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| Emily Chertoff |
Prosecuting Gender-based Persecution: the Islamic State at the Icc |
126 Yale Law Journal 1050 (February, 2017) |
Reports suggest that Islamic State, the terrorist caliphate, has enslaved and brutalized thousands of women from the Yazidi ethnic minority of Syria and Northern Iraq. International criminal law has a name for what Islamic State has done to these women: gender-based persecution. This crime, which appears in the Rome Statute of the International...; Search Snippet: ...Yale Law Journal Yale Law Journal February, 2017 Note Prosecuting Gender-based Persecution: the Islamic State at the Icc Emily Chertoff... |
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| Brittany Raia |
Protecting Vulnerable Children in Indian Country: Why and How the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 Should Be Extended to Cover Child Abuse Committed on Indian Reservations |
54 American Criminal Law Review 303 (Winter, 2017) |
When Lenny Hayes thinks about his childhood on the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Reservation in South Dakota he does not remember bike rides, bedtime stories, or a safe and loving home. Instead, Hayes remembers the physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse that he experienced almost daily. Hayes was just six years old when the abuse started. He...; Search Snippet: ...Children in Indian Country: Why and How the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 Should Be Extended to Cover Child... |
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| Michael P. Fix , Gbemende E. Johnson |
Public Perceptions of Gender Bias in the Decisions of Female State Court Judges |
70 Vanderbilt Law Review 1845 (November, 2017) |
How are women on the bench, and their decisions, perceived by the public? Many scholars find that gender influences the voting behavior of judges and the assessment of judges by state judicial systems and the American Bar Association. However, few scholars have examined how judge gender affects the way in which the public responds to judicial...; Search Snippet: ...Demands and Challenges of the State Judiciary Public Perceptions of Gender Bias in the Decisions of Female State Court Judges Michael P. Fix [Fna1] Gbemende E. Johnson... |
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| Zsea Bowmani |
Queer Refuge: the Impacts of Homoantagonism and Racism in U.s. Asylum Law |
18 Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law L. 1 (Spring, 2017) |
Introduction. 2 I. Institutionalized Discrimination in Immigration and Asylum Law. 4 A. Sexual and Racial Exclusions in U.S. Immigration Law. 5 1. Discrimination Against LGBTQ Immigrants. 7 2. Racial Exclusions. 11 B. U.S. and International Asylum Law: Ill-Fit for LGBTQ People. 14 1. The Quintessential Refugee is Not Queer. 15 2. The Process of...; Search Snippet: ...Homosexual or Perceived to Be (Because of the Conflation of Gender Identity with Sexual Orientation), Which Is Lost in the More... |
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| Margaret F. Brinig |
Racial and Gender Justice in the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems |
35 Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 199 (Summer, 2017) |
Academics have studied married and divorcing couples for many years. It is relatively easy to do so, because marriage and divorce records are, for the most part, public and because many separating married couples consult mental health and legal professionals. Intact or separating unmarried couples, a growing segment of the U.S. (and world)...; Search Snippet: ...Coercion, Class, and Paternal Participation | Nov. 17, 2016 Racial and Gender Justice in the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems Margaret... |
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| Shauna Marshall |
Rebellious Deaning: One African American Woman's Vision of a Progressive Law School |
24 Clinical Law Review 135 (Fall, 2017) |
For eight years, I served as the Academic Dean for UC Hastings College of the Law, where I tried to lead the institution rebelliously. When we think of rebellious lawyering we envision working with marginalized, under-resourced communities seeking changes in the political, social and economic systems that pervade clients' daily lives. Yet I found...; Search Snippet: ...Review Clinical Law Review Fall, 2017 Article Rebellious Deaning: One African American Woman's Vision of a Progressive Law School Shauna Marshall [Fna1] Copyright... |
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African/Black American |
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| Mathilde Cohen |
Regulating Milk: Women and Cows in France and the United States |
65 American Journal of Comparative Law 469 (Fall, 2017) |
