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| Julia L. Ernst |
Women in Litigation Literature: the Exoneration of Mayella Ewell in to Kill a Mockingbird |
47 Akron Law Review 1019 (2015) |
I. Introduction. 1019 II. Mayella's Trial and Exoneration. 1022 III. Legal Themes Regarding Mayella's Exoneration. 1042 A. Revenge. 1043 B. Justice. 1043 C. Process. 1044 D. Advocacy. 1046 E. Punishment. 1047 F. Order. 1048 G. Change. 1048 IV. Conclusion. 1053; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Akron Law Review 2015 Symposium: Women in Law Women in Litigation Literature: the Exoneration of Mayella Ewell in To... |
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| Elizabeth M. Vasily |
Women, Gangs, and Law Enforcement in America: a Critical Race and Feminist Analysis |
7 Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives 319 (Fall, 2015) |
When covering the problem of American street violence, the media has primarily focused on violence impacting black men. However, the media often ignores the thousands of black women behind the scenes who are abused, degraded, and struggling to survive in violent communities. Not only are these black women collateral damage of the gang culture in...; Search Snippet: ...Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives Fall, 2015 Note Women, Gangs, and Law Enforcement in America: a Critical Race and Feminist Analysis Elizabeth M. Vasily [Fna1] Copyright © 2015 by Elizabeth M... |
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| Jennifer L. Keller |
Wonder Woman Does Ocba |
57-JAN Orange County Lawyer 10 (January, 2015) |
I'm still trying to figure out which is the real Ashleigh Aitken. The gritty, All-American collegiate rugby player? The patient Girl Scout troop leader? The gimlet-eyed federal prosecutor? Pooh-bah of the OC Fair Board? Doting mother of three little girls (who think they're French) . star personal injury lawyer . incoming President of the OCBA . or...; Search Snippet: ...Lawyer Orange County Lawyer January, 2015 Feature Cover Story Wonder Woman Does Ocba Jennifer L. Keller [Fna1] Copyright © 2015 by Orange... |
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| Angela Irvine, Ph.D. |
You Can't Run from the Police!: Developing a Feminist Criminology That Incorporates Black Transgender Women |
44 Southwestern Law Review 553 (2015) |
BreakOUT! Members and Staff BreakOUT! is a community-based organization in New Orleans that fights the criminalization of queer and transgender youth of color. Here is an excerpt from their report, We Deserve Better: Lee-Lee is a young Black transgender woman who moved here for college and is a Sophomore at a local university. She is also a...; Search Snippet: ...Raeder Article You Can't Run from the Police!: Developing a Feminist Criminology That Incorporates Black Transgender Women Angela Irvine , Ph.d. Copyright (C) 2015 Southwestern Law School; Angela... |
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| Cheryl Nelson Butler |
A Critical Race Feminist Perspective on Prostitution & Sex Trafficking in America |
27 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 95 (2015) |
This Article is one of the first to apply critical race feminism (CRF) to explore prostitution and sex trafficking in the United States. Several scholars have applied critical race feminism to explore several forms of sexual exploitation, including sexual harassment, domestic violence, and rape, but have yet to extend this discourse into...; Search Snippet: ...Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 2015 Article a Critical Race Feminist Perspective on Prostitution & Sex Trafficking in America Cheryl Nelson Butler... |
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| Gabrielle Davis |
A Systematic Approach to Domestic Abuse-informed Child Custody Decision Making in Family Law Cases |
53 Family Court Review 565 (October, 2015) |
This article introduces an approach to domestic violence-informed decision making developed under the auspices of the National Child Custody Differentiation Project, a cooperative undertaking among the Battered Women's Justice Project, the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, the National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, Praxis...; Search Snippet: ...2009-ta-ax-k025 from the Office of Violence Against Women, U.s. Department of Justice. The Opinions, Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations... |
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| Rosie Hidalgo |
Advancing a Human Rights Framework to Reimagine the Movement to End Gender Violence |
5 University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review 559 (Summer, 2015) |
