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| Felice Batlan |
She Was Surprised and Furious: Expatriation, Suffrage, Immigration, and the Fragility of Women's Citizenship, 1907-1940 |
15 Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties 315 (June, 2020) |
Introduction. 315 I. Coverture, Expatriation, and Women's Citizenship. 317 A. Coverture and Citizenship. 317 B. The Expatriation Act of 1907 and the Loss of Women's Citizenship. 319 C. Myth Making and Women's Expatriation of Citizenship in the U.S. Supreme Court. 321 D. Women's Suffrage, the Cable Act, and the Partial End of Derivative Citizenship....; Search Snippet: ...Surprised and Furious: Expatriation, Suffrage, Immigration, and the Fragility of Women's Citizenship, 1907-1940 Felice Batlan [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Board... |
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| Jessica M. Salerno, Justin Sanchez , Arizona State University |
Subjective Interpretation of "Objective" Video Evidence: Perceptions of Male Versus Female Police Officers' Use-of-force |
44 Law and Human Behavior 97 (April, 2020) |
Objective: The police face great scrutiny after highly publicized instances of lethal force. Dash-camera footage ostensibly provides objective evidence of whether the force was excessive. We tested whether participants interpreted the same objective video of an officer exerting force differently based on the officer's gender and race....; Search Snippet: ...Subjective Interpretation of Objective Video Evidence: Perceptions of Male Versus Female Police Officers' Use-of-force [Fnd1] Jessica M. Salerno Justin... |
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| Abby Harrington |
Tanks and Rubber Bullets Vs. Pussy Hats and High-fives: a Comparative Look at the 2014 Ferguson Uprising and the 2017 Women's March on Washington |
31 Hastings Women's Law Journal 101 (Winter, 2020) |
A picture is worth a thousand words. Throughout the beginning of the twenty-first century, the prevalence of cell phones has increased the ability of many to snap a picture. These images are then distributed through social media platforms and shared across cities, states, and beyond. After the police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, images from...; Search Snippet: ...Comparative Look at the 2014 Ferguson Uprising and the 2017 Women's March on Washington Abby Harrington Copyright © 2020 by Uc Hastings... |
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| Amanda Robert |
Telling Untold Stories |
106-SEP ABA Journal 60 (August/September, 2020) |
Lauren van Schilfgaarde and Heather Torres introduced the ABA to the missing and murdered indigenous women crisis in February by first sharing the stories of those who suffered. One involved Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year-old Spirit Lake tribal member who was eight months pregnant when she disappeared from her Fargo, North Dakota, apartment...; Search Snippet: ...Americanbar.org Members Who Inspire [Fna1] Telling Untold Stories Two Young Native American Lawyers Call for Action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Amanda Robert Copyright © 2020 by American Bar Association; Amanda Robert... |
2020 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| Catherine Powell , Camille Gear Rich |
The "Welfare Queen" Goes to the Polls: Race-based Fractures in Gender Politics and Opportunities for Intersectional Coalitions |
19th Georgetown Law Journal 105 (June, 2020) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 108 I. The Welfare Queen Goes to the Polls. 115 A. ORIGINS OF THE WELFARE QUEEN. 115 B. THE WELFARE QUEEN AT THE POLLS. 121 C. DISCURSIVE GOALS: THE WELFARE QUEEN AS A THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. 125 1. The Right to Vote as a Scarce Resource. 126 2. Individual Malfeasance Versus Institutional Wrongdoing. 127 3....; Search Snippet: ...Welfare Queen Goes to the Polls: Race-based Fractures in Gender Politics and Opportunities for Intersectional Coalitions Catherine Powell [Fna1] Camille... |
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| Bridget J. Crawford |
The Common Law as a Force for Women |
61 Boston College Law Review E-Supplement I.-63 (5/14/2020) |
This essay introduces a collection of Symposium Essays examining Anita Bernstein's book, The Common Law Inside the Female Body (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Professor Bernstein explores the common law's recognition of both rights and liberties, highlighting in particular negative liberties such as the right to be left undisturbed....; Search Snippet: ...2020 Symposium Article the Common Law as a Force for Women Bridget J. Crawford [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Bridget J. Crawford... |
