Forgotten Sisters- A Report On Violence Against Women With Disabilities: An Overview Of Its Nature, Scope, Causes And Consequences,
2012
Women Enabled
Forgotten Sisters- A Report On Violence Against Women With Disabilities: An Overview Of Its Nature, Scope, Causes And Consequences, Stephanie Ortoleva, Hope Lewis
Hope Lewis
This report, prepared by scholars and human rights advocates who are members of the Working Group on Violence against Women with Disabilities, focuses on the prevalence and pervasiveness of violence against women and girls with disabilities. The Working Group recognizes the need to ensure that women and girls with disabilities are included as full participants in data-gathering, analysis, and proposed solutions as the mandates of Ms. Rashida Manjoo, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences, and Mr. Shuaib Chalklen, the Special Rapporteur on Disability, move forward. Additionally, the Working Group calls on international organizations, especially …
Davis V. Monroe County Board Of Education: Setting A Stringent Standard Of Fault For School Liability In Peer Sexual Harassment Under Title Ix-Demanding Responsible Proactive Protection,
2012
Pepperdine University
Davis V. Monroe County Board Of Education: Setting A Stringent Standard Of Fault For School Liability In Peer Sexual Harassment Under Title Ix-Demanding Responsible Proactive Protection, Lindsay Havern
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
An End To The Violence: Justifying Gender As A "Particular Social Group",
2012
Pepperdine University
An End To The Violence: Justifying Gender As A "Particular Social Group", Suzanne Sidun
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Rights Of Women, The African Charter, And The Economic Development Of Africa,
2012
Selected Works
The Rights Of Women, The African Charter, And The Economic Development Of Africa, Winston Langley
Winston E. Langley
No abstract provided.
Minority Over-Representation In The Criminal Justice System―The Impact On African American Women, Families And Their Communities And Important Emerging Interventions,
2012
American University Washington College of Law
Minority Over-Representation In The Criminal Justice System―The Impact On African American Women, Families And Their Communities And Important Emerging Interventions, Brenda V. Smith
Presentations
sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in partnership with Mental Health Systems, Inc.
Towards Determining Legal Parentage By Agreement In Israel,
2012
Netanya Academic College
Towards Determining Legal Parentage By Agreement In Israel, Yehezkel Margalit
Hezi Margalit
In Israel as in other parts of the world, families, parenthood, and relations between parents and children have changed dramatically over the past few decades. So, too, developments in modern medicine have enhanced the ability to separate sexuality from fertility and parenthood. Many researchers feel that the legal system has not kept pace with these changes, and that traditional models of familial relationships no longer provide adequate tools for dealing with them. In order to bridge the gap between a desired social status and current law, a growing number of parents seek to regulate the status, rights, and obligations of …
The Failure Of Gender Equality: An Essay In Constitutional Dissonance,
2012
Northeastern University School of Law
The Failure Of Gender Equality: An Essay In Constitutional Dissonance, Wendy E. Parmet, Judith Olans Brown, Phyllis Tropper Baumann
Wendy E. Parmet
Feminists agree that gender equality remains elusive; they disagree about why. A critical question is whether gender equality can be accomplished by treating men and women interchangeably. Stated another way, the debate has been between those who deny that women need "special treatment" in order to achieve equality, and those who argue that "real" equality demands that the legal system recognize the unique role which women play in society. Each side of this similar treatment/special treatment debate has assumed that the correct doctrinal formulation of equality will lead to some form of "true equality." This article will examine and critique …
Determining Legal Parenthood By Agreement As A Possible Solution To The Challenges Of The New Era,
2012
Netanya Academic College
Determining Legal Parenthood By Agreement As A Possible Solution To The Challenges Of The New Era, Yehezkel Margalit
Hezi Margalit
Over the past decades, we witnessed changes in the matrimonial and parenting institutions. Medical innovations have further created ethical-legal dilemmas. It is, therefore, essential to create a theory and framework that will determine ways to deal with the resulting dilemma in a fully developed manner. This paper surveys the current, conflicting shifts in family structure and the definition of legal parenthood. In it, I deal with the importance and various aspects of defining legal parenthood. I will also focus on the singularity of this dilemma as it is increasingly apparent in the various fertility treatments. I present the sociological-legal roots …
Women In Robes,
2012
Cornell Law School
Women In Robes, Sital Kalantry
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This article presents statistics on the number of women in the judiciary and argues for gender parity to further equality, enhance courts' legitimacy, and strengthen the rule of law.
Engaging With Tradition: Mechanisms, Strategies, And Tactics,
2012
Columbia Law School, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law
Engaging With Tradition: Mechanisms, Strategies, And Tactics, Michael Edwards
Center for Gender & Sexuality Law
The relationships between tradition and social justice are complex and contingent, conditioned by many factors including social context, individual attachments and mechanisms of transmission and re-enactment. These relationships may be positive, negative or neutral from the perspective of LGBT concerns, and they may be approached in a variety of different ways according to the goals and circumstances at hand. The Engaging Tradition Project aims to explore these patterns in order to establish when and why tradition forms a barrier to the achievement of gender and sexual justice, and to identify how tradition can be deployed in positive ways by activists …
The Violence Against Women Act, Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, And Indian Tribal Courts ,
2012
Brigham Young University Law School
The Violence Against Women Act, Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, And Indian Tribal Courts , Paul J. Larkin Jr., Joseph Lupino-Esposito
Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law
No abstract provided.
