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Replacing Context For Plain Meaning In United States V. Cox
Replacing Context For Plain Meaning In United States V. Cox
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Unraveling Lawrence's Concerns About Legislated Morality: The Constitutionality Of Laws Criminalizing The Sale Of Obscene Devices, Nathan R. Curtis
Unraveling Lawrence's Concerns About Legislated Morality: The Constitutionality Of Laws Criminalizing The Sale Of Obscene Devices, Nathan R. Curtis
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Least Of These: A Constitutional Challenge To North Carolina's Sexual Offender Laws And N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 14-208.18, Brian P. Livecchi
The Least Of These: A Constitutional Challenge To North Carolina's Sexual Offender Laws And N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 14-208.18, Brian P. Livecchi
North Carolina Central Law Review
No abstract provided.
"Workers Of God": The Holy See's Liability For Clerical Sexual Abuse, Jacob W. Neu
"Workers Of God": The Holy See's Liability For Clerical Sexual Abuse, Jacob W. Neu
Vanderbilt Law Review
In the 1970s, no Boston priest was more electrifying than Paul Richard Shanley. Ordained in 1960, he sought and received from his bishop, Boston cardinal Humberto Medeiros, a mission to minister to "sexual minorities" in 1970 and became a well-known Boston "street priest."' Wearing jeans and smoking Kool cigarettes, he gathered about him runaway gay teenagers and advocated fiercely for gay rights. Yet one of the boys drawn to him was the same one Shanley would be convicted of sexually abusing in 2005. In a civil suit seeking damages from the Archdiocese of Boston for its role in hiding Shanley's …
“For Any Reason”: Paper Promises To Protect Service Members, Tami Martin
“For Any Reason”: Paper Promises To Protect Service Members, Tami Martin
Legislation and Policy Brief
In short, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) is the law that prohibits lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals from serving openly in the military. Despite the fact that the Obama Administration has yet to fulfill the campaign promise of ending DADT, many believe the question is more "when" than "if" it will be repealed. Much attention has focused on ending the policy, but it is also important to consider what might happen after repeal. This article briefly examines the history of DADT, major policies meant to protect service members from harassment they experience because of their actual or perceived sexual …
Revisiting The Role Of The Psychological Parent In The Dissolution Of The Homosexual Relationship, Caroline L. Kinsey
Revisiting The Role Of The Psychological Parent In The Dissolution Of The Homosexual Relationship, Caroline L. Kinsey
Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy
No abstract provided.
The Cross-Dressing Case For Bathroom Equality, Jennifer Levi, Daniel Redman
The Cross-Dressing Case For Bathroom Equality, Jennifer Levi, Daniel Redman
Seattle University Law Review
While transgender rights advocates have won many battles in the fight for equality, bathroom discrimination remains a significant obstacle to transgender people’s full participation in society. This Article discusses the reasoning behind the cases that have rejected transgender people’s discrimination claims based on bathroom exclusion. The Article then demonstrates how these arguments mirror the rationales offered by supporters of long-dead, unconstitutional cross-dressing laws. Synthesizing the two bodies of case law, Levi and Redman offer a new way forward for transgender advocates seeking bathroom equality.
Public Welfare, Artistic Values, And The State Ideology: The Analysis Of The 2008 Japanese Supreme Court Obscenity Decision On Robert Mapplethorpe, Yuri Obata
Washington International Law Journal
On February 19, 2008, the Japanese Supreme Court delivered a decision declaring that a collection of photographs by the late American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe did not violate obscenity laws in Japan. The fact that the Japanese Supreme Court publicly found close-up and detailed images of male genitalia in Mapplethorpe’s work no longer obscene perhaps makes the decision a landmark one since the present-day restriction of sexually explicit expression in Japan respected the obscenity standard from the 1957 precedent, the Lady Chatterley’s Lover decision, which ruled that the translation of D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover was obscene. However, close reading …
The (Mis)Categorization Of Sex In Anglo-American Cases Of Transsexual Marriage, John Parsi
The (Mis)Categorization Of Sex In Anglo-American Cases Of Transsexual Marriage, John Parsi
Michigan Law Review
The United States' promise to establish equality for all has been challenged by post-operative transsexuals seeking recognition in their acquired sex. The birth certificate is the legal gateway to changing other legal documents; but the process for changing the birth certificate varies widely from state to state. This lack of national uniformity makes post-operative transsexuals' recognition of their acquired sex complicated at best and impossible at worst. This Note details the legal progression from non-recognition to recognition of post-operative transsexuals' acquired sex in the United Kingdom and through the European Court of Human Rights. The Note goes on to explore …
Erasing Boundaries: Masculinities, Sexual Minorities, And Employment Discrimination, Ann C. Mcginley
Erasing Boundaries: Masculinities, Sexual Minorities, And Employment Discrimination, Ann C. Mcginley
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Article analyzes the application of employment discrimination law to sexual minorities-lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex individuals. It evaluates Title VII and state anti-discrimination laws' treatment of these individuals, and is the first article to use masculinities research, theoretical and empirical, to explain employment discrimination against sexual minorities.