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| Cynthia Thomas |
The Cycle of Women in the Criminal Justice System |
37 No. 4 GPSolo 14 (July/August, 2020) |
The year 2020 marks the centennial of women's suffrage. As we celebrate this 100th anniversary guaranteeing and protecting women's constitutional right to vote, let's take this opportunity to look at women in the criminal justice system, where, sadly to say, women's prisons are not treated equally. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, there...; Search Snippet: ...5758852 Gpsolo Gpsolo July/august, 2020 Feature the Cycle of Women in the Criminal Justice System Cynthia Thomas [Fna1] Copyright © 2020... |
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| Pamuela Halliwell, LMFT |
The Dying Black Transgender Woman: Sight Unseen #Saytheirnames |
42 Thomas Jefferson Law Review 6 (Spring, 2020) |
INTRODUCTION. 7 I. THE FOUNDATION BEHIND VIOLENCE UPON BLACK TRANS WOMEN. 9 A. Transgender Women Lives Lost as a Result of Unequal Rights and Protections: Misgendering by Law Enforcement & The Media. 9 B. Factors leading to Anti-transgender Stigma and Increased Violence. 14 II. CURRENT ADMINISTRATION VIEWING BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN'S LIVES AS LESS...; Search Snippet: ...Jefferson Law Review Spring, 2020 Article the Dying Black Transgender Woman: Sight Unseen #Saytheirnames Pamuela Halliwell Lmft [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 By... |
2020 |
African/Black American |
| Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, Jamila Flomo, Amanda Suarez |
The Effects of Anti-immigrant Laws in the U.s. on Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking: a Gender-based Human Rights Analysis |
23 Harvard Latinx Law Review 17 (Spring, 2020) |
I. Introduction. 18 II. SB 168 Harms Immigrants and Immigrant Communities. 21 A. Recent Research and Data Reveal High Mistrust of the Police Amongst Immigrants When Local Law Enforcement Engages in Federal Immigration Enforcement. 23 B. Anti-Immigrant Laws Drain Resources and Divert Workstreams of Nonprofit Organizations Serving Victims. 26 C. SB...; Search Snippet: ...Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking: a Gender-based Human Rights Analysis Caroline Bettinger-lopez Jamila Flomo Amanda... |
2020 |
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| Sunitha Malepati |
The Future (Public Company Boardroom) Is Female: from California Sb 826 to a Gender Diversity Listing Standard |
28 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 493 (2020) |
I. Introduction. 493 II. Regulation of Corporate Governance. 504 A. U.S. Exchange-Established Listing Standards. 507 B. Norms. 514 III. The Business Case Against Homogeneity. 518 IV. Stalled Progress: Why Voluntary Diversity Efforts Have Failed. 522 A. Low Board Turnover & Overemphasis on Prior Board Experience. 522 B. Unconscious Gender Bias. 524...; Search Snippet: ...The Law 2020 Article the Future (Public Company Boardroom) Is Female: from California Sb 826 to a Gender Diversity Listing Standard Sunitha Malepati [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by The... |
2020 |
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| Melissa Broaddus |
The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, Poverty, and Intimate Partner Violence |
17 Indiana Health Law Review 207 (2020) |
Trigger Warning: The following story may trigger an adverse reaction for survivors of intimate partner violence, or IPV. Robert Kelly, better known by his stage name R. Kelly, and Andrea Kelly have been divorced for almost a decade. Unfortunately, Andrea is still tormented by the abuse she experienced from her now ex-husband. During an appearance...; Search Snippet: ...Indiana Health Law Review 2020 Note the Intersectionality of Race, Gender, Poverty, and Intimate Partner Violence Melissa Broaddus Copyright © 2020 By... |
2020 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| Kingsly Alec McConnell |
The Liberty Impact of Gender |
95 Washington Law Review 459 (March, 2020) |
Can the federal government unilaterally change your gender? In October of 2018, the New York Times revealed that the Trump Administration's Department of Health and Human Services was considering a new federal definition of gender. The policy would redefine gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth....; Search Snippet: ...Washington Law Review March, 2020 Comment the Liberty Impact of Gender Kingsly Alec Mcconnell [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Washington Law Review... |
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| Timothy Vercellotti |
