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Status Of Women Meeting Summary, Richard Swenson May 1973

Status Of Women Meeting Summary, Richard Swenson

ADVANCE Library Collection

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Equal Protection For Juveniles: The Present Status Of Sex-Based Discrimination In Juvenile Court Laws, Samuel M. Davis, Susan C. Chaires Apr 1973

Equal Protection For Juveniles: The Present Status Of Sex-Based Discrimination In Juvenile Court Laws, Samuel M. Davis, Susan C. Chaires

Scholarly Works

The authors of this Article are concerned with sex-based discrimination in juvenile court laws. They first analyze those state laws that are sexually discriminatory and then explore the possibility of attacking these laws under the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. Finally, the potential impact of the Equal Rights Amendment upon these laws is discussed.


Usu Status Of Women News, Volumen I, Issue 3 Jan 1973

Usu Status Of Women News, Volumen I, Issue 3

ADVANCE Library Collection

No abstract provided.


Usu Status Of Women News, Volume I, Issue 1 Jan 1973

Usu Status Of Women News, Volume I, Issue 1

ADVANCE Library Collection

No abstract provided.


Usu Status Of Women News, Volume I, Issue 2 Jan 1973

Usu Status Of Women News, Volume I, Issue 2

ADVANCE Library Collection

No abstract provided.


A Married Woman's Surname: Is Custom Law?, Julia C. Lamber Jan 1973

A Married Woman's Surname: Is Custom Law?, Julia C. Lamber

Articles by Maurer Faculty

A general awakening of concern for the rights of women has occurred in recent years, and with it the particular problems of married women have been analyzed against a background of centuries of legal and social assumptions. With the impetus of employment discrimination legislation, the proposed equal rights amendment, and litigation raising sex discrimination issues, it is not surprising that many women are actively seeking to retain their pre-marriage names. This movement compels us to re-examine the custom that a woman must assume her husband's surname upon marriage. That such a phenomenon is custom and not law deserves our attention …


Overruling Roe V. Wade: An Analysis Of The Proposed Constitutional Amendments, Charles E. Rice Jan 1973

Overruling Roe V. Wade: An Analysis Of The Proposed Constitutional Amendments, Charles E. Rice

Journal Articles

It is not my purpose here to criticize the abortion decisions in detail. Professor Robert M. Byrn has exposed the many specific errors and evasions found in the majority opinions in those cases. As Professor Byrn demonstrates, the Supreme Court's opinions in Wade and Bolton are an intellectual shambles. I will not try to cover the same detailed ground that Professor Byrn did. Rather, after examining the medical evidence which establishes that the unborn child is a human being from the moment of conception, this article will evaluate the propriety of excluding this class of human beings from the protections …