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Not Just One Of The Boys: A Post-Feminist Critique Of Title Ix's Vision For Gender Equity In Sports, Dionne L. Koller
Not Just One Of The Boys: A Post-Feminist Critique Of Title Ix's Vision For Gender Equity In Sports, Dionne L. Koller
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Title IX as applied to athletics is a high-profile, controversial public policy effort that has opened up the world of athletics to millions of girls and women. Yet as it is both celebrated for the opportunities it has created for women, and decried as going too far at the expense of men, a reality persists that women do not pursue or remain committed to sport in numbers comparable to men. This Article seeks to explore this phenomenon by moving the discourse beyond the debate over whether women are inherently as "interested" in sport as men to examine the conception of …
Sex Representation On The Bench: Legitimacy And International Criminal Courts, Nienke Grossman
Sex Representation On The Bench: Legitimacy And International Criminal Courts, Nienke Grossman
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This essay examines the relationship between legitimacy and the presence of both male and female judges on international criminal court benches. It argues that sex representation – an approximate reflection of the ratio of the sexes in the general population – on the bench is an important contributor to legitimacy of international criminal courts. First, it proposes that sex representation affects normative legitimacy because men and women bring different perspectives to judging. Consequently, without both sexes, adjudication is inherently biased. Second, even if one rejects the proposition that men and women "think differently", sex representation affects sociological legitimacy because sex …
Balancing Liberty, Dignity And Safety: The Impact Of Domestic Violence Lethality Screening, Margaret E. Johnson
Balancing Liberty, Dignity And Safety: The Impact Of Domestic Violence Lethality Screening, Margaret E. Johnson
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This Article undertakes the first ever analysis of the consequences of the justice and legal system’s extensive use of lethality assessment tools for women subjected to abuse. An increasing number of states are now requiring their police, prosecutors, civil attorneys, advocates, service providers, and court personnel to assess women in order to obtain a score that indicates the woman’s lethality risk because of domestic violence. The mandated danger assessment screen of all women subjected to violence focuses only on the risk of homicide and thereby limits the definition of what is domestic violence. In addition, the accompanying protocol for the …
Returning Home: Women In Post-Conflict Societies, Naomi Cahn, Dina Haynes, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Returning Home: Women In Post-Conflict Societies, Naomi Cahn, Dina Haynes, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
University of Baltimore Law Review
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Symposium Foreword: Applied Feminism And Marginalized Communities, Michele E. Gilman
Symposium Foreword: Applied Feminism And Marginalized Communities, Michele E. Gilman
University of Baltimore Law Review
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Reflections On Judging Mothering, Chris Gottlieb
Reflections On Judging Mothering, Chris Gottlieb
University of Baltimore Law Review
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"Substantially Limited:" The Reproductive Rights Of Women Living With Hiv/Aids, Lisa M. Keels
"Substantially Limited:" The Reproductive Rights Of Women Living With Hiv/Aids, Lisa M. Keels
University of Baltimore Law Review
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Comments: In Light Of Crawford V. Washington And The Difficult Nature Of Domestic Violence Prosecutions, Maryland Should Adopt Legislation Making Admissible Prior Acts Of Domestic Violence In Domestic Violence Prosecutions, Jay A. Abarbanel
University of Baltimore Law Review
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