The Long Road to Power for Women in Politics |
42 Western New England Law Review 439 (2020) |
A century after women won the right to vote they remain significantly under-represented in federal and state elected office in the United States. Why do women, who comprise more than half of the population in the United States, still fall far short of that proportion in Congress and in state governorships? Political science research suggests there...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review 2020 Article the Long Road to Power for Women in Politics Timothy Vercellotti [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Western New... |
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The Missing and Murder of Indigenous Women and Girls: New Policies on an Enduring Crisis |
56 Criminal Law Bulletin 1 (2020) |
Dr. Fox is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She earned a Ph.D. in Sociology and Criminology & Law from the University of Florida. She acknowledges and expresses sincere thanks to the following people who provided valuable substantive feedback on earlier manuscript drafts: Debbie...; Search Snippet: ...2020 Criminal Law Bulletin the Missing and Murder of Indigenous Women and Girls: New Policies on an Enduring Crisis Kathleen A. Fox * Abstract the Violent Victimization of Indigenous ( Native American) Women and Girls Continues to Be a National and International Crisis. Compared To... |
2020 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| Diana C. Nicholls Mutter |
The Morals of the Women on Boards Story: Global Board Gender Diversity Efforts Still Need Fairness-based Arguments to Move Regulation to the next Chapter |
53 International Lawyer 235 (2020) |
Canada and the United States have some of the lowest rates of female participation on public boards among nations that have introduced regulation aimed at addressing the underrepresentation of women on boards. The impact of increasing board diversity (and, by extension, legislation or regulation aimed at increasing board gender diversity) depends...; Search Snippet: ...International Lawyer International Lawyer 2020 Article the Morals of the Women on Boards Story: Global Board Gender Diversity Efforts Still Need Fairness-based Arguments to Move Regulation... |
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| Michelle A. Philo |
The Nineteenth Amendment: an Annotated History of the Journey for Women's Suffrage |
62-AUG Orange County Lawyer 26 (August, 2020) |
August of 2020 is notably recognized as the centennial of the women's right to vote. The reality is that many women, primarily women of color, were not able to vote until the mid-1960s. While the federal amendment allowed for women's suffrage, many state constitutions still prohibited women from voting and provided hurdles or restrictions on women...; Search Snippet: ...The Nineteenth Amendment: an Annotated History of the Journey for Women's Suffrage Michelle A. Philo [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Orange County... |
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| Virginia Sapiro |
The Power and Fragility of Social Movement Coalitions: the Woman Suffrage Movement to 1870 |
100 Boston University Law Review 1557 (October, 2020) |
C1-2Contents Introduction. 1558 I. Social Movement Theory and Research. 1560 II. The Nineteenth-Century Context for Movements for Enfranchisement. 1565 A. Federalism. 1566 B. The History of Enfranchisement. 1568 C. Women's Rights and Women's Status in the Nineteenth Century. 1570 D. The Ambiguous Language of Gender and Race Inclusion and Exclusion....; Search Snippet: ...Rights the Power and Fragility of Social Movement Coalitions: the Woman Suffrage Movement to 1870 Virginia Sapiro [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 By... |
2020 |
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| Homer C. La Rue , Alan A. Symonette |
The Ray Corollary Initiative: How to Achieve Diversity and Inclusion in Arbitrator Selection |
63 Howard Law Journal 215 (Winter, 2020) |
C1-2TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I A RESTATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM. 216 Introduction. 216 A. Jay-Z's Cried Alarm--Current Statement of an Old Problem. 218 B. What We Know About the Numbers and Why They Are Not Changing. 220 C. The Factors that Lead to Under-Selection of Persons of Color and Women in Labor-Management and Employment Arbitrations. 221 PART II...; Search Snippet: ...200 Eligible Arbitrators on the Roster Only Three Identified as African American, Two Men and One Woman. One of the Men Had a Conflict of Interest Leaving... |
2020 |
African/Black American |
| Kathleen Kim |
