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“Iraq’s Unspeakable Crime: Mothers Pimping Daughters”
From Time magazine: She goes by Hinda, but that’s not her real name. That’s what she’s called by the many Iraqi sex traffickers and pimps who contact her several times a week from across the country. They think she is … Continue reading
Robson Reviews Robert L. Tsai’s “Eloquence and Reason”
Over at the Law and Politics Book Review, Feminist Law Prof Ruthann Robson reviews Robert Tsai’s book Eloquence and Reason, Creating a First Amendment Culture. Robson points out a noticeable absence from Tsai’s work: My most serious misgiving about … Continue reading
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U.N. BIBLIOGRAPHY ON TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS
Here.
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Kimberly D. Phillips, “My Body is a Sacred ‘Garment’: Does the First Amendment Protect Clothing Designers Who Work Naked?”
The abstract: A Warner Brothers employee, Ms. Lyle, sued the writers of the TV program, Friends, for sexual harassment because the writers used sexually explicit coarse and vulgar language during their script writing sessions for the show. In the Supreme … Continue reading
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“A record number of workers filed federal job discrimination complaints last year, with claims of unfair treatment by older employees seeing the largest increase.”
From Yahoo News: … The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday it received more than 95,000 discrimination claims during the 2008 fiscal year, a 15 percent increase over the previous year. Charges of age discrimination jumped by 28.7 percent : … Continue reading
Paralysis and Child Pornography?
Doug Berman at the Sentencing Law and Policy blog has two posts about cases in which defendants in child pornography cases received lesser sentences because they were paralyzed, here and here. Dan Filler has some related comments here at The … Continue reading
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Title IX Blog Twofer
This post talks about how after one university eliminated football for financial reasons, it cut women’s sports as well to achieve “equality” of opportunity. This post – well, here’s an excerpt: … In the early 80s [in Philadelphia], a girls’ … Continue reading
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Case and Nussbaum v. Posner
Listen to a podcast of critiques of Posnerian jurisprudence by U. of Chicago law professors Mary Ann Case and Martha Nussbaum right here, with a response by Posner. Neither Case nor Nussbaum drops the f-bomb, but the prospect must have … Continue reading
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“It took 36 years of extracurricular competition, including annual world championships at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, but this March kicks off New York City’s first-ever season of competitive double dutch in its public high schools.”
Post title taken from a story here at Women’s Enews entitled “Urban Girls Jump Into the Title IX Gap”. But if you want to see THE BEST Double Dutch action, y’all should head down here to Columbia, South Carolina.
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Debunking Abortion Talking Points
Earlier this week, I read an article stating that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was poised to sign a bill requiring parental notification when minors receive abortions. It did not seem particularly newsworthy to me at the time – the … Continue reading
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We, The Jury: Why Aren’t There Jury Impeachment Appeals Alleging Juror Sexism?
Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) precludes jurors from impeaching their verdicts after trial through testimony concerning anything internal to the jury deliberation process. Accordingly, jurors can’t invalidate their verdicts by testifying after trial that jurors (a) misunderstood jury instructions (even … Continue reading
Lolita Buckner Inniss, “On Being a Black Woman Lawyer (Or, The Sound of Silence)”
Read her essay by this title here. It begins: There are right now two lawsuits being prosecuted by black women lawyers that are quietly making their way around the Internet. A little too quietly for my taste. …
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FIRST ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING October 29-31, 2009 University of Nebraska – Lincoln
FIRST ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING: “WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW” The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers from many disciplines, as well as government and non-governmental agencies who have responsibility for … Continue reading
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National Network to End Domestic Violence Praises Landmark Supreme Court Decision
From the FLP mailbox, a press release from the National Network to End Domestic Violence, exerpted here: Advocates against domestic violence today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision to uphold the federal Lautenberg Amendment that bans convicted domestic violence … Continue reading
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Zip Code Based Study of Porn Consumption Finds Red States Consume the Most
A new study entitled “Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?” by Harvard Business School Prof Benjamin Edelman, focuses on the consumption side of adult online entertainment, and in particular on subscriber demographics and consumption patterns of those who … Continue reading
The Global Arc of Justice Conference, March 11 – 14th in Los Angeles
The International Lesbian and Gay Law Association is working with the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy to put on The Global Arc of Justice: Sexual Orientation Law Around the World March 11-14, and it is bringing … Continue reading
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Can “nice guys” be sexual harassers?