Animal milk, most commonly cow's milk, is one of the most heavily regulated commodities in both France and the United States. With the increasing popularity of breastfeeding and the possibility of pumping, freezing, and storing breast milk, a cottage industry has emerged for people wishing to buy, sell, or donate milk produced by humans. Yet the...; Search Snippet: ...American Journal of Comparative Law Fall, 2017 Article Regulating Milk: Women and Cows in France and the United States [Fnd1] Mathilde... |
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| Brooke D. Coleman , Elizabeth G. Porter |
Reinvigorating Commonality: Gender and Class Actions |
92 New York University Law Review 895 (October, 2017) |
Introduction. 895 I. The Waves of Feminism & Class Actions. 899 A. Waves of Feminism. 899 B. Parallels in Class Action Doctrine. 905 Conclusion. 915; Search Snippet: ...New York University Law Review October, 2017 Conference Reinvigorating Commonality: Gender and Class Actions Brooke D. Coleman [Fnd1] Elizabeth G. Porter... |
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| Ann M. Eisenberg |
Removal of Women and African Americans in Jury Selection in South Carolina Capital Cases, 1997-2012 |
9 Northeastern University Law Review 299 (Summer, 2017) |
The Supreme Court's May 2016 decision in Foster v. Chatman involved smoking-gun evidence that the state of Georgia discriminated against prospective black jurors during jury selection in Foster's 1987 capital trial. Foster was decided on the thirtieth anniversary of Batson v. Kentucky, the first in the line of cases to prohibit striking prospective...; Search Snippet: ...Review Northeastern University Law Review Summer, 2017 Article Removal of Women and African Americans in Jury Selection in South Carolina Capital Cases, 1997-2012... |
2017 |
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| Kathleen Finn, Erica Gajda, Thomas Perin, Carla Fredericks, American Indian Law Clinic University of Colorado Law School |
Responsible Resource Development and Prevention of Sex Trafficking: Safeguarding Native Women and Children on the Fort Berthold Reservation |
40 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 1 (Winter, 2017) |
C1-3Table of Contents I. Introduction. 2 II. Sex Trafficking, Native Women, and the Bakken Oil Boom. 4 A. The Intersection of Sex Trafficking and the Extractive Industries on the Fort Berthold Reservation. 7 III. Obstacles to Criminal Enforcement in Indian Country. 10 A. Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country. 10 1. The Indian Country Crimes Act....; Search Snippet: ...Responsible Resource Development and Prevention of Sex Trafficking: Safeguarding Native Women and Children on the Fort Berthold Reservation Kathleen Finn Erica... |
2017 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
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| Hannah Haksgaard |
Rural Women and Developments in the Undue Burden Analysis: the Effect of Whole Woman's Health V. Hellerstedt |
65 Drake Law Review 663 (Third Quarter 2017) |
Rural women face unique challenges in accessing abortions. The undue burden analysis announced in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey is a fact-intensive inquiry into the impact any particular restriction has on women's access to abortion. Twenty-four years after the undue burden test was announced in Casey, the Supreme Court...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Drake Law Review Third Quarter 2017 Article Rural Women and Developments in the Undue Burden Analysis: the Effect of Whole Woman's Health V. Hellerstedt Hannah Haksgaard [Fna1] Copyright © 2017 by Drake... |
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| Celesta A. Albonetti |
Sentencing of Federal Cocaine Trafficking/manufacturing Defendants: Assessing Direct and Conditioning Effects of Defendant's Race/ethnicity and Gender on Length of Imprisonment |
21 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice Just. 1 (Winter 2017) |
I. Introduction. 1 II. Federal Sentencing Guidelines--Legal and Policy Issues. 3 III. Empirical Research on Federal Sentencing Outcomes. 9 IV. Theoretical Perspectives and Federal Sentencing. 12 V. Data and Analytical Procedures. 15 VI. Findings. 24 A. Univariate Descriptive Analyses. 24 B. Multivariate Analyses. 26 C. Race/Ethnicity Interactions....; Search Snippet: ...Assessing Direct and Conditioning Effects of Defendant's Race/ethnicity and Gender on Length of Imprisonment Celesta A. Albonetti [Fna1] Copyright © 2017... |
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| Sheryl P. Kubiak, Hannah J. Brenner, Deborah Bybee, Rebecca Campbell, Cristy E. Cummings, Kathleen M. Darcy, Gina Fedock, Rachael Goodman-Williams, Michigan State University, California Western School of Law, Michigan State University, University of Chica |