The Thirteenth Amendment and Human Trafficking: Lessons & Limitations |
36 Georgia State University Law Review 1005 (Summer, 2020) |
Understanding the significance of the Thirteenth Amendment for current antihuman trafficking policies and efforts requires scrutiny of the white supremacist roots that forced the chattel slavery of Africans in the United States. Passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 federalized the abolition of slavery and involuntary servitude and promised a...; Search Snippet: ...Criminal Justice System Makes it More Likely That Black and Latina Girls Will Be Treated as Delinquents Rather than Victims. [Fn31] In... |
2020 |
Multiple Groups |
| Mary-Margaret Anderson (Ret.) |
The Woman's Hour: the Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss |
59 No. 3 Judges' Journal 32 (Summer, 2020) |
When I attended law school in the mid-1970s, it was still a very unusual path for a woman to take. And for several years after graduation, I was reminded of that fact often. Some 40 years later, much has changed for women, especially for the lucky ones admitted to the professions, and yet so much has not. Perhaps shielded by my status as a lawyer,...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Judges' Journal Summer, 2020 Standing Column Book Review the Woman's Hour: the Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine... |
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| Reshma Kamath |
Three Steps Forward, Two Back: Shuffling of Women from 1920 Suffragists to 2019 as the "Year of Men." |
23 Chapman Law Review 411 (Spring, 2020) |
I. Introduction. 412 II. 2019 as the Year of Men. 414 III. Women's Rights Movement: A Historical Review. 416 IV. Different Domains for Women's Abuse and Rights. 418 A. Church. 418 B. Military. 422 1. Advances for Women in Military. 427 C. Prison. 428 1. Abuse in Prisons and Its Effects. 429 2. Women's Abuse Impacting Mental Health. 431 D....; Search Snippet: ...The 19th Amendment Three Steps Forward, Two Back: Shuffling of Women from 1920 Suffragists to 2019 as the Year of Men... |
2020 |
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| Hannah Haksgaard |
Traveling for Abortion Services and the Rural Women "We must Not Forget", Abortion Across Borders: Transnational Travel and Access to Abortion Services. Edited by Christabelle Sethna and Gayle Davis. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. 360 Pp. (Isbn-13: |
65 South Dakota Law Review 1 (2020) |
A frequently under-discussed--yet incredibly relevant--aspect of abortion access is the travel that many women must endure. Some women are lucky enough to live in jurisdictions where local hospitals perform abortions; other women live near abortion clinics. Even women who have local access to abortion services likely face other barriers. Those...; Search Snippet: ...Article Book Review Traveling for Abortion Services and the Rural Women We must Not Forget, Abortion Across Borders: Transnational Travel And... |
2020 |
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| Adam Crepelle |
Tribal Courts, the Violence Against Women Act, and Supplemental Jurisdiction: Expanding Tribal Court Jurisdiction to Improve Public Safety in Indian Country |
81 Montana Law Review 59 (Winter, 2020) |
In Indian country, non-Indians are essentially above the law. Non-Indians cannot be prosecuted by Indian tribes; consequently, the United States Commission on Civil Rights has declared that Indians have become easy crime targets. In particular, Indian women have become prime victims for non-Indian sexual predators. Rape rates skyrocket when...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Winter, 2020 Article Tribal Courts, the Violence Against Women Act, and Supplemental Jurisdiction: Expanding Tribal Court Jurisdiction to Improve... |
2020 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| Emily Chafa |
Two Trailblazing Women |
59 No. 3 Judges' Journal 22 (Summer, 2020) |
This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. Many women and men throughout the nation supported this effort with their time, talent, and treasure. Some are household names, some are less well known. This article highlights two trailblazing women with Iowa...; Search Snippet: ...5016303 Judges Journal Judges' Journal Summer, 2020 Feature Two Trailblazing Women Their Legacy and Lessons for Us Today-- Arabella Babb Mansfield... |
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| Danielle Johnson |
Walk in My Shoes: a Day in the Life of a Black Woman Attorney |
64-SPG Boston Bar Journal 13 (Spring, 2020) |
