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Essentially A Mother, Jennifer S. Hendricks

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

This article connects the constitutional jurisprudence of the family to debates over reproductive technology and surrogacy. Despite the outpouring of literature on reproductive technologies, courts and scholars have paid little attention to the constitutional foundation of parental rights. Focusing on the structural/political function of parental rights, this article argues that a gestational mother has a constitutional claim to be recognized as a legal parent.

The article first discusses the "unwed father cases." Despite believing that natural sex differences justified distinctions in parental rights, the Supreme Court crafted a test giving men parental rights if they established relationships with their biological …

Lovers' Contracts In The Courts: Forsaking The Minimum Decencies, Judith T. Younger

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

So You Think A Woman Can't Carry Out A Suicide Bombing? Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Gender Profiling: Legal Discrimination For National Security, Ashley Nicole Reynolds

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Loanstreet V. Troia, Southern District Of New York

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

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Fostering Civic Responsibility, Constitutional Rights Foundation

Civic Engagement

This issue features: Fostering Civic Responsibility Through Service Learning; Program Profiles; and CityWorks: A Curriculum Model for Teaching Local Government Through Research and Service Learning.

(2000) Discovering Our Voice: A Manual To Accompany 'Geraldo', Ann Margaret Sharp, Laurance J. Splitter

Collected Papers of Laurance J. Splitter

Geraldo is a story about what an immigrant undergoes when he leaves one culture and tries to 'join' another culture. An immigrant suffers a triple disruption: he loses his sense of place, he enters into an alien language, and he finds himself surrounded by beings whose social behavior, norms and traditions are very unlike, and sometimes even offensive to his own. The explanation of the leading ideas in this manual help students and teachers explore the philosophical themes in Geraldo. The discussion plans, exercises, and activities are designed to foster and cultivate the process of philosophical dialogue in the classroom. …

The Decline Of Interest In Mariology As A Theological Problem, Charles W. Neumann

Marian Studies

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Ciminal Law: Exlusionary Rule United States V. Williams, Joseph R. Dawson

Nova Law Review

Then "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule recently received explicit impetus from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Shall We Do Or Just Resolve?, North Dakota Law Review Associate Editors

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Generational Genocide: Coercive Population Control As A Basis For Asylum In The United States, Thomas L. Hunker

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.