Sexual Misconduct in Prison: What Factors Affect Whether Incarcerated Women Will Report Abuses Committed by Prison Staff? |
41 Law and Human Behavior 361 (August, 2017) |
More than 80,000 prisoners each year are sexually victimized during incarceration, but only about 8% report victimization to correctional authorities. Complicating reporting is the fact that half of the perpetrators are staff members. Given the restrictive and highly regulated prison environment, studies that examine reporting behaviors are...; Search Snippet: ...2017 Sexual Misconduct in Prison: What Factors Affect Whether Incarcerated Women Will Report Abuses Committed by Prison Staff? [Fna1] Sheryl P... |
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| Lee Rawles |
Sisters in Indomitable Spirit |
103-AUG ABA Journal 66 (August, 2017) |
Margaret Brent was an unusual woman for her time. In 17th-century America, she was unmarried, a businessperson, a Catholic and a prominent figure in the Maryland settlement, which she emigrated to from England with two brothers and a sister in 1638. She owned land, grew tobacco and made loans to settlers. Brent appeared in court to argue for...; Search Snippet: ...Spirit Aba Honors Trailblazers with Award Named for the First Female Lawyer in America Lee Rawles Copyright © 2017 by the American... |
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| Karen Knop, Annelise Riles |
Space, Time, and Historical Injustice: a Feminist Conflict-of-laws Approach to the "Comfort Women" Agreement |
102 Cornell Law Review 853 (May, 2017) |
After more than twenty years of worldwide feminist activism, transnational litigation, and diplomatic stalemate, on December 28, 2015, Japan and South Korea announced a historic agreement intended to provide closure to the so-called Comfort Women issue--the issue of what Japan must do to atone for the sexual enslavement of up to 200,000 women...; Search Snippet: ...Review May, 2017 Article Space, Time, and Historical Injustice: a Feminist Conflict-of-laws Approach to the Comfort Women Agreement Karen Knop Annelise Riles [Fnd1] Copyright © 2017 by Cornell... |
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| D. Wendy Greene |
Splitting Hairs: the Eleventh Circuit's Take on Workplace Bans Against Black Women's Natural Hair in Eeoc V. Catastrophe Management Solutions |
71 University of Miami Law Review 987 (Summer, 2017) |
What does hair have to do with African descendant women's employment opportunities in the 21 century? In this Article, Professor Greene demonstrates that Black women's natural hair, though irrelevant to their ability to perform their jobs, constitutes a real and significant barrier to Black women's acquisition and maintenance of employment as well...; Search Snippet: ...Hairs: the Eleventh Circuit's Take on Workplace Bans Against Black Women's Natural Hair in Eeoc V. Catastrophe Management Solutions D. Wendy... |
2017 |
African/Black American |
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| Cristin Wilson |
Study: 'Adultification' Has Black Girls Facing Harsher Punishments |
103-NOV ABA Journal J. 9 (November, 2017) |
A new study from the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown University Law Center describes adultification of African-American girls that negatively impacts how they're treated by school administrators, law enforcement and the justice system, beginning in childhood. Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls' Childhood provides data...; Search Snippet: ...Edited by Liane Jackson / Liane.jackson@americanbar.org Study: Adultification Has Black Girls Facing Harsher Punishments Cristin Wilson Copyright © 2017 by the American... |
2017 |
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| Laura Marini Davis , Victoria Geyfman |
The Business of Title Ix--using the Law to Improve Gender Equity in Undergraduate Colleges of Business |
46 Journal of Law and Education 163 (Spring, 2017) |
This article discusses the applicability of Title IX of the Higher Education Act (Title IX) to undergraduate business programs. In recent years, much attention has been given to the dearth of women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educational programs and jobs, and the applicability of Title IX, the landmark...; Search Snippet: ...The Business of Title Ix--using the Law to Improve Gender Equity in Undergraduate Colleges of Business Laura Marini Davis [Fna1... |
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| Brittany A. Campbell |
The Crisis Inside Crisis Pregnancy Centers: How to Stop These Facilities from Depriving Women of Their Reproductive Freedom |
37 Boston College Journal of Law & Social Justice 73 (2017) |
