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Hair Me Out: Why Discrimination Against Black Hair Is Race Discrimination Under Title Vii, Alexis Boyd Jan 2023

Hair Me Out: Why Discrimination Against Black Hair Is Race Discrimination Under Title Vii, Alexis Boyd

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

In May 2010, Chastity Jones sought employment as a customer service representative at Catastrophe Management Solutions (“CMS”), a claims processing company located in Mobile, Alabama. When asked for an inperson interview, Jones, a Black woman, arrived in a suit and her hair in “short dreadlocks,” or locs, a type of natural hairstyle common in the Black community. Despite being qualified for the position, Jones would later have her offer rescinded because of her hair. CMS claimed that locs “tend to get messy” and violated the “neutral” dress code and hair policy requiring employees to be “professional and business-like.” Therefore, CMS …


Griswold, Geduldig, And Hobby Lobby: The Sex Gap Continues, Maya Manian Sep 2015

Griswold, Geduldig, And Hobby Lobby: The Sex Gap Continues, Maya Manian

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

In her article, The (Non)-Right to Sex, Professor Mary Ziegler excavates the fascinating legal history of the “sex gap” — the historical failure to address sexual liberty — in the constitutional canon and offers an important cautionary tale for contemporary advocacy of marriage equality. By surfacing lost efforts to expand sexual liberty, and by linking that liberty to intersectional concerns about class, gender, and racial equality, Professor Ziegler both explains why sexual freedom has received such limited constitutional protection and shows how incrementalist litigation strategies aimed at progressive legal change have inadvertently strengthened the state’s power to delimit sexual expression. …


Pluralidad Jurídica E Impunidad: Las Dos Caras De La Justicia Para Las Mujeres Indígenas Desplazadas En Colombia, Michael Cruz Rodríguez Jan 2013

Pluralidad Jurídica E Impunidad: Las Dos Caras De La Justicia Para Las Mujeres Indígenas Desplazadas En Colombia, Michael Cruz Rodríguez

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Gender Equality And Indigenous Peoples' Right To Self-Determination And Culture, Maria Noel Leoni Zardo Jan 2013

Gender Equality And Indigenous Peoples' Right To Self-Determination And Culture, Maria Noel Leoni Zardo

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Pregnant Pause: An International Legal Analysis Of Maternity Discrimination, Candace S. Kovacic-Fleischer Nov 2011

Book Review: Pregnant Pause: An International Legal Analysis Of Maternity Discrimination, Candace S. Kovacic-Fleischer

Book Reviews

Professor Kovacic-Fleischer reviewed Pregnant Pause, which collects legal documents relating to workplace discrimination with emphasis on maternity and paternity leave issues. The book suggests that the United States should provide paid maternity leave as most countries do and paternity leave as some countries do. No country provides women and men with equal amounts of paid family leave. Pregnant Pause explains that without maternity leave, women may lose jobs when they have a baby and/or may pay an economic “child penalty.” Pregnant Pause notes that depending on how much or little leave and pay is allocated to men, parental leave policies …


Eligible Patent Matter—Gender Analysis Of Patent Law: International And Comparative Perspectives, Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid Jan 2011

Eligible Patent Matter—Gender Analysis Of Patent Law: International And Comparative Perspectives, Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Do Patents Have Gender?, Dan L. Burk Jan 2011

Do Patents Have Gender?, Dan L. Burk

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Lessons From The Financial Meltdown: Global Feminism, Critical Race Theory, And The Struggle For Substantive Justice, Gary Minda Jan 2010

Lessons From The Financial Meltdown: Global Feminism, Critical Race Theory, And The Struggle For Substantive Justice, Gary Minda

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Do You Want To Be An Attorney Or A Mother - Arguing For A Feminist Solution To The Problem Of Double Blinds In Employment And Family Responsibilities Discrimination , Heather Bennett Stanford Jan 2009

Do You Want To Be An Attorney Or A Mother - Arguing For A Feminist Solution To The Problem Of Double Blinds In Employment And Family Responsibilities Discrimination , Heather Bennett Stanford

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Extending Title Vii Protection To Non-Gender-Conforming Men, Colleen M. Keating Jan 2008

Extending Title Vii Protection To Non-Gender-Conforming Men, Colleen M. Keating

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Rhetorical Holy War: Polygamy, Homosexuality, And The Paradox Of Community And Autonomy, Gregory C. Pinfree Jan 2006

Rhetorical Holy War: Polygamy, Homosexuality, And The Paradox Of Community And Autonomy, Gregory C. Pinfree

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Man, The State And You: The Role Of The State In Regulating Gender Hierarchies, Meredith Render Jan 2006

The Man, The State And You: The Role Of The State In Regulating Gender Hierarchies, Meredith Render

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Silence Compounded- The Conjuction Of Race And Gender Violence, Zanita E. Fenton Jan 2003

Silence Compounded- The Conjuction Of Race And Gender Violence, Zanita E. Fenton

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Transcript For Centennial Panel Two Decades Of Intermediate Scrutiny: Evaluating Equal Protection For Women, Journal Of Gender, Social Policy & The Law Jan 1997

Transcript For Centennial Panel Two Decades Of Intermediate Scrutiny: Evaluating Equal Protection For Women, Journal Of Gender, Social Policy & The Law

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Revisiting Equality: Feminist Thought About Intermediate Scrutiny, Ann Shalleck Jan 1997

Revisiting Equality: Feminist Thought About Intermediate Scrutiny, Ann Shalleck

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Sex Discrimination And Sexual Harassment In Agricultural Labor, Maria M. Dominguez Jan 1997

Sex Discrimination And Sexual Harassment In Agricultural Labor, Maria M. Dominguez

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Beyond The Persian Gulf Crisis: Expanding The Role Of Servicewomen In The United States Military, James D. Milko Jan 1992

Beyond The Persian Gulf Crisis: Expanding The Role Of Servicewomen In The United States Military, James D. Milko

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Applying Restitution To Remedy A Discriminatory Denial Of Partnership, Candace Kovacic-Fleischer Jan 1983

Applying Restitution To Remedy A Discriminatory Denial Of Partnership, Candace Kovacic-Fleischer

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

This article suggests that a plaintiff can bring a state cause of action in restitution, liability in unjust enrichment, as an alternative to a federal cause of action in Title VII if the plaintiff was discriminatorily denied partnership by a firm that paid her a salary, but billed her time by the hour to clients. If the firm earned more than it paid in salary and overhead to the plaintiff, that amount would be defendant’s gain, one of the elements of an action in restitution, and the amount to be disgorged should plaintiff prove the other two elements, that the …