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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... |
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| 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 |
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| 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... |
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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... |
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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 |
| Nicole A. Cofer , Jami Cooper , Liz Stryker , Kala Sowers , Tanya Hunt Handley , Lee Murray Hall |
A Sisterhood of Advocacy |
2020-AUT West Virginia Lawyer 18 (Autumn, 2020) |
The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg, second female justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court, once said, My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. 2020 is a year to celebrate the woman as her own person, independent and strong, as it marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th...; Search Snippet: ...2020 Cover Story a Sisterhood of Advocacy a History of Women's Involvement in West Virginia's Legal Landscape [Fn1] Nicole A. Cofer... |
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| Serena Mayeri |
After Suffrage: the Unfinished Business of Feminist Legal Advocacy |
129 Yale Law Journal Forum 512 (1/20/2020) |
This Essay considers post-suffrage women's citizenship through the eyes of Pauli Murray, a key figure at the intersection of the twentieth-century movements for racial justice and feminism. Murray drew critical lessons from the woman suffrage movement and the Reconstruction-era disintegration of an abolitionist-feminist alliance to craft...; Search Snippet: ...January 20, 2020 Collection after Suffrage: the Unfinished Business of Feminist Legal Advocacy Serena Mayeri [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 the Yale Law... |
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| W. Michael Schuster , R. Evan Davis , Kourtenay Schley , Julie Ravenscraft |
An Empirical Study of Patent Grant Rates as a Function of Race and Gender |
57 American Business Law Journal 281 (Summer, 2020) |
In this article we examine the rate at which patent applications are granted as a function of the inventor's race and gender. Empirical analysis of more than 3.9 million U.S. applications finds minority and women applicants are significantly less likely to secure a patent relative to the balance of inventors. Further analysis indicates that a...; Search Snippet: ...Of Patent Grant Rates as a Function of Race and Gender W. Michael Schuster [Fna1] R. Evan Davis [Fnaa1] Kourtenay Schley... |
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| Andy Carr |
Anger, Gender, Race, and the Limits of Free Speech Protection |
31 Hastings Women's Law Journal 211 (Summer, 2020) |
Individuals' mental states are relevant to many processes in America's legal system, from finding parties had consciousness of guilt to determining damages for tort victims' pain and suffering. Under the First Amendment, emotions are taken into consideration for assessing the boundaries of free speech rights. Among the essential emotions affecting...; Search Snippet: ...Law Journal Hastings Women's Law Journal Summer, 2020 Article Anger, Gender, Race, and the Limits of Free Speech Protection Andy Carr... |
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| Emily Chafa |
Arabella "Belle" Babb Mansfield |
59 No. 3 Judges' Journal 25 (Summer, 2020) |
Exactly 150 years later, in the very room where it happened, the Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys (I.O.W.A.) celebrated the 150th anniversary of the first woman admitted to practice law in the United States. On June 15, 1869, Arabella Babb Mansfield took the bar examination, passed, and was formally admitted to the Iowa bar. These events...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Summer, 2020 Feature Arabella Belle Babb Mansfield the First Woman Lawyer--celebrating Her Legacy Judge Emily Chafa Copyright © 2020 By... |
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| Jessica Szuminski |
Behind the Binary Bars: a Critique of Prison Placement Policies for Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender Non-conforming Prisoners |
105 Minnesota Law Review 477 (November, 2020) |
After police responded to a domestic dispute, arrestee Zack was held at Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia. When Zack arrived, he was forced to submit to an intrusive genital examination that was alleged to confirm his gender identity, was abused by correctional officers who taunted him for having a beard and then refused to give him...; Search Snippet: ...Critique of Prison Placement Policies for Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender Non-conforming Prisoners Jessica Szuminski [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Jessica... |
