All Articles tagged gender

• General
  February 17, 2021 EDT
  WHY FIFTY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS EXEMPTION CODIFIED IN THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
  Lynn Ridgeway Zehrt

  This article examines the small business exemption codified in the Family and Medical Leave Act, which excludes from coverage all workers employed with private businesses with less than fifty employees.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  March 18, 2020 EDT
  CHIEF STATE SUPREME COURTS JUSTICES, FROM JUDICIAL ELECTIONS TO DECISION MAKING: WOMEN’S ISSUES IN THE TRUMP ERA
  Cynthia Boyer

  This article aims to tackle the issue of women as chief justices in State Supreme Court in the Trump era.

• General
  December 12, 2018 EDT
  CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CASE FOR BOARD GENDER DIVERSITY: EVIDENCE FROM DELAWARE CASES
  Akshaya Kamalnath

  This article examines whether there is a corporate governance case for board gender diversity.

• General
  December 12, 2018 EDT
  THE TIDES OF TRANSGRESSIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF DEFAMATION AND THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY
  Ashley Milosevic

  The purpose of this discussion is to examine the arguments, history, and possible solutions to considering a false imputation of homosexuality defamatory.

• General
  April 15, 2018 EDT
  FROM THE CLOSET TO THE BOARDROOM: REGULATING LGBT DIVERSITY ON CORPORATE BOARDS
  Alexander M. Nourafshan

  This article proposes reforms to strengthen the SEC’s diversity disclosure rule by defining diversity and mandating disclosure of specific demographic traits: race, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

• New York Appeals
  April 18, 2017 EDT
  GENDER, VICTIMIZATION, AND EVOLVING STATE STANDARDS: A STUDY OF NEW YORK AND MICHIGAN SEXUAL ASSAULT LEGISLATION
  Ann Johnson

  This article puts forth the argument that a broader definition of rape is more appropriate than a narrow one.

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  GENDER ROLE INCONGRUENCE AND THE ADJUDICATION OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
  Bonita M. Veysey

  This paper investigates the effects of gender and gender role incongruence on the determination of criminal responsibility.

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT AND GENDER STEREOTYPES: CONSEQUENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN’S IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT CRIMINAL IDENTITIES
  Luis M. RiveraBonita M. Veysey

  What are the behavioral consequences when women violate society’s gender norms by committing a crime and participating in a criminal justice system that has been designed for male offenders?

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  “DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT DECEPTION”: THE NECESSARY EROSION OF THE TRANS* PANIC DEFENSE
  Aimee WoddaVanessa R. Panfil

  This article looks into the so-called trans* panic defense through dual means: the deception trope and a reliance upon a societal predilection towards dichotomous gender identities and roles.

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  GENDER ROLE INCONGRUENCE AND THE ADJUDICATION OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
  Bonita M. Veysey

  This paper investigates the effects of gender and gender role incongruence on the determination of criminal responsibility.

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT AND GENDER STEREOTYPES: CONSEQUENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN’S IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT CRIMINAL IDENTITIES
  Luis M. RiveraBonita M. Veysey

  What are the behavioral consequences when women violate society’s gender norms by committing a crime and participating in a criminal justice system that has been designed for male offenders?

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  “DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT DECEPTION”: THE NECESSARY EROSION OF THE TRANS* PANIC DEFENSE
  Aimee WoddaVanessa R. Panfil

  This article looks into the so-called trans* panic defense through dual means: the deception trope and a reliance upon a societal predilection towards dichotomous gender identities and roles.