Strategies Of Muslim Family Law Reform,
2011
Northwestern University School of Law
Strategies Of Muslim Family Law Reform, Kristen Stilt, Swathi Gandhavadi
Faculty Working Papers
Family law in Muslim-majority countries has undergone tremendous change over the past century, and this process continues today with intensity and controversy. In general, this change has been considered one of "reform," defined loosely as the adoption of national laws to modify the rules of Islamic law (fiqh) that had been applicable and predominant in the particular country in an effort to improve the rights of women and children. In most Muslim-majority contexts, however, the rules of fiqh remain particularly (and in some jurisdictions uniquely) relevant in the area of family law, and the reform process is usually presented as …
The Limits Of Constructivism: Can Rawls Condemn Female Genital Mutilation?,
2011
Northwestern University School of Law
The Limits Of Constructivism: Can Rawls Condemn Female Genital Mutilation?, Andrew Koppelman
Faculty Working Papers
The strategy for coping with value pluralism that Rawls has proposed is to permit political decisions, at least with respect to basic rights, to depend only on those goods that can be inferred from the bare requirements of respectful relations between persons. His account offers such a parsimonious conception of the good that it cannot cognize some atrocities. I focus on one extreme human rights case: the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), which, it is well established, violates basic human rights. Doubtless Rawls was appalled by the practice. Yet his theory cannot generate a basis for condemning it. A …
Sex Equality's Unnamed Nemesis,
2011
University of Michigan Law School
Sex Equality's Unnamed Nemesis, Veronica Percia
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Sex inequality still exists. However, its manifestations have evolved since the early sex inequality cases were heard in courts and legislatures first began structuring statutory regimes to combat it. In particular, so-called "facial" discrimination against men and women on the basis of sex has no doubt decreased since the advent of this legal assault on sex inequality. Yet the gendered assumptions that structure our institutions and interactions have proven resilient. With sex discrimination now operating more covertly, the problem of sex inequality looks considerably different than it once did. Courts, however, have failed to successfully respond to the changing contours …
Carry That Weight: Victim Privacy Within The Military Sexual Assault Reporting Methods, 28 J. Marshall Computer & Info. L. 551 (2011),
2011
UIC School of Law
Carry That Weight: Victim Privacy Within The Military Sexual Assault Reporting Methods, 28 J. Marshall Computer & Info. L. 551 (2011), Emily Hansen
UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law
No abstract provided.
The Gender Jurisprudence Of The Special Court For Sierra Leone: Progress In The Revolutionary United Front Judgments,
2011
Western Law, Western University
The Gender Jurisprudence Of The Special Court For Sierra Leone: Progress In The Revolutionary United Front Judgments, Valerie Oosterveld
Law Publications
No abstract provided.
Atrocity Crimes Litigation Year-In- Review (2010): A Gender Perspective,
2011
Western Law, Western University
Atrocity Crimes Litigation Year-In- Review (2010): A Gender Perspective, Valerie Oosterveld
Law Publications
No abstract provided.
Feminism And Feminist Scholarship Today,
2011
Cornell University
Feminism And Feminist Scholarship Today, Deborah A. Castillo
Journal of Feminist Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Feminism And Feminist Scholarship Today,
2011
Stanford University
Feminism And Feminist Scholarship Today, Karen M. Offen
Journal of Feminist Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Liberté Religieuse En Europe: Discussing The French Concealment Act,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Liberté Religieuse En Europe: Discussing The French Concealment Act, Robert E. Snyder
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Examining Exclusion In Woman-Inventor Patenting: A Comparison Of Educational Trends And Patent Data In The Era Of Computer Engineer Barbie,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Examining Exclusion In Woman-Inventor Patenting: A Comparison Of Educational Trends And Patent Data In The Era Of Computer Engineer Barbie, Annette I. Kahler
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Confrontation And Domestic Violence Post-Davis: Is There And Should There Be A Doctrinal Exception,
2011
Harvard Law School
Confrontation And Domestic Violence Post-Davis: Is There And Should There Be A Doctrinal Exception, Eleanor Simon
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Close to five million intimate partner rapes and physical assaults are perpetrated against women in the United States annually. Domestic violence accounts for twenty percent of all non-fatal crime experienced by women in this county. Despite these statistics, many have argued that in the past six years the Supreme Court has "put a target on [the] back" of the domestic violence victim, has "significantly eroded offender accountability in domestic violence prosecutions," and has directly instigated a substantial decline in domestic violence prosecutions. The asserted cause is the Court's complete and groundbreaking re-conceptualization of the Sixth Amendment right of a criminal …
Parenting And Pregnant Students: An Evaluation Of The Implementation Of The Other Title Ix,
2011
Indiana University School of Education
Parenting And Pregnant Students: An Evaluation Of The Implementation Of The Other Title Ix, Michelle Gough
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits gender discrimination. Although pregnancy has been described as the "quintessential sex difference," Title IX's prohibition of gender discrimination in the context of parenting and pregnant students has often been left out of the discussion, and therefore the understanding, of the implementation of Title IX Regulations. The scholarship discussing the topic shows general agreement that the language and spirit of Title IX has not been given effect thus far by our schools or by some courts. This Article begins by looking to the Title IX regulations themselves and then to the research …