This article is a companion piece to Owning The Space: A Candid Conversation with Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice Kimberly S. Budd, below. If you approach the steps of the Edward Brooke Courthouse (named after the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction) around 8:45 A.M. on a Thursday morning--colloquially...; Search Snippet: ...My Shoes: a Day in the Life of a Black Woman Attorney Danielle Johnson [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Boston Bar Association... |
2020 |
African/Black American |
| Anne Bryson Bauer |
We Can Do It? How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Perpetuates Implicit Gender Bias in the Code |
43 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 1 (Winter, 2020) |
In December of 2017 Congress passed sweeping tax reform legislation known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This article highlights three aspects of the legislation that reflect implicit bias in the Code and facilitate the marginalization of women as a result of tax policy that fails to consider underlying demographic data with respect to the...; Search Snippet: ...It? How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Perpetuates Implicit Gender Bias in the Code Anne Bryson Bauer [Fn1] Copyright © 2020... |
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| Gwen Jordan |
We must Forget Every Difference and Unite in a Common Cause - Votes for Women: Lessons from the Woman Suffrage Movement (Or, Before the Notorious Rbg, There Were the Notorious Rgbs ) |
11 ConLawNOW 91 (2020) |
As we commemorate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, it is critical to consider both the history of the woman's suffrage movement that led to the Amendment as well as the efficacy of the Amendment to secure women's full legal, political, civil, and social equality. Our understanding of the woman's suffrage movement in the United States has...; Search Snippet: ...Every Difference and Unite in a Common Cause - Votes for Women : Lessons from the Woman Suffrage Movement [Fn1] (Or, Before the Notorious Rbg, There Were... |
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| Lawrence Zelenak |
We Will See That You Are Troubled Right Along: Women and the Politics of the Early Federal Income Tax |
27 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 279 (2019-2020) |
In the early years of the federal income tax, from its enactment in 1913 and for several decades thereafter, most considered income tax policy the exclusive province of men-so much so that when, in 1927, three women testified before the House Ways and Means Committee that the personal exemption rules of the income tax were unfair to single women,...; Search Snippet: ...Article We Will See That You Are Troubled Right Along: Women and the Politics of the Early Federal Income Tax Lawrence... |
2020 |
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| Lolita Buckner Inniss |
While the Water Is Stirring: Sojourner Truth as Proto-agonist in the Fight for (Black) Women's Rights |
100 Boston University Law Review 1637 (October, 2020) |
This Essay argues for a greater understanding of Sojourner Truth's little-discussed role as a proto-agonist (a marginalized, long-suffering forerunner as opposed to a protagonist, a highly celebrated central character) in the process that led up to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Though the Nineteenth Amendment failed to deliver on its...; Search Snippet: ...Sojourner Truth as Proto-agonist in the Fight for (Black) Women's Rights Lolita Buckner Inniss [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by the Trustees... |
2020 |
African/Black American |
| Amber Simmons |
Why Are We So Mad? The Truth Behind "Angry" Black Women and Their Legal Invisibility as Victims of Domestic Violence |
36 Harvard Blackletter Law Journal 47 (Spring, 2020) |
When I say I am a Black feminist, I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as a result of my Blackness as well as my womanness, and therefore my struggles on both of these fronts are inseparable. --Audre Lorde, Self-described Black feminist, lesbian, poet, mother, warrior Janay Palmer and Ray Rice met in typical...; Search Snippet: ...Why Are We So Mad? The Truth Behind Angry Black Women and Their Legal Invisibility as Victims of Domestic Violence Amber... |
2020 |
African/Black American |
| Rossella Selmini |
Women in Organized Crime |
49 Crime and Justice 339 (2020) |
The involvement of women in organized criminal activities such as street gangs, mafias, and illegal transnational markets, including human trafficking, human smuggling, and drug trafficking, is an important but understudied subject. Gendered studies and feminist theories can improve current knowledge and provide important new insights. They can...; Search Snippet: ...Crime and Justice 2020 Organizing Crime: Mafias, Markets, and Networks Women in Organized Crime Rossella Selmini [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by The... |
