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Title Vii Quid Pro Quo And Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Claims: Changing The Legal Framework Courts Use To Determine Whether Challenged Conduct Is Unwelcome, Elsie Mata Jun 2001

Title Vii Quid Pro Quo And Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Claims: Changing The Legal Framework Courts Use To Determine Whether Challenged Conduct Is Unwelcome, Elsie Mata

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

In examining the nature of sexual harassment claims, the author challenges the use of the "unwelcomeness" element to distinguish actionable conduct from nonactionable conduct. The author contends that the "unwelcomeness" element demeans women in two ways: (1) it assumes the male perspective and presumes that the plaintiff appreciated the challenged conduct unless she proves otherwise; and (2) it allows the defense to engage in intrusive, irrelevant, and damaging inquiries as it attempts to refute the plaintiff's allegation that the challenged conduct was unwelcome.

The author argues for three reforms. First, courts should shift the burden of proving that the challenged …


State Gladiators Go High Tech With Records--Will The Feds Follow?, Daniel R. Murray, Timothy J. Chorvat Jan 2001

State Gladiators Go High Tech With Records--Will The Feds Follow?, Daniel R. Murray, Timothy J. Chorvat

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction, Background, And Overview, C. Arlen Beam Jan 2001

Introduction, Background, And Overview, C. Arlen Beam

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Uniform Rules Of Evidence (1999), C. Arlen Beam, Leo H. Whinery Jan 2001

Uniform Rules Of Evidence (1999), C. Arlen Beam, Leo H. Whinery

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Procedural Rules Governing The Admissibility Of Evidence, Reagan Wm. Simpson, Warren S. Huang Jan 2001

Procedural Rules Governing The Admissibility Of Evidence, Reagan Wm. Simpson, Warren S. Huang

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Expert Testimony To Accommodate The Frye, Daubert, And Kumho Tire Standards Of Admissibility, Rhoda B. Billings Jan 2001

Expert Testimony To Accommodate The Frye, Daubert, And Kumho Tire Standards Of Admissibility, Rhoda B. Billings

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Finding The Proper Balance In Hearsay Policy: The Uniform Rules Attempt To Stem The Hearsay Tide In Criminal Cases Without Prohibiting All Nontraditional Hearsay, Myrna S. Raeder Jan 2001

Finding The Proper Balance In Hearsay Policy: The Uniform Rules Attempt To Stem The Hearsay Tide In Criminal Cases Without Prohibiting All Nontraditional Hearsay, Myrna S. Raeder

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Presumptions And Their Effect, Leo H. Whinery Jan 2001

Presumptions And Their Effect, Leo H. Whinery

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Mental Health Provider Privilege In The Wake Of Jaffe V. Redmond, Robert H. Aronson Jan 2001

The Mental Health Provider Privilege In The Wake Of Jaffe V. Redmond, Robert H. Aronson

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.