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Discrimination And Outrage: The Migration From Civil Rights To Tort Law, Martha Chamallas
Discrimination And Outrage: The Migration From Civil Rights To Tort Law, Martha Chamallas
William & Mary Law Review
It is not always appreciated that proven discrimination on the basis of race or sex may not amount to a tort and that even persistent racial or sexual harassment may not be enough to qualify for tort recovery. This Article explores the question of whether discriminatory and harassing conduct in the workplace is or should be considered outrageous conduct, actionable under the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress. In recent years, courts have taken radically different approaches to the issue, from holding that such claims are preempted to treating the infliction tort as a reinforcement of civil rights principles. …
"Fire Where There Is No Flame:" The Constitutionality Of Single-Sex Classrooms In The Commonwealth, Frances Elizabeth Burgin
"Fire Where There Is No Flame:" The Constitutionality Of Single-Sex Classrooms In The Commonwealth, Frances Elizabeth Burgin
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Legal Work And The Glass Cliff: Evidence That Women Are Preferentially Selected To Lead Problematic Cases, Julie S. Ashby, Michelle K. Ryan, S. Alexander Haslam
Legal Work And The Glass Cliff: Evidence That Women Are Preferentially Selected To Lead Problematic Cases, Julie S. Ashby, Michelle K. Ryan, S. Alexander Haslam
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Recent archival and experimental research by Ryan and Haslam has revealed the phenomenon of the glass cliff whereby women are more likely than men to be appointed to risky or precarious leadership positions in problematic organizational circumstances. This paper extends research on the glass cliff by examining the precariousness of the cases women are assigned in a legal context. An experimental study conducted with law students (N = 114) investigated the appointment of a candidate to lead a legal case that was defined as either low-risk or high-risk. Commensurate with patterns observed in other domains, results indicated that a male …
Yet Another Gender Study? A Critique Of The Harvard Study And A Proposal For Change, Morrison Torrey
Yet Another Gender Study? A Critique Of The Harvard Study And A Proposal For Change, Morrison Torrey
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.