Since the late 1960s, pro-life activists have been flooding the United States with crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), facilities disguised as legitimate reproductive health clinics but, in reality, are mostly unlicensed centers that do not provide contraception or abortion services. These facilities deprive women of their reproductive...; Search Snippet: ...Crisis Pregnancy Centers: How to Stop These Facilities from Depriving Women of Their Reproductive Freedom Brittany A. Campbell [Fna1] Copyright © 2017... |
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| Elizabeth N. Brandt |
The Crowdfund Act's Impact on Women-owned Businesses' Access to Capital |
2017 Columbia Business Law Review 807 (2017) |
Women-owned businesses make up a significant portion of businesses in the United States and provide one of the most important growth opportunities for the United States' economy today. However, female entrepreneurs face on-going challenges in gaining access to capital through traditional capital-raising mechanisms such as venture capital or bank...; Search Snippet: ...Activists and Corporate Governance Note the Crowdfund Act's Impact on Women-owned Businesses' Access to Capital Elizabeth N. Brandt [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol |
The Culture of Gender/the Gender of Culture: Cuban Women, Culture, and Change--the Island and the Diaspora |
29 Florida Journal of International Law 179 (2017) |
I. Introduction. 179 II. The Role of Women in Society. 180 III. A Brief History of Cuba. 184 A. General. 184 B. Cuban Women. 186 IV. Cuban Women After 1959. 188 A. On the Island. 188 B. In the Diaspora. 190 V. Conclusion. 193; Search Snippet: ...International Law 2017 University of Florida Contributor the Culture of Gender/the Gender of Culture: Cuban Women, Culture, and Change--the Island and the Diaspora [Fna1] Berta... |
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| Margaret Quartararo |
The Devaluation of Women's Labor and the Internal Revenue Code |
16 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 527 (Fall, 2017) |
In 2015, the labor force participation rate for women with children under age 18 was 69.9 percent. This means that almost 30 percent of women choose an alternative lifestyle, which may likely involve raising children and caring for their homes. Focusing on the development and growth of that component of their lives is a challenging and noble task...; Search Snippet: ...For Social Justice Fall, 2017 Student Scholarship the Devaluation of Women's Labor and the Internal Revenue Code Margaret Quartararo Copyright © 2016... |
2017 |
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| Fred L. Borch, Regimental Historian and Archivist |
The First Female Instructor in International Law and a Pioneer in Judge Advocate Recruiting: Michelle Brown Fladeboe (1948-2016) |
2017-JAN Army Lawyer Law. 1 (January, 2017) |
Michelle B. Fladeboe (neé Brown) was the first female instructor in the International Law Division at The Judge Advocate General's School, U.S. Army (TJAGSA). She was also the face of the Corps in early efforts to recruit more women to be Army lawyers. This is her story. Born Michelle Bright Brown in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on March 10, 1948, she...; Search Snippet: ...27-50-17-01 Lore of the Corps the First Female Instructor in International Law and a Pioneer in Judge Advocate... |
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| Moya Bailey |
The Flexner Report: Standardizing Medical Students Through Region-, Gender-, and Race-based Hierarchies |
43 American Journal of Law & Medicine 209 (2017) |
In 1910, Abraham Flexner, a leading U.S. educational scholar, took on a task issued by the Carnegie Foundation to assess the curricular components of medical schools in the United States and Canada. His groundbreaking report transformed the practice of educating doctors, making institutions more standardized and uniform in their aim to educate the...; Search Snippet: ...2017 Article the Flexner Report: Standardizing Medical Students Through Region-, Gender-, and Race-based Hierarchies Moya Bailey [Fnd1] Copyright © 2017 By... |
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| Ariane Hegewisch , Emma Williams-Baron |
The Gender Wage Gap and Work-family Supports: Women's Choices or Policy Choices? |
36 Saint Louis University Public Law Review 5 (2017) |
In the United States, the median wage of women working full-time, year-round is only 80% of men's. Though in past decades the gender gap has closed, since the beginning of the 2000s further progress has stalled. The gender earnings gap is a popular topic of discussion in the media, politics, and academic scholarship. While some focus on...; Search Snippet: ...Review Saint Louis University Public Law Review 2017 Article the Gender Wage Gap and Work-family Supports: Women's Choices or Policy Choices? Ariane Hegewisch [Fna1] Emma Williams-baron... |