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| Abbe Smith |
Can You Be a Feminist and a Criminal Defense Lawyer? |
57 American Criminal Law Review 1569 (Fall, 2020) |
Young people in the current cultural generation seem to like the word literally. They use it often and with great feeling, though not necessarily accurately. Law students will exclaim, for example, that the length of reading assignments is literally killing them. Young public defenders will complain that judges and prosecutors are literally...; Search Snippet: ...In the Criminal Justice System Article Can You Be a Feminist and a Criminal Defense Lawyer? Abbe Smith [Fna1] Copyright © 2020... |
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| Chris Chambers Goodman, Esq. |
Clearing the Bench: Using Mandatory Retirement to Promote Gender Parity in the U.s. and the Eu Judiciaries |
95 Tulane Law Review 1 (November, 2020) |
Many EU countries have been particularly adept at implementing antidiscrimination laws that go beyond merely promoting gender diversity, but also toward obtaining gender parity in some areas. These laws, directives, and policies, along with other factors, have expanded the representation of women in the legal profession generally and specifically...; Search Snippet: ...2020 Article Clearing the Bench: Using Mandatory Retirement to Promote Gender Parity in the U.s. and the Eu Judiciaries Chris Chambers... |
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| Kruthika N. S. |
Esports and its Reinforcement of Gender Divides |
30 Marquette Sports Law Review 347 (Spring, 2020) |
Electronic sport has emerged from 1980s' video-game culture to what we see today: international leagues, campaigns for inclusion in the Olympics, and a projected billion-dollar industry. Also referred to as eSports or competitive gaming, it is often portrayed as an antithesis to conventional or real sport (traditional sport) due to its...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Spring, 2020 Essay Esports and its Reinforcement of Gender Divides Kruthika N. S. [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Marquette University... |
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| Lindsey Linder |
Expanding the Definition of Dignity: the Case for Broad Criminal Justice Reform That Accounts for Gender Disparities |
58 University of Louisville Law Review 435 (Summer, 2020) |
This Article examines the national Dignity movement, which seeks to address the unique needs of women impacted by the criminal justice system, and urges reformers to continue expanding the definition of Dignity reform to include issues that disproportionately impact women--those driving women into incarceration at higher rates and those keeping...; Search Snippet: ...The Case for Broad Criminal Justice Reform That Accounts for Gender Disparities Lindsey Linder [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by University of Louisville... |
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| Ann C. McGinley , Nicole Buonocore Porter , Danielle Weatherby , Ryan H. Nelson , Pamela Wilkins , Catherine Jean Archibald |
Feminist Perspectives on Bostock V. Clayton County |
53 Connecticut Law Review Online 1 (December, 2020) |
This jointly-authored essay is a conversation about the Supreme Court's recent and groundbreaking decision (Bostock v. Clayton County) that held that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is discrimination based on sex, and therefore prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. While many scholars are writing...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Online Connecticut Law Review Online December, 2020 Article Feminist Perspectives on Bostock V. Clayton County Ann C. Mcginley [Fna1... |
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| Kimberly Jade Norwood |
Gender Bias as the Norm in the Legal Profession: It's Still a [White] Man's Game |
62 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 25 (2020) |
This volume, born in the spirit of commemoration, celebrates 150 years of women at Washington University School of Law. I am honored to be a part of an institution that has facilitated the entry of women into the legal profession since 1869. That year, not one but two women--Phoebe Couzins and Lemma Barkeloo--were admitted to Washington University...; Search Snippet: ...Law & Policy 2020 Celebrating 150 Year of Women at Washulaw Gender Bias as the Norm in the Legal Profession: It's Still... |
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| Vinecea Edwards |
Gender Equality in the Legal Workplace |
37 No. 4 GPSolo 22 (July/August, 2020) |
I'm a millennial lawyer who dreams of bursting through the glass ceiling for those who follow behind me. As a mixed-race, Black and Muscogee Creek Native woman lawyer, I am inspired by Lyda Conley (the first Native American woman admitted to the bar), Charlotte E. Ray (the first African American woman admitted to the bar), my mother, and my...; Search Snippet: ...22 2020 Wl 5758857 Gpsolo Gpsolo July/august, 2020 Feature Gender Equality in the Legal Workplace the Heart of the Matter... |
