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Miller V. Albright: Problems Of Constitutionalization In Family Law, Katharine B. Silbaugh Jan 1999

Miller V. Albright: Problems Of Constitutionalization In Family Law, Katharine B. Silbaugh

Faculty Scholarship

From time to time, the Supreme Court chooses to hear a case addressing a family law issue. The family law cases accepted by the Supreme Court almost always present a constitutional challenge because absent a constitutional question, state law governs family law. Because the Supreme Court controls its docket, it is free to select only those cases that, in the view of the Court, pose particularly challenging issues. On most occasions, the Court chooses only those family law cases that present other, unrelated issues of interest to the Court.


Some Of Them Still Don't Get It: Hostile Work Environment Litigation In The Lower Courts, Eric Schnapper Jan 1999

Some Of Them Still Don't Get It: Hostile Work Environment Litigation In The Lower Courts, Eric Schnapper

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This Article describes how the courts of appeals have decided sexual harassment cases in the five years since Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 510 US 17 (1993). In some circuits, events have unfolded largely as Justice Scalia anticipated: the trier of fact—ordinarily a jury—applies the hostile work environment standard announced in Meritor and elaborated upon in Harris.


Not Him, Sister's Stories & Teresita (Poems), Antoinette M. Sedillo Lopez Jan 1999

Not Him, Sister's Stories & Teresita (Poems), Antoinette M. Sedillo Lopez

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Emphasizing Torts In Claims Of Discrimination Against Black Female Athletes, Alfred Dennis Mathewson Jan 1999

Emphasizing Torts In Claims Of Discrimination Against Black Female Athletes, Alfred Dennis Mathewson

Faculty Scholarship

In Black Women, Gender Equity and the Function at the Junction, I argued that an equality-based legal regime does not provide an adequate remedy for African-American female athletes. Instead I suggested that a tort-based regime may be more appropriate. I did so knowing that gender and racial discrimination are torts and I did not intend to suggest otherwise. They are statutory torts founded upon equality principles. What I intended was to draw more upon the general tort principles involved in an antidiscrimination action. I specifically invoked the notion of using mass tort theories. I wish to sketch a brief but …


A Comparative Analysis Of Women's Issues: Toward A Contextualized Approach, Antoinette M. Sedillo Lopez Jan 1999

A Comparative Analysis Of Women's Issues: Toward A Contextualized Approach, Antoinette M. Sedillo Lopez

Faculty Scholarship

"This Article proposes a methodology for comparative analysis of women's rights using insights from critical race theory and feminism. Comparative analysis by a Western scholar must reconcile a perspective developed in the United States with respect for another culture. In discussing women's rights, lawyers, judges, students and sociologists have justified certain women's situations as an inherent aspect of culture. For example, traditional "female genital surgery" has been defended as a "mere bodily mutilation" that is the "sine qua non of the whole teaching of tribal law, religion, and morality." In Mexico, "machismo" has been justified as an immutable characteristic of …


Redefining The State's Response To Domestic Violence: Past Victories And Future Challenges, Deborah Epstein Jan 1999

Redefining The State's Response To Domestic Violence: Past Victories And Future Challenges, Deborah Epstein

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

What role should the state play in the fight against domestic violence? Although most activists in the early domestic abuse movement viewed government institutions with a robust dose of suspicion, over time they began to look to the state for substantial assistance. During this period-the late sixties and seventies-increased hope for a positive governmental role appeared to be well-founded. The civil rights, feminist, and labor movements had pushed the federal government into expanding civil liberty guarantees and economic protections. Laws were enacted prohibiting sex- and race-based discrimination, health care got a strong boost through the creation of Medicaid and Medicare, …


The Political Economy Of Recognition: Affirmative Action Discourse And Constitutional Equality In Germany And The U.S.A., Kendall Thomas Jan 1999

The Political Economy Of Recognition: Affirmative Action Discourse And Constitutional Equality In Germany And The U.S.A., Kendall Thomas

Faculty Scholarship

This paper undertakes a comparative exploration of affirmative action discourse in German and American constitutional equality law. The first task for such a project is to acknowledge an important threshold dilemma. The difficulty in question derives not so much from dissimilarities between the technical legal structures of German and American affirmative action policy. The problem stems rather from the different social grounds and groupings on which those legal structures have been erected. Because German "positive action"' applies only to women, gender and its cultural meanings have constituted the paradigmatic subject of the policy. The legal discussion of positive action has …


Breaking Out Of "Custody": A Feminist Voice In Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Dana Raigrodski Jan 1999

Breaking Out Of "Custody": A Feminist Voice In Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Dana Raigrodski

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In this Essay, I suggest that reexamination of this field of law through a feminist lens can shed new light and add to the understanding of constitutional criminal procedure. These insights, in turn, can and should generate a positive feminist jurisprudence of criminal procedure—a distinctive feminist voice to be integrated systematically into our constitutional criminal procedure and our criminal justice system. Applying feminist legal theories to particular areas of constitutional criminal procedure may help guide us through the more difficult task of constructing a positive feminist jurisprudence of constitutional criminal procedure. Many areas of constitutional criminal procedure lend themselves as …


From Office Ladies To Women Warriors?: The Effect Of The Eeol On Japanese Women, Jennifer S. Fan Jan 1999

From Office Ladies To Women Warriors?: The Effect Of The Eeol On Japanese Women, Jennifer S. Fan

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In this Article, Jennifer Fan argues that existing laws in Japan do not adequately protect working women from sex discrimination. Specifically, Fan examines the Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEOL), a law designed to prevent discrimination against women in the workplace, and concludes that the EEOL is little more than a paper tiger that preserves the status quo. After briefly discussing the legal sources of protection for working women in Japan before the passage of the EEOL, Fan examines the creation of the EEOL, its substantive provisions, and its legal impact. Through her analysis of recent sexual harassment cases in light …


The Essence Of Her Womanhood: Defining The Privacy Rights Of Women Prisoners And The Employment Rights Of Women Guards , Rebecca Jurado Jan 1999

The Essence Of Her Womanhood: Defining The Privacy Rights Of Women Prisoners And The Employment Rights Of Women Guards , Rebecca Jurado

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Bibliographical Essay: Women And The Legal Profession , Cynthia Grant Bowman Jan 1999

Bibliographical Essay: Women And The Legal Profession , Cynthia Grant Bowman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Women And International Law Program, Journal Of Gender, Social Policy & The Law Jan 1999

The Women And International Law Program, Journal Of Gender, Social Policy & The Law

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Integrating Gender Into Legal Education: Obstacles And Challenges, Leonor Vain Jan 1999

Integrating Gender Into Legal Education: Obstacles And Challenges, Leonor Vain

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Pedagogy And Law: Ideas For Integrating Gender Into Legal Education, Marclea V. Rodriguez Jan 1999

Pedagogy And Law: Ideas For Integrating Gender Into Legal Education, Marclea V. Rodriguez

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Integrating Gender Into Legal Education: The Obstacles, Challenges, And Possibilities, Marcela Huaita Alegre Jan 1999

Integrating Gender Into Legal Education: The Obstacles, Challenges, And Possibilities, Marcela Huaita Alegre

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The First "First Gentleman": The Role Of President Jane Doe's Husband , John Dwight Ingram Jan 1999

The First "First Gentleman": The Role Of President Jane Doe's Husband , John Dwight Ingram

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.