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Jezebels And Jungle Bunnies: How The Stereotypes Of Black Women Shape Legislation, The Legal Profession, And Feminist Jurisprudence, Kersti Myles Jan 2017

Jezebels And Jungle Bunnies: How The Stereotypes Of Black Women Shape Legislation, The Legal Profession, And Feminist Jurisprudence, Kersti Myles

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


My Body Is My Temple: Utilizing The Concept Of Dignity In Supreme Court Jurisprudence To Fight Sex Reassignment Surgery Requirements For Recognition Of Legal Sex, Doran Shemin Jan 2016

My Body Is My Temple: Utilizing The Concept Of Dignity In Supreme Court Jurisprudence To Fight Sex Reassignment Surgery Requirements For Recognition Of Legal Sex, Doran Shemin

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Women And Jurisprudence, Ma. Elodia Robles Sotomayor Feb 2011

Women And Jurisprudence, Ma. Elodia Robles Sotomayor

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Advice And Consent Vs. Silence And Dissent? The Contrasting Roles Of The Legislature In U.S. And U.K. Judicial Appointments, Mary Clark Jan 2011

Advice And Consent Vs. Silence And Dissent? The Contrasting Roles Of The Legislature In U.S. And U.K. Judicial Appointments, Mary Clark

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

The Senate‘s role in judicial appointments has come under increasingly withering criticism for its uninformative and spectacle-like nature. At the same time, Britain has established two new judicial appointment processes - to accompany its new Supreme Court and existing lower courts - in which Parliament plays no role. This Article seeks to understand the reasons for the inclusion and exclusion of the legislature in the U.S. and U.K. judicial appointment processes adopted at the creation of their respective Supreme Courts.

The Article proceeds by highlighting the ideas and concerns motivating inclusion of the legislature in judicial appointments in the early …


Inter-American System, Claudia Martin Jan 2010

Inter-American System, Claudia Martin

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2010

Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Walking The Tradition-Modernity Tightrope: Gender Contradictions In Textile Prodution And Intellectual Property Law In Ghana, Boatema Boateng Jan 2007

Symposium: Walking The Tradition-Modernity Tightrope: Gender Contradictions In Textile Prodution And Intellectual Property Law In Ghana, Boatema Boateng

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Commodification, Intellectual Property And The Quilters Of Gee's Bend, Victoria F. Phillips Jan 2007

Symposium: Commodification, Intellectual Property And The Quilters Of Gee's Bend, Victoria F. Phillips

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Copyright And Feminism In Digital Media, Dan L. Burk Jan 2006

Copyright And Feminism In Digital Media, Dan L. Burk

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Fair Use And The Fairer Sex: Gender, Feminism, And Copyright Law, Ann Bartow Jan 2006

Fair Use And The Fairer Sex: Gender, Feminism, And Copyright Law, Ann Bartow

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Feminist Interpretations Of Intellectual Property, Debora Halbert Jan 2006

Feminist Interpretations Of Intellectual Property, Debora Halbert

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence In The Haitian Culture And The American Legal Response: Fanm Ayisyen Ki Gen Kouraj, Mary Clark Jan 2006

Domestic Violence In The Haitian Culture And The American Legal Response: Fanm Ayisyen Ki Gen Kouraj, Mary Clark

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Feminist Legal Theory, Martha Albertson Fineman Jan 2005

Symposium: Feminist Legal Theory, Martha Albertson Fineman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: A Broader Vision Of The Reproductive Rights Movement: Fusing Mainstream And Latina Feminism, Angela Hooton Jan 2005

Symposium: A Broader Vision Of The Reproductive Rights Movement: Fusing Mainstream And Latina Feminism, Angela Hooton

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Latinas In Legal Education - Through The Doors Of Opportunity: Assimilation, Marginalization, Cooptation Or Transformation?, Antoinette Sedillo Lopez Jan 2005

Symposium: Latinas In Legal Education - Through The Doors Of Opportunity: Assimilation, Marginalization, Cooptation Or Transformation?, Antoinette Sedillo Lopez

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: An Experiment In Integrating Critical Theory And Clinical Education, Margaret E. Johnson Jan 2005

Symposium: An Experiment In Integrating Critical Theory And Clinical Education, Margaret E. Johnson

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Feminist Theory And The Erosion Of Women's Reproductive Rights: The Implications Of Fetal Personhood Laws And In Vitro Fertilization, Lisa Mclennan Brown Jan 2005

Symposium: Feminist Theory And The Erosion Of Women's Reproductive Rights: The Implications Of Fetal Personhood Laws And In Vitro Fertilization, Lisa Mclennan Brown

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: "Every Shut Eye, Ain't Sleep": Exploring The Impact Of Crack Cocaine Sentencing And The Illusion Of Reproductive Rights For Black Women From A Critical Race Feminist Perspective , Deleso Alford Washington Jan 2005

Symposium: "Every Shut Eye, Ain't Sleep": Exploring The Impact Of Crack Cocaine Sentencing And The Illusion Of Reproductive Rights For Black Women From A Critical Race Feminist Perspective , Deleso Alford Washington

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Toward A Feminist Revision Of Torts, Jennifer B. Wriggins Jan 2005

Symposium: Toward A Feminist Revision Of Torts, Jennifer B. Wriggins

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Introduction To A Symposium Celebrating The Twentieth Anniversary Of The Feminism And Legal Theory Project, Pamela Bridgewater Jan 2005

Symposium: Introduction To A Symposium Celebrating The Twentieth Anniversary Of The Feminism And Legal Theory Project, Pamela Bridgewater

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Symposium: Institutions And The Development Of Legal Theory: The Significance Of The Feminism And Legal Theory Project, Ann Shalleck Jan 2005

Symposium: Institutions And The Development Of Legal Theory: The Significance Of The Feminism And Legal Theory Project, Ann Shalleck

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams Jan 2000

Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Cracking The Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, And Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman Jan 2000

Cracking The Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, And Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Cracking The Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, And Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman Jan 2000

Cracking The Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, And Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams Jan 2000

Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Cracking Foundations As Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett Jan 2000

Cracking Foundations As Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Cracking Foundations As Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett Jan 2000

Cracking Foundations As Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


A Clash Of The Titans: Judicial Deference To Arbitration And The Public Policy Exception In The Context Of Sexual Harassment, Stephen Buehrer Jan 1998

A Clash Of The Titans: Judicial Deference To Arbitration And The Public Policy Exception In The Context Of Sexual Harassment, Stephen Buehrer

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Redistributive Justice Cultural Feminism , William J. Turnier, Pamela Johnston Conover, David Lowerr Jun 1996

Redistributive Justice Cultural Feminism , William J. Turnier, Pamela Johnston Conover, David Lowerr

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Moral Reasoning And The Quest For Legitimacy, Michael D. Daneker Jan 1993

Moral Reasoning And The Quest For Legitimacy, Michael D. Daneker

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.