I. Development of Legislation in the United States within Global Context of Human Rights Advocacy. 560 II. Opportunities for Improvement with the Reauthorization of Gender Violence Legislation. 565 III. Expanding Advocacy Beyond Legislation Focused on Gender Violence to Address Human Rights Abuses. 572 IV. Conclusion. 578; Search Snippet: ...A Human Rights Framework to Reimagine the Movement to End Gender Violence Rosie Hidalgo [Fna1] Copyright © 2015 by the University Of... |
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| Burton F. Peebles |
Blurred Lines: Sexual Orientation and Gender Nonconformity in Title Vii |
64 Emory Law Journal 911 (2015) |
Title VII's prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex is read broadly to include gender nonconformity. Although social scientists have documented the historic link between the homosocial performance of sexual orientation and the achievement of hegemonic masculinity within the modern workplace, courts continue to struggle with the task of...; Search Snippet: ...Emory Law Journal 2015 Comment Blurred Lines: Sexual Orientation and Gender Nonconformity in Title Vii Burton F. Peebles [Fna1] Copyright ©... |
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| Nareissa L. Smith |
Built for Boyhood?: a Proposal for Reducing the Amount of Gender Bias in the Advertising of Children's Toys on Television |
17 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law 991 (Summer, 2015) |
While the last half-century has seen a dramatic increase in the number of US women in the workforce, women remain underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. For years, researchers and social commentators have tried to explain the persistence of this gender gap. Some have even argued that genetic differences...; Search Snippet: ...Built for Boyhood?: a Proposal for Reducing the Amount of Gender Bias in the Advertising of Children's Toys on Television Nareissa... |
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| Anastasia M. Boles |
Centering the Teenage "Siren": Adolescent Workers, Sexual Harassment, and the Legal Construction of Race and Gender |
22 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law L. 1 (2015) |
Recent scholarship and media attention has focused on the prevalence of sexually harassing behavior directed at working teenagers, and the emergence of sexual harassment lawsuits by these minors against their employers. Although many of the legal issues concerning workplace sexual harassment and adult workers (and the various state and federal...; Search Snippet: ...Workers, Sexual Harassment, and the Legal Construction of Race and Gender Anastasia M. Boles [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2015 the University Of... |
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| Sarah Zwach |
Disproportionate Use of Deadly Force on Unarmed Minority Males: How Gender and Racial Perceptions Can Be Remedied |
30 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society 185 (Fall 2015) |
Introduction. 186 I. Background. 188 A. Recent Police Killings of Unarmed Minority Males. 188 i. The Case of Michael Brown. 188 ii. A National Concern. 191 B. The Problem Is in the Numbers. 193 i. FBI Uniform Crime Reports. 193 ii. Alternative Measures. 194 C. Police Corruption: Legislative and Judicial Intervention. 197 i. History of Police in...; Search Snippet: ...Disproportionate Use of Deadly Force on Unarmed Minority Males: How Gender and Racial Perceptions Can Be Remedied Sarah Zwach [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Julie Goldscheid, Debra J. Liebowitz |
Due Diligence and Gender Violence: Parsing its Power and its Perils |
48 Cornell International Law Journal 301 (Spring 2015) |
Human rights advocates increasingly invoke the due diligence standard to hold States responsible for their actions and omissions with respect to gender violence. This Article traces the development of the due diligence obligation and analyzes how the United Nations, European, and Inter-American human rights systems interpret the due diligence...; Search Snippet: ...Cornell International Law Journal Spring 2015 Articles Due Diligence and Gender Violence: Parsing its Power and its Perils Julie Goldscheid Debra... |
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| L. Patricia Mock |
Effective Outreach to Underserved Communities of Color: an Arduous Sojourn to Cultivate and Attain Trust |
17 Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law 51 (2015) |
This article examines parallel outreach initiatives employed by a law school clinic to reach two underserved communities of color. It describes the experiences and the lessons learned about structuring outreach to such communities. The article suggests steps a similar office might take to successfully achieve a reputation of offering an inclusive...; Search Snippet: ...Experiences as the Underserved Group-in this Case, Having an African- American Woman at the Helm-should Not Be Understated. [Fn28] Yet, This... |