2020 |
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| Paula A. Monopoli |
Women, Democracy, and the Nineteenth Amendment |
100 Boston University Law Review 1727 (October, 2020) |
C1-2Contents Introduction.. 1728 I. The Current State of Women's Participation in Formal and Informal Governance. 1730 II. Gendered Constitutional Design Choices. 1734 III. Liberal Rights of Speech and Association. 1742 IV. Free and Fair Elections. 1745 Conclusion. 1747; Search Snippet: ...The History and Future of Gender, Representation, and Citizenship Rights Women, Democracy, and the Nineteenth Amendment Paula A. Monopoli [Fna1] Copyright... |
2020 |
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| Joya Misra |
Women, Politics, and Gender Inequality |
42 Western New England Law Review 397 (2020) |
Women's representation in U.S. politics has increased but remains substantially lower than in many other countries. This Article first examines the structural impediments to higher levels of women's representation, including how gender stereotypes may limit women's electoral success. Then, the focus shifts to how women's representation may and may...; Search Snippet: ...England Law Review Western New England Law Review 2020 Article Women, Politics, and Gender Inequality Joya Misra [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Western New England... |
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| Christen Price |
Women's Spaces, Women's Rights: Feminism and the Transgender Rights Movement |
103 Marquette Law Review 1509 (Summer, 2020) |
Systems of power are capable of reorganizing themselves, and the fact that things look different does not mean the hierarchy has changed. It's the hierarchy we have to look at, not the fact that some social patterns of behavior are different. We have to look at who is on top and who is on the bottom, and then, if we have heart enough to do it, we...; Search Snippet: ...4500158 Marquette Law Review Marquette Law Review Summer, 2020 Article Women's Spaces, Women's Rights: Feminism and the Transgender Rights Movement Christen Price [Fna1... |
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| Samuel A. Thumma |
Women's Suffrage in the Western States and Territories |
59 No. 3 Judges' Journal 27 (Summer, 2020) |
Nationally, women's suffrage came to be via the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution adopted a century ago. Other articles in this issue of The Judges' Journal provide thoughtful history, context, and detail in celebrating that enactment. But women's suffrage has a fascinating history in the states and territories that predates the...; Search Snippet: ...2020 Wl 5016305 Judges Journal Judges' Journal Summer, 2020 Feature Women's Suffrage in the Western States and Territories Judge Samuel A... |
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| Sandra Beltran, Esq. |
Ya Basta! The Solutions to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace for Women Janitors Working at Nighttime When Nobody Can Hear Them |
55 University of San Francisco Law Review 69 (2020) |
YA BASTA! SAID LETICIA SOTO in a letter she wrote to her rapist when she referred to herself as the invisible woman. Leticia S., like many other Latina women, came to the United States with the hope of providing a better life for her children. Leticia S. came from Mexico City as a happy and hopeful single mother, who imagined herself singing...; Search Snippet: ...Basta! The Solutions to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace for Women Janitors Working at Nighttime When Nobody Can Hear Them Sandra... |
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Hispanic/Latinx American |
| Brooke Lowell |
You must Present a Valid Form of (Gender) Identification: the Due Process and First Amendment Implications of Tennessee's Birth Certificate Law |
28 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 1133 (May, 2020) |
This Note analyzes Tennessee's prohibition against transgender people changing their gender markers on their birth certificates under both Fourteenth Amendment Substantive Due Process and the First Amendment. Part I discusses the relevant terms related to transgender rights, the importance of birth certificates, and the relevant laws at play. Part...; Search Snippet: ...May, 2020 Note You must Present a Valid Form of ( Gender) Identification: the Due Process and First Amendment Implications of Tennessee's... |
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| Leslie Y. Garfield Tenzer |
#Metoo, Statutory Rape Laws, and the Persistence of Gender Stereotypes |
