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ABA’s IMPOWR Project
The American Bar Association established IMPOWR (the International Models Project for Women’s Rights) in 2008. (It does not concern fashion models….). Here is the group’s “Vision Statement”: The IMPOWR vision is to build an open, inclusive and dynamic information sharing … Continue reading
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Pruitt, “Deconstructing CEDAW’s Article 14: Naming and Explaining Rural Difference”
Lisa Pruitt (Davis) has posted to SSRN her article Deconstructing CEDAW’s Article 14: Naming and Explaining the Rural Difference. Here is the abstract: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the first human … Continue reading
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Black on “Stalled: Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards”
Barbara Black, the Charles Hartsock Professor of Law and Director of the Corporate Law Center at the University of Cincinnati College of Law has posted to SSRN her essay, Stalled: Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards. Here is the abstract: In … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Culture, Feminism and Law, Feminist Legal Scholarship, The Underrepresentation of Women
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Liz Glazer on “Sexual Reorientation”
Yesterday I had the good fortunate to hear an engaging talk by Feminist Law Prof Liz Glazer (Hofstra). She was invited by the student LAMBDA organization in connection with our school’s Spotlight on Diversity Week, held annually each year. Here … Continue reading
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Higdon on “Fatherhood by Conscription: Nonconsensual Insemination and the Duty of Child Support”
Michael J. Higdon (Tennessee) has posted to SSRN his working paper Fatherhood by Conscription: Nonconsensual Insemination and the Duty of Child Support. Here is the abstract: Nathaniel was a California teenager who became a father in 1995. The mother of … Continue reading
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Cyra Choudhury on “Exporting Subjects: Globalizing Family Law Progress Through International Human Rights”
Cyra Akila Choudhury (FIU) has posted to SSRN her article Exporting Subjects: Globalizing Family Law Progress Through International Human Rights, 32 J. Mich. Int’l Law 259 (2011) Here is the abstract: This article examines the global export of domestic U.S. legal … Continue reading
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Beiner on “White Male Heterosexist Norms in the Confirmation Process”
Theresa Beiner (University of Arkansas) has posted to SSRN her article, White Male Heterosexist Norms in the Confirmation Process (forthcoming 2011). Here is the abstract: Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing took a controversial turn when commentators picked up on a … Continue reading
Birckhead on “Consent, Autonomy, and Prostituted Children”
Tamar Birckhead (UNC) has posted to SSRN her article, The ‘Youngest Profession’: Consent, Autonomy, and Prostituted Children, 88 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1 (2011). Here is the abstract: Although reliable estimates do not exist, the data suggests that the number … Continue reading
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Pratt-Clarke on “Critical Race, Feminism, and Education”
Menah Pratt-Clark (Assistant Chancellor and Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) has published a new book with Palgrave Macmillan Here is the publisher’s description of the book: Critical Race, Feminism, and Education: … Continue reading
Report from AALS “New Voices in Gender Studies” Program
This morning, I attended the “New Voices in Gender Studies” program sponsored by the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education. The presenters were the five winners of the section’s scholarly paper competition, chosen on a blind basis. (Self-disclosure: I … Continue reading
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NYPL Manuscript Collection – 20th Century New York Women’s History
I stumbled across a reference to a set of records maintained by the New York Public Library’s Manuscripts Division. The library has approximately 33 boxes of materials from the Women’s Action Coalition: The Women’s Action Coalition Records trace the rise … Continue reading
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The Law of Forgiveness
Last week’s Chronicle includes an article (here) about a rising subdiscipline in “forgiveness studies.” In Turning the Other Cheek, a Growing Scholarly Discipline, Tom Bartlett reports on several academic studies of forgiveness: At the time [of his mother's murder], [Mr. Worthington Everett … Continue reading
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A Network Of One’s Own