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| Lena Ghamrawi |
The Law Has Perpetuated Gender Inequality in the Technology Field |
21 University of San Francisco Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal 109 (Spring, 2017) |
Women have historically been excluded from almost all aspects of public life. The separate spheres ideology that dominated the public view of women's roles was reinforced when the Supreme Court issued Bradwell v. Illinois in 1873. The Supreme Court ultimately expressed that women could not enter the legal profession because their primary duty was...; Search Snippet: ...Technology Law Journal Spring, 2017 Article the Law Has Perpetuated Gender Inequality in the Technology Field Lena Ghamrawi [Fna1] Copyright © 2017... |
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| Angela Onwuachi-Willig |
The Promise of Lutie A. Lytle: an Introduction to the Tenth Annual Commemorative Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop Iowa Law Review Issue |
102 Iowa Law Review 1843 (July, 2017) |
It is with great pleasure and pride that I offer this introduction and welcome to this special Iowa Law Review issue in celebration of the Tenth Annual Commemorative Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop. Named after Lutie A. Lytle, an African American woman who became the first female law professor in the nation (and, likely, in the...; Search Snippet: ...Introduction to the Tenth Annual Commemorative Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop Iowa Law Review Issue Angela Onwuachi-willig... |
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| Sarah Deer, Mary Kathryn Nagle |
The Rapidly Increasing Extraction of Oil, and Native Women, in North Dakota |
64-APR Federal Lawyer 34 (April, 2017) |
During the past year, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and allies made national news as they gathered in prayerful ceremony at the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball Rivers to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline project in North Dakota. The pipeline threatens the tribe's drinking water, sacred sites, and burial grounds, and, as...; Search Snippet: ...Indian Law the Rapidly Increasing Extraction of Oil, and Native Women, in North Dakota Sarah Deer Mary Kathryn Nagle Copyright © 2017... |
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| DeShayla M. Strachan |
The Triple Threat: the Black, Female Attorney |
11 Southern Journal of Policy and Justice 112 (Fall, 2017) |
In a world defined by gender and race, women and blacks constantly struggle with their identity. Although they may seem like vestiges of the past, these gender and racial issues still live on. To be heard, to be treated equally, and to be seen as more than a stereotype are still major challenges for women and blacks. For the black woman in...; Search Snippet: ...Policy and Justice Fall, 2017 the Triple Threat: the Black, Female Attorney Deshayla M. Strachan [Fna1] Copyright © 2017 by the National... |
2017 |
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| Mary K. Mullen |
The Violence Against Women Act: a Double-edged Sword for Native Americans, Their Rights, and Their Hopes of Regaining Cultural Independence |
61 Saint Louis University Law Journal 811 (Summer, 2017) |
Diane Millich could not escape. Millich, a Native American and member of the Southern Ute tribe of Colorado, had found herself married to a physically and emotionally abusive husband. One day, her husband even appeared at her work carrying a gun, promising to kill her. Living on the Southern Ute reservation, Millich reached out to tribal law...; Search Snippet: ...Louis University Law Journal Summer, 2017 Comment the Violence Against Women Act: a Double-edged Sword for Native Americans, Their Rights, and Their Hopes of Regaining Cultural Independence Mary... |
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| Michelle S. Jacobs |
The Violent State: Black Women's Invisible Struggle Against Police Violence |
24 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law 39 (Fall, 2017) |
Introduction I. The Historical View A. Stereotypes About Black Women 1. Black Women as Governed by Libido and Loose Morals 2. Black Women as Liars 3. Black Women as Man-Like and Aggressive II. Black Women Are Murdered and Assaulted by the Police A. Invisible Homicides Committed by the Police 1. Black Women with Mental Health Issues Are...; Search Snippet: ...The Age of Police and Protest the Violent State: Black Women's Invisible Struggle Against Police Violence Michelle S. Jacobs [Fna1] Copyright... |
2017 |
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| Michael L. Perlin , Heather Ellis Cucolo |
