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Works in Family Law

2022

Battering, Forgiveness, and Redemption, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

Mother, Wife, Slave Lola and the Universality of Women's Exploitation, Janie A. Chuang, Sarah Jeong
Janie A Chuang

Minors, Parents, and Minor Parents, Maya Manian
Maya Manian

Functional Parenting and Dysfunctional Abortion Policy: Reforming Parental Involvement Legislation, Maya Manian
Maya Manian

2021

Domestic Violence in the United States: A Preliminary Report prepared for Rashida Manjoo, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Brenda V. Smith, Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, Farrah Elchahal, Miraisy Rodriguez, Monika Siwiec, Christina Brandt-Young, Kirsten Carlson, Gabrielle Davis, Margaret Drew, Rebecca Landy, Adam Dubin, Rachel Natelson, Sandra Park, Ana Romes, Jessica Rubenstein, Cynthia Soohoo, Cheryl Thomas, Sandra Jezierski, Casey R. Schultz
Brenda Smith

Children of Criminal Offenders & Foster Care, I, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

Conference on Family and the Law, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

Family Unfriendly: The Impact of Criminal Justice Policies on Women Offenders and Children, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

Incarceration of Women and the Effects on Parenting, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

International Child Custody, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

Jailed Parents and Child Support Enforcement, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

Minority Over-Representation in the Criminal Justice System―The Impact on African American Women, Families and Their Communities and Important Emerging Interventions, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

Meeting the Treatment Needs of Women and Girls in Conflict with the Law, Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment in Response to the Needs of Women, Children and Families, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

The Impact of Sentencing Laws on Women and Families, Brenda V. Smith
Brenda Smith

2020

The Rights of Children Living Apart from Their Parents, Ann Shalleck
Ann Shalleck

The End of the Nuclear Age: How the Future of Family Depends on Letting Go of the Past, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Commentary on Dandridge v. Williams, Maya Manian
Contributions to Books

Same-Sex Marriage and Simulacra: Exploring Conceptions of Equality, Heather Hughes
Heather Hughes

Law that Values All Families: Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

A Mother Should Not Have to Adopt Her Own Child: Parentage Laws for Children of Lesbian Couples in the Twenty-First Century, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Family Law Exceptionalism in Comparative Law, Fernanda Nicola
Fernanda G Nicola

Intimate Liability: Emotional Harm, Family Law, and Stereotyped Narratives in Interspousal Torts, Fernanda Nicola
Fernanda G Nicola

The Contractualization of Family Law in the United States, Fernanda Nicola, Adrienne Hunter Jules
Fernanda G Nicola

Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Cohabitation, and Same-Sex Families Around the World: Why ‘Same’ is so Different?, Macarena Saez
Macarena Saez

Transforming Family Law Through Same-Sex Marriage: Lessons from (and to) the Western World, Macarena Saez
Macarena Saez

Why Lesbians and Gay Men Should Read Martha Fineman, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Valuing All Families: An Introduction to the 2008 Santa Clara Law Review Symposium, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

How Does a Radical Lesbian Feminist Who Just Knows How to Holler Somehow Become a Noted Legal Scholar, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

What Marriage Equality Arguments Portend for Domestic Partner Employee Benefits, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

The Deliberate Contruction of Families without Fathers: Is It an Option for Lesbian and Heterosexual Mothers, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Lesbian and Gay Parenting: The Last Thirty Years, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Making Marriage Matter Less: The ALI Domestic Partner Principles Are One Step in the Right Direction, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

The New Illegitimacy: Winning Backward in the Protection of the Children of Lesbian Couples, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Two Parts of the Landscape of Family in America: Maintaining both Spousal and Domestic Partner Employee Benefits for Both Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Response: And Baby Makes How Many - Using In Re M.C. to Consider Parentage of a Child Conceived through Sexual Intercourse and Born to a Lesbian Couple, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

From Third Parties to Parents: The Case of Lesbian Couples and Their Children, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

For the Sake of All Children: Opponents and Supporters of Same-Sex Marriage Both Miss the Mark, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Family Law and Gay and Lesbian Family Issues in the Twentieth Century, Nancy Polikoff, David Chambers
Nancy D. Polikoff

A Supreme Court Ruling That's about Way More than Preemption, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Ending Marriage as We Know It, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Concord with Which Other Families: Marriage Equality, Family Demographics, and Race, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Equality and Justice for Lesbian and Gay Families and Relationships, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Custody Rights of Lesbian and Gay Parents Redux: The Irrelevance of Constitutional Principles, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

Independence and Immigration, Amanda Frost
Amanda Frost

Feminist Inquiry and Action: Introduction to a Symposium on Confronting Domestic Violence and Achieving Gender Equality: Evaluating Battered Women & Feminist Lawmakingby Elizabeth Schneider, Ann Shalleck
Ann Shalleck