Looking for scholars with interests similar to yours? Check out this resource: Collaborative Research Networks. Among its networks are “Collective Human Rights,” “Feminist Legal Theory,” “Gender and Judging,” Gender, Sexuality, and Law,” Integrating Gender Into Legal Education,” International Socio-Legal Feminisms,” … Continue reading
New Issue of “Feminist Collections”
The most recent issue of Feminist Periodicals is available here, courtesy of the excellent Phyllis Holman Weisbard, University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Librarian, and her staff. The table of contents appears after the jump. -Bridget Crawford
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Mumford on “Tax Policy, Women and the Law”
Ann Mumford (Queen Mary, University of London) has published Tax Policy, Women and the Law with Cambridge University Press. Here is the publisher’s abstract: Tax policy frequently targets the choices that women face in many aspects of their lives. Decisions regarding working … Continue reading
Heminway on “Martha Stewart and the Forbidden Fruit”
Joan MacLeod Heminway (Tennessee) has posted to SSRN her 2009 article, Martha Stewart and the Forbidden Fruit: A New Story of Eve, 2009 Mich. State Law Rev. 1017. Here is the abstract: This paper narrates a biblical story – Eve’s ingestion … Continue reading
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Live Blogging “After Gender? Examining International Justice Enterprises”
I’m attending the Pace Law Review Symposium “After Gender? Examining International Justice Enterprises.” The symposium’s goal is “to expand our understanding of the role of gender in international law.” So far, there have been opening remarks by conference organizers Matthew … Continue reading
Article of Interest: Josephine Ross’ Blaming the Victim: ‘Consent’ Within the Fourth Amendment and Rape Law
It used to be that courts applied an objective definition of consent in rape prosecutions. This was because of traditional force and resistance requirements: First, courts interpreted the element of force to require that the man overpower the woman or … Continue reading
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Joslin on “Protecting Children(?): Marriage, Gender, and Assisted Reproductive Technology”
Courtney Joslin (UC Davis) has posted to SSRN her new piece, Protecting Children(?): Marriage, Gender, and Assisted Reproductive Technology, 83 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1177 (2010). Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court has declared that children should not be penalized based … Continue reading
Villanova Law and Literature Conference September 30-October 2, 2010
From Penny Pether (Villanova), this announcement that Villanova will hold its second annual law and literature symposium September 30 – October 2, 2010: Panel presentations will include eighteen selected papers by graduate students and professors in law or the humanities. … Continue reading
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Gerzog on “More QTIP Mischief”
If it weren’t for Wendy Gerzog (Baltimore), I don’t think I would have figured out a way to combine my interests in three subject matters — taxation; wills, trusts and estates; and feminist theory. Her 1993 article The Marital QTIP … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Families, Feminist Legal Scholarship, Women and Economics
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Humbach Podcast on “Sexting and the First Amendment”
My colleague John Humbach has a podcast here discussing many of the issues he raises in his article, Sexting and the First Amendment, 37 Hastings Const. Law Q. 433 (2010). Here’s a description of the podcast: Sexting is a new … Continue reading
Dowd on “The Man Question: Male Subordination and Privilege”
Feminist Law Prof Nancy Dowd (U Florida) has just published new book about the intersection of masculinities scholarship and feminism. The Man Question: Male Subordination and Privilege its hot off the NYU presses. Here‘s the publisher’s description: Among the many … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist Legal Scholarship, Masculinity
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Duncan on Sexting
Susan Duncan (Louisville) has posted to SSRN her working paper, "A Legal Response is Necessary for Self Produced Child Pornography: A Legislator’s Checklist for Drafting the Bill." Here is the abstract: This Article explores self produced child pornography, known in … Continue reading
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Ringhand on Supreme Court Nomination Process
Today’s New York Times has a long article (here) discussing the empirical work of Feminist Law Professor Lori Ringhand (University of Georgia) and her co-author Paul M. Collins, Jr. (Political Science, U. of N. Texas). Here’s how the Times summarizes: … Continue reading
Posted in Courts and the Judiciary, Feminist Legal Scholarship
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Overview of Lisa Pruitt’s Recent Work on Geography, Poverty and Equality