Abortion Access In The Global Marketplace,
2012
Northeastern University School of Law
Abortion Access In The Global Marketplace, Martha F. Davis
Martha F. Davis
In the United States, government funding of legal abortion for low-income women has been uniquely “de-linked” from the fundamental right to an abortion. While the underlying right to an abortion has been repeatedly reaffirmed, federal courts have been unreceptive to any imposition of an affirmative governmental obligation to fund the exercise of the right. In contrast, the human rights framework, increasingly adopted worldwide by other national and regional courts and legislatures, has supported expansion of government funding of legal abortion. The domestic U.S. treatment of abortion funding is illuminated by examining several recent transnational decisions—from Colombia, Mexico, and the European …
Gender And Securities Law In The Supreme Court,
2012
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Gender And Securities Law In The Supreme Court, Lyman Johnson, Michelle M. Harner, Jason A. Cantone
Michelle M. Harner
The 2010 appointment of Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court meant that, for the first time, three female justices would serve together on that court. Less clear is whether Justice Kagan’s gender will really matter in how she votes as a justice. This question is an especially visible aspect of a larger issue: do female judges display gendered voting patterns in the cases that come before them? This article makes a novel contribution to the growing literature on female voting patterns. We investigated whether female justices on the United States Supreme Court voted differently than, or otherwise influenced, …
Gender And Pregnancy Bias In The Workplace,
2012
University of Tennessee
Gender And Pregnancy Bias In The Workplace, Jaehee Jang
Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Naming The Judicial Terrorist: An Exposé Of An Abuser's Successful Use Of A Judicial Proceeding For Continued Domestic Violence,
2012
University of Central Florida
Naming The Judicial Terrorist: An Exposé Of An Abuser's Successful Use Of A Judicial Proceeding For Continued Domestic Violence, Donna King
Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Equal Opportunity To Harass, Unequal Burdens Of Proof: Affirming The Equal Opportunity Defense,
2012
North Carolina Central University
Equal Opportunity To Harass, Unequal Burdens Of Proof: Affirming The Equal Opportunity Defense, Todd J. Clark
Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice
No abstract provided.
The Mythogenesis Of Gender: Judicial Images Of Women In Paid And Unpaid Labor,
2012
Northeastern University School of Law
The Mythogenesis Of Gender: Judicial Images Of Women In Paid And Unpaid Labor, Judith Olans Brown, Phyllis Tropper Baumann, Lucy A. Williams
Lucy A. Williams
This is a paper about the power of certain, often reductive, mythologies (with both descriptive and normative aspects) in the development of legal doctrine relating to women receiving welfare and women in paid labor, and how in these contexts mythic thinking has contributed to gender oppression.
The Female-Firm Under-Performance Hypothesis And Gender Disparity In The Laws,
2012
Enterprise Analysis Unit, FPDEA, World Bank
The Female-Firm Under-Performance Hypothesis And Gender Disparity In The Laws, Mohammad Amin
Mohammad Amin
Using firm-level data on developing countries, the present paper explores and extends the well-known female-firm under-performance hypothesis. Using firm-size as the measure of performance, we contribute to the literature in three important ways. First, in contrast to existing studies that focus on the gender of the owner(s), we focus on the gender of the top manager of the firm. Hence, a new dimension of female vs. male-firms is suggested. Second, we argue that the gender-based difference in firm-size in favor of men need not be uniform across countries. Specifically, we argue that it is likely to be larger in countries …
A New Approach To Juvenile Justice: An Analysis Of The Constitutional And Statutory Issues Raised By Gender-Segregated Juvenile Courts,
2012
UC Irvine School of Law
A New Approach To Juvenile Justice: An Analysis Of The Constitutional And Statutory Issues Raised By Gender-Segregated Juvenile Courts, Katherine M. Harrison
UC Irvine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Sexual Liberty And Same-Sex Marriage: An Argument From Bisexuality,
2012
University of San Diego
Sexual Liberty And Same-Sex Marriage: An Argument From Bisexuality, Michael Boucai
San Diego Law Review
This article proposes that same-sex marriage bans channel individuals, particularly bisexuals, into heterosexual relationship and relationships, impermissibly burdening sexual liberty interests protected under Lawrence v. Texas. A claim from sexual liberty departs dramatically from the legal paradigms and advocacy strategies that currently dictate the terms of constitutional debate on this issue. This article proceeds in four parts. Part II develops the legal argument that same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional under Lawrence because they substantially burden the right to choose homosexual relations and relationships. Part III posits bisexuality, understood as dual-sex desire, as an illuminating perspective on the coerced heterosexuality of …