Tolling for the Aching Ones Whose Wounds Cannot Be Nursed: the Marginalization of Racial Minorities and Women in Institutional Mental Disability Law |
20 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 431 (Summer, 2017) |
I. Introduction. 431 II. Race, Gender, and Civil Commitment. 435 III. A Consideration of Institutional Issues. 446 IV. Four Factors. 451 A. Sanism. 451 B. Pretextuality. 452 C. Heuristics. 452 D. False Ordinary Common Sense. 453 E. The Keys to Future Progress. 453 V. Therapeutic Jurisprudence. 454 I. Conclusion. 457; Search Snippet: ...Wounds Cannot Be Nursed: the Marginalization of Racial Minorities and Women in Institutional Mental Disability Law Michael L. Perlin [Fna1] Heather... |
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| Sally J. Kenney |
Toward a Feminist Political Theory of Judging: Neither the Nightmare Nor the Noble Dream |
17 Nevada Law Journal 549 (Summer, 2017) |
I am honored to offer some thoughts about feminist judging on the occasion of the publication of The Feminist Judgments Project. It is also an honor to be in the great state of Florence Allen whom, as I have written, but for her intimate partner choice of another woman, might have been our first woman Supreme Court justice. I write as a political...; Search Snippet: ...Law Journal Summer, 2017 Symposium: U.s. Feminist Judgments Toward a Feminist Political Theory of Judging: Neither the Nightmare Nor the Noble... |
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| Paula A. Monopoli |
Tracy A. Thomas, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Feminist Foundations of Family Law, New York, Ny: New York University Press, 2016, Pp. 328, $55, Cloth |
66 Journal of Legal Education 979 (Summer, 2017) |
Tracy Thomas's new book, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Feminist Foundations of Family Law, provides extensive support for the claim that Stanton was the intellectual giant of the [women's rights] movement. In this eminently readable yet deeply substantive work, Professor Thomas argues that Stanton was a foundational theorist for modern feminism....; Search Snippet: ...Book Review Tracy A. Thomas, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Feminist Foundations of Family Law, New York, Ny: New York University... |
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| Nancy Gertner |
University of Baltimore School of Law Center on Applied Feminism's 9 Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference on Applied Feminism Today: Keynote Speaker Judge Nancy Gertner, Former United States Federal Judge for the United States District Court for the Di |
46 University of Baltimore Law Review 191 (Spring, 2017) |
Below is a transcription of the keynote speech from the University of Baltimore School of Law Center on Applied Feminism's 9 Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference: Applied Feminism Today. Judge Nancy Gertner, former United States Federal Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, gave the keynote speech on March...; Search Snippet: ...Baltimore School of Law Center on Applied Feminism's 9 Th Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference on Applied Feminism Today: Keynote Speaker Judge... |
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| Linda L. Berger, Bridget J. Crawford, Kathryn M. Stanchi |
Using Feminist Theory to Advance Equal Justice under Law |
17 Nevada Law Journal 539 (Summer, 2017) |
Progress toward gender justice faces multiple and growing challenges, not only in the United States Supreme Court but at every level of political and cultural debate and decision making. Within this context, feminist theory and methods are more necessary than ever. It is therefore timely and fitting that more than 200 hundred lawyers, judges,...; Search Snippet: ...Nevada Law Journal Summer, 2017 Symposium: U.s. Feminist Judgments Using Feminist Theory to Advance Equal Justice under Law Linda L. Berger... |
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| Leonore F. Carpenter, R. Barrett Marshall |
Walking While Trans: Profiling of Transgender Women by Law Enforcement, and the Problem of Proof |
24 William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law 5 (Fall, 2017) |
Introduction I. Why Is Police Profiling of Transgender Women a Serious Problem? A. Transgender Women and Violence B. Police Profiling of Transgender Women--The Anecdotal Evidence II. Proving that Walking While Trans Is a Pervasive Phenomenon III. Why Is Lack of Data a Problem? IV. Potential Solutions to the No-Data Problem Conclusion It is...; Search Snippet: ...Of Police and Protest Walking While Trans: Profiling of Transgender Women by Law Enforcement, and the Problem of Proof Leonore F... |
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| Yxta Maya Murray |
