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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Feminist Legal Theory, Feminist Lawmaking, And The Legal Profession, Cynthia Grant Bowman, Elizabeth M. Schneider
Feminist Legal Theory, Feminist Lawmaking, And The Legal Profession, Cynthia Grant Bowman, Elizabeth M. Schneider
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Sixties Shift To Formal Equality And The Courts: An Argument For Pragmatism And Politics, Mary Becker
The Sixties Shift To Formal Equality And The Courts: An Argument For Pragmatism And Politics, Mary Becker
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ahead Of Her Time: Helen Z.M. Rodgers And Cecil B. Weiner, Katharine W. Bowen
Ahead Of Her Time: Helen Z.M. Rodgers And Cecil B. Weiner, Katharine W. Bowen
Buffalo Women's Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Reforming The Bar: Women And The Arkansas Legal Profession, Frances Mitchell Ross
Reforming The Bar: Women And The Arkansas Legal Profession, Frances Mitchell Ross
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Feminization Of The Office Of Notary Public: From Femme Covert To Notaire Covert, 31 J. Marshall L. Rev. 703 (1998), Deborah M. Thaw
The Feminization Of The Office Of Notary Public: From Femme Covert To Notaire Covert, 31 J. Marshall L. Rev. 703 (1998), Deborah M. Thaw
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Founding Of The Washington College Of Law: The First Law School Established By Women For Women, Mary Clark
The Founding Of The Washington College Of Law: The First Law School Established By Women For Women, Mary Clark
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Sex And The Social Order: The Selective Enforcement Of Colonial American Adultery Laws In The English Context, Carolyn B. Ramsey
Sex And The Social Order: The Selective Enforcement Of Colonial American Adultery Laws In The English Context, Carolyn B. Ramsey
Publications
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Injured Women Before Common Law Courts, 1860-1930, Margo Schlanger
Injured Women Before Common Law Courts, 1860-1930, Margo Schlanger
Articles
How did early American tort law treat women? How were they expected to behave, and how were others expected to behave towards them? What gender differences mattered, and how did courts deal with those differences? These are the issues this Article explores. My aim is to illuminate the common law of torts and its relation to and with ideas about gender difference, by focusing on three sets of cases involving injured women, spanning the time between approximately 1860 and 1930. My conclusions run counter to two approaches scholars have frequently taken in analyzing gender and the common law of torts. …
Heteronormativity And The Federal Tax Code, Nancy J. Knauer
Heteronormativity And The Federal Tax Code, Nancy J. Knauer
Nancy J. Knauer
Proponents of same-sex marriage demand equal marriage rights as a matter of fundamental human dignity and as a means to gain certain legal benefits and protections. The ability to file joint federal income tax returns is invariably listed as one of the benefits associated with marriage. This outsider perspective contradicts the popular notion that the income tax is anti-marriage and offers a useful vantage point from which to analyze the marital provisions of the federal tax code, the treatment of the provisions in tax scholarship, and legislative proposals for "pro-family" tax reform. The joint filing provisions are just one example …