While the Article concludes that new legislation would further the interests of sexual minorities, it posits that it is neither necessary nor sufficient to solving the employment discrimination problems of sexual minorities. A major problem lies in the courts' binary view of sex and gender, a view that identifies men and …
Prosecute The Cheerleader, Save The World?: Asserting Federal Jurisdiction Over Child Pornography Crimes Committed Through "Sexting", Isaac A. Mcbeth
Prosecute The Cheerleader, Save The World?: Asserting Federal Jurisdiction Over Child Pornography Crimes Committed Through "Sexting", Isaac A. Mcbeth
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Paying Women For Their Eggs For Use In Stem Cell Research, Pamela Foohey
Paying Women For Their Eggs For Use In Stem Cell Research, Pamela Foohey
Pace Law Review
No abstract provided.
Our Past Must Be Our Present (To Ourselves): How Transsexuals Can Survive Proposition 8, Katrina C. Rose
Our Past Must Be Our Present (To Ourselves): How Transsexuals Can Survive Proposition 8, Katrina C. Rose
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
No abstract provided.
Lock The Closet Door: Does Private Mean Secret, Whitney Kristen Mcbride
Lock The Closet Door: Does Private Mean Secret, Whitney Kristen Mcbride
McGeorge Law Review
No abstract provided.
Making Room For Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity In International Human Rights Law: An Introduction To The Yogyakarta Principles, David Brown
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Note evaluates the Yogyakarta Principles' legal and inspirational capacity to drive the development of human rights law. Part I describes the most common patterns of violence and discrimination suffered around the world on account of sexual orientation and gender identity, and the process by which the Principles' drafters sought to apply principles of international law to stem these outrages by developing a restatement of international human rights law that would leave no doubt as to their illegality. Part II assesses the Principles' claim to accuracy as a restatement of existing, binding international law. It shows that the most basic …
Situations, Frames, And Stereotypes: Cognitive Barriers On The Road To Nondiscrimination, Marybeth Herald
Situations, Frames, And Stereotypes: Cognitive Barriers On The Road To Nondiscrimination, Marybeth Herald
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
A study of the psychological literature can enhance legal theory by focusing attention on how the human brain perceives, distinguishes, categorizes, and ultimately makes decisions. The more that we learn about the brain's intricate operations, the more effective we can be at combating the types of gender biased decisions that influence our lives. In developing strategies to achieve equality, feminist, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex activists would be wise to learn from the psychological literature. This Article highlights a few examples illustrating how this knowledge might re-direct strategic choices for combating gender inequality.
Sex Education And Rape, Michelle J. Anderson
Sex Education And Rape, Michelle J. Anderson
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
In the law of rape, consent has been and remains a gendered concept. Consent presumes female acquiescence to male sexual initiation. It presumes a man desires to penetrate a woman sexually. It presumes the woman willingly yields to the man's desires. It does not presume, and of course does not require, female sexual desire. Consent is what the law calls it when he advances and she does not put up a fight. I have argued elsewhere that the kind of thin consent that the law focuses on is not enough ethically and it should not be enough legally to justify …
Beyond The Binary: What Can Feminists Learn From Intersex Transgender Jurisprudence, Julie Greenberg, Marybeth Herald, Mark Strasser
Beyond The Binary: What Can Feminists Learn From Intersex Transgender Jurisprudence, Julie Greenberg, Marybeth Herald, Mark Strasser
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Our panel will be discussing recent developments in the intersex and transsexual communities. The transsexual community began to organize in the 1970s, but did not fully develop into a vibrant movement until the 1990s. The intersex movement was born in the mid-1990s and has rapidly developed a strong and influential voice. Recently, both movements have undergone profound changes and each has provided new and unique theoretical perspectives that can potentially benefit other social justice groups. The purpose of our dialogue today is to describe these developments and explore how feminists could potentially benefit from the theoretical frameworks that are being …
Defining Sex: On Marriage, Family, And Good Public Policy, Mark Strasser
Defining Sex: On Marriage, Family, And Good Public Policy, Mark Strasser
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Transgendered individuals and their families face legal risks that most families do not, at least in part, because state laws are often unclear about whether or under what conditions transgendered individuals are permitted to marry the individuals whom they love. Challenges to the validity of marriages involving the transgendered may arise under a variety of circumstances, ranging from cases in which individuals may have hidden or may not even have known that they were transgendered until after their marriages, to cases in which the individuals had already transitioned and had explained their personal histories to their partners before they were …
