita Hill and express my deep respect to her for having the courage to shatter the silence on sexual harassment. I am certain that I speak for millions of women in saying that I have been inspired and renewed by her strength and integrity. I have looked forward to addressing you tonight on a critical issue at this very...; Search Snippet: ...Remarks Before the National Forum for Women State Legislators Race, Gender, and Sexual Harassment [Fna] Kimberle Crenshaw [Fnaa] Copyright (C) 1992... 1992    
Robert Unikel Reasonable Doubts: a Critique of the Reasonable Woman Standard in American Jurisprudence 87 Northwestern University Law Review 326 (Fall, 1992) The quest for objectivity is ongoing in American jurisprudence. Only through the implementation and application of objective standards and procedures can the American legal system achieve its ultimate goal of promoting individual equality while adequately preserving community harmony. The quest for objectivity has produced a number of important...; Search Snippet: ...Fall, 1992 Comment Reasonable Doubts: a Critique of the Reasonable Woman Standard in American Jurisprudence Robert Unikel Copyright (C) 1992 By... 1992   Yes
Lisa Maher Reconstructing the Female Criminal: Women and Crack Cocaine 2 Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies 131 (Fall, 1992) I got arrested for assault--I did twelve months. [Tell us the story behind that?] Well, I was back on Delancey Street. There was this club over there, called the CBGB's. And you know the skinheads, these guys? Well I wound up cuttin' one of them up because they had surrounded me and they pissed on me-- and for no reason. [What do you mean they...; Search Snippet: ...And Women's Studies Fall, 1992 Women and Crime Reconstructing the Female Criminal: Women and Crack Cocaine Lisa Maher [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1992 By... 1992   Yes
Charlotte Rutherford, Esq. Reproductive Freedoms and African American Women 4 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 255 (Spring, 1992) As an African American, a civil rights lawyer, a mother, and a feminist, I view reproductive freedoms for African American women from both a personal and professional perspective. Reproductive freedoms are life and death issues for many African American women and, as such, deserve as much recognition as any other freedom. Despite the importance of...; Search Snippet: ...Yale Journal of Law & Feminism Spring, 1992 Reproductive Freedoms and African American Women Charlotte Rutherford, Esq. [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 1992 by the Yale... 1992 African/Black American Yes
Sheldon Goldman Reserved Seating 75 Judicature 334 (April/May, 1992) What has been the impact of race, religion, and gender on appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court? To what extent have presidents taken these demographic considerations into account? Is it reasonable to talk about a black seat, a Catholic seat, a Jewish seat, a woman's seat? Is the concept of representativeness on the Court a legitimate one? These...; Search Snippet: ...A Representative Supreme Court? The Impact of Race, Religion, and Gender on Appointments, by Barbara A. Perry. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press... 1992 African/Black American  
Judy Scales-Trent Sameness and Difference in a Law School Classroom: Working at the Crossroads 4 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 415 (Spring, 1992) I was recently invited to be on a panel which would discuss teaching about difference in law school. How we deal with people we consider different is an important issue, and I was pleased to participate. But something about the formulation of the issue troubled me. For it seems to me that difference is all that our students know, all that most...; Search Snippet: ...Black People Can Be Old, That Old People Can Suffer Gender Discrimination and That Women Can Be Discriminated Against Because They Are Latinas. I Attempt to Address the Concept of Sameness and Difference... 1992 Multiple Groups  
Owen D. Jones Sex Selection: Regulating Technology Enabling the Predetermination of a Child's Gender 6 Harvard Journal of Law & Technology 1 (Fall, 1992) As technology allowing preselection of a child's gender has improved, observers have debated whether such practices should be prohibited. With sex selection, as with many issues of emotional appeal, political positions have antedated careful reflection, and legislative initiatives have marched well in advance of strategic planning. As a result,...; Search Snippet: ...Sex Selection: Regulating Technology Enabling the Predetermination of a Child's Gender Owen D. Jones [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1992 by the President... 1992    
Dawn Johnsen Shared Interests: Promoting Healthy Births Without Sacrificing Women's Liberty 43 Hastings Law Journal 569 (March, 1992) While the national debate on reproductive rights has focused on a woman's fundamental right to decide whether to have an abortion, a new strand of legal and public policy issues recently has emerged that also threatens American women's reproductive freedom and other fundamental liberties. During the last decade, courts, legislatures, and state...; Search Snippet: ...And Social Responses Shared Interests: Promoting Healthy Births Without Sacrificing Women's Liberty Dawn Johnsen [Fna1] Copyright (C) 1992 by the Hastings... 1992   Yes
