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Pursuing Gender Equality Through The Courts: The Role Of South Africa’S Women Judges, Penelope Andrews
Pursuing Gender Equality Through The Courts: The Role Of South Africa’S Women Judges, Penelope Andrews
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This chapter will focus on the contribution of female judges to the transformation of the judiciary in South Africa and specifically the pursuit of gender equality. It is a limited project that will explore the impacts of women judges on constitutional jurisprudence and how the influence of women judges has interacted with the broader transformation of the judicial and political system in South Africa after apartheid. In examining the impact of women judges on constitutional jurisprudence with respect to gender equality, I explore whether women judges have, in their judgments, conscripted and interpreted the constitution to highlight and guarantee its …
How To Salvage Article I: The Crumbling Foundation Of Our Republic, David Schoenbrod
How To Salvage Article I: The Crumbling Foundation Of Our Republic, David Schoenbrod
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Can Prosecutors Be Both Coach And Referee?, Rebecca Roiphe
Can Prosecutors Be Both Coach And Referee?, Rebecca Roiphe
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Constitutional Overview Of Post-9/11 Barriers To Free Speech And A Free Press, Nadine Strossen
Constitutional Overview Of Post-9/11 Barriers To Free Speech And A Free Press, Nadine Strossen
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Introduction: Towards Understanding South African Constitutionalism, Penelope Andrews, Stephen Ellmann
Introduction: Towards Understanding South African Constitutionalism, Penelope Andrews, Stephen Ellmann
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Twins Separated At Birth: A Comparative History Of The Civil And Criminal Arising Under Jurisdiction Of The Federal Courts And Some Proposal For Change, Donald H. Zeigler
Twins Separated At Birth: A Comparative History Of The Civil And Criminal Arising Under Jurisdiction Of The Federal Courts And Some Proposal For Change, Donald H. Zeigler
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The Sleeper Wakes: The History And Legacy Of The Twenty-Seventh Amendment, Richard B. Bernstein
The Sleeper Wakes: The History And Legacy Of The Twenty-Seventh Amendment, Richard B. Bernstein
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No provision of the United States Constitution has a more drawn-out, tortured history than the Twenty-seventh Amendment, which was ratified more than two centuries after Representative James Madison introduced it in the First Congress.
In this Article, Professor Bernstein traces the Amendment's origins to the legislative political culture of the late eighteenth century, as influenced by the controversy over ratifying the Constitution. He then examines the perennial controversies over congressional compensation in American history, elucidating how in the 1980s and 1990s public anger at Congress reached critical mcm sufficient to propel the 1789 compensation amendment into the Constitution. Finally, this …
Review Essay: Charting The Bicentennial, Richard B. Bernstein
Review Essay: Charting The Bicentennial, Richard B. Bernstein
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Can Consent Waive Absolute Rights To An Article Iii Court (85-621) (85-642), Ronald Filler
Can Consent Waive Absolute Rights To An Article Iii Court (85-621) (85-642), Ronald Filler
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