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We're All Born Naked And The Rest Is Speech: Gender Expression And The First Amendment, Charlie Ferguson Jan 2024

We're All Born Naked And The Rest Is Speech: Gender Expression And The First Amendment, Charlie Ferguson

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

As the antitransgender moral panic reaches a fever pitch, transgender civil rights are becoming increasingly fragile. A potential legal defense to these attacks lies within the First Amendment: if gender expression, or the way humans communicate their gender identity, is understood to be expressive conduct, it may receive protections under the Free Speech Clause. Using the framework of Spence v. Washington, this Comment argues that gender expression is a form of speech deserving of First Amendment protection. First, a speaker can use gender expression to share information about their identity. And second, an audience is likely to understand the speaker’s …


We Have The Right To Play, Duane Rudolph Jan 2023

We Have The Right To Play, Duane Rudolph

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

This article evaluates landmark cases spanning almost seven decades from the Supreme Court of the United States dealing with sexual orientation and gender identity. The cases are as follows: (1) One, Inc. v. Olesen (1958); (2) Boutilier v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1967); (3) Baker v. Nelson (1972); (4) Rowland v. Mad River Local School District (1985); (5) Bowers v. Hardwick (1986); (6) Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston (1995); (7) Romer v. Evans (1996); (8) Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (1996); (9) Lawrence v. Texas (2003); (10) United States v. Windsor (2013); (11) Hollingsworth …


Is Sunlight The Best Disinfectant? Reassessing Beps Action 5’S Tax Ruling Transparency, Patrick Hasson Jan 2021

Is Sunlight The Best Disinfectant? Reassessing Beps Action 5’S Tax Ruling Transparency, Patrick Hasson

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

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Fewer Of Whom? Climate-Based Population Policies Infringe Marginalized People's Reproductive Autonomy, Rachel L. Zacharias Jan 2021

Fewer Of Whom? Climate-Based Population Policies Infringe Marginalized People's Reproductive Autonomy, Rachel L. Zacharias

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Heir Hunting, David Horton, Reid Kress Weisbord Jan 2021

Heir Hunting, David Horton, Reid Kress Weisbord

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bankruptcy Tourism And The European Union’S Corporate Restructuring Quandary: The Cathedral In Another Light, Samir D. Parikh Jan 2020

Bankruptcy Tourism And The European Union’S Corporate Restructuring Quandary: The Cathedral In Another Light, Samir D. Parikh

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Alternative Data Accumulation, Investment Management And The Ever-Present Spectre Of Insider Trading Liability–Should Hedge Funds Be Concerned About Trading On Scraped Data?, Florian N. Kamp Jan 2020

Alternative Data Accumulation, Investment Management And The Ever-Present Spectre Of Insider Trading Liability–Should Hedge Funds Be Concerned About Trading On Scraped Data?, Florian N. Kamp

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law

No abstract provided.


Solitary Confinement As Per Se Unconstitutional, Andrew Leon Hanna Jan 2019

Solitary Confinement As Per Se Unconstitutional, Andrew Leon Hanna

JCL Online

No abstract provided.


Divided We Fall: Parole Supervision Conditions Prohibiting "Inter-Offender" Associations, James M. Binnall Jan 2019

Divided We Fall: Parole Supervision Conditions Prohibiting "Inter-Offender" Associations, James M. Binnall

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.


The New Transatlantic Trigonometry: Brexit And Europe’S Treaty Relations With The United States, Joris Larik Jan 2018

The New Transatlantic Trigonometry: Brexit And Europe’S Treaty Relations With The United States, Joris Larik

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The One Fixed Star In Higher Education: What Standard Of Judicial Scrutiny Should Courts Apply To Compelled Curricular Speech In The Public University Classroom?, Joseph J. Martins Jan 2017

The One Fixed Star In Higher Education: What Standard Of Judicial Scrutiny Should Courts Apply To Compelled Curricular Speech In The Public University Classroom?, Joseph J. Martins

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


Counter-Terrorism Measures And International Humanitarian Law: A Case Study Of The "Troubles" In Northern Ireland, Juliana Van Hoeven Jan 2016

Counter-Terrorism Measures And International Humanitarian Law: A Case Study Of The "Troubles" In Northern Ireland, Juliana Van Hoeven

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Emerging Technologies And Dwindling Speech, Jorge R. Roig Jan 2014

Emerging Technologies And Dwindling Speech, Jorge R. Roig

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


Membership And Messages: The (Il)Logic Of Expressive Association Doctrine, Hans Allhoff May 2013

Membership And Messages: The (Il)Logic Of Expressive Association Doctrine, Hans Allhoff

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


Algorithms And Speech, Stuart Minor Benjamin May 2013

Algorithms And Speech, Stuart Minor Benjamin

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Clashing Kingdoms, Hidden Agendas: The Battle To Extradite Kwok-A-Sing And British Legal Imperialism In Nineteenth-Century China, Jennifer Wells Dec 2011