Professor Lisa R. Pruitt (UC Davis) has published two articles that study poverty and its consequences in relation to place. In particular, she brings together the socio-geographic concept of spatial inequality (adding "where?" to the core sociological inquiry "who gets … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism and Economics, Feminism and Law, Feminism and the Environment, Feminist Legal Scholarship
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Joslin on “Travel Insurance: Protecting Lesbian and Gay Parent Families Across State Lines”
Courtney Joslin (UC Davis) has posted to SSRN her article, Travel Insurance: Protecting Lesbian and Gay Parent Families Across State Lines, 41 Harv. L. & Pol’y Rev. 31 (2010). Here is the abstract: Until recently, when a lesbian couple had … Continue reading
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Brooks on “The Potential for Feminist Analysis of International Revenue Allocation”
Kim Brooks (McGill) has posted to SSRN her article “Global Distributive Justice: The Potential for Feminist Analysis of International Revenue Allocation,” 21 Canadian J. of Women & L. 267 (2009). Here is the abstract: This article has a modest aim … Continue reading
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Huntington on “Purple Haze”
Clare Huntington (Colorado) has posted to SSRN her review essay Purple Haze, __ Mich. L. Rev. (forthcoming), a review of Naomi Cahn and June Carbone’s Red Families v. Blue Families. Here is the abstract: In this age of vitriolic politics, it … Continue reading
Latest Issue of “Feminist Periodicals”
The most recent issue of Feminist Periodicals is available here, courtesy of the excellent Phyllis Holman Weisbard, University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Librarian, and her staff. The most recent issue is a 240+ page compilation of the tables of … Continue reading
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Choudhury on “Globalizing the Margins”
Cyra Akila Choudhury (FIU) has posted to SSRN her article “Globalizing the Margins: Legal Exiles in the War on Terror and Liberal Feminism’s War for Muslim Women,” 9 Int. Rev. of Constitutionalism (2010)Here is the abstract: In the … Continue reading
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Cooper on “When Machismo Meets Post-Racialism: The Gates Controversy”
Frank Rudy Cooper (Suffolk) has posted to SSRN his working paper, “When Machismo Meets Post-Racialism: The Gates Controversy.” Here is the abstract: On Thursday, July 16, 2009, white male police officer James Crowley was called to the home of … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist Legal Scholarship, Masculinity, Race and Racism
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Ninth Circuit Cites Ben-Asher on Commercial Surrogacy Prohibition
In a decision last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cited the work of my excellent colleague Noa Ben-Asher. Coyote Publishing v. Miller, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 5182 (9th Cir. 2010) involved a … Continue reading
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Vulnerability, Resilience, and the State: A Feminism and Legal Theory Project Workshop:March 19 – 20, 2010 at Emory
Vulnerability, Resilience, and the State A Feminism and Legal Theory Project Workshop:March 19 – 20, 2010 575 Gambrell Hall Emory University School of Law 1301 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30322 Friday, March 19, 2010 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm – … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Feminism and Law, Feminist Legal Scholarship, Feminists in Academia
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Rigel Christine Oliveri, “Discriminatory Housing Advertisements On-Line: Lessons from Craigslist”
The Abstract: The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to publish discriminatory housing advertisements. This has long been applied to newspapers, which have effectively screened all discriminatory housing ads from sight. However, in 1996 Congress created a loophole when it … Continue reading
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Egerman on “Avoiding Confrontation”
Mark Egerman (Staff Counsel, National Abortion Federation) has posted to SSRN his working paper, “Avoiding Confrontation,” a a feminist critique of evidence law. Here is a portion of the abstract: This article takes seriously Justice Scalia’s facetious aside in Giles … Continue reading
Posted in Acts of Violence, Feminist Legal History, Feminist Legal Scholarship
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CFP:”New Voices in Gender Studies”
Call for Papers Announcement AALS Section on Women in Legal Education “New Voices in Gender Studies” 2011 AALS Annual Meeting January 4-8, 2011 San Francisco, California The AALS Section on Women in Legal Education will hold a program during the … Continue reading
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Meredith Render, “Gender Rules”