Zuska takes on that question here.
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Thoughts on Tuli v. Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Inc., et al.
The Boston Globe reported here on the $1.6 million jury verdict in an employment discrimination case brought by a female neurosurgeon against her employer, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the male chair of the Neurosurgery Department. An earlier order granting … Continue reading
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Obama Administration To Rescind Bush “Conscience” Rule
From the American Constitution Society’s blog today: The Obama administration is planning to rescind an executive order allowing health care providers to deny services that offend their religious beliefs. The Chicago Tribune reports that the Obama administration will make the … Continue reading
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Anyone for tennis, wouldn’t that be nice?: The contract law implications of the UAE’s decision to deny a visa to an Israeli tennis player
Whether you are a fan of tennis (like me) or not, you might have been following the recent mess in the United Arab Emirates. Basically, at the last second, Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer was denied a visa to … Continue reading
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“In 2007, women only made up 14 percent of the Army. However, during the same year, women accounted for 46 percent of all Army discharges under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
So notes the ACS Blog, which reports: Under the Clinton-era Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, military recruiters and authorities are banned from asking about a soldier’s sexual identify. However, soldiers are required to hide their sexual orientation from public view … Continue reading
“US authorities have rescued nearly 50 child prostitutes – some as young as 13 – in a nationwide operation against the trafficking of children for sex.”
The BBC News reports: More than 570 suspects were arrested during the action, which took place over three nights. FBI agents and local police forces were involved in the operations which spanned some 29 cities. Officials say a 16-year-old girl … Continue reading
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I Don’t Give a Damn Bout My Bad Reputation: Julia Simon-Kerr’s “Unchaste and Incredible” and the Development of the Character Evidence Rules
In the American court system, when judges allow attorneys to attack the character of witnesses, they generally allow them to do so only through reputation and opinion testimony. Federal Rule of Evidence 405(a) provides that: In all cases in which … Continue reading
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Rutgers Symposium, “The Gender Dimensions of Terrorism: How Terrorism Impacts the Lives of Women”
This announcement from Feminist Law Prof Suzanne Kim: On March 6, 2009, the Women’s Rights Law Reporter, the nation’s first legal journal devoted to gender rights, will hold a symposium exploring the intersections of gender and terrorism entitled “The Gender … Continue reading
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“Pakistan ignores justice and holds women in contempt”
Read this Op-Ed by Anber Raz of Equality Now in The Independent. Below is an excerpt: More than 100 schools for girls have been torched or blasted by militants in the Swat valley and other tribal areas, where it is … Continue reading
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“Speech, Privacy, and the Internet: The University and Beyond”
A conference devoted to an interdisciplinary discussion of the legal and ethical issues posed by the new ways in which privacy can be invaded was convened at the University of Chicago Law School last November. You can watch streaming video … Continue reading
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Nancy Leong, “A Noteworthy Absence”
The abstract: In recent years, male law students at top-fifteen-ranked law schools have published nearly twice as many notes in their schools’ general-interest law reviews as have their female counterparts. Although this disparity is common to virtually every top-fifteen-ranked school, … Continue reading
So far the the Freedom of Choice Act has not even been introduced into the new Congress – Why not?
“The first thing I’d do as president [to preserve abortion rights] is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That’s the first thing that I’d do.” — Senator Barack Obama, speaking to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, July 17, … Continue reading
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Brittan Heller and Heide Iravani are awesome.
Brittan and Heide are two women, heavily victimized by AutoAdmit, who have been willing to stand and fight. An article about the AutoAdmit litigation called “Slimed Online” can be found here at Portfolio.com. Here is an excerpt: Autoadmit, like innumerable … Continue reading
About 79 percent of human trafficking involves sex slavery while 18 percent covers forced or bonded labor, forced marriages and organ removal.
So says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in a new report that is available here. A press release providing an overview of the report can be found here.
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“UN Human Rights Council Urges Saudi Arabia to Give Women Rights”
From the Feminist Daily News: At a meeting late last week, members of the United Nations Human Rights Council urged Saudi Arabia to actively work to end pervasive human rights violations in the country, particularly those against women and children. … Continue reading
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Indrani Sinha and Shamita Das Dasgupta, “Mothers for Sale: Women in Kolkata’s Sex Trade”
Can’t find a picture of the cover, or any place it is for sale online, but an interview of a sex worker by one of the authors is available here, at Women’s eNews.
