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Justice Brennan's Gender Jurisprudence, Rebecca Korzec
Justice Brennan's Gender Jurisprudence, Rebecca Korzec
All Faculty Scholarship
During his thirty-four year tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice William Joseph Brennan, Jr. demonstrated unparalleled sensitivity to the protection of individual rights. Justice Brennan's landmark opinions included Baker v. Carr, Goldberg v. Kelly, and New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. before Brennan, Supreme Court jurisprudence exalted judicial passivity by employing techniques for avoiding constitutional issues, such as abstention, comity, exhaustion of remedies and the political question doctrine.
Against this background, Brennan became an active judicial voice in a series of innovative landmark cases, including decisions requiring federal officials to pay damages for violation of citizens' constitutional rights; authorizing federal …
Great Expectations: Women In The Legal Profession: A Commentary On State Studies, Ann J. Gellis
Great Expectations: Women In The Legal Profession: A Commentary On State Studies, Ann J. Gellis
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Gender Discrimination In The Common Law Of Domicile And The Application Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Annalise Acorn
Gender Discrimination In The Common Law Of Domicile And The Application Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Annalise Acorn
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
A married woman must take her husband's domicile at common law. This rule exists in five of Canada's provinces. It is argued that the rule violates the right to equality. It is further argued that, notwithstanding the Supreme Court's decision in Dolphin Delivery, the Charter must apply to common law rules governing the relationship between husband and wife. Such rules impose a status on the parties. Therefore, a commitment to respect for the autonomous choice of individuals does not support the conclusion that the rules should be beyond constitutional review.
Obscuring The Importance Of Race: The Implication Of Making Comparisons Between Racism And Sexism (Or Other-Isms), Trina Grillo, Stephanie M. Wildman
Obscuring The Importance Of Race: The Implication Of Making Comparisons Between Racism And Sexism (Or Other-Isms), Trina Grillo, Stephanie M. Wildman
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Dissolving The Sameness/Difference Debate: A Post-Modern Path Beyond Essentialism In Feminist And Critical Race Theory, Joan C. Williams
Dissolving The Sameness/Difference Debate: A Post-Modern Path Beyond Essentialism In Feminist And Critical Race Theory, Joan C. Williams
Duke Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Feminizing Unions: Challenging The Gendered Structure Of Wage Labor, Marion Crain
Feminizing Unions: Challenging The Gendered Structure Of Wage Labor, Marion Crain
Michigan Law Review
In this article, I argue that labor unions can be an effective, central tool in a feminist agenda targeting the gendered structure of wage labor. Collective action is the most powerful and expedient route to female empowerment; further, it is the only feasible means of transforming our deeply gendered market and family structure. Others have laid the groundwork by showing how existing individual-model challenges have been unable to accomplish such broad-based reform. I begin where they leave off.
Note, The Convention For The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women: Radical, Reasonable, Or Reactionary?, Sarah C. Zearfoss
Note, The Convention For The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women: Radical, Reasonable, Or Reactionary?, Sarah C. Zearfoss
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Note will explore the merits behind these positions and attempt a resolution. If the potential effect of the Convention can only be to freeze and enshrine sex equality law as it currently exists, one who is interested in achieving changes in the law for the purpose of benefiting women will not want to put her energy into lobbying for ratification. It is therefore important to get past political strategies and determine what promise the Convention might hold for women in the United States. If the United States were to ratify the Convention, what changes, if any, would result?
An Equal Right To Fight: An Analysis Of The Constitutionality Of Laws And Polices That Exclude Women From Combat In The United States Military, Kathy L. Snyder
An Equal Right To Fight: An Analysis Of The Constitutionality Of Laws And Polices That Exclude Women From Combat In The United States Military, Kathy L. Snyder
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Affirmative Action For Working Mothers: Does Guerra's Preferential Treatment Rationale Extend To Childrearing Leave Benefits?, Stephen Keyes
Affirmative Action For Working Mothers: Does Guerra's Preferential Treatment Rationale Extend To Childrearing Leave Benefits?, Stephen Keyes
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Gender Stereotypes And Discriminatory Behaviors Toward Female Attorneys: The North Carolina Case, Michael L. Vasu, Ellen Storey Vasu
Gender Stereotypes And Discriminatory Behaviors Toward Female Attorneys: The North Carolina Case, Michael L. Vasu, Ellen Storey Vasu
Campbell Law Review
This article presents the results generated from the North Carolina Survey of Attorneys. The focus of this article is on attorneys' perceptions of professional activity levels, career choices, and gender stereotypes, as well as observations of discriminatory behavior toward female attorneys in court or chambers as perceived and reported by the lawyers in our sample.