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The Plight Of Kenyan Domestic Workers In Gulf Countries, Caroline Muthoni Gikuru 2013 University of San Francisco

The Plight Of Kenyan Domestic Workers In Gulf Countries, Caroline Muthoni Gikuru

Master's Theses

Kenya’s economy remains the regional leader within the East African Community (EAC) and among East African countries at large. However, political instability such as the 2007 post-election violence and the region’s social and political instability trickling into Kenya, have negatively affected the country’s economic growth. To bridge the economic gap, Kenyan women are seeking employment in the domestic service sector in the Gulf Countries, with Saudi Arabia being the most popular destination. At their destination countries, some domestic workers are subjected to various forms of abuse by their employers, leaving the worker without recourse due to the lack of legal …


From Sex For Pleasure To Sex For Parenthood: How The Law Manufactures Mothers, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid 2013 University of Nebraska College of Law

From Sex For Pleasure To Sex For Parenthood: How The Law Manufactures Mothers, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

As soon as sperm enter a woman, so do law and politics, or so the decades-long disputes surrounding abortion suggest. Now, however, renewed debates surrounding contraceptives show legal and political interference with women’s sexual and reproductive autonomy may actually precede the sperm. This Article argues that, increasingly, women even thinking about having sex are defined socially and legally as “mothers.” Via this broad definition of who is a “mother,” the State extends its reach into women’s decision-making throughout their reproductive lifetime.

This Article argues that the State simultaneously devalues women’s choices to have sex for pleasure, which this Article calls …


Gen Ms 29 Harriet P. Henry Papers Finding Aid, Elizabeth Sistare 2013 University of Southern Maine

Gen Ms 29 Harriet P. Henry Papers Finding Aid, Elizabeth Sistare

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Harriet Putnam Henry became Maine’s first woman judge in 1973. Her expertise was in marine law and coastal management. She also has an extensive civil service record, including advocacy for women judges and work with child abuse and child welfare. She was active with the Maine Humanities Council, where the Harriet P. Henry Center for the Book was named in her honor. The Papers consist of publications and writings of Henry and others.

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ca. 1941-1995

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0.75 ft


True Feminism: Identifying The Real Threats To Women, Cynthia Noland Dunbar 2013 William & Mary Law School

True Feminism: Identifying The Real Threats To Women, Cynthia Noland Dunbar

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

No abstract provided.


Introduction: A Global Approach To Reproductive Justice—Psychosocial And Legal Aspects And Implications, Joan C. Chrisler 2013 William & Mary Law School

Introduction: A Global Approach To Reproductive Justice—Psychosocial And Legal Aspects And Implications, Joan C. Chrisler

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

No abstract provided.


Access To Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: Restrictive Policies And The Chilling Of Women's Medical Rights During Childbirth, Lisa Pratt 2013 William & Mary Law School

Access To Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: Restrictive Policies And The Chilling Of Women's Medical Rights During Childbirth, Lisa Pratt

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

No abstract provided.


Reproductive Injustice In The New Millennium, Sybil Shainwald 2013 William & Mary Law School

Reproductive Injustice In The New Millennium, Sybil Shainwald

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

A reexamination of the history of abortion law in the United States is essential to an understanding of recent changes. Part I of this Article will provide a synopsis of the early Anglo-American view of abortion at common law, the early anti-abortion statutes, and the state of abortion during the early twentieth century. Part II will discuss the liberalization of abortion laws, as well as the ways in which the law pertaining to a woman’s right to choose has evolved since 1973. Finally, Part III will analyze the constitutionality of the current wave of restrictions.


Bad Medicine: Abortion And The Battle Over Who Speaks For Women's Health, Andrea D. Friedman 2013 William & Mary Law School

Bad Medicine: Abortion And The Battle Over Who Speaks For Women's Health, Andrea D. Friedman

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

No abstract provided.


The Creation Of An Undue Burden: Arizona House Bill 2036 And State Abortion Regulations Post-Casey, Michael A. Althouse 2013 William & Mary Law School

The Creation Of An Undue Burden: Arizona House Bill 2036 And State Abortion Regulations Post-Casey, Michael A. Althouse

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

No abstract provided.