2019 Utah Law Review 117 (2019) |
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, feminists pushed for reform of statutory rape laws. At that time, states' laws limited prosecution for sexual intercourse with a female below a certain age to males. The only victims of statutory rape were female. Feminists advocated that legislatures should rewrite gender-specific sexual assault laws in gender...; Search Snippet: ...2019 Article #Metoo, Statutory Rape Laws, and the Persistence of Gender Stereotypes Leslie Y. Garfield Tenzer [Fna1] Copyright © 2019 by Leslie... |
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| Sarah Deer |
(En)gendering Indian Law: Indigenous Feminist Legal Theory in the United States |
31 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism Feminism 1 (2019) |
American Federal Indian law is often mistakenly assumed to be a gender-neutral discipline. Although Native women suffer disproportionately from numerous maladies, Indian law practitioners rarely engage with questions of gender discrimination or intersectional oppression. Several Canadian scholars have begun to explicate indigenous...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Feminism 2019 Article (En)gendering Indian Law: Indigenous Feminist Legal Theory in the United States Sarah Deer [Fnd1] Copyright... |
2019 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| Gwen Jordan |
A Woman of Strange, Unfathomable Presence: Ida Platt's Lived Experience of Race, Gender, and Law, 1863-1939 |
42 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 219 (Winter, 2019) |
I don't have to be who you want me to be. I'm free to be who I want. Muhammad Ali, 1964 Throughout American history, race identity has always been the primary determinant of an individual's rights and power. From the country's beginning, white men at the top of the social hierarchy have passed laws and established customs that assign race...; Search Snippet: ...Gender Harvard Journal of Law & Gender Winter, 2019 Essay a Woman of Strange, Unfathomable Presence: Ida Platt's Lived Experience of Race, Gender, and Law, 1863-1939 Gwen Jordan [Fna1] Copyright © 2019 By... |
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| Elizabeth D. Katz |
A Woman Stumps Her State: Nellie G. Robinson and Women's Right to Hold Public Office in Ohio |
53 Akron Law Review 313 (2019) |
314 I. Introduction. 314 II. Scholarship on Women's Right to Hold Public Office. 317 III. Women's Officeholding Rights in Ohio and the Nation. 320 A. Early Advocacy for Women's Officeholding Rights. 320 B. Ohioan Women Lawyers' Fight for Notarial Appointments for a Better Income. 326 C. The New Woman and Presidential Politics. 334 D....; Search Snippet: ...Wl 9514541 Akron Law Review Akron Law Review 2019 a Woman Stumps Her State: Nellie G. Robinson and Women's Right to Hold Public Office in Ohio Elizabeth D. Katz... |
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| Elana M. Stern |
Accessing Accountability: Exploring Criminal Prosecution of Male Guards for Sexually Assaulting Female Inmates in U.s. Prisons |
167 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 733 (February, 2019) |
Introduction. 734 I. Understanding the Problem. 737 A. Gender and Intersectional Hierarchies. 737 B. Reporting Abuse in the Prison Context: Fear and Retaliation. 742 II. Procedural Barriers and Access to Courts. 745 A. Prison Grievance Procedures. 745 B. The Prison Litigation Reform Act. 747 C. Pleading Requirements. 751 III. Existing Remedies and...; Search Snippet: ...Accountability: Exploring Criminal Prosecution of Male Guards for Sexually Assaulting Female Inmates in U.s. Prisons Elana M. Stern [Fnd1] Copyright © 2019... |
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| Mary L. Heen |
Agency: Married Women Traders of Nantucket, 1765-1865 |
21 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 35 (Fall, 2019) |
Before the enactment of separate property and contract rights for married women, generations of married women in seaport cities and towns conducted business as merchants, traders and shopkeepers. The first part of this article shows how private law facilitated their business activities through traditional agency law, the use of powers of attorney,...; Search Snippet: ...General Issue of Gender and the Law Article Agency: Married Women Traders of Nantucket, 1765-1865 Mary L. Heen [Fna1] Copyright... |
2019 |
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| Nancy Chi Cantalupo |
And Even More of Us Are Brave: Intersectionality & Sexual Harassment of Women Students of Color |
42 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 1 (Winter, 2019) |