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| Sandra S. Park |
Equal Protection for Survivors of Gender-based Violence: from Criminalization to Law Enforcement Accountability |
5 University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review 401 (Summer, 2015) |
I. Criminalization Without Law Enforcement Accountability. 403 II. The Importance of Law Enforcement Accountability Advocacy as a Check on Misconduct and Impunity. 406 A. Connecting State-Perpetrated, State-Created, and State-Condoned Violence. 409 B. Preserving Criminal Justice Responses for Survivors Who Seek Them. 410 C. Building Power of...; Search Snippet: ...Reimagining Responses to Gender Violence Equal Protection for Survivors of Gender-based Violence: from Criminalization to Law Enforcement Accountability Sandra S... |
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| Llezlie Green Coleman |
Exploited at the Intersection: a Critical Race Feminist Analysis of Undocumented Latina Workers and the Role of the Private Attorney General |
22 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 397 (Fall 2015) |
Introduction. 398 I. The Feminization of Immigration and Immigrant Women in the Workplace. 400 II. Wage Theft Among Immigrant Women Workers. 402 III. Critical Race Feminism. 405 A. The Deference Narrative. 409 B. Exalting Self-Abnegation. 411 C. The Family Comes First (Familismo). 412 D. Learning from the Narratives. 414 IV. The Private Attorney...; Search Snippet: ...Fall 2015 Article Exploited at the Intersection: a Critical Race Feminist Analysis of Undocumented Latina Workers and the Role of the Private Attorney General Llezlie... |
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Federal Supervised Release and Actuarial Data (Including Age, Race, and Gender): the Camel's Nose and the Use of Actuarial Data at Sentencing |
2015 Federal Sentencing Reporter 1911728 (4/1/2015) |
If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow. The camel's nose is a metaphor for a small act leading to a larger, undesirable action. Mixing metaphors, I intend to turn the tables on the anti-camel slur. I want to welcome our humped friend, particularly since the ruminant is already halfway into our tent. And, guess...; Search Snippet: ...Federal Supervised Release and Actuarial Data (Including Age, Race, and Gender): the Camel's Nose and the Use of Actuarial Data At... |
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| Danielle Weatherby |
From Jack to Jill: Gender Expression as Protected Speech in the Modern Schoolhouse |
39 New York University Review of Law and Social Change 89 (2015) |
In recent years, transgender adults in the entertainment world have capitalized on their public platform to advocate for and increase awareness about issues affecting the transgender community. Yet even with the emerging cultural understanding of this community, there is a noticeable absence of a voice for transgender youth, a particularly...; Search Snippet: ...Law and Social Change 2015 Article from Jack to Jill: Gender Expression as Protected Speech in the Modern Schoolhouse Danielle Weatherby... |
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| M. Dru Levasseur, Esq. |
Gender Identity Defines Sex: Updating the Law to Reflect Modern Medical Science Is Key to Transgender Rights |
39 Vermont Law Review 943 (Summer, 2015) |
Introduction. 944 I. Understanding Transgender. 948 A. An Overview of Transgender People's Lived Experience. 948 B. Gender Transition. 951 C. Recognition of Identity Through Legal-Name and Gender-Marker Changes. 959 II. Legal Horrors: Transgender People as Non-Human in the Eyes of the Law. 963 A. Courts Have Used Dehumanizing and Inconsistent...; Search Snippet: ...Review 14th Annual Symposium Vermont Law School--october 3, 2014 Gender Identity Defines Sex: Updating the Law to Reflect Modern Medical... |
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| Donna Coker, Leigh Goodmark, Marcia Olivo |
Introduction: Converge! Reimagining the Movement to End Gender Violence |
5 University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review 249 (Summer, 2015) |
I. The Vision of CONVERGE!. 249 II. Reimagining Gender Violence. 250 III. Migration, Language Justice and Gender Violence. 251 IV. Challenges to the Crime-Centered Model. 253 V. Going Forward. 255; Search Snippet: ...Violence Symposium Issue Introduction: Converge! Reimagining the Movement to End Gender Violence Donna Coker Leigh Goodmark Marcia Olivo [Fna1] [Fnd1] Copyright... |
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| Karen J. Sneddon |
Not Your Mother's Will: Gender, Language, and Wills |
98 Marquette Law Review 1535 (Summer 2015) |