Foundational Myths and the Reality of Dependency: The Role of Marriage, Ann Shalleck
Ann Shalleck

Introduction Comparative Family Law: What is the Global Family? Family Law in Decolonization, Modernization, and Globalization, Ann Shalleck
Ann Shalleck

"Everything you need is in here": Missing Elements in a Trauma-Sensitive, Multiracial Framework for Foster Parentig, Binny Miller, Maya Coleman
Binny Miller

Intergenerational Control: Why Genetic Modification of Embryos via CRISPR-Cas9 is Not a Fundamental Parental Right, Fernando Montoya
American University Law Review

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2019

In the Right Direction, Family Diversity in the Inter-American System of Human Rights, Macarena Sáez
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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In the Right Direction, Family Diversity in the Inter-American System of Human Rights, Macarena Sáez
Macarena Saez

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Why the Legal Strategy of Exploiting Immigrant Families Should Worry Us All, Jamie Abrams
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Adding Insult to Injury: The Unconscionability of Alimony Payments from Domestic Violence Survivors to their Abusers, Amanda Nannarone
American University Law Review

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em>Mama Tried: Shifting Thinking (and Practice) in Child Welfare Cases When a Parent is Incarcerated, Brent M. Pattison
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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2018

"Everything you need is in here": Missing Elements in a Trauma-Sensitive, Multiracial Framework for Foster Parentig, Binny Miller, Maya Coleman
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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The Workplace Injunction: An Emerging but Imperfect Weapon in the Fight Against Domestic Violence, Michael D. Moberly
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Far from Now-Settled: The Supreme Court's Decision in Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez as a Violation of Substantive and Procedural Due Process Under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, Cassandra Erler
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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De Facto Parent And Non Parent Child Support Orders, Jeffrey A. Parness, Matthew Timko
American University Law Review

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Beyond Balancing: Rethinking the Law of Embryo Disposition, Mary Ziegler
American University Law Review

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Too Stupid: Intellectual Disability as a Statutory Ground for Termination of Parental Rights, Charlotte Jayne Cooper
The Modern American

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2017

The Polarization of Reproductive and Parental Decision-Making, Jamie Abrams
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Mother, Wife, Slave Lola and the Universality of Women's Exploitation, Janie A. Chuang, Sarah Jeong
Popular Media

A Family Is What You Make It? Legal Recognition and Regulation of Multiple Parents, Haim Abraham
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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How Does a Radical Lesbian Feminist Who Just Knows How to Holler Somehow Become a Noted Legal Scholar, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Japan's Failure to Protect Japanese-American Children from International Parental Kidnapping in Violation of the Hague Convention on Child Abduction, Tarja Cajudo
American University International Law Review

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The End of the Nuclear Age: How the Future of Family Depends on Letting Go of the Past, Nancy Polikoff
Presentations

"[R]elegated Through No Fault of Their Own to a More Difficult" System: Applying the Obergefell Opinion to Custody Principles, Melanie Kalmanson
The Modern American

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Equitable Tolling Denied: Uniform Standard Breaks Abuser's Control Within Domestic Violence, Laura E. Petkovich
The Modern American

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Overcoming Biased Views of Gender and Victimhood in Custody Evaluations When Domestic Violence Is Alleged, Ruth Leah Perrin
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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2016

Foundational Myths and the Reality of Dependency: The Role of Marriage , Ann Shalleck
Ann Shalleck

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Panel 3: Unexpected Coalitions: Dream Act/Marriage Equality/Domestic Worker Legislation, Janie Chuang
Janie A Chuang

El caso Atala e Hijas v. Chile en el Sistema Iinteramericano de Derechos Humanos, Macarena Sáez
Presentations

El caso Atala e Hijas v. Chile en el Sistema Iinteramericano de Derechos Humanos, Macarena Sáez
Macarena Saez

Minors, Parents, and Minor Parents, Maya Manian
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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The Fact of the Matter, David Spratt
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Independence and Immigration, Amanda Frost
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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They['ve] Got Eyes in the Sky: How the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Governs Body Camera Use in Public Schools, Sarah Pierce West
American University Law Review

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How Dramatic Shifts in Perceptions of Parenting Have Exposed Families, Free-Range or Otherwise, to State Intervention: A Common Law Tort Approach to Redefining Child Neglect, David Manno
American University Law Review

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Would've, Could've, Should've: Custodial Standing of Non-Biological Same-Sex Parents for Children Born Before Marriage Equality, Frank Aiello
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Commentary on DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, Macarena Saez
Contributions to Books

2015

Same-Sex Couples - Comparative Insights on Marriage and Cohabitation, Macarena Sáez
Books

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Book Review: Family Law Reimagined, Shannon M. Roddy
Book Reviews