Abstract: Sex-stereotypes are of perennial concern within antidiscrimination law and theory, yet there is widespread disagreement about what constitutes a”sex-stereotype.”This article enters the debate surrounding the correct understanding of”stereotype”and posits that the concept is too thin to serve as a … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Discrimination, Feminism and Law, Feminist Legal Scholarship
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The Feminist Theory Papers at Brown University’s Pembroke Center
From the official website: The Feminist Theory Papers is an exceptional archival collection representing scholars who have transformed their disciplines and the intellectual landscape of universities in the United States and internationally. This focused and coherent manuscript collection is indispensable … Continue reading
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Krawiec on “A Woman’s Worth”
Feminist Law Prof Kim Krawiec (Duke) has posted to SSRN a draft of her working paper, “A Woman’s Worth.” Here is the abstract: This Article examines three traditionally”taboo trades”: (1) the sale of sex, (2) compensated egg donation, and (3) … Continue reading
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Bernstein on “Pecuniary Reparations Following National Crisis”
Feminist Law Prof Anita Bernstein (Brooklyn) has posted to SSRN her article, “Pecuniary Reparations Following National Crisis: A Convergence of Tort Theory, Microfinance, and Gender Equality,” 31 U. Pa. J. Int’l L. 1 (2009). Here is the abstract: Governments around … Continue reading
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Where are the Women? Not Among 80+% of Illinois Law Review Authors
Looking at the professional articles (not student notes) published by the Illinois Law Review in years 2007, 2008 and 2009, I count: 72 total articles published 90 total authors published 10 single-author articles published by women 6 multiple-author articles with … Continue reading
Austin on “Women’s Unequal Citizenship at the Border”
Regina Austin (Penn) has posted to SSRN her book chapter, “Women’s Unequal Citizenship at the Border: Lessons from Three Nonfiction Films about the Women of Juárez,” forthcoming in Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women’s Equal Citizenship, edited by Linda McClain and … Continue reading
NWSA Journal Reconfigured as “Feminist Formations”
The National Women’s Studies Association Journal has a “new name, a new look, and a new Web site,” here. -Bridget Crawford
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Joslin on “The Evolution of the American Family”
Courtney Joslin (UC Davis) has posted to SSRN her short article, “The Evolution of the American Family,” published in the Summer 2009 issue of the ABA Human Rights magazine. Here is a portion of the abstract: This short piece examines … Continue reading
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Caroline Mala Corbin, “Ceremonial Deism and the Reasonable Religious Outsider”
Abstract: State invocations of God are common in the United States; indeed, the national motto is”In God We Trust.”Yet the Establishment Clause forbids the state from favoring some religions over others. Nonetheless, courts have found the national motto and other … Continue reading
Request for Information about Institutional Support for Feminist Legal Theory
For an essay I’m writing on the political economy of feminist legal theory, I’m interested in knowing about ongoing institutional support in law schools for developing and disseminating feminist legal theory, whether aimed at students, faculty or practitioners. … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist Legal Scholarship, Law Schools
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Homo Economicus and Fem Eticus ?
Yuval Feldman and I have been studying the behavior of individuals in the face of organizational corruption and misconduct. In our recent article, we report on a series of experiments looking at the effect of incentives on the decision to … Continue reading
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Article of Interest: Diversity and Discrimination: A Look at Complex Bias by Minna Kotkin
Back in September, I posted an entry about the Seventh Circuit’s failure to recognize a “sex plus” or “gender plus” theory of discrimination in its recent opinion in Coffman v. Indianapolis Fire Dept., 2009 WL 2525762 (7th Cir. 2009), a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Courts and the Judiciary, Employment Discrimination, Feminism and the Workplace, Feminist Legal Scholarship
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On Forging Sustainable Parental Bonds.
Last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine cover story, Who Knew I was Not the Father?, discusses the complexities of identifying which men to label as”fathers.” The article told the heartbreaking stories of men who believed that they were the biological … Continue reading