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2011

Feminism

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Which Wave Are You? Comments On The Collected Essays From The Seminar “To Do Feminist Legal Theory”, Deborah W. Post Apr 2011

Which Wave Are You? Comments On The Collected Essays From The Seminar “To Do Feminist Legal Theory”, Deborah W. Post

Deborah W. Post

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The Feminist Pervasion: How Gender-Based Scholarship Informs Law And Law Teaching, Deseriee Kennedy, Ann Bartow, F. Carolyn Graglia, Joan Hemingway Apr 2011

The Feminist Pervasion: How Gender-Based Scholarship Informs Law And Law Teaching, Deseriee Kennedy, Ann Bartow, F. Carolyn Graglia, Joan Hemingway

Deseriee A. Kennedy

This is an edited, annotated transcript of a conference panel discussion on feminism, sex, and gender in law, legal education, and legal scholarship. The transcript reflects widely divergent views of the place of feminism, sex, and gender in the law and legal scholarship. Moreover, the panelists differ as to the role feminism has played in the lives of women as law students and practicing attorneys. In the latter part of the transcript, the panelists' remarks focus in on hotly debated issues surrounding possible gender (or sex) and racial bias in LSAT testing and the innate abilities of women and men …

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Transversal Feminism And Transcendence, Deseriee A. Kennedy Apr 2011

Transversal Feminism And Transcendence, Deseriee A. Kennedy

Deseriee A. Kennedy

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Chivalry Is Not Dead: Murder, Gender, And The Death Penalty, Steven Shatz, Naomi Shatz Feb 2011

Chivalry Is Not Dead: Murder, Gender, And The Death Penalty, Steven Shatz, Naomi Shatz

Steven F. Shatz

ABSTRACT Chivalry—that set of values and code of conduct for the medieval knightly class—has long influenced American law, from Supreme Court decisions to substantive criminal law doctrines and the administration of criminal justice. The chivalrous knight was enjoined to seek honor and defend it through violence and, in a society which enforced strict gender roles, to show gallantry toward “ladies” of the same class, except for the women of the knight’s own household, over whom he exercised complete authority. This article explores, for the first time, whether these chivalric values might explain sentencing outcomes in capital cases. The data for …

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Food Sovereignty Is A Gendered Issue, Margaret Ellinger-Locke Jan 2011

Food Sovereignty Is A Gendered Issue, Margaret Ellinger-Locke

Margaret Ellinger-Locke

“Food sovereignty is about ending violence against women.” This slogan of La Vía Campesina’s, an international movement of peasant farmers, offers a perspective on the power dynamics of the food system from farm to fork. Transforming power imbalances is the work of food sovereignty, or democratic control over the food system, and this article offers a way forward for policy makers, regulators, and eaters everywhere.

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Feminism, Power, And Sex Work In The Context Of Hiv/Aids: Consequences For Women's Health, Aziza Ahmed Dec 2010

Feminism, Power, And Sex Work In The Context Of Hiv/Aids: Consequences For Women's Health, Aziza Ahmed

Aziza Ahmed

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