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State Court Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Past, The Perils, And The Promise, Dawn E. Johnsen Jan 2015

State Court Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Past, The Perils, And The Promise, Dawn E. Johnsen

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Policing Sex: The Colonial, Apartheid, And New Democracy Policing Of Sex Work In South Africa, India Thusi Jan 2015

Policing Sex: The Colonial, Apartheid, And New Democracy Policing Of Sex Work In South Africa, India Thusi

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In Part I of this Article, I discuss the perception that sex work was a “necessary evil” under the Dutch East India Company. In Part II, I discuss British colonial rule and the influence of the Victorian era on the policing of sex work. In Part III, I discuss the Union of South Africa and the mass hysteria following the rise of the “black peril.” Part IV discusses the apartheid era and the impact of the Immorality Act on the policing of sex workers. Part V focuses on the new democratic era and the introduction of the human rights framework. …


The Seductive Power Of Patriarchal Stories, Aviva A. Orenstein Jan 2015

The Seductive Power Of Patriarchal Stories, Aviva A. Orenstein

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This essay develops a theme introduced in Rape and Culture of the Courtroom written by Andrew Taslitz. It examines the cases in which judges allow evidence of the victim’s sexual history and proclivities because, in their estimation, excluding such evidence would violate the constitution (an exception to rape shield in Fed. R. Evid 412). The review of these cases demonstrates the persistent power of patriarchal stories and documents how the constitutional exception sometimes indicates a resistance to the entire enterprise of rape shield. In particular, it focus on Gagne v. Booker, an en banc decision from the Sixth Circuit, …


Respecting Intent And Dispelling Stereotypes By Reducing Unintended Pregnancy, Dawn E. Johnsen Jan 2015

Respecting Intent And Dispelling Stereotypes By Reducing Unintended Pregnancy, Dawn E. Johnsen

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