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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
CFP The Uses and Abuses of History in the Trump Era
By Tracy Thomas
Call for PapersConference: “The Uses and Abuses of History in the Trump Era”Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NYMarch 28-29, 2019“The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Morocco at the Crossroads the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Refugee Status by Karla Mari McKanders
Morocco at the Crossroads the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Refugee Status by Karla Mari McKanders. Chapter in Women and Social Change in North Africa: What Counts as Revolutionary? (pp.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Deleterious Effects of the Marriage Penalty Tax on Women and Society
By Tracy Thomas
Dennis R. Lassila, Murphy Smith & Daqun (David) Zhang, Negative Social and Economic Effects of the Marriage Penalty Tax on Women and SocietyFor decades the marriage penalty tax (MPT) has been debated, reduced,…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Constitutional Conflict Over Inherent Differences Between the Sexes
By Tracy Thomas
Cary Franklin, Biological Warfare: Constitutional Conflict Over 'Inherent Differences' Between the Sexes, Supreme Court Review (forthcoming)Equal protection law no longer recognizes so-called “inherent differences” among the races as a justification for…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A Review of Posts on Irish Law and Gender
By Tracy Thomas
In honor of St. Patrick's day, a review of posts on Irish law and gender:Book: Irish Feminist Judgments ProjectWomen Under-represented on Irish Juries in Serious Criminal Trials Especially Rape TrialsGender…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
CFP Journal of Research on Women and Gender
By Tracy Thomas
The Journal of Research on Women and Gender is currently accepting manuscripts for our latest issue. Our mission is to promote critical dialogues about the experiences of women and persons of various gender identities…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
TBT: What Feminist Pedagogy has Wrought
By Tracy Thomas
Zipporah Wiseman, What Feminist Pedagogy has Wrought, 11 American J. Gender, Social Policy & Law 963 (2003)As the day progressed, and I listened to each of your papers, I was struck…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Historical Persecution of Women and the Birth of Female Criminality
By Tracy Thomas
Amy Gainford, Mad, Bad or Sad? The Historical Persecution of Women and the Birth of Female CriminalityThroughout history the notion of the ‘female criminal’ has been something of a taboo, an…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Women and the Law Conference 2018: Gender at the Bargaining Table
By Tracy Thomas
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Women and the Law Conference 2018: Her Place at the Bargaining Table: Gender, Negotiation and “Risky” Decision-MakingThomas Jefferson School of Law’s 18th Annual Women and the Law…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Taking a close look at the state of women’s incarceration in the states
Main January 9, 2018Taking a close look at the state of women's incarceration in the statesThe very fine folks at the Prison Policy Initiative have a very fine new report…