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Feminist Legal Theory
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ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Phyllis Schlafly and How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality
At the end of 1922, the Washington Times asked Alice Paul to predict how “modern feminism” would shape “the course of history in the…
Jill Elaine Hasday -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
A “New” New Departure
In the wake of enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, women’s rights activists embarked on an exercise in popular constitutionalism known as “the…
Paula A. Monopoli -
NoteVol. 101 · Iss. 2
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Potential Eighth Amendment Protections for Inmates Subject to Sexual Victimization in the Post-Dobbs World
For years, federal courts have recognized the sexual victimization of inmates as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. But it is unclear…
Elena LeVan -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 6
Sexual Agreements
Few would find it surprising that an agreement for sex falls outside the bounds of contract law. Prostitution—defined as an exchange of sex for…
Albertina Antognini & Susan Frelich Appleton -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 6
Nonmarital Fathers in Family Court: Judges’ And Lawyers’ Perspectives
This Article presents findings revealing judges and government attorneys’ perspectives regarding nonmarital fathers as parents. The findings are drawn from original empirical data generated in a rigorous…
Tonya L. Brito -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 6
The Price of Exit
The price of exit influences the terms of intimate relationships—and constitutes an important factor in distinguishing committed from contingent relationships. With or without legal…
Eleanor Brown, Naomi Cahn & June Carbone -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 6
Antiabortion Civil Remedies and Unwed Fatherhood as Genetic Entitlement
Antiabortion civil remedy laws in effect in five states grant putative fathers the right to sue abortion providers for wrongful death regardless of their…
Yvonne Lindgren -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 5
Working Through Menopause
There are over thirty million people ages forty-four to fifty-five in the civilian labor force in the United States, but the law and legal…
Bridget J. Crawford, Emily Gold Waldman & Naomi R. Cahn -
CommentaryVol. 99 · Iss. 1
The [E]x Factor: Addressing Trauma from Post-Separation Domestic Violence as Judicial Terrorism
Abstract When victims of intimate terrorism leave their abusers, the abuse rarely ends. While many victims exit intimate relationships to try to escape…
Lisa A. Tucker -
ArticleVol. 88 · Iss. 5
The “Youngest Profession”: Consent, Autonomy, and Prostituted Children
Although precise statistics do not exist, data suggest that the number of children believed to be at risk for commercial sexual exploitation in the…
Tamar R. Birckhead -
ArticleVol. 95 · Iss. 5
Against Women’s Sports
This Article challenges the longstanding assumption that sports should be segregated by sex. Imposing sex segregation on sports is problematic for many reasons. Sex…
Nancy Leong -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 6
Why Sexual Privacy Matters for Trust
Every generation has preferred modes of self-disclosure. Not long ago, lovers revealed their thoughts, desires, and secrets over the phone and in letters. Today,…
Danielle Keats Citron