Until Yesterday: Deterring And Healing The Cyclical Gender Based Violence In Indian Country, Samantha Ivette Morales 2013 Seattle University School of Law

Until Yesterday: Deterring And Healing The Cyclical Gender Based Violence In Indian Country, Samantha Ivette Morales

American Indian Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Engaging Men As Fathers: The Courts, The Law, And Father-Absence In Low-Income Families, Laurie S. Kohn 2013 George Washington University Law School

Engaging Men As Fathers: The Courts, The Law, And Father-Absence In Low-Income Families, Laurie S. Kohn

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


No Promo Hetero: Children's Right To Be Queer, Clifford J. Rosky 2013 University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

No Promo Hetero: Children's Right To Be Queer, Clifford J. Rosky

Cardozo Law Review

This Article argues that the state has no legitimate interest in promoting heterosexuality or gender conformity during childhood. Although opponents of LGBT rights have longed cited this goal as one of the primary justifications for discrimination against LGBT people, it has no constitutional foundation upon which to stand.

Building upon a schema familiar to legal scholarship on LGBT rights, this Article challenges the state's interest in promoting heterosexuality in childhood by articulating a tripartite defense of children's homosexual speech, status, and conduct. It argues that these three aspects of children's homosexuality are connected to and protected by the Constitution's free …


Sotomayor's Empathy Moves The Court A Step Closer To Equitable Adjudication, Veronica Couzo 2013 Notre Dame Law School

Sotomayor's Empathy Moves The Court A Step Closer To Equitable Adjudication, Veronica Couzo

Notre Dame Law Review

On August 6, 2009, then-Judge, now-Justice, Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as the nation’s first Latina Supreme Court Justice. While many Latinos embraced the idea of having “Sonia from the Bronx” on the bench, others were fearful that her jurisprudence, combined with her background, would result in “reverse racism.” These fears, while arguably unfounded at the time, have been completely dispelled. Just as Justice Thurgood Marshall transformed the adjudications of the Supreme Court through experiential discourse, so too, to a lesser extent, has Justice Sotomayor. In both oral arguments and written opinions, Justice Sonia Sotomayor has demonstrated educative leadership—enlightening her colleagues …


The Undersigned Attorney Hereby Certifies -- The Washington Supreme Court Rule On Standards And Its Implications, Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Justice Susan Owens, Marc Boman, Joanne Moore 2013 Seattle University School of Law

The Undersigned Attorney Hereby Certifies -- The Washington Supreme Court Rule On Standards And Its Implications, Justice Sheryl Gordon Mccloud, Justice Susan Owens, Marc Boman, Joanne Moore

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


G Forces: Gideon V. Wainwright And Matthew Adler's Move Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis, Janet Moore 2013 Seattle University School of Law

G Forces: Gideon V. Wainwright And Matthew Adler's Move Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis, Janet Moore

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Dark Medicine: How The National Research Act Has Failed To Address Racist Practices In Biomedical Experiments Targeting The African-American Community, Anietie Maureen-Ann Akpan 2013 Seattle University School of Law

Dark Medicine: How The National Research Act Has Failed To Address Racist Practices In Biomedical Experiments Targeting The African-American Community, Anietie Maureen-Ann Akpan

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Do We Have It Right This Time? An Analysis Of The Accomplishments And Shortcomings Of Washington's Indian Child Welfare Act, Karen Gray Young 2013 Seattle University School of Law

Do We Have It Right This Time? An Analysis Of The Accomplishments And Shortcomings Of Washington's Indian Child Welfare Act, Karen Gray Young

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Securing Food Justice, Sovereignty & Sustainability In The Face Of The Food Safety Modernization Act (Fsma), Eve Kerber 2013 Seattle University School of Law

Securing Food Justice, Sovereignty & Sustainability In The Face Of The Food Safety Modernization Act (Fsma), Eve Kerber

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Driving While License Suspended - Third Degree, A Framework For Requesting Alternative Sentences, Sahar Fathi 2013 Seattle University School of Law

Driving While License Suspended - Third Degree, A Framework For Requesting Alternative Sentences, Sahar Fathi

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


About The Authors, 2013 Seattle University School of Law

About The Authors

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


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