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Equality, Equity, And Dignity, Nancy E. Dowd
Equality, Equity, And Dignity, Nancy E. Dowd
UF Law Faculty Publications
In this Essay I explore the definition and scope of children’s equality. I argue that equality includes equity and dignity. The meaning of each of these concepts is critical in imagining a deep, rich vision of equality, and in constructing policies to achieve that vision. This definition of equality creates affirmative rights, demands action to resolve structural discrimination that creates and sustains hierarchies among children, and requires affirmative support for children’s developmental equality.
If Black Is So Special, Then Why Isn't It In The Rainbow?, Sharon E. Rush
If Black Is So Special, Then Why Isn't It In The Rainbow?, Sharon E. Rush
UF Law Faculty Publications
In the modern day, defining "family" becomes less of a theoretical debate when one's own family unit is different from the traditional married, middle-class mother and father with their biological children. For non-traditional families, redefining family takes on enormous practical significance and may actually enable people to create families. Laws permitting transracial adoptions and surrogacy are illustrative. Moreover, a broader definition of family provides greater legal security to non-traditional families. Without such legal protection, non-traditional families live in fear of traditional laws tearing them apart. Rather than using a standard that promotes hegemony in custody disputes, decisionmakers should become aware …