Same-Sex Couples - Comparative Insights on Marriage and Cohabitation, Macarena Sáez
Macarena Saez

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Concord with Which Other Families: Marriage Equality, Family Demographics, and Race, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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For Men Only: A Gap in the Rules Allows Sex Discrimination to Avoid Ethical Challenge, Michelle N. Struffolino
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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2014

From Third Parties to Parents: The Case of Lesbian Couples and Their Children, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Transforming Family Law Through Same-Sex Marriage: Lessons from (and to) the Western World, Macarena Saez
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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The Contractualization of Family Law in the United States, Fernanda Nicola, Adrienne Hunter Jules
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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The Exploratory Study of Custody and Visitation Rights for Children in Same-Sex Families, Valencia T. Johnson
The Modern American

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Family Treatment Drug Courts: A Perspective From Lewiston, Maine, John B. Beliveau, Aisling Ryan
Criminal Law Practitioner

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2013

Intimate Liability: Emotional Harm, Family Law, and Stereotyped Narratives of Interspousal Torts, Fernanda Nicola
Fernanda G. Nicola

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What Marriage Equality Arguments Portend for Domestic Partner Employee Benefits, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Intimate Liability: Emotional Harm, Family Law, and Stereotyped Narratives in Interspousal Torts, Fernanda Nicola
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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A Supreme Court Ruling That's about Way More than Preemption, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Caught in a Trap - Paternity Presumptions in Louisiana, Evelyn L. Wilson
The Modern American

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2012

Roe v. Wade and the Dred Scott Decision: Justice Scalia's Peculiar Analogy in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Jamin B. Raskin
Jamin Raskin

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Foundational Myths and the Reality of Dependency: The Role of Marriage , Ann Shalleck
Ann Shalleck

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Minority Over-Representation in the Criminal Justice System―The Impact on African American Women, Families and Their Communities and Important Emerging Interventions, Brenda V. Smith
Presentations

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Functional Parenting and Dysfunctional Abortion Policy: Reforming Parental Involvement Legislation, Maya Manian
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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National Report: Colombia, Universidad de los Andes Public Interest Law Group
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Denmark, Christina G. Jeppesen de Boer, Annette Kronborg
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: France, Hugues Fulchiron
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Germany, Jens M. Scherpe
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Greece, Alexander G. Fessas
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Hungary, Zsolt Körtvélyesi, András L. Pap
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Italy, Virginia Zambrano
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Ireland, Aisling Parkes
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: New Zealand, Kenneth McK. Norrie
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Japan, Teiko Tamaki
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Norway , Torstein Frantzen
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: The Republic of South Africa, François du Toit
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Spain, Carlos Martínez de Aguirre Aldaz, Pedro de Pablo Contreras
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Switzerland, Annelot Peters
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Turkey, Başak Başoğlu, Candan Yasan
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: United Kingdom, Kenneth McK. Norrie
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Uruguay , Walter Howard
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Proposition 8, and the Fight for Same-Sex Marriage , Jennie Croyle
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Perry v. Schwarzenegger: Can the Proponents of Proposition 8 Stand Up When the State Stands Down? , Matthew Gomez
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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“Strong Words, Gentle Deeds”: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Maryland Immigration Consultant Act Five Years On, Cori Alonso-Marsden
Legislation and Policy Brief

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Learning from the Master: Things Betty Thompson Taught Me, David Spratt
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Two Parts of the Landscape of Family in America: Maintaining both Spousal and Domestic Partner Employee Benefits for Both Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Response: And Baby Makes How Many - Using In Re M.C. to Consider Parentage of a Child Conceived through Sexual Intercourse and Born to a Lesbian Couple, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Custody Rights of Lesbian and Gay Parents Redux: The Irrelevance of Constitutional Principles, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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The New Illegitimacy: Winning Backward in the Protection of the Children of Lesbian Couples, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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v. (versus): Case Law, Concepts, and American Society, Alan S. Nemeth
Books

2011

In Re: Adoption of a Minor Child Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit Palm Beach County, Florida, Jennafer Neufeld, Dalia Georgi
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Referenda and the District of Columbia's Human Rights Act: Voting on Same-Sex Marriage in the Nation's Capital, Jacob Stewart
Legislation and Policy Brief

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Redefining Child under the State Children's Health Insurance Program: Capable of Repetition, Yet Evading Results, Elisabeth H. Sperow
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Conference on Family and the Law, Brenda V. Smith
Presentations

Domestic Violence in the United States: A Preliminary Report prepared for Rashida Manjoo, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Brenda V. Smith, Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, Farrah Elchahal, Miraisy Rodriguez, Monika Siwiec, Christina Brandt-Young, Kirsten Carlson, Gabrielle Davis, Margaret Drew, Rebecca Landy, Adