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The Violence Against Women Act: A Double-Edged Sword For Native Americans, Their Rights, And Their Hopes Of Regaining Cultural Independence, Mary K. Mullen

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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The Inclusion Of Pregnant Women In Clinical Research, Barbara A. Noah

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

In the past three decades, there has been unprecedented growth in medical research utilizing human subjects, with much promise for new treatments that extend life, improve quality of life, and prevent disease and disability. Safe prescribing of drug therapies requires that researchers design clinical trials to test products for the benefit of all persons who are likely to utilize them, not just a limited population. For this reason, it is essential that clinical trials include women, pregnant women, children, and racial minorities, as appropriate, because these populations sometimes exhibit different patterns of response or adverse reactions.

Despite some significant progress …

The Failure Of The Tribal Law And Order Act Of 2010 To End The Rape Of American Indian Women, Samuel D. Cardick

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Looking At Regional Trade Agreements Through The Lens Of Gender, Constance Z. Wagner

All Faculty Scholarship

This article focuses on an unresolved issue within international trade law and policy, namely whether there is a need to consider gender-differentiated impacts of trade agreements and if so, how such impacts should be addressed. The author argues in favor of a gender aware approach to trade, discussing this topic within the context of regional trade agreements (“RTAs”), which are being used increasingly as a route to economic integration among nations. While there is evidence of gender-differentiated impacts of trade liberalization, there has been little progress made in advancing an agenda to address gender issues at the level of multilateral …

Consigning Women To The Immediate Orbit Of A Man: How Missouri’S Relocation Law Substitutes Judicial Paternalism For Parental Judgment By Forcing Parents To Live Near One Another, Julie Hixson-Lambson

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Disability, Equipment Barriers, And Women’S Health: Using The Ada To Provide Meaningful Access, Elizabeth Pendo

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Opening The Doors To Women? An Examination Of Recent Developments In Asylum And Refugee Law, Marissa Farrone

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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The Equality Paradise: Paradoxes Of The Law's Power To Advance Equality, Marcia L. Mccormick

All Faculty Scholarship

This paper, written for Texas Wesleyan Law School's Gloucester Conference, ¿Too Pure an Air: Law and the Quest for Freedom, Justice, and Equality,¿ is a brief exploration of a broader project. Every civil rights movement must struggle with how to allocate scarce resources to accomplish the broadest change possible. This paper compares the legal and political strategies of the Black rights movement and the women's rights movement in the United States, comparing both the strategy choices and the results. These two movement followed essentially the same strategies. Where they have attained success and where each has failed demonstrates the limits …

Law Is The Answer? Do We Know That For Sure?: Questioning The Efficacy Of Legal Interventions For Battered Women, Leigh Goodmark

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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The Predicament Of The Immigrant Victim/Defendant: “Vawa Diversion” And Other Considerations In Support Of Battered Women, Zelda B. Harris

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Spotlight: Response To Violence Against Women At The University Of Missouri At Columbia, Mary Beck

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Domestic Violence And The Construction Of “Ideal Victims”: Assaulted Women’S “Image Problems” In Law, Melanie Randall

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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The Missouri Battered Women’S Clemency Coalition: A Collaborative Effort In Justice For Eleven Missouri Women, Bridget B. Romero, Jennifer Collins, Carrie Johnson, Jennifer Merrigan, Lynne Perkins, Judith Sznyter, Lisa Dale May

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Erickson V. Bartell: The “Common Sense” Approach To Employer-Based Insurance For Women, Julia Bruzina

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Parallel Lives, Uneven Justice: An Analysis Of Rights, Protection And Redress For Refugee And Internally Displaced Women In Camps, Malinda M. Schmiechen

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Creating Correctional Alternatives For Nonviolent Women Offenders And Their Children, Myrna S. Raeder

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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