Boys will be boys, but girls must be young ladies is an echoing patriarchal refrain from the past. Formal equality has not produced equality in all areas, as demonstrated by the continuing wage gap. Gender bias lingers and can be identified in language. This Article focuses on Wills, one of the oldest forms of legal documents, to explore the...; Search Snippet: ...Marquette Law Review Summer 2015 Article Not Your Mother's Will: Gender, Language, and Wills Karen J. Sneddon [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2015... |
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| Staci Haines , C. Quince Hopkins, Tiloma Jayasinghe , Andrew Sta. Ana |
Panel on Alternatives to the Crime-centered Approach to Gender Violence |
5 University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review 383 (Summer, 2015) |
HOPKINS: I am just super excited and charged up. I am Quince Hopkins. What I am going to talk about first, is the restorative justice work I have done with victims of acquaintance sexual assault in a pilot restorative justice program in Tucson, Arizona called RESTORE. I have been working on restorative justice for about the same amount of time, for...; Search Snippet: ...Fna1] Panel on Alternatives to the Crime-centered Approach to Gender Violence University of Miami School of Law Staci Haines [Fna2... |
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| Jamie Vanaria (moderator) , Sara Ainsworth, Jessica González-Rojas, Lillian Hewko, Angela Hooton |
Panel on Beyond the Rape Exception: Using Law and Movement Building to Ensure Reproductive Health and Justice for All Gender Violence Survivors |
5 University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review 535 (Summer, 2015) |
Thank you for having me. My name is Jessica González-Rojas. I am the Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH). I want to give a special thanks to Dian Alarcon, our local Field Coordinator here in Florida who has been doing amazing work organizing across social justice movements. I am going...; Search Snippet: ...Movement Building to Ensure Reproductive Health and Justice for All Gender Violence Survivors University of Miami School of Law Jamie Vanaria... |
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| James Ptacek (moderator) , Margaret Johnson, Nicole Matthews, Hillary Potter |
Panel on Intersections of Gender, Economic, Racial, and Indigenous (In) Justice |
5 University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review 357 (Summer, 2015) |
MATTHEWS: Hello everyone, my name is Nicole Matthews. I am Ojibwe from the White Earth Reservation in Northern Minnesota. I come to this work not as an academic but as an activist, as a woman who has both experienced violence and seen violence in my home, who has many female relatives who have experienced violence. I also come from a grandfather...; Search Snippet: ...I: Reimagining Gender Violence Transcript [Fna1] Panel on Intersections of Gender, Economic, Racial, and Indigenous (In) Justice University of Miami School... |
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| Rashmi Goel , Tamara Lave , Elizabeth MacDowell, Adele Morrison |
Panel on Problematizing Assumptions about Gender Violence |
5 University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review 347 (Summer, 2015) |
MACDOWELL: As Beth Richie described in her keynote address, we are here to reimagine a movement to end gender violence, and that goal creates space for a feminist analysis that is at once broader and more particularized than the initial feminist analysis of the problem. So, for example, our analysis can be broader in that we consider the...; Search Snippet: ...Reimagining Gender Violence Transcript [Fna1] Panel on Problematizing Assumptions about Gender Violence University of Miami School of Law Rashmi Goel [Fna2... |
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| Eric J. Miller |
Police Encounters with Race and Gender |
5 UC Irvine Law Review 735 (November, 2015) |
Introduction. 735 I. Reasonable Encounters?. 738 A. Targeting and Treating Civilians. 739 B. Contestatory Citizens. 744 II. Contesting Encounters. 748 Conclusion. 757; Search Snippet: ...Law Review November, 2015 Article Police Encounters with Race and Gender Eric J. Miller [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2015 Uc Irvine Law... |
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| Janel A. George |
Stereotype and School Pushout: Race, Gender, and Discipline Disparities |
68 Arkansas Law Review 101 (2015) |
As in a family that can never discuss its fundamental secrets, our deeply held and often unconscious beliefs, stereotypes, and biases are too rarely brought to the surface, examined, and finally expunged. Yet as much as we seek to lock them from view, race and racism continue to color our interactions, including our disciplinary actions, on a...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review 2015 Symposium Article Stereotype and School Pushout: Race, Gender, and Discipline Disparities Janel A. George [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2015... |