We Just Looked at Them as Ordinary People like We Were: the Legal Gaze and Women's Bodies |
32 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 252 (2017) |
This Article analyzes the struggles of two female musicians who became caught up in the criminal justice system because they revealed their bodies. Using archival research and personal interviews, I tell the story of punk rocker Wendy O. Williams' 1981-1984 obscenity and police brutality court battles. I also relay the life of Lorien Bourne, a...; Search Snippet: ...As Ordinary People like We Were: the Legal Gaze and Women's Bodies [Fnd1] Yxta Maya Murray [Fna1] Copyright © 2017 by Murray... |
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| Heidi Cerneka |
We Will Not Be Invisible Women and Solitary Confinement in the U.s. |
32 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society 107 (Fall, 2017) |
Although segregation is practiced similarly in men's and women's prisons (deprivations and humiliation are often generalized practices), women will have a unique sense of their confinement in segregation because this sense is intertwined with the gendering project of the prison regime and their own disadvantaged position in society. Thus,...; Search Snippet: ...Gender & Society Fall, 2017 Article We Will Not Be Invisible Women and Solitary Confinement in the U.s. Heidi Cerneka [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Liane Jackson |
Who's the Best? |
103-OCT ABA Journal 36 (October, 2017) |
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, the chief characteristics of a law firm in which women can thrive are simple: Combine gender parity at the outset with substantive work-life balance policies, mix in management opportunities, and add a clear path to equity partnership. In a field premised on protecting the rights of others, law firm equality should be a de facto...; Search Snippet: ...Feature Who's the Best? Program Helps Firms See Progress in Gender Diversity--but Is it Enough? Liane Jackson Copyright © 2017 By... |
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| Brittany L. Walter |
Women in Special Operations: a Battle for Effectiveness Amidst the Pursuit of Equality |
51 University of San Francisco Law Review Forum 1 (5/9/2017) |
[The] Court has repeatedly recognized that neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with the equal protection principle when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they are women, full citizenship stature--equal opportunity to aspire, achieve, participate in and contribute to society based on their individual talents...; Search Snippet: ...University of San Francisco Law Review Forum May 9, 2017 Women in Special Operations: a Battle for Effectiveness Amidst the Pursuit... |
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| Claire P. Gutekunst |
Women in the Law: Reflection, Celebration and Work to Be Done |
89-MAY New York State Bar Journal 7 (May, 2017) |
It is my distinct honor to serve as President of this great association and to introduce this special issue of the New York State Bar Association Journal, which addresses issues of great importance to women and society and celebrates the 30th anniversary of our Committee on Women in the Law (CWIL). This Committee occupies a very special place in my...; Search Snippet: ...State Bar Journal New York State Bar Journal May, 2017 Women in the Law: Reflection, Celebration and Work to Be Done... |
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| Brit Merrill , Adrienne Nash |
Women in the Law: Refreshing Our Collective Memory |
30-DEC Utah Bar Journal 38 (November/December, 2017) |
Legend has it that in 1977 Pat Christensen, newly admitted to the bar, stood up in Chief Judge Willis Ritter's court in Federal District Court for the District of Utah to put her appearance on the record. Judge Ritter commanded, Young lady, women don't practice in my court! and instructed the marshals to throw Christensen in the court's holding...; Search Snippet: ...Utah Bar Journal Utah Bar Journal November/december, 2017 Article Women in the Law: Refreshing Our Collective Memory Brit Merrill [Fna1... |
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| Kate Hartung O'Neal |
Women Unite |
2017-MAR West Virginia Lawyer 48 (January-March, 2017) |
For the first time, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has a female majority, making us only the eleventh state in history to break that barrier. Additionally, Meshea L. Poore has been elected the first African American female president of the West Virginia State Bar. Do you hear that? That's the sound of shattering glass echoing through...; Search Snippet: ...West Virginia Lawyer West Virginia Lawyer January-march, 2017 Spotlight Women Unite West Virginia Women Attorneys Is a Growing Organization That Is Working to Promote Women in and Beyond the Bar Kate Hartung O'neal [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic, Faculty Director, Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR), Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY U.S.A., |
