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Global Issues In Compensatory Justice: Introduction, Penelope Andrews Jan 1999

Global Issues In Compensatory Justice: Introduction, Penelope Andrews

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Affirmative Action In South Africa: Transformation Or Tokenism, Penelope Andrews Jan 1999

Affirmative Action In South Africa: Transformation Or Tokenism, Penelope Andrews

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Violence Against Women In South Africa: The Role Of Culture And The Limitations Of The Law, Penelope Andrews Jan 1999

Violence Against Women In South Africa: The Role Of Culture And The Limitations Of The Law, Penelope Andrews

Articles & Chapters

This paper describes the role of culture in perpetuating violence against women. It does this by contextualizing violence against women in South Africa within the grand project of transformation taking place there, and highlighting the possibilities of fundamental restructuring, with respect to rights and equality for women, when the feminist project intersects with the non-racial project. The paper, therefore, visits a familiar question, namely, the obstacles to transformation when the eradication of racism takes precedence over the elimination of sexism, as it historically has in South Africa. In addition, this paper describes recent attempts by the legislature and courts in …


A Lesbian-Centered Critique Of Second-Parent Adoptions, Julie Shapiro Jan 1999

A Lesbian-Centered Critique Of Second-Parent Adoptions, Julie Shapiro

Faculty Articles

When lesbian couples start families, one woman often begins with all the legal entitlements of parenthood, either by giving birth or by virtue of adopting a child, while the other woman has no legal rights. She is a non-legal parent. Absent legal rights she suffers many critical disadvantages. Second-parent adoptions have been developed to allow lesbians to create families with two-legal parents. They have been widely hailed as a solution to the problem of the non-legal parent. This article argues, however, that for many women they may actually make matters worse. Because some women can use second-parent adoptions, women who …


Reviving The Public/Private Distinction In Feminist Theorizing Symposium On Unfinished Feminist Business, Tracy E. Higgins Jan 1999

Reviving The Public/Private Distinction In Feminist Theorizing Symposium On Unfinished Feminist Business, Tracy E. Higgins

Faculty Scholarship

The public/private distinction has been a target of thoroughgoing feminist critique for quite some time now. Indeed, attacking the public/private line has been one of the primary concerns (if not the primary concern) of feminist legal theorizing for over two decades. If Carole Pateman is correct, one would think that this particular problem might be assigned to the category of "finished business" by this time. In this Essay, I do argue that the critique is, in certain ways, finished business in that it is no longer particularly useful in its most common forms. More importantly, however, I suggest several ways …


Title Vii And Homosexual Harassment After Oncale: Was It A Victory?, Mary I. Coombs Jan 1999

Title Vii And Homosexual Harassment After Oncale: Was It A Victory?, Mary I. Coombs

Articles

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Autonomy For Battered Women: Lessons From Navajo Peacemaking, Donna Coker Jan 1999

Enhancing Autonomy For Battered Women: Lessons From Navajo Peacemaking, Donna Coker

Articles

In this Article, Professor Donna Coker employs original empirical research to investigate the use of Navajo Peacemaking in cases involving domestic violence. Her analysis includes an examination of Navajo women's status and the impact of internal colonization. Many advocates for battered women worry that informal adjudication methods such as Peacemaking ignore domestic hierarchies of power and thus facilitate the batterer's ongoing violence against the victim. Those who endorse the use of Navajo Peacemaking and other systems of restorative justice believe that such processes are better equipped to cut through the batterer's denial and victim blaming and are more likely to …


Foreword, “Symposium 1999: Women, Equity And Federal Tax Policy: Open Questions.” ., Ann F. Thomas Jan 1999

Foreword, “Symposium 1999: Women, Equity And Federal Tax Policy: Open Questions.” ., Ann F. Thomas

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Women And The Internet, Carlin Meyer Jan 1999

Women And The Internet, Carlin Meyer

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Lesbians, Legal Theory And Other Superheroes, Book Review Of Ruthann Robson’S Sappho Goes To Law School: Fragments In Lesbian Legal Theory, Kris Franklin, Sarah Chinn Jan 1999

Lesbians, Legal Theory And Other Superheroes, Book Review Of Ruthann Robson’S Sappho Goes To Law School: Fragments In Lesbian Legal Theory, Kris Franklin, Sarah Chinn

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


African Women In France: Immigration, Family And Work, Judy Scales-Trent Jan 1999

African Women In France: Immigration, Family And Work, Judy Scales-Trent

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


Commentaries, Paul Magnarella Jan 1999

Commentaries, Paul Magnarella

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

Symposium: Cannibal Democracies: Human Rights and Democracy in Turkey


Sexual Harassment In The Military: Time For A Change Of Forum , Michael I. Spak, Jonathan P. Tomes Jan 1999

Sexual Harassment In The Military: Time For A Change Of Forum , Michael I. Spak, Jonathan P. Tomes

Cleveland State Law Review

This article will review the current status of sexual harassment in the military, discuss why courts-martial are ineffective in punishing and deterring sexual harassment, and suggest that permitting sexual harassment claims in a forum other than the military justice system would help deter future sexual harassment in the military at no greater cost to military discipline and preparedness than is inherent in the current system.