Update on Justice Ginsburg
Great news from the Supreme Court’s public information office (via SCOTUSblog): The pancreatic cancer for which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery on February 5 has been determined as TNM Stage 1 by doctors at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in … Continue reading
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John Min Kang, “Manliness and the Constitution”
Abstract: Much of the legal scholarship regarding gender focuses justifiably on discrimination against women; accordingly, if such scholarship does discuss men, it does so chiefly to illuminate the ways in which women have been oppressed by them. My article seeks … Continue reading
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“Homeland” Security under Napolitano: Key Player in Human Trafficking Policy
I blogged recently about the concerns I had when I read the statements Hilary Clinton made in her Senate confirmation testimony related to the issue of sex trafficking. I heard little sign in her testimony of a desire to … Continue reading
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Julie Stubbs and Julia Tolmie, “Battered Women Charged with Homicide: Advancing the Interests of Indigenous Women”
Abstract: This article examines legal responses to women charged with a homicide offence arising from killing an abusive partner and reviews Australian cases over the period 1991-2007. We focus on cases involving Indigenous women due to their very substantial over-representation … Continue reading
Egypt Considering Tougher Sex-Harassment Law
From Women’s eNews: When Egypt’s new parliament convenes in early February, some members will be proposing a law to strengthen penalties against sexual offenders by increasing jail time and fines. The bill will also put more pressure on police to … Continue reading
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Hang in there, Justice Ginsburg
Our thoughts and warmest wishes are with you.
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The University of Baltimore School of Law will hold its Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference on Friday, March 6, 2009
The University of Baltimore School of Law will hold its Second Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference on Friday, March 6, 2009. The conference will bring together law students, legal academics, practitioners and activists to explore the concrete ways in which … Continue reading
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Trans Fat: A Review by Zak Kramer and Elizabeth Glazer of “Fat Rights: Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood” by Anna Kirkland
Abstract: In her book, Fat Rights: Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood, Professor Anna Kirkland uses fat discrimination as a case study to examine the ways in which we talk about difference in antidiscrimination law. She argues that the proper way … Continue reading
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Let’s follow Ledbetter with the Paycheck Fairness Act!
Overview and call to action here at The New Agenda.
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“Confronting Domestic Violence: The Role of Power in Domestic Relationships” Feb. 27th 2009 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer and Keynote Speaker Cheryl Hanna Professor, Vermont Law School Co-author, Domestic Violence and the law: Policy and Practice “Behind the Castle Walls: Is the Right to Privacy Creating a Safe Harbor for Abusers?” This conference is … Continue reading
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An Afterthought: The Chaste Single Mother
(Cross posted from Related Topics) This ties back to yesterday’s post. Last night I had another thought about what makes the single mothers in the NYT magazine article special and, more specifically, what shields them from the usual … Continue reading
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South Carolina State Senator Robert Ford is trying to outlaw lewd language and profanity.
Story here. It notes: We spoke to Debra Gammons with the Charleston School of Law about freedom of speech. She reminds that the First Amendment is not absolute. You cannot say whatever you want whenever you want to. Courts will … Continue reading
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43 Alaskan Native Americans File Suit Against Jesuits for Rape, Sexual Assault
Heart has the story here.
Yasmeen Hassan, “A War on Pakistan’s Schoolgirls”
From the WaPo: I have such fond childhood memories of summer holidays in the Swat Valley in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, a place well known among Pakistanis for its breathtaking views, cool summer climate and lush fruit orchards. But today … Continue reading
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EQUALITY NOW CALLS ON THE UNITED STATES TO CONDITION AID TO PAKISTAN ON MEASURES TAKEN BY THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT GIRLS AND ENSURE THEIR RIGHT TO EDUCATION
From Equality Now: On 20 January 2009 Equality Now issued a News Alert calling on the Government of Pakistan to protect girls and ensure their right to education following growing fundamentalist pressure in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and … Continue reading
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Yolanda Young, “What Eric Holder’s Tenure at Covington & Burling Says About Blacks and BigLaw”
Op-Ed here at the HuffPo.
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Interview with Lilly Ledbetter
Via Womenstake.
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Vital Juncture for Women’s Rights Policy at the State Department
In her confirmation hearing last week Hilary Clinton was asked by Barbara Boxer to talk about how she plans to use the office of the Secretary of State to better the”status of women in the world.”She was particularly interested in … Continue reading