Women's Human Rights and Migration: Sex-selective Abortion Laws in the United States and India. By Sital Kalantry. Philadelphia, Pa: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017. Pp. Xii, 272. Isbn: 9780812249330. Us$ 69.95 |
45 International Journal of Legal Information 257 (Winter 2017) |
In her recent book, Women's Human Rights and Migration: Sex-Selective Abortion Laws in the United States and India, Professor Sital Kalantry examines some of today's most difficult and divisive issues involving women's human rights in transnational contexts. Recognizing the limits of traditional feminist legal theories to address these contested...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Legal Information Winter 2017 December 2017 Book Review Women's Human Rights and Migration: Sex-selective Abortion Laws in The... |
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| Carolyn L. Wheeler |
Women's Work Is Never Done |
36 Saint Louis University Public Law Review 59 (2017) |
All remedial legislation is a product of the interaction between individuals outside government who agitate for reform, and individuals inside government who draft and vote on legislation. Once enacted, statutes are often altered by the interpretations of enforcement agencies and courts, developed in response to the arguments of litigants. These...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Saint Louis University Public Law Review 2017 Article Women's Work Is Never Done [Fnd1] Carolyn L. Wheeler [Fna1] Copyright... |
2017 |
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| Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb |
#Sayhername #Blackwomenslivesmatter: State Violence in Policing the Black Female Body |
67 Mercer Law Review 651 (Winter 2016) |
On June 30, 1974, Alberta Williams King was shot and killed in the sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia as she played the organ for Sunday morning service. Mrs. King, seventy years old, was the mother of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. News of her death was overshadowed by four Black men: her son, killed six years...; Search Snippet: ...Sayhername [Fn1] #Blackwomenslivesmatter: [Fn2] State Violence in Policing the Black Female Body Teri A. Mcmurtry-chubb [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2016 Walter... |
2016 |
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| Andrea J. Ritchie |
#Sayhername: Racial Profiling and Police Violence Against Black Women |
41 Harbinger 187 (8/11/2016) |
As the nation wrestles with the relentless reality of police violence against Black, Brown and Indigenous bodies and the enduring impacts of mass incarceration on individuals, families and communities of color, we also continue to grapple with invisibility and erasure of women's experiences of state violence. In November of 2015, I had the distinct...; Search Snippet: ...11, 2016 #Sayhername: Racial Profiling and Police Violence Against Black Women Andrea J. Ritchie [Fna1] Copyright © 2016 by the Harbinger; Andrea... |
2016 |
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| Terry Morehead Dworkin , Aarti Ramaswami , Cindy A. Schipani |
A Half-century Post-title Vii: Still Seeking Pathways for Women to Organizational Leadership |
23 UCLA Women's Law Journal 29 (Summer, 2016) |
Perhaps the most important of the many 50th anniversaries marked in 2014 was the passage of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII). Title VII greatly broadened the ability of individuals to gain and keep employment by barring discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The anniversary is a good time to...; Search Snippet: ...A Half-century Post-title Vii: Still Seeking Pathways for Women to Organizational Leadership [Fnf1] Terry Morehead Dworkin [Fna1] Aarti Ramaswami... |
2016 |
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| Meaghan Fitzpatrick, Leslye E. Orloff |
Abused, Abandoned, or Neglected: Legal Options for Recent Immigrant Women and Girls |
4 Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs 614 (August, 2016) |
million immigrants lived in the U.S. with women (51%) and children under the age of 18 (25%) representing a substantial proportion of the U.S. immigrant population. Of that population, 2.1 million children are foreign-born and 17.5 million...; Search Snippet: ...Article Abused, Abandoned, or Neglected: Legal Options for Recent Immigrant Women and Girls Meaghan Fitzpatrick Leslye E. Orloff Copyright © 2016 Penn State Journal... |
2016 |
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