Disgust And The Problematic Politics Of Similarity,
2011
Roger Williams University School of Law
Disgust And The Problematic Politics Of Similarity, Courtney Megan Cahill
Michigan Law Review
Martha Nussbaum's latest book, From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation & Constitutional Law, could not have come at a more opportune time in the history of gay rights in the United States. All signs point to progress toward "humanity," from same-sex couples' successful bids for marriage equality in a handful of states to the public's increasing acceptance of the prospect of gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. Even if recent cognitive science research indicates that same-sex relationships provoke more than a little disgust in some people, landmark marriage-equality victories in a few states suggest that the law is …
Home Is Where The Crime Is,
2011
Hofstra University School of Law
Home Is Where The Crime Is, I. Bennett Capers
Michigan Law Review
Think of home. Go on. Maybe not your parents' home, which for this reviewer would be enough to induce heavy breathing and general anxiety. Rather, think about the concept of home. Think about the idea of home. Think about Home with a capital letter. Think of home as in The Wizard of Oz and Dorothy's famous "There's no place like home." Think "home sweet home." Or "home is where the heart is." Go on. Of course, there may be other associations that come to mind when one thinks of home. There's security. Safety. Control. Home rule. After all, in the …
Judicial Activism: A New Form Of Bias?,
2011
Texas A&M University School of Law
Judicial Activism: A New Form Of Bias?, Lynne Rambo
Lynne H. Rambo
No abstract provided.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton And The Notion Of A Legal Class Of Gender,
2011
1877
Elizabeth Cady Stanton And The Notion Of A Legal Class Of Gender, Tracy A. Thomas
Akron Law Faculty Publications
In the mid-nineteenth century, Elizabeth Cady Stanton used narratives of women and their involvement with the law of domestic relations to collectivize women. This recognition of a gender class was the first step towards women’s transformation of the law. Stanton’s stories of working-class women, immigrants, Mormon polygamist wives, and privileged white women revealed common realities among women in an effort to form a collective conscious. The parable-like stories were designed to inspire a collective consciousness among women, one capable of arousing them to social and political action. For to Stanton’s consternation, women showed a lack of appreciation of their own …
Law, History, And Feminism,
2011
1877
Law, History, And Feminism, Tracy A. Thomas
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This is the introduction to the book, Feminist Legal History. This edited collection offers new visions of American legal history that reveal women’s engagement with the law over the past two centuries. It integrates the stories of women into the dominant history of the law in what has been called “engendering legal history,” (Batlan 2005) and then seeks to reconstruct the assumed contours of history. The introduction provides the context necessary to appreciate the diverse essays in the book. It starts with an overview of the existing state of women’s legal history, tracing the core events over the past two …
Un Women: Keeping The Gender Equality Flag Flying,
2011
Columbia University
Un Women: Keeping The Gender Equality Flag Flying, Ufuoma Barbara Akpotaire
Ufuoma Barbara Akpotaire
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about my dinner with Marie Wilson and about the role of women in International Economic Development. In keeping with that theme, I was excited to read about the launch of U.N. Women on Thursday last week.
What is U.N. Women you might ask, and why do we need another agency pushing for gender equality? It is pretty simple actually. What U.N. Women does is that it combines four pre-existing U.N. agencies into one task force, i.e. the U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the Office …
Law, History, And Feminism,
2011
1877
Law, History, And Feminism, Tracy A. Thomas
Tracy A. Thomas
This is the introduction to the book, Feminist Legal History. This edited collection offers new visions of American legal history that reveal women’s engagement with the law over the past two centuries. It integrates the stories of women into the dominant history of the law in what has been called “engendering legal history,” (Batlan 2005) and then seeks to reconstruct the assumed contours of history. The introduction provides the context necessary to appreciate the diverse essays in the book. It starts with an overview of the existing state of women’s legal history, tracing the core events over the past two …
Elizabeth Cady Stanton And The Notion Of A Legal Class Of Gender,
2011
1877
Elizabeth Cady Stanton And The Notion Of A Legal Class Of Gender, Tracy A. Thomas
Tracy A. Thomas
In the mid-nineteenth century, Elizabeth Cady Stanton used narratives of women and their involvement with the law of domestic relations to collectivize women. This recognition of a gender class was the first step towards women’s transformation of the law. Stanton’s stories of working-class women, immigrants, Mormon polygamist wives, and privileged white women revealed common realities among women in an effort to form a collective conscious. The parable-like stories were designed to inspire a collective consciousness among women, one capable of arousing them to social and political action. For to Stanton’s consternation, women showed a lack of appreciation of their own …
Hiv And Women: Incongruent Policies, Criminal Consequences,
2011
Northeastern University
Hiv And Women: Incongruent Policies, Criminal Consequences, Aziza Ahmed
Aziza Ahmed
The new agency UN WOMEN must play an active role in the standardization of laws and policies at the global and national level where their incongruence has negative and often criminal consequences for the health and lives of women and girls. This article focuses in on three such examples: opt-out testing for HIV, criminalization of vertical transmission, and the new World Health Organization guidelines on breastfeeding.
Women And Jurisprudence,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Women And Jurisprudence, Ma. Elodia Robles Sotomayor
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Language And The Law,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Language And The Law, Yadira Calvo
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Is Law And Art Or A Science?: Comments On Objectivity, Feminism, And Power,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Is Law And Art Or A Science?: Comments On Objectivity, Feminism, And Power, Joan Williams
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Gender And The Law: Mexican Legislation On Domestic Violence,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Gender And The Law: Mexican Legislation On Domestic Violence, Marta Torres Falcon
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Women's Human Rights In The Framework Of Argentine Domestic Law: Treatment Since The Return To Democracy,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Women's Human Rights In The Framework Of Argentine Domestic Law: Treatment Since The Return To Democracy, Maria Teresa Flores
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Comment On The Paper By Gladys Acosta,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Comment On The Paper By Gladys Acosta, Martin D. Farrell
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Conceptualizing The Law From A Gender Perspective: Conceptions Regarding Victim And Accused,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Conceptualizing The Law From A Gender Perspective: Conceptions Regarding Victim And Accused, Gladys Acosta Vargas
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Gender And Law: The Social Science Perspective,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Gender And Law: The Social Science Perspective, Mireya Suarez
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Why Does The Method Matter?,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Why Does The Method Matter?, Lorena Fries, Veronica Matus
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Parental Rights And The Best Interests Of The Child: Implications Of The Adoption And Safe Families Act Of 1997 On Domestic Violence Victims' Rights,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Parental Rights And The Best Interests Of The Child: Implications Of The Adoption And Safe Families Act Of 1997 On Domestic Violence Victims' Rights, Rachel Venier
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Bursting The Foundational Myths Of Reproductive Labor Under Capitalism: A Call For Brave New Families Or Brave New Villages? ,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Bursting The Foundational Myths Of Reproductive Labor Under Capitalism: A Call For Brave New Families Or Brave New Villages? , Mary Romero
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