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| Erik J. Girvan , Grace Deason , Eugene Borgida , University of Oregon, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, University of Minnesota |
The Generalizability of Gender Bias: Testing the Effects of Contextual, Explicit, and Implicit Sexism on Labor Arbitration Decisions |
39 Law and Human Behavior 525 (October, 2015) |
Decades of social-psychological research show that gender bias can result from features of the social context and from individual-level psychological predispositions. Do these sources of bias impact legal decisions, which are frequently made by people subject to factors that have been proposed to reduce bias (training and accountability)? To answer...; Search Snippet: ...Behavior Law and Human Behavior October, 2015 the Generalizability of Gender Bias: Testing the Effects of Contextual, Explicit, and Implicit Sexism... |
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| Angela Irvine, Ph.D. , Aisha Canfield, M.P.P. |
The Overrepresentation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Questioning, Gender Nonconforming and Transgender Youth Within the Child Welfare to Juvenile Justice Crossover Population |
24 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 243 (2015) |
I. Introduction. 244 II. Detailed Findings from Youth Surveys. 245 III. Why Are LGBQ/GNCT Youth Removed From their Homes and Placed in Group or Foster Homes?. 247 IV. Placing The Proportion of Crossover Youth in Context of General Overrepresentation for Detained LGBQ/GNCT Youth of Color. 248 V. How the New Findings Fit In With Existing Research....; Search Snippet: ...Law 2015 Article the Overrepresentation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Questioning, Gender Nonconforming and Transgender Youth Within the Child Welfare to Juvenile... |
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| Anna S. Molina |
The Sisyphean Course of Combating Gender Discrimination in the Federal Marketplace for Prime Contracts: Rolling the Boulder of Small Business Size |
22 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 109 (Fall 2015) |
Introduction. 110 I. The U.S. Federal Government as a Buyer of Goods and Services. 113 A. Federal Procurement and the Procuring Agencies. 114 B. Congressional Oversight of Federal Procurement and the Procuring Agencies. 116 1. Fiscal Oversight of Federal Procurement by Congress. 116 2. Congressional Oversight of the Procuring Agencies. 117 C....; Search Snippet: ...Law & Gender Fall 2015 Note the Sisyphean Course of Combating Gender Discrimination in the Federal Marketplace for Prime Contracts: Rolling The... |
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| Aaron Horth |
Toward a Comprehensive Gender-based Violence Court System |
24 Boston University Public Interest Law Journal 221 (Summer 2015) |
I. Introduction. 221 II. Legal History. 224 A. Domestic Violence. 224 B. Sexual Assault. 227 C. Proliferation of Domestic Violence Courts. 228 D. Legal Invisibility of Sexual Assault Victims. 230 E. Similarities Between Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. 233 F. History of VAWA. 235 1. Original 1994 Legislation, 2000 and 2006 Reauthorizations....; Search Snippet: ...Public Interest Law Journal Summer 2015 Article Toward a Comprehensive Gender-based Violence Court System Aaron Horth [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2014... |
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| Laura P. Moyer , Susan B. Haire |
Trailblazers and Those That Followed: Personal Experiences, Gender, and Judicial Empathy |
49 Law and Society Review 665 (September, 2015) |
This article investigates one causal mechanism that may explain why female judges on the federal appellate courts are more likely than men to side with plaintiffs in sex discrimination cases. To test whether personal experiences with inequality are related to empathetic responses to the claims of female plaintiffs, we focus on the first wave of...; Search Snippet: ...September, 2015 Article Trailblazers and Those That Followed: Personal Experiences, Gender, and Judicial Empathy Laura P. Moyer [Fna1] Susan B. Haire... |
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| Angela Mae Kupenda , Tamara F. Lawson |
'Truth and Reconciliation': a Critical Step Toward Eliminating Race and Gender Violations in Tenure Wars |
31 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 87 (2015) |
