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Survey: Women And California Law, Alan Black, Katherine Hardy Sep 2010

Survey: Women And California Law, Alan Black, Katherine Hardy

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This survey of California law, a regular feature of the Women's Law Forum, summarizes recent California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal decisions of special importance to women. A brief analysis of the issues pertinent to women raised in each case is provided.


The Miller-Wohl Controversy: Equal Treatment, Positive Action And The Meaning Of Women's Equality, Linda J. Krieger, Patricia N. Cooney Sep 2010

The Miller-Wohl Controversy: Equal Treatment, Positive Action And The Meaning Of Women's Equality, Linda J. Krieger, Patricia N. Cooney

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This Article has been constructed in three sections. Part I will examine the legal issues raised by the Miller-Wohl case by contrasting the equal treatment approach of the Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment with the positive action or reasonable accommodation approach of the MMLA. Such an examination leads to two conclusions. The first is that the PDA's equal treatment approach is by itself inadequate to assure equal employment opportunity for women who, because of their role as child bearers, confront employment obstacles not faced by men. The second is that laws such as the MMLA, which recognize and take affirmative steps to …


Committee To Defend Reproductive Rights V. Myers: Medi-Cal Funding Of Abortion, Elizabeth Hendrickson Aug 2010

Committee To Defend Reproductive Rights V. Myers: Medi-Cal Funding Of Abortion, Elizabeth Hendrickson

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