Women, Vulnerability, And Humanitarian Emergencies,
2011
University of Minnesota Law School
Women, Vulnerability, And Humanitarian Emergencies, Fionnuala Ni Aolain
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
The catastrophic dimensions of humanitarian emergencies are increasingly understood and more visible to states and international institutions. There is greater appreciation for the social, economic and political effects that follow in the short to long term from the devastating consequences of humanitarian emergencies. There is also recognition of the gendered dimensions of humanitarian emergencies in policy and institutional contexts. It is generally acknowledged that women are overrepresented in the refugee and internally displaced communities that typically result from many humanitarian crises. Women bear acute care responsibilities in most societies and also disproportionately bear familial and communal care responsibilities in communities …
Feminists And Firearms: Why Are So Many Women Anti-Choice?,
2011
Goodwin Procter LLP
Feminists And Firearms: Why Are So Many Women Anti-Choice?, Lindsay K. Charles
Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
The article argues that gun rights should be recognized as a feminist issue, emphasizing women's autonomy, safety, and equality. It challenges the conventional narrative that gun control aligns with feminist values, asserting that disarming women disempowers them and undermines their ability to defend themselves. The author advocates for women's right to bear arms as a means of self-defense, drawing parallels to other feminist issues like abortion, and proposes a rebuttable presumption for issuing concealed carry permits to women.
Protecting Women’S Human Rights: A Case Study In The Philippines,
2011
American University Washington College of Law
Protecting Women’S Human Rights: A Case Study In The Philippines, Tamar Ezer, Arwen Joyce, Priscila Mccalley, Neil Pacamalan
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Let's Disable Her Further, Shall We? The Cast Of Gender On Disability Rights In The Iranian Context,
2011
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Let's Disable Her Further, Shall We? The Cast Of Gender On Disability Rights In The Iranian Context, Hengameh Saberi
Articles & Book Chapters
No abstract provided.
Procuring Meaningful Land Rights For The Women Of Rwanda,
2011
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Procuring Meaningful Land Rights For The Women Of Rwanda, Aparna Polavarapu
Faculty Publications
Land reform and gender equality are important development issues in post-Genocide Rwanda. Beginning in 1999, the government of Rwanda passed and implemented reforms which granted women rights to own and use land on an equal status with men. However, as is expected with widespread social reform, obstacles continue to inhibit widespread gender equality in practice. In Rwanda, major social obstacles manifest in the form of (1) resistance to allowing daughters to inherit land from their parents, (2) adherence to assumptions of female inferiority, and (3) the persistence of informal marriages, in which wives remain unprotected by the new laws. Interested …
When Sixteen Ain't So Sweet: Rethinking The Regulation Of Adolescent Sexuality,
2011
University of Michigan Law School
When Sixteen Ain't So Sweet: Rethinking The Regulation Of Adolescent Sexuality, Nicole Phillis
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
Legally speaking, sexual maturity poses a significant enough liberty interest for a minor to make medical decisions regarding contraceptive medicine or to choose motherhood without parental involvement, but not quite enough for her to obtain an abortion independently. The law incentivizes teenage motherhood by only granting decisional autonomy to those minors who choose to have a child; the minor female's right to procreate vests regardless of her individual maturity. The law discourages teenage abortions by using the choice to terminate a pregnancy to trigger a presumption of immaturity; the minor female's abortion right is pitted against personal autonomy via parental …
The Failure Of Consent: Re-Conceptualizing Rape As Sexual Abuse Of Power,
2011
Washington and Lee School of Law
The Failure Of Consent: Re-Conceptualizing Rape As Sexual Abuse Of Power, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This Article argues that while rape law reform has accomplished significant changes in the past decades, the reform has since stalled. The contemporary focus on the element of consent might account for this stagnation. This move has both failed to effect instrumental change in the courts as well as in social norms, and is conceptually flawed and normatively misguided. The practical result of these deficiencies is that rape, as defined by our criminal justice system, bears little resemblance to the various forms of sexual abuses that are inflicted on victims. While rape law typically criminalizes only the physically violent sexual …
Removing Categorical Constraints On Equal Employment Opportunities And Anti-Discrimination Protections,
2011
University of Michigan Law School
Removing Categorical Constraints On Equal Employment Opportunities And Anti-Discrimination Protections, Anastasia Niedrich
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
It has been the "historical tendency of anti-discrimination law to use categories to define protected classes of people." This Article challenges the categorical approach and seeks to change that limited framework. This Article focuses on the flaws with Title VII's categorical approach and discusses why there is a desperate need for change to combat the different types and targets of workplace discrimination today, focusing on the transgender community as one example. After discussing the current framework and operation of Title VII, this Article analyzes the insurmountable flaws inherent in the categorical approach to anti-discrimination law, and specifically considers Title VII's …