Women and other underrepresented groups have fought valiantly to render legal education inclusive regardless of one's race or gender. Clashing with a status quo denying access to individuals in underrepresented groups, they battled first just to gain admission to law schools as students and then to be admitted to the Bar. The struggle continued as...; Search Snippet: ...Truth and Reconciliation: a Critical Step Toward Eliminating Race and Gender Violations in Tenure Wars Angela Mae Kupenda [Fna1] Tamara F... |
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| Elizabeth Kristen, Cacilia Kim |
Unequal Play |
38-JUN Los Angeles Lawyer 24 (June, 2015) |
TITLE IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 forbids educational institutions that receive federal funds from discriminating on the basis of sex. While Title IX has transformed aspects of our society as diverse as law school admissions and the Olympic games, its mandate for equality in athletics remains underenforced. Athletics is often the last...; Search Snippet: ...Of the Benefits Resulting from Participation in Sports, Opportunities for Girls in School Athletics Still Lags Behind Those for Boys Elizabeth... |
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| Mariela Olivares |
Unreformed: Towards Gender Equality in Immigration Law |
18 Chapman Law Review 419 (Spring 2015) |
The history of American immigration law and policy has hills and valleys, twists and turns. When it comes to the inclusion and exclusion of socially and politically marginalized communities into the fabric of U.S. citizenship and society, U.S. immigration law is characterized by its inhospitality. Not surprising when considered against the backdrop...; Search Snippet: ...Review Spring 2015 Symposium: Stalemate on Immigration Reform Unreformed: Towards Gender Equality in Immigration Law Mariela Olivares [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2015... |
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| Waleska Suero |
We Don't Think of it as Sexual Harassment: the Intersection of Gender & Ethnicity on Latinas' Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims |
33 Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review 129 (2015) |
[T]hat's right, we don't think of it as sexual harassment . In the workplace, sexual harassment is broadly defined as the making of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature. Workplace sexual harassment may arise as a single occurrence where sexual favors are demanded in...; Search Snippet: ...Don't Think of it as Sexual Harassment: the Intersection of Gender & Ethnicity on Latinas' Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims Waleska Suero [Fna1] Copyright © 2015 Waleska... |
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| Kim Shayo Buchanan |
When Is Hiv a Crime? Sexuality, Gender and Consent |
99 Minnesota Law Review 1231 (April, 2015) |
I. Rationales for HIV Criminalization: Public Health and Moral Retribution. 1239 A. The Public Health Critique. 1241 B. Low-Status Victims: IV Drug Users, Sex Workers, and Men Who Have Sex with Men. 1248 C. Moral Retribution. 1253 II. Sexual Autonomy and HIV disclosure. 1262 A. Partners' Interest in HIV Disclosure. 1263 B. Nondisclosure As Sexual...; Search Snippet: ...Review April, 2015 Article When Is Hiv a Crime? Sexuality, Gender and Consent Kim Shayo Buchanan [Fnd1] Copyright (C) 2015 Kim... |
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| Andrew S. Murphy |
A Survey of State Fetal Homicide Laws and Their Potential Applicability to Pregnant Women Who Harm Their Own Fetuses |
89 Indiana Law Journal 847 (Spring, 2014) |
[I]f a woman is quick with child, and, by a potion or otherwise, kills it in her womb . . . this, though not murder, . . . [is] a heinous misdemeanour. Every year, approximately one million people attempt suicide in the United States. The vast majority of these individuals some 96% of them survive their attempts to take their own lives....; Search Snippet: ...State Fetal Homicide Laws and Their Potential Applicability to Pregnant Women Who Harm Their Own Fetuses Andrew S. Murphy [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Kenneth D. Ferguson |
Achieving Gender Equity under Title Ix for Girls from Minority, Urban, Rural, and Economically Disadvantaged Communities |
24 Marquette Sports Law Review 353 (Spring 2014) |
According to intersectionality theory, discriminatory influences effect decisions regarding allocations of scarce resources, whether political, financial, or athletic. I experienced an epiphany during a meeting of Faculty Athletic Representatives (FAR) and intercollegiate athletic personnel where Title IX issues were discussed. During the...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Marquette Sports Law Review Spring 2014 Article Achieving Gender Equity under Title Ix for Girls from Minority, Urban, Rural, and Economically Disadvantaged Communities Kenneth D... |
