From Sex For Please To Sex For Parenthood: How The Law Manufactures Mothers, 2012 University of Nebraska College of Law
From Sex For Please To Sex For Parenthood: How The Law Manufactures Mothers, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid
Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid
As soon as sperm enter a woman, so do law and politics, or so the decades-long disputes surrounding abortion suggest. Now, however, renewed debates surrounding contraceptives show legal and political interference with women’s sexual and reproductive autonomy may actually precede the sperm. This Article argues that, increasingly, women even thinking about having sex are defined socially and legally as “mothers.” Via this broad definition of who is a “mother," the State extends its reach into women’s decision-making throughout their reproductive lifetime. This Article argues that the State simultaneously devalues women’s choices to have sex for pleasure, which this Article calls …
Dirty Harry Meets Dirty Diapers: Masculinities, At-Home Fathers & Making The Law Work For Families, 2012 University of Nebraska College of Law
Dirty Harry Meets Dirty Diapers: Masculinities, At-Home Fathers & Making The Law Work For Families, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid
Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid
Who is the “man”? Implicit in that question is whether the man at issue demonstrates traits traditionally associated with masculinity: traits such as power, rejecting all things associated with being female, aggression, and being the family breadwinner. If a man, then, abandons paid work and stays at home full-time with his children, is he still a “man” as typically defined? The answer to this question bears both on whether families are truly evolving away from the gendered construct that places men as family breadwinners and women as caregivers and whether work-family balance law meets the needs of these—and all—families. This …
When Socrates Meets Confucius: Teaching Creative And Critical Thinking Across Cultures Through Multilevel Socratic Method, 2012 Florida State University College of Law
When Socrates Meets Confucius: Teaching Creative And Critical Thinking Across Cultures Through Multilevel Socratic Method, Erin Ryan
Erin Ryan
Popular Legal Journalism In The Writings Of Maria Vérone, 2012 DePaul University
Popular Legal Journalism In The Writings Of Maria Vérone, Sara L. Kimble
Sara L Kimble
No abstract provided.
Spirit Injury And Feminism: Expanding The Discussion, 2012 University of Central Florida
Spirit Injury And Feminism: Expanding The Discussion, Nick J. Sciullo
Nick J. Sciullo
To discuss spirit injury, it is at first necessary to articulate a space in the theoretical diaspora to conceptualize spirit injury as a concept deeply tied to the historical tradition of several theoretical frameworks. “Spirit injury” is a phrase popularized by critical race feminist Adrien Katherine Wing. It is a term utilized in critical race feminism (CRF) that brings together insights from critical legal studies (CLS) and critical race theory (CRT). Wing’s training is as a lawyer and legal scholar, not as a communication scholar, yet her work may help communication scholars more keenly theorize harm and violence. Her scholarship …
Introduction: Presumed Incompetent: Continuing The Conversation (Part Ii), 2012 Seattle University
Introduction: Presumed Incompetent: Continuing The Conversation (Part Ii), Carmen G. Gonzalez, Angela P. Harris
Carmen G. Gonzalez
On March 8, 2013, the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice hosted an all-day symposium featuring more than forty speakers at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law to celebrate and invite responses to the book entitled, Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia (Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González & Angela P. Harris eds., 2012). Presumed Incompetent presents gripping first-hand accounts of the obstacles encountered by female faculty of color in the academic workplace, and provides specific recommendations to women of color, allies, and academic leaders on ways …
India's Archaic Turn On Equality, 2012 City University of Hong Kong
Law Reform On Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes In Mass Violence, 2012 National Law School of India University
Law Reform On Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes In Mass Violence, Saumya Uma
Dr. Saumya Uma
Inequality's Frontiers, 2012 Berkeley Law
Perspectives On Crimes Of Sexual Violence In International Law.Pdf, 2012 American University Washington College of Law
Perspectives On Crimes Of Sexual Violence In International Law.Pdf, Susana L. Sacouto
