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What Is A Community? Group Rights And The Constitution: The Special Case Of African Americans, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 2001

What Is A Community? Group Rights And The Constitution: The Special Case Of African Americans, Taunya Lovell Banks

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


No Freedom From Religion: The Marginalization Of Atheists In American Society, Politics, And Law, Jennifer Gresock Jan 2001

No Freedom From Religion: The Marginalization Of Atheists In American Society, Politics, And Law, Jennifer Gresock

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women In The Treatment Of Pain, Diane E. Hoffmann, Anita J. Tarzian Jan 2001

The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women In The Treatment Of Pain, Diane E. Hoffmann, Anita J. Tarzian

Faculty Scholarship

In general, women report more severe levels of pain, more frequent incidences of pain, and pain of longer duration than men, but are nonetheless treated for pain less aggressively. The authors investigate this paradox from two perspectives: Do men and women in fact experience pain differently - whether biologically, cognitively, and/or emotionally? And regardless of the answer, what accounts for the differences in the pain treatment they receive, and what can we do to correct this situation?


Colorism: A Darker Shade Of Pale, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 2000

Colorism: A Darker Shade Of Pale, Taunya Lovell Banks

Faculty Scholarship

In this article, Professor Banks argues that colorism, skin tone discrimination against dark-skinned but not light-skinned blacks, constitutes a form of race-based discrimination. Skin tone discrimination coexists with more traditional forms of race discrimination that impact all blacks without regard to skin tone and phenotype, yet courts seem unwilling to recognize this point. Professor Banks uses employment discrimination cases to illustrate some courts' willingness to acknowledge subtler forms of race-based discrimination, like skin tone discrimination, for white ethnic and Latina/o plaintiffs, but not for black plaintiffs. The inability of courts to fashion coherent approaches to colorism claims involving black claimants …


Bragdon V. Abbott, Asymptomatic Genetic Conditions, And Antidiscrimination Law: A Conservative Perspective , Roger Clegg Jan 2000

Bragdon V. Abbott, Asymptomatic Genetic Conditions, And Antidiscrimination Law: A Conservative Perspective , Roger Clegg

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Olmstead V. Zimring, Unnecessary Institutionalization Constitutes Discrimination Under The Americans With Disabilities Act, Shoshana Fishman Jan 2000

Olmstead V. Zimring, Unnecessary Institutionalization Constitutes Discrimination Under The Americans With Disabilities Act, Shoshana Fishman

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Cleveland V. Policy Management Systems Corporation: Triumph For The Working Disabled Or Hollow Procedural Device?, Sarah N. Otwell Jan 2000

Cleveland V. Policy Management Systems Corporation: Triumph For The Working Disabled Or Hollow Procedural Device?, Sarah N. Otwell

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


All The Difference In The World: Listening And Hearing The Voices Of Women, Phoebe A. Haddon Jan 1999

All The Difference In The World: Listening And Hearing The Voices Of Women, Phoebe A. Haddon

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Advances In Genetic Research And Technologies: Challenges For Public Policy, Karen H. Rothenberg Jan 1996

Advances In Genetic Research And Technologies: Challenges For Public Policy, Karen H. Rothenberg

Congressional Testimony

No abstract provided.


The Developing Law On Aids In The Workplace , Jana Howard Carey, Megan M. Arthur Jan 1987

The Developing Law On Aids In The Workplace , Jana Howard Carey, Megan M. Arthur

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Equal Protection And The Prosecutor's Charging Decision: Enforcing An Ideal, Donald G. Gifford Jan 1981

Equal Protection And The Prosecutor's Charging Decision: Enforcing An Ideal, Donald G. Gifford

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Illegitimacy And Veterans' Benefits Legislation, C. Christopher Brown Jan 1978

Illegitimacy And Veterans' Benefits Legislation, C. Christopher Brown

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Racial Statistics In Fair Housing Cases, David S. Bogen, Richard V. Falcon Jan 1974

The Use Of Racial Statistics In Fair Housing Cases, David S. Bogen, Richard V. Falcon

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Racial Discrimination In The Private Housing Sector: Five Years After Jan 1973

Racial Discrimination In The Private Housing Sector: Five Years After

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil Rights: Closing The Back Door To The Discriminating Private Club - Tillman V. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Ass'n Jan 1972

Civil Rights: Closing The Back Door To The Discriminating Private Club - Tillman V. Wheaton-Haven Recreation Ass'n

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


California's Proposition 14 And The "State Action" Concept - Reitman V. Mulkey Jan 1967

California's Proposition 14 And The "State Action" Concept - Reitman V. Mulkey

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.