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| Shreya A. Fadia |
Adopting "Biology Plus" in Federal Indian Law: Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl's Refashioning of Icwa's Framework |
114 Columbia Law Review 2007 (December, 2014) |
This Note argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl creates an apparent tension in federal Indian law. The Court's characterization of the broader aims of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and of biology's role within it appears irreconcilable with previous interpretations of the Act--including the Court's own...; Search Snippet: ...Biology plus in Federal Indian Law: Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl's Refashioning of Icwa's Framework Shreya A. Fadia [Fna1] Copyright © 2014... |
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| Allison E. Burke |
Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl: from Strict Construction to Serious Confusion |
43 Hofstra Law Review 139 (Fall, 2014) |
It is much easier to become a father than to be one. -Kent Nerburn Perhaps Justice Samuel Alito had this quote in mind when writing the majority opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. The 2013 decision was only the second time the Court had heard a case involving the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA or Act) since its...; Search Snippet: ...Hofstra Law Review Alumni Issue Ideas Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl: from Strict Construction to Serious Confusion Allison E. Burke [Fna1... |
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Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl: the Creation of Second-class Native American Parents under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 |
32 Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 421 (Summer, 2014) |
For us as Indians, much is at stake, because it is about nurturing community and culture, while honoring our traditions. After all, we are fond of saying: The children are our future. In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court found that an absentee biological Native American father could have his parental rights terminated without triggering the...; Search Snippet: ...Theory and Practice Summer, 2014 Article Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl: the Creation of Second-class Native American Parents under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 Dustin... |
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| Jessica Di Palma |
Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl: the Supreme Court's Distorted Interpretation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 |
47 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 523 (2014) |
Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) to establish federal standards governing state-court child-custody cases involving Indian children. The statute attempted to remedy the unwarranted removal of Indian children from their biological parents by nontribal public and private agencies, by creating minimum Federal standards for...; Search Snippet: ...Law Review 2014 Surpreme Court Comment Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl: the Supreme Court's Distorted Interpretation of the Indian Child Welfare... |
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| J.D. Cooley |
Baby Girl's Fate: Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl - Placing a Child's Chosen Parental Path in the Hands of the United States Supreme Court |
8 Southern Journal of Policy and Justice 99 (Spring 2014) |
Imagine the following scenario: A young couple anxiously await the arrival of their baby girl. She may not be their child biologically, but they will love her all the same. The young couple has gone through all of the red tape and jumped through every legal and procedural hoop. They have even begun to purchase the things their baby girl will need...; Search Snippet: ...Southern Journal of Policy and Justice Spring 2014 Article Baby Girl's Fate: Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl - Placing a Child's Chosen Parental Path in the Hands Of... |
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| Laura C. Sayler |
Back to Basics: Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction in the Violence Against Women Reactivation Act of 2013 and the Expansion of Inherent Tribal Sovereignty |
2014 Cardozo Law Review de novo novo 1 (2014) |
C1-3Table of Contents L1-2Introduction . R32. I. Background. 10 A. The Violence Against Women Act and the 2013 Reactivation Bill. 10 B. The Legacy of Oliphant. 14 II. Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction Is an Expansion of Inherent Tribal Sovereignty. 17 A. The Delegation Theory Versus the Inherent Sovereignty Theory. 17 B. Constitutional Support...; Search Snippet: ...To Basics: Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction in the Violence Against Women Reactivation Act of 2013 and the Expansion of Inherent Tribal... |