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| Helen M. Alvaré |
Gender Mistrust as a Public Health Crisis: a Preliminary Proposal |
108 Georgetown Law Journal 1401 (May, 2020) |
C1-3Table of Contents L1-2Introduction . L31401 I. Impaired Relations and Negative Stereotypes as a Public Health Crisis?. 1403 a. what makes a public health crisis?. 1403 b. impaired relations as a public health crisis: gun violence, racism, and opioid addiction. 1405 II. Gender Mistrust Has the Characteristics of a Public Health Crisis. 1408 a....; Search Snippet: ...Journal May, 2020 Symposium: Law and the Nation's Health Article Gender Mistrust as a Public Health Crisis: a Preliminary Proposal Helen... |
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| Alexandra Aparicio |
Her Alone: Feminist Perspectives on the Future of Spousal Privileges |
7/6/2020 University of Chicago Law Review Online 1 (7/6/2020) |
On August 30, 2019, the New Mexico Supreme Court prospectively abolished the state's spousal communications privilege. The privilege had previously granted defendants and witnesses a privilege to refuse to disclose, or to prevent another from disclosing, a confidential communication by the person to that person's spouse while they were married....; Search Snippet: ...Of Chicago Law Review Online July 6, 2020 Her Alone: Feminist Perspectives on the Future of Spousal Privileges Alexandra Aparicio [Fna1... |
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| Trina Jones , Emma E. Wade |
Me Too? Race, Gender, and Ending Workplace Sexual Harassment |
27 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 203 (2019-2020) |
On October 5, 2017, the New York Times published an exposé that propelled the nation into what has become known as the Me Too era. The exposé detailed nearly three decades of predatory behavior by Harvey Weinstein, one of Hollywood's most influential producers, toward actresses, aspiring actresses, and female employees of the Weinstein Company....; Search Snippet: ...Of Gender Law & Policy 2019-2020 Article Me Too? Race, Gender, and Ending Workplace Sexual Harassment Trina Jones [Fna1] Emma E... |
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| Stephanie Francis Ward |
Pay Check |
106-NOV ABA Journal 54 (October/November, 2020) |
Linda Mullenix has 39 years of experience teaching law school. She's published more than 80 law review articles and has written or co-written 22 books. She's also an elected member of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She says her average student evaluation from 2017-2019 was 4.75, the second-highest rating in...; Search Snippet: ...October/november, 2020 Inside Pay Check a Recent Spate of Gender Discrimination and Equal Pay Lawsuits Filed by Female Law Professors Has Shined a Light on the Otherwise Opaque... |
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| Amy C. Madl , Lisa Larrimore Ouellette |
Policy Experiments to Address Gender Inequality among Innovators |
57 Houston Law Review 813 (Symposium, 2020) |
In the twenty-fourth annual Frankel Lecture, Professor Orly Lobel set forth an intriguing hypothesis: that noncompete agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and other legal restrictions on employee exit and voice exacerbate the innovation gender gap. The unequal participation of women in science, technology, and innovation is an issue of increasing...; Search Snippet: ...Twenty-fourth Annual Frankel Lecture Commentary Policy Experiments to Address Gender Inequality among Innovators Amy C. Madl [Fna1] Lisa Larrimore Ouellette... |
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| Catherine Powell |
Race, Gender, and Nation in an Age of Shifting Borders: the Unstable Prisms of Motherhood and Masculinity |
24 UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs 133 (Spring, 2020) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 134 I. Nationhood, Borders, and Fluidity. 140 II. The Welfare Cheat Narrative: Using the Race and Gender of Latina Mothers to Shift Borders Inward. 142 A. The New Welfare Queen. 143 B. Shifting the Border Inward: A New Way of Understanding the Family Separation Policy. 147 III. The Criminal and the...; Search Snippet: ...And Foreign Affairs Spring, 2020 Article and Comment Article Race, Gender, and Nation in an Age of Shifting Borders: the Unstable... |
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| Cassandra A. Bailey, Betsy E. Galicia, Kalin Z. Salinas, Melissa Briones, Sheila Hugo, Kristin Hunter, Amanda C. Venta, Sam Houston State University, Community Supervision and Corrections Department, Huntsville, Texas, Sam Houston State University |
Racial/ethnic and Gender Disparities in Anger Management Therapy as a Probation Condition |