Rethinking Consent In A Big Love Way, Cheryl Hanna
Rethinking Consent In A Big Love Way, Cheryl Hanna
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This Article is based on a presentation at the Michigan Journal of Gender and Law as part of their symposium "Rhetoric & Relevance: An Investigation into the Present & Future of Feminist Legal Theory." In it, I explore the problem of categorical exclusions to the consent doctrine in private intimate relationships through the lens of the HBO series Big Love, which is about modern polygamy. There remains the normative question both after Lawrence v. Texas and in feminist legal theory of under what circumstances individuals should be able to consent to activity that takes place within the context of a …
Taxing Civil Rights Gains, Anthony C. Infanti
Taxing Civil Rights Gains, Anthony C. Infanti
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This Article is divided into four parts. In Part I, the nature of the levy that the DOMAs impose on same-sex couples is explained. In Part II, how this levy can be classified as a "tax" is explained. In Part III, the federal- and state-level ramifications of classifying the levy that the DOMAs impose as a "tax" are discussed. Finally, brief concluding remarks are provided that discuss how this Article might pave the way for making similar arguments with respect to other nontraditional families and, concomitantly, how it demonstrates the transformative potential of same-sex marriage.
Attacked From All Sides: Increased Sexual Assault Reports Within The U.S. Military, Brittany Kubes
Attacked From All Sides: Increased Sexual Assault Reports Within The U.S. Military, Brittany Kubes
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
The Olympic Meddle: The International Olympic Committee's Intrusion Of Athletes' Privacy Through The Discriminatory Practice Of Gender Verification Testing, 28 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 49 (2010), Raheel Saleem
UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law
The IOC and the IAAF act as governing bodies for athletes and, therefore, are innately responsible for their actions. However, the gender verification rule exemplifies that irresponsible actions by these governing agencies adversely effects its athletes. The gender verification rule empowers both the IOC and the IAAF to make life-changing decisions without any restriction, leaving athletes susceptible to the unfettered power and abuse of the rule. The legal foundation established by the international human rights declarations support the argument that gender verification testing must be abolished because of its embedded discrimination and intrusive nature. An application of the ICCPR provides …
Essay: Deciphering Risk: Sex Offender Statutes And Moral Panic In A Risk Society, Bela August Walker
Essay: Deciphering Risk: Sex Offender Statutes And Moral Panic In A Risk Society, Bela August Walker
University of Baltimore Law Review
No abstract provided.
Medical Rights For Same-Sex Couples And Rainbow Families, Anisa Mohanty
Medical Rights For Same-Sex Couples And Rainbow Families, Anisa Mohanty
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
The present state of the law regarding medical rights for same-sex couples and their families is highly inconsistent. A handful of states permit same-sex marriage. Another handful of states recognize samesex marriages from other states, allow civil unions with state-level spousal rights for same-sex couples, or extend some or nearly all statelevel spousal rights to unmarried couples in domestic partnerships. With these widely disparate levels of recognition, it becomes difficult for same-sex couples to navigate their options and rights when a loved one-a partner or child-has a medical emergency or is in the hospital. In Part II, this Comment will …
Taking Prevention Seriously: Developing A Comprehensive Response To Child Trafficking And Sexual Exploitation, Jonathan Todres
Taking Prevention Seriously: Developing A Comprehensive Response To Child Trafficking And Sexual Exploitation, Jonathan Todres
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Millions of children are victims of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation each year. Governments have responded with a range of measures, focusing primarily on seeking to prosecute perpetrators of these abuses and offering assistance to select victims. These efforts, while important, have done little to reduce the incidence of these forms of child exploitation. This Article asserts that a central reason why efforts to date may not be as effective as hoped is that governments have not oriented their approaches properly toward prioritizing prevention--the ultimate goal--and addressing these problems in a comprehensive and systematic manner. Instead, efforts to date have …
Caster Semenya And The Myth Of A Level Playing Field, Erin E. Buzuvis
Caster Semenya And The Myth Of A Level Playing Field, Erin E. Buzuvis
The Modern American
No abstract provided.
(Law) Breaking Gender: In Search Of Transformative Gender Law, Richael Faithful
(Law) Breaking Gender: In Search Of Transformative Gender Law, Richael Faithful
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.