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The Schemes Of Adventuresses: The Abolition And Revival Of Common-Law Marriage, Charlotte K. Goldberg

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

Common-law marriage is about to go the way of the buggy whip. In 2005, Pennsylvania abolished common-law marriage and other state legislatures are considering following Pennsylvania's lead. Even if common-law marriage is abolished in all states, the problem of unmarried cohabitants seeking property rights arising from their relationships will still challenge the courts. In particular, because most claimants are women, the perception of them as either an "adventuress" or a "virtuous wife" will often determine whether they will attain shared property rights.

This article uses the California experience as an illustration of the evolution of the law from the abolition …

Essentially A Mother, Jennifer S. Hendricks

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

This article connects the constitutional jurisprudence of the family to debates over reproductive technology and surrogacy. Despite the outpouring of literature on reproductive technologies, courts and scholars have paid little attention to the constitutional foundation of parental rights. Focusing on the structural/political function of parental rights, this article argues that a gestational mother has a constitutional claim to be recognized as a legal parent.

The article first discusses the "unwed father cases." Despite believing that natural sex differences justified distinctions in parental rights, the Supreme Court crafted a test giving men parental rights if they established relationships with their biological …

Lovers' Contracts In The Courts: Forsaking The Minimum Decencies, Judith T. Younger

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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So You Think A Woman Can't Carry Out A Suicide Bombing? Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Gender Profiling: Legal Discrimination For National Security, Ashley Nicole Reynolds

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Never In A Vacuum: Learning From The Thai Fight Against Hiv, Sean C. Clark

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Healthcare Law, Kathryn Dunnam Harden

Mercer Law Review

This Article serves as a review of significant healthcare developments in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit during this past survey period and builds upon Mercer Law Review's past two Healthcare Articles1 in Volumes 69 and 70. Specifically, this Article will cover cases and trends involving Healthcare Fraud.

1901, Soil Survey Of The Lower Salinas Valley California, Macy H. Lapham And W. H. Heleman

State and Federal Documents Relating to Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties

1901 report by Macy H. Lapham and W. H. Heilman on the Lower Salinas Valley including location and boundaries, history of settlement and agricultural development, climate, physiography and geology and the classes of soil. The report includes a map depicting underground water.

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South Carolina Law Review

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Ciminal Law: Exlusionary Rule United States V. Williams, Joseph R. Dawson

Nova Law Review

Then "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule recently received explicit impetus from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Generational Genocide: Coercive Population Control As A Basis For Asylum In The United States, Thomas L. Hunker

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.