44 Law and Human Behavior 88 (February, 2020) |
Objective: This study examined whether race/ethnicity and gender predicted sentencing to anger management therapy as a probation condition. Hypotheses: We predicted judges would be more likely to assign African Americans and Hispanics, and males to anger management than Caucasians and women, respectively. We hypothesized demographic variables would...; Search Snippet: ...Behavior Law and Human Behavior February, 2020 Racial/ethnic and Gender Disparities in Anger Management Therapy as a Probation Condition [Fna1... |
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| Abigail C. Saguy , Juliet A. Williams , Mallory Rees |
Reassessing Gender Neutrality |
54 Law and Society Review 7 (March, 2020) |
Since the 1970s, advocates have used the term gender neutral to press for legal change in contexts ranging from employment discrimination to marriage equality to public restroom access. Drawing on analyses of all Supreme Court cases, federal courts of appeals cases, and Supreme Court amicus briefs in which the terms gender neutral/neutrality, sex...; Search Snippet: ...Society Review Law and Society Review March, 2020 Article Reassessing Gender Neutrality [Fna1] Abigail C. Saguy [Fna2] Juliet A. Williams [Fna3... |
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| Patricia Brown Holmes |
Regulating Gender Composition in Corporate America |
37 No. 2 GPSolo 29 (March/April, 2020) |
All-male boards of directors in America's top corporations are becoming a thing of the past. Still, women continue to be unrepresented among America's corporate leadership. Some states are enacting laws to try to change that. In 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 826, which requires that by the end of 2019, public...; Search Snippet: ...2020 Wl 2733654 Gpsolo Gpsolo March/april, 2020 Feature Regulating Gender Composition in Corporate America Patricia Brown Holmes [Fna1] Copyright © 2020... |
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| Christine Reed |
Scaling New Heights: Trailblazers, Trendsetters and Triumphs |
43-AUG Wyoming Lawyer 30 (August, 2020) |
Wyoming has a rich tradition of strong women. Dubbed the Equality State, it is a label not to be taken lightly. In 1869, Wyoming territory granted women the right to vote decades before any other state followed suit. This groundbreaking action started a significant trend of firsts for Wyoming women. Wyoming boasts the nation's first female...; Search Snippet: ...August, 2020 Feature Scaling New Heights: Trailblazers, Trendsetters and Triumphs Female Leaders in Uw College of Law History Christine Reed [Fna1... |
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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... |
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| 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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| 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... |
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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... |
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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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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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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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| 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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| 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... |
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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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| 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... |
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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... |
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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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| Deborah Epstein , Lisa A. Goodman |
Discounting Women: Doubting Domestic Violence Survivors' Credibility and Dismissing Their Experiences |
167 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 399 (January, 2019) |
In recent months, we've seen an unprecedented wave of testimonials about the serious harms women all too frequently endure. The #MeToo moment, the #WhyIStayed campaign, and the Larry Nassar sentencing hearings have raised public awareness not only about workplace harassment, domestic violence, and sexual abuse, but also about how routinely women...; Search Snippet: ...Review University of Pennsylvania Law Review January, 2019 Article Discounting Women: Doubting Domestic Violence Survivors' Credibility and Dismissing Their Experiences Deborah... |
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