Constitutional Law—Abstention And Abortion: Application Of The Undue Burden Standard To "Certificate Of Need" Regulations. Planned Parenthood Of Greater Iowa, Inc. V. Atchison, 126 F.3d 1042 (8th Cir. 1997)., Robert Smith Jan 1999

Constitutional Law—Abstention And Abortion: Application Of The Undue Burden Standard To "Certificate Of Need" Regulations. Planned Parenthood Of Greater Iowa, Inc. V. Atchison, 126 F.3d 1042 (8th Cir. 1997)., Robert Smith

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Gender Bias, Cognition And Power In The Legal Academy, Elizabeth M. Schneider Jan 1999

Gender Bias, Cognition And Power In The Legal Academy, Elizabeth M. Schneider

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Employers And Employees Beware: The Duties Imposed By The Recent Supreme Court Decisions And Their Impact On Sexual Harassment Law, Jill Kreisberg Jan 1999

Employers And Employees Beware: The Duties Imposed By The Recent Supreme Court Decisions And Their Impact On Sexual Harassment Law, Jill Kreisberg

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The comment examines the Supreme Court's decisions in Faragher and Burlington Industries, which clarified employer liability for sexual harassment by supervisors under Title VII. The Court established that employers are vicariously liable for supervisor harassment, subject to a limited exception if the employer can demonstrate reasonable efforts to prevent misconduct and the employee unreasonably failed to utilize corrective measures. These rulings resolved conflicting lower court standards and emphasized the importance of anti-harassment policies and procedures to address workplace harassment effectively.


A Solomonic Decision: What Will Be The Fate Of Frozen Preembryos?, David H. Fiestal Jan 1999

A Solomonic Decision: What Will Be The Fate Of Frozen Preembryos?, David H. Fiestal

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The Kass v. Kass case highlights the legal complexities surrounding disputes over frozen preembryos post-divorce, emphasizing the court's reliance on prior agreements and the need for a balanced legal framework that respects individual rights while addressing medical advancements.


Litigation Against Employment Penalties For Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, And Childcare, Candace Kovacic-Fleischer Jan 1999

Litigation Against Employment Penalties For Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, And Childcare, Candace Kovacic-Fleischer

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


The First Women Members Of The Supreme Court Bar, 1879-1900, Mary Clark Jan 1999

The First Women Members Of The Supreme Court Bar, 1879-1900, Mary Clark

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Synopsis Of The Report Of The Second Circuit Task Force On Gender, Racial And Ethnic Fairness In The Courts, Jay C. Carlisle Jan 1999

Synopsis Of The Report Of The Second Circuit Task Force On Gender, Racial And Ethnic Fairness In The Courts, Jay C. Carlisle

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The recent Report of the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts (‘Taskforce‘) observes “some biased conduct toward parties and witnesses based on gender or race or ethnicity has occurred on the part of both judges and lawyers.” “Biased conduct toward lawyers based on gender or race or ethnicity, has occurred to a greater degree.” The Report concludes that such conduct is unacceptable and admonishes all participants in the Second Circuit courts to guard against it. The purpose of this Perspective is to review several sections of the Report. The Perspective is written from …


Market Work And Family Work In The 21st Century, Joan C. Williams Jan 1999

Market Work And Family Work In The 21st Century, Joan C. Williams

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Shaping Regional Economies To Sustain Quality Work: The Cooperative Health Care Network, Peter R. Pitegoff Jan 1999

Shaping Regional Economies To Sustain Quality Work: The Cooperative Health Care Network, Peter R. Pitegoff

Faculty Publications

This chapter chronicles a creative response to social retrenchment, a saga of strategic deployment of accessible resources and a reshaping of regional economic forces for the benefit of targeted labor markets. While charting its own course, CHCB is part of a mutually supportive network of health care employers and trainers, including successful home care companies in Philadelphia and the South Bronx. Together, these three corporations form the core of the Cooperative Health Care Network and employ over 500 home health aides. About 80 percent of the employees were formerly dependent on public assistance. The network [network] experience and their applicability …


De Facto Parents And The Unfulfilled Promise Of The New Ali Principles, Julie Shapiro Jan 1999

De Facto Parents And The Unfulfilled Promise Of The New Ali Principles, Julie Shapiro

Faculty Articles

Alternative families - those that do not fit the classic nuclear family model - have been the focus of legal reform over the last twenty years. The American Law Institute has produced model legislation recognizing de facto parents as holders of some limited rights. To some this is a more flexible regime that would benefit non-nuclear families, in particular lesbian families. This article critiques the ALI draft, demonstrating that its promise is largely illusory.


British Masculinities, Canadian Lawyers, W. Wesley Pue Jan 1999

British Masculinities, Canadian Lawyers, W. Wesley Pue

All Faculty Publications

This paper explores the construction of early twentieth century Canadian legal professionalism as the workings-out of Britishness understood through the lenses of cultural history, cultures of imperialism, and gender relations. It provides a case study in the histories of professionalism in a settler colony.


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

Articles

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, …