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Full-Text Articles in Law
Prisons Must Cease Re-Traumatizing Women: A Call For Gender-Responsive Programs That End The Cycle Of Abuse, Sally Abrahamson
Prisons Must Cease Re-Traumatizing Women: A Call For Gender-Responsive Programs That End The Cycle Of Abuse, Sally Abrahamson
Legal Writing Competition Winners
“They break us out there and then more in here. And they don't do anything to build us back up.” This is a quote from a woman serving thirty-one years for assault and crack-cocaine possession. Like many other incarcerated women, she has a history of being in domestically abusive relationships. Prison, she said, felt like an extension of feeling the same hopelessness she did before entering prison. Using drugs was a means to escape the reality of abuse and poverty. Her time in prison further disempowered her economically and socially, as she received no job-training and lost many of her …
Offspring And Bodies: Dependency And Vulnerability In The Constitutional Jurisprudence Of Reproductive Rights, Ann Shalleck
Offspring And Bodies: Dependency And Vulnerability In The Constitutional Jurisprudence Of Reproductive Rights, Ann Shalleck
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
In this article, the author responds to Sherry Colb’s argument in "To Whom Do We Refer When We Speak of Obligations to “Future Generations”? Reproductive Rights and the Intergenerational Community," (77 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 1582 (2009)). Colb offered a new way to consider reproductive rights by delineating two distinct and not always overlapping interests at stake in giving meaning to and shaping the contours of the rights implicated in reproductive decisions. Through differentiating interests in bodily integrity and offspring selection, Colb disentangled underlying justifications for legal advocacy and judicial decisions and offered an interpretive frame through which to consider …
The Women's Protocol To The African Charter And Sexual Violence In The Context Of Armed Conflict Or Other Mass Atrocity, Susana Sacouto, Katherine A. Cleary
The Women's Protocol To The African Charter And Sexual Violence In The Context Of Armed Conflict Or Other Mass Atrocity, Susana Sacouto, Katherine A. Cleary
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
No abstract provided.
Developments In The Prosecution Of Gender-Based Crimes - The Special Court For Sierra Leone Experience , Hon. Theresa Doherty
Developments In The Prosecution Of Gender-Based Crimes - The Special Court For Sierra Leone Experience , Hon. Theresa Doherty
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Cutt Ing Funds For Oral Contracept Ives: Violation Of Equal Protection Rights And The Disparate Impact On Women’S Healt Hcare, Rachel V. Rose
Cutt Ing Funds For Oral Contracept Ives: Violation Of Equal Protection Rights And The Disparate Impact On Women’S Healt Hcare, Rachel V. Rose
The Modern American
No abstract provided.
This Game Is Rigged: The Unequal Protection Of Our Mentall Y-Ill Incarcerated Women, Joanna E. Saul
This Game Is Rigged: The Unequal Protection Of Our Mentall Y-Ill Incarcerated Women, Joanna E. Saul
The Modern American
No abstract provided.
Girls Gone Wild And Rape Law: Revising The Contractual Concept Of Consent & (And) Ensuring An Unbiased Application Of Reasonable Doubt When The Victim Is Non-Traditional , Michele Alexander
Girls Gone Wild And Rape Law: Revising The Contractual Concept Of Consent & (And) Ensuring An Unbiased Application Of Reasonable Doubt When The Victim Is Non-Traditional , Michele Alexander
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Lessons From The Special Court For Sierra Leone On The Prosecution Of Gender-Based Crimes, Valerie Oosterveld
Lessons From The Special Court For Sierra Leone On The Prosecution Of Gender-Based Crimes, Valerie Oosterveld
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Obstacles On The Road To Gender Justice: The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda As Object Lesson , Beth Van Schaak
Obstacles On The Road To Gender Justice: The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda As Object Lesson , Beth Van Schaak
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Gender Strategy Is Not Luxury For International Courts Symposium: Prosecuting Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Before International/Ized Criminal Courts, Patricia Viseur Sellers
Gender Strategy Is Not Luxury For International Courts Symposium: Prosecuting Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Before International/Ized Criminal Courts, Patricia Viseur Sellers
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Investigation And Prosecution Of Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Before The International Criminal Court, Diane Lupig
Investigation And Prosecution Of Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Before The International Criminal Court, Diane Lupig
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Failure To Arrest: A Pilot Study Of Police Response To Domestic Violence In Rural Illinois , Sara R. Benson
Failure To Arrest: A Pilot Study Of Police Response To Domestic Violence In Rural Illinois , Sara R. Benson
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
The Substance Of Substantive Equality: Gender Equality And Turkey's Headscarf Debate, Rachel Rebouche
The Substance Of Substantive Equality: Gender Equality And Turkey's Headscarf Debate, Rachel Rebouche
American University International Law Review
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Legal Responses To Sexual Violence In Custody: State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Staff Sexual Abuse Of Individuals Under Custodial Supervision, Brenda V. Smith, Jaime M. Yarussi
Legal Responses To Sexual Violence In Custody: State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Staff Sexual Abuse Of Individuals Under Custodial Supervision, Brenda V. Smith, Jaime M. Yarussi
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This publication is part of a larger scholarly project and one in a series that aims to create a “legal toolkit” for addressing sexual violence in custody. This publication begins with a brief discussion of staff sexual misconduct, and then examines a variety of definitions of staff sexual misconduct as defined by federal law. Next, the publication explores, in detail, sexual misconduct as defined by state criminal laws in the United States, provides examples of current state criminal laws on staff sexual misconduct and discusses the legal implications of these statutes. Finally, this publication concludes by reviewing the policy issues …
Importance Of Effective Investigation Of Sexual Violence And Gender-Based Crimes At The International Criminal Court, Susana Sácouto, Katherine Cleary
Importance Of Effective Investigation Of Sexual Violence And Gender-Based Crimes At The International Criminal Court, Susana Sácouto, Katherine Cleary
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Calling A Spade A Spade: Maternal Mortality As A Human Rights Violation, Luisa Cabal, Morgan Stoffregen
Calling A Spade A Spade: Maternal Mortality As A Human Rights Violation, Luisa Cabal, Morgan Stoffregen
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Opuz V. Turkey: Europe's Landmark Judgment On Violence Against Women, Tarik Abdel-Monem
Opuz V. Turkey: Europe's Landmark Judgment On Violence Against Women, Tarik Abdel-Monem
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.