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Advancing Equality In Domestic Violence Law Reform, Julie Goldscheid
Advancing Equality In Domestic Violence Law Reform, Julie Goldscheid
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Gender Difference In Perceiving Violence And Its Implication For The Vawa's Civil Rights Remedy, Renee L. Jarusinsky
Gender Difference In Perceiving Violence And Its Implication For The Vawa's Civil Rights Remedy, Renee L. Jarusinsky
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The enactment of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994 was viewed as "a potential vehicle of empowerment" for women, and was a long-awaited morve toward gender equality in the United States. By enacting the VAWA, Congress emphatically expressed a strong commitment to curb and attack the pervasiveness of sex-based violence. In practice, however, the civil rights remdy has fallen short. In the few VAWA cases brought under the civil rights remedy, the "crime of violence" requirement has been interpreted in such a narrow way that it strips the remedy of any effect. While there is confusion as to …
Integrating Gender Into Legal Education: Obstacles And Challenges, Leonor Vain
Integrating Gender Into Legal Education: Obstacles And Challenges, Leonor Vain
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Battered Spouses' Section 1983 Damage Actions Against The Unreponsive Police After Deshaney, James T.R. Jones
Battered Spouses' Section 1983 Damage Actions Against The Unreponsive Police After Deshaney, James T.R. Jones
West Virginia Law Review
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An Abused Child's Right To Life, Liberty, And Property In The Home: Constitutional Approval Of State Inaction, Michael J. Florio
An Abused Child's Right To Life, Liberty, And Property In The Home: Constitutional Approval Of State Inaction, Michael J. Florio
West Virginia Law Review
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