Susana L. SáCouto
Los Derechos Reproductivos En La Jurisprudencia De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos: Apuntes Sobre La Sentencia En El Caso Artavia Murillo Y Otros Contra Costa Rica., 2012 Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
Los Derechos Reproductivos En La Jurisprudencia De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos: Apuntes Sobre La Sentencia En El Caso Artavia Murillo Y Otros Contra Costa Rica., Beatriz Ramirez
Beatriz Ramirez
Why Eu Work-Family Reconciliation Policies Fail In Italy: A Feminist Legal Analysis, 2012 University of San Francisco
Why Eu Work-Family Reconciliation Policies Fail In Italy: A Feminist Legal Analysis, Chrystal Orozco
Master's Theses
Following the establishment of the European Parental Leave Directive (96/34/EC), the female employment rate in Italy is still ranked the third lowest in the European Union (EU) and Italian women continue to do twice as much household work as Italian men. Parents, especially women, struggle to find a balance between professional work and their family lives in a society that encourages the traditional gendered roles of the housewife and the breadwinner. The following study is a theoretical analysis of the Parental Leave Directive and the potential domestic influences that may prevent Italy from progressing socially towards gender equality. This study …
Restricting The Rights Of Poor Mothers: An International Human Rights Critique Of "Workfare", 2012 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Restricting The Rights Of Poor Mothers: An International Human Rights Critique Of "Workfare", Shruti Rana
Shruti Rana
In every society, the work that women do is undervalued and unrecognized. Political and social tensions behind conceptions of work, motherhood, and equality can ignite movements that threaten the human rights of women. One such movement is underway in the United States where recent “Workfare” provisions specifically target and punish the most vulnerable members of society under the guise of reform and morality. This critique of Workfare aims to demonstrate some of the dynamism and power of a human rights framework, and to lay the groundwork for effective action to improve the plight of the single mothers who rely on …
Statement By The Provost, 2012 Selected Works
Vawa @ 20: Building The Knowledge Base: Research Funding Through Vawa, 2012 University of Kentucky
Vawa @ 20: Building The Knowledge Base: Research Funding Through Vawa, Claire M. Renzetti, Rebecca M. Campbell, Allison Adair
City University of New York Law Review
No abstract provided.
Remembering Mary Dunlap As A Student, 2012 Berkeley Law
Remembering Mary Dunlap As A Student, Herma Hill Kay
Herma Hill Kay
Recounts the experience of having Mary C. Dunlap as a student at the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California in Berkeley. Introduction by Dunlap and fellow students, Nancy Davis and Wendy Webster Williams of a course on Women and the Law into the Boalt Hall curriculum; Establishment of the Davis, Dunlap and Williams women' rights law firm, which was later reorganized as the public interest women's rights firm of Equal Rights Advocates, Inc.; Admittance of Dunlap of being involved in a lesbian relationship; Reason given by Dunlap for studying law.
The Future Of Women Law Professors, 2012 Berkeley Law
The Future Of Women Law Professors, Herma Hill Kay
Herma Hill Kay
No abstract provided.
Women Law School Deans: A Different Breed, Or Just One Of The Boys, 2012 Berkeley Law
Women Law School Deans: A Different Breed, Or Just One Of The Boys, Herma Hill Kay
Herma Hill Kay
No abstract provided.
Workshop On Judging: Does Gender Make A Difference, 2012 Berkeley Law
Workshop On Judging: Does Gender Make A Difference, Herma Hill Kay, Geraldine Sparrow
Herma Hill Kay
No abstract provided.
The Case For Reforming The Program's Spouse Benefits While "Saving Social Security", 2012 Cornell Law School
The Case For Reforming The Program's Spouse Benefits While "Saving Social Security", Peter W. Martin
Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers
The Social Security Act currently provides secondary benefits to the wives or widows of covered workers who retire, become disabled, or die. To qualify, a woman must have been married to the worker for a short period and must be old (sixty-two, dropping to sixty in the case of a widow, fifty in the case of a disabled widow) or caring for children under sixteen. If a wife’s or widow’s primary retired-worker or disability benefits equal or exceed her secondary benefit entitlement, she receives only the primary benefits. However, if her secondary benefit amount is greater she receives both her …