Events in 2017 highlighted both celebrations of and contests over intersectionality and civil rights. In September 2017, the U.S. Department of Education rescinded Obama-era guidance on sexual harassment and replaced it with interim guidance that allows schools to set different evidentiary standards for investigations of sexual and racial...; Search Snippet: ...Even More of Us Are Brave: Intersectionality & Sexual Harassment of Women Students of Color Nancy Chi Cantalupo [Fna1] Copyright © 2019 By... |
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| Antwann Michael Simpkins |
Apparitions in the Theory: How the Sciences Cause Race and Gender to Matter in the Twenty-first Century |
9 UC Irvine Law Review 1217 (July, 2019) |
A. Scientific Inquiry. 1221 B. To Use Neuroimaging Techniques. 1227 C. The Science of Law. 1232; Search Snippet: ...Apparitions in the Theory: How the Sciences Cause Race and Gender to Matter in the Twenty-first Century Antwann Michael Simpkins... |
2019 |
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| Claudia Flores |
Beyond the Bad Apple--transforming the American Workplace for Women after #Metoo |
2019 University of Chicago Legal Forum 85 (2019) |
This recent era of the #MeToo Movement has caused many to question whether U.S. sexual harassment laws and policies are responsive to workplace realities. Complaint-based employer policies, contractually-mandated arbitration agreements, time-limited administrative exhaustion requirements, and narrow judicial interpretations of actionable conduct...; Search Snippet: ...Article Beyond the Bad Apple--transforming the American Workplace for Women after #Metoo Claudia Flores [Fnd1] Copyright © 2019 by the University... |
2019 |
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| Jessica Allison |
Beyond Vawa: Protecting Native Women from Sexual Violence Within Existing Tribal Jurisdictional Structures |
90 University of Colorado Law Review 225 (Winter, 2019) |
One in three American Indian women will be raped in her lifetime. This rampant assault is only exacerbated by the fact that tribes have not been able to prosecute non-Indians for any crime, including rape, since the 1970s. The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 took a small step toward filling this jurisdictional hole by creating...; Search Snippet: ...Colorado Law Review Winter, 2019 Comment Beyond Vawa: Protecting Native Women from Sexual Violence Within Existing Tribal Jurisdictional Structures Jessica Allison... |
2019 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| Kristin S. Wilkerson |
Bridging the Gap |
42-APR Wyoming Lawyer 16 (April, 2019) |
As a former attorney, financial advisor, and most importantly a woman, I'm acutely aware of the issues women face on our path to financial success. On average, women live longer than men, many of us enter and exit the workforce to take care of children and loved ones, and as a whole, make less than men. The detrimental effects that our longevity...; Search Snippet: ...Feature Bridging the Gap Achieving Pay Equity Between Men and Women Kristin S. Wilkerson [Fna1] Copyright © 2019 by Kristin S. Wilkerson... |
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| Amanda B. Slutsky |
But, Men and Women Are Equally Compensated, Right? An Examination of Why an Equal Rights Amendment in New York's Constitution Will End the Wage Gap |
32 Journal of Civil Rights & Economic Development 341 (Spring, 2019) |
When women succeed, America succeeds. Consider the following scenario: you, a female, worked at the same company for a few years and love your job. But then you find out the coworker in the cubicle next to you, who happens to be a man, is paid a higher salary than you are. You are a little confused at first because both you and your male...; Search Snippet: ...Economic Development Spring, 2019 Note and Comment But, Men and Women Are Equally Compensated, Right? An Examination of Why an Equal... |
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| Diana C. Nicholls Mutter |
Crashing the Boards: a Comparative Analysis of the Boxing out of Women on Boards in the United States and Canada |
12 Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law L. 1 (2019) |
Introduction. 2 I. Why The Regulators Did What They Did When They Did. 3 A. The US's Reactive Approach to Corporate Governance Issues. 3 The Diversity Policy and Why It Was Implemented. 4 B. Canada's Delayed Reaction Regime. 5 The Diversity Policy and Why It Was Implemented. 7 II. Competing Conceptions of the Box Out Problem and Respective...; Search Snippet: ...The Boards: a Comparative Analysis of the Boxing out of Women on Boards in the United States and Canada Diana C... |
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