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Dobbs V. Jackson Women’S Health And The Post-Roe Landscape, Yvonne F. Lindgren
Dobbs V. Jackson Women’S Health And The Post-Roe Landscape, Yvonne F. Lindgren
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This Article examines some of the important takeaways of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision and the likely reverberations it will have on other areas of law and reproductive healthcare more broadly. The Article proceeds in three parts. Part I examines the majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions to consider what they reveal about the new standard of review for abortion, the shift in power among the members of the Court itself, as well as what the opinion signals might come next. Part II explores the future of abortion in a post-Roe landscape as the abortion rights movement moves from …
Constitutional Issues In Family Law: An Annotated Bibliography (Part 1 Of 2), Allen K. Rostron
Constitutional Issues In Family Law: An Annotated Bibliography (Part 1 Of 2), Allen K. Rostron
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This bibliography covers some of the significant constitutional issues arising in the realm of family law today, as well as other legal and policy issues spinning off of the constitutional controversies. It focuses on issues discussed in the articles in this issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
The Gendered Nature Of Domestic Violence: Statistical Data For Lawyers Considering Equal Protection Analysis, Molly Dragiewicz, Yvonne F. Lindgren
The Gendered Nature Of Domestic Violence: Statistical Data For Lawyers Considering Equal Protection Analysis, Molly Dragiewicz, Yvonne F. Lindgren
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In Woods v. Horton, the California’s Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled that a state Health and Safety Code section funding domestic violence shelter services specifically for battered women and their children violated equal protection. Using the strict scrutiny standard of review, the court held that under the state’s Equal Protection Clause, women and men are “similarly situated” with regard to domestic violence and, therefore, the language in the code should be revised to make state funding for domestic violence shelter services under that code gender-neutral. Woods is the first successful legal decision for the anti-feminist “fathers’ rights” …
Pressures Toward Mediocrity In The Representation Of Children, Barbara Glesner Fines
Pressures Toward Mediocrity In The Representation Of Children, Barbara Glesner Fines
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When children are the subject of dependency, adoption or guardianship proceedings, protecting those children requires attention to a variety of interests. Children need a voice: an advisor and an advocate whose judgment is unclouded by conflicting interests. Courts need information that the adult parties to the proceedings may not easily discover or willingly provide. The families and social services agencies need monitors and mediators. The attorney guardian ad litem (GAL) is, in many situations, called upon to meet all these needs. During the past decade, major academic conferences and professional organizations have devoted thousands of hours to developing standards of …
Indian Reservations And The Preservation Of Tribal Culture: Beyond Wardship To Stewardship, John W. Ragsdale Jr
Indian Reservations And The Preservation Of Tribal Culture: Beyond Wardship To Stewardship, John W. Ragsdale Jr
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Of Fatherhood, Families, And Fantasy: The Legacy Of Michael H. V. Gerald D., Mary Kay Kisthardt
Of Fatherhood, Families, And Fantasy: The Legacy Of Michael H. V. Gerald D., Mary Kay Kisthardt
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