Sarah A. DeCosse Simply Unbelievable: Reasonable Women and Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment 10 Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 285 (June, 1992) If Anita Hill were to bring a hostile environment sexual harassment claim in the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit today, she would be evaluated according to the reasonable woman standard relied on in the Ellison v. Brady decision. Although the standard suggests movement beyond the constricting images which were used to...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Theory and Practice June, 1992 Simply Unbelievable: Reasonable Women and Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Sarah A. Decosse [Fna1] Copyright... 1992   Yes
Margaret A. Baldwin Split at the Root: Prostitution and Feminist Discourses of Law Reform 5 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 47 (Fall, 1992) My case is not unique. Violette Leduc Today, adjustment to what is possible no longer means adjustment, it means making the possible real. Theodor Adorno This article originated in some years of feminist activism, and a sustained effort to understand two sentences spoken by Evelina Giobbe, an anti-prostitution activist and educator, at a radical...; Search Snippet: ...Law & Feminism Fall, 1992 Split at the Root: Prostitution and Feminist Discourses of Law Reform Margaret A. Baldwin [Fnd1] Copyright ©... 1992    
Deborah J. Merritt , Barbara F. Reskin The Double Minority: Empirical Evidence of a Double Standard in Law School Hiring of Minority Women 65 Southern California Law Review 2299 (July, 1992) In 1990, Professor Derrick Bell announced that he would take an unpaid leave of absence from Harvard Law School until the school offered a tenured professorship to a woman of color. Bell's decision provoked a storm of controversy in the legal community. Some observers praised Bell's action as courageous and forward-thinking; others denounced it as...; Search Snippet: ...Of a Double Standard in Law School Hiring of Minority Women Deborah J. Merritt [Fna1] Barbara F. Reskin [Fnaa1] Copyright ©... 1992   Yes
Dorothy E. Roberts The Future of Reproductive Choice for Poor Women and Women of Color 14 Women's Rights Law Reporter 305 (Spring-Fall, 1992) Preface: Reflections on The Future of Reproductive Choice for Poor Women and Women of Color This article was my first talk and my first publication on the subject of reproduction and women of color. I can still sense the challenge I felt at discovering from reading about the lives of slave women and modern day sisters that our experiences amplified...; Search Snippet: ...Spring-fall, 1992 the Future of Reproductive Choice for Poor Women and Women of Color Dorothy E. Roberts [Fna] Copyright (C) 1992 Women's... 1992   Yes
Sharon K. Mollman The Gender Gap: Separating the Sexes in Public Education 68 Indiana Law Journal 149 (Winter, 1992) Inner-city schools have become notorious for their failure to educate. Children in these blighted areas, usually African-Americans or other minorities, have little hope for a bright future. School, which is commonly thought to provide a stepping-stone to a better life, merely reinforces that lack of hope. The curriculum reflects the values of...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Indiana Law Journal Winter, 1992 December, 1992 Note the Gender Gap: Separating the Sexes in Public Education Sharon K. Mollman... 1992 Multipe Groups  
Katherine Connor , Ellen J. Vargyas The Legal Implications of Gender Bias in Standardized Testing 7 Berkeley Women's Law Journal 13 (1992) C1-3TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION. 14 II. THE FACTUAL CONTEXT. 17 A. The Scope of the Problem. 17 1. Post-Secondary Admissions Tests. 18 2. Vocational Aptitude Tests and Interest Inventories. 21 B. Causes of Gender Differences in Test Scores. 24 1. Post-Secondary Admissions Tests. 24 2. Vocational Aptitude Tests and Interest Inventories. 27 C....; Search Snippet: ...Journal Berkeley Women's Law Journal 1992 the Legal Implications of Gender Bias in Standardized Testing Katherine Connor [Fnd] Ellen J. Vargyas... 1992    
Naomi R. Cahn The Looseness of Legal Language: the Reasonable Woman Standard in Theory and in Practice 77 Cornell Law Review 1398 (September, 1992) For feminists working with the law, the relationship between theory and practice has been critical, although often uneasy and problematic. Part of this tension between theory and practice stems from inevitable, and important, questions about whether the legal process can meaningfully address women's needs. Nonetheless, because the strength of...; Search Snippet: ...Language of Law the Looseness of Legal Language: the Reasonable Woman Standard in Theory and in Practice Naomi R. Cahn [Fnd... 1992   Yes
Mary E. Becker The Politics of Women's Wrongs and the Bill of "Rights": a Bicentennial Perspective 59 University of Chicago Law Review 453 (Winter, 1992) The language of the Bill of Rights is almost entirely gender neutral and its provisions have always applied to some women. But free white men of property designed the Bill of Rights in a political process from which they excluded most Americans and all women. Not surprisingly, the Bill of Rights served and serves the interests of such men better...; Search Snippet: ...Chicago Law Review Winter, 1992 Interdisciplinary Approaches the Politics of Women's Wrongs and the Bill of Rights: a Bicentennial Perspective Mary... 1992   Yes
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