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Reform, Retrench, Repeat: The Campaign Against Critical Race Theory, Through The Lens Of Critical Race Theory, Vivian E. Hamilton
Reform, Retrench, Repeat: The Campaign Against Critical Race Theory, Through The Lens Of Critical Race Theory, Vivian E. Hamilton
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
The protest movement ignited by the 2020 murder of George Floyd was of a scale unprecedented in U.S. history. The movement raised the nation’s consciousness of racial injustices and spurred promises—and the beginnings—of justice-oriented reform. Reform and racial progress, however, have rarely been linear over the course of U.S. history. Instead, they typically engender resistance and retrenchment. The response to the current justice movement is no exception. One manifestation of the retrenchment has been a rush by states to enact legislation curtailing race-related education in government workplaces and in public schools, colleges, and universities.
These legislative measures purport to prevent …
Foreword, A. Benjamin Spencer
Foreword, A. Benjamin Spencer
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
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Criminalizing Substance Abuse And Undermining Roe V. Wade: The Tension Between Abortion Doctrine And The Criminalization Of Prenatal Substance Abuse, Myrisha S. Lewis
Criminalizing Substance Abuse And Undermining Roe V. Wade: The Tension Between Abortion Doctrine And The Criminalization Of Prenatal Substance Abuse, Myrisha S. Lewis
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion. Although other scholars have criticized prenatal substance abuse prosecutions based on various constitutional and public policy arguments, the tension between prenatal substance abuse prosecutions and the Supreme Court’s abortion doctrine has not been adequately examined. I argue that prosecuting women for the crime of prenatal substance abuse punishes women for not exercising their right to an abortion and could even incentivize some women to obtain abortions in order to avoid criminal prosecution. I also examine the science underlying abortion doctrine, fetal health, and substance abuse which reveals that (1) the right to abort …
Introduction, Jayne W. Barnard
Introduction, Jayne W. Barnard
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
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More Women On Corporate Boards? Not So Fast, Jayne W. Barnard
More Women On Corporate Boards? Not So Fast, Jayne W. Barnard
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Women And War, Linda A. Malone
Women And War, Linda A. Malone
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Introduction To Special Collection: Seminar Papers On Women And Islamic Law, Christie S. Warren
Introduction To Special Collection: Seminar Papers On Women And Islamic Law, Christie S. Warren
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Protecting The Least Respected: The Girl Child And The Gender Bias Of The Vienna Convention's Adoption And Reservation Regime, Linda A. Malone
Protecting The Least Respected: The Girl Child And The Gender Bias Of The Vienna Convention's Adoption And Reservation Regime, Linda A. Malone
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.