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| Angelique Townsend Eaglewoman (Wambdi A. Wastewin ) |
Balancing Between Two Worlds: a Dakota Woman's Reflections on Being a Law Professor |
29 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 250 (Summer 2014) |
There were many paths I considered as a young woman and none of them included becoming a law professor. My journey to my present life as a Dakota woman law professor is about balancing between the worlds I travel back and forth in. There is my tribal world, where I feel replenished and part of an on-going community experience stretching back to...; Search Snippet: ...Justice Summer 2014 Contribution Balancing Between Two Worlds: a Dakota Woman's Reflections on Being a Law Professor Angelique Townsend Eaglewoman (Wambdi... |
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| Mariela Olivares |
Battered by Law: the Political Subordination of Immigrant Women |
64 American University Law Review 231 (December, 2014) |
The Article explores the state of immigrant battered women in the United States, focusing on how their identity as a politically and culturally marginalized community impacts the measure of help that they receive. Specifically, the Article examines the 2012-2013 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization debate as an example of how...; Search Snippet: ...2014 Article Battered by Law: the Political Subordination of Immigrant Women Mariela Olivares [Fna1] Copyright (C) 2014 American University Law Review... |
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| Lorraine K. Bannai |
Challenged X 3: the Stories of Women of Color Who Teach Legal Writing |
29 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 275 (Summer 2014) |
Much of what has been written concerning the experience of women of color in the legal academy has focused on tenured or tenure-track women of color who teach doctrinal courses. I speak from a somewhat different place--as a woman of color who teaches Legal Writing and who, like most faculty who teach Legal Writing, is untenured. Of course, I nod my...; Search Snippet: ...Justice Summer 2014 Contribution Challenged X 3: the Stories of Women of Color Who Teach Legal Writing Lorraine K. Bannai [Fnd1... |
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| Shefali Singh |
Closing the Gap of Justice: Providing Protection for Native American Women Through the Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction Provision of Vawa |
28 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 197 (2014) |
Soon after Native American Diane Millich and her non-Indian husband got married, they moved into her home, located on the Southern Ute Indian reservation where she grew up. Millich's husband began routinely abusing her, and within a year she suffered more than 100 incidents of being slapped, kicked, punched and living in terror[.] Millich made...; Search Snippet: ...Law 2014 Closing the Gap of Justice: Providing Protection for Native American Women Through the Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction Provision of Vawa... |
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| Sahar F. Aziz |
Coercive Assimilationism: the Perils of Muslim Women's Identity Performance in the Workplace |
20 Michigan Journal of Race and Law L. 1 (Fall, 2014) |
Should employees have the legal right to be themselves at work? Most Americans would answer in the negative because work is a privilege, not an entitlement. But what if being oneself entails behaviors, mannerisms, and values integrally linked to the employee's gender, race, or religion? And what if the basis for the employer's workplace rules and...; Search Snippet: ...Law Fall, 2014 Article Coercive Assimilationism: the Perils of Muslim Women's Identity Performance in the Workplace Sahar F. Aziz [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Ryan M. Hrobak , Robin Fretwell Wilson |
Emergency Contraceptives or "Abortion-inducing" Drugs? Empowering Women to Make Informed Decisions |
71 Washington and Lee Law Review 1385 (Spring, 2014) |
I. Introduction. 1386 II. A Resurgent Abortion Debate. 1391 III. Factual Basis for Religious Concerns. 1397 A. Contraceptives or Abortifacients?: Unraveling Science and Semantics. 1398 1. How Plan B Works. 1400 2. How Ella May Work. 1402 B. The Meaning of Life-Or at Least Pregnancy. 1405 IV. Women Care About Mechanisms of Action. 1409 V. The Duty...; Search Snippet: ...Continues Session 5 Emergency Contraceptives or Abortion-inducing Drugs? Empowering Women to Make Informed Decisions Ryan M. Hrobak [Fna1] Robin Fretwell... |
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