Clashing Kingdoms, Hidden Agendas: The Battle To Extradite Kwok-A-Sing And British Legal Imperialism In Nineteenth-Century China, Jennifer Wells

East Asia Law Review

This essay blends history, law, and politics in considering the role of legal imperialism nineteenth-century English extradition law in colonial Hong Kong. Building upon the pioneering work of Jerome Cohen, this essay enhances and clarifies our understanding of Chinese legal history and its continued (and future) influence on Sino-Western relations. By focusing upon the series of In re Kwok-a-Sing decisions as they traversed courts from colonial Hong Kong to imperial London, this study analyzes how, through skilful legal reasoning, the British courts managed to circumvent laws and assert their political domination in Southeast Asia by repeatedly refusing to extradite Kwok-a-Sing …


Penn Law Journal: 10 Years Of Grief, Resolve, And Change Oct 2011

Penn Law Journal: 10 Years Of Grief, Resolve, And Change

The Journal

No abstract provided.


The Line Between Copyright And The First Amendment And Why Its Vagueness May Further Free Speech Interests, Edmund T. Wang Jun 2011

The Line Between Copyright And The First Amendment And Why Its Vagueness May Further Free Speech Interests, Edmund T. Wang

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


An Environmental Justice Critique Of Comparative Advantage: Indigenous Peoples, Trade Policy, And The Mexican Neoliberal Economic Reforms, Carmen G. Gonzalez Apr 2011

An Environmental Justice Critique Of Comparative Advantage: Indigenous Peoples, Trade Policy, And The Mexican Neoliberal Economic Reforms, Carmen G. Gonzalez

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Law, Issue Frames And Social Movements: Three Case Studies Edward V. Sparer Symposium Issue: Partnering Against Poverty: Examining Cross-Disciplinary Approaches To Public Interest Lawyering , Martha F. Davis Jan 2011

Law, Issue Frames And Social Movements: Three Case Studies Edward V. Sparer Symposium Issue: Partnering Against Poverty: Examining Cross-Disciplinary Approaches To Public Interest Lawyering , Martha F. Davis

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Lethal Crapshoot: The Fatal Unreliability Of The Penalty Phase, Kevin M. Doyle Jan 2008

Lethal Crapshoot: The Fatal Unreliability Of The Penalty Phase, Kevin M. Doyle

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.


Medicare: Did The Devil Make Us Do It?, David A. Hyman, Jill R. Horwitz Jan 2008

Medicare: Did The Devil Make Us Do It?, David A. Hyman, Jill R. Horwitz

University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online

No abstract provided.


Spain's Double Shock: Hindsight From The United States Regarding An Immigration Influx And Its Effect On Social Security Funding, Alexander V. Ifill Jul 2007

Spain's Double Shock: Hindsight From The United States Regarding An Immigration Influx And Its Effect On Social Security Funding, Alexander V. Ifill

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Alcohol, Drugs And The National Pastime, Roger L. Abrams Jul 2006

Alcohol, Drugs And The National Pastime, Roger L. Abrams

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law

No abstract provided.


The Global Pattern Of U.S. Initiatives Curtailing Women's Reproductive Rights: A Perspective On The Increasingly Anti-Choice Mosaic, Julia L. Ernst, Laura Katzive, Erica Smock Apr 2004

The Global Pattern Of U.S. Initiatives Curtailing Women's Reproductive Rights: A Perspective On The Increasingly Anti-Choice Mosaic, Julia L. Ernst, Laura Katzive, Erica Smock

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


Hooray For… Toronto? Hollywood, Collective Bargaining, And Extraterritorial Union Rules In An Era Of Globalization, Gail Frommer Oct 2003

Hooray For… Toronto? Hollywood, Collective Bargaining, And Extraterritorial Union Rules In An Era Of Globalization, Gail Frommer

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law

No abstract provided.


Black And White After Brown: Constructions Of Race In Modern Supreme Court Decisions, Rogers M. Smith May 2003

Black And White After Brown: Constructions Of Race In Modern Supreme Court Decisions, Rogers M. Smith

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


The Current, Subtle - And Not So Subtle - Rejection Of An Independent Judiciary, Calabresi Guido May 2002

The Current, Subtle - And Not So Subtle - Rejection Of An Independent Judiciary, Calabresi Guido

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


How The Usa Patriot Act Wil Permit Governmental Infringement Upon The Privacy Of Americans In The Name Of Intelligence Investigations, Sharon H. Rackow May 2002

How The Usa Patriot Act Wil Permit Governmental Infringement Upon The Privacy Of Americans In The Name Of Intelligence Investigations, Sharon H. Rackow

University of Pennsylvania Law Review

No abstract provided.


Whiteness (And Other Ness(Es)) As Property Revisited: A Response To Derrick Bell And A Vision For Multi-Cultural Coalitions And Legalisms, Eamon P. Joyce Apr 2002

Whiteness (And Other Ness(Es)) As Property Revisited: A Response To Derrick Bell And A Vision For Multi-Cultural Coalitions And Legalisms, Eamon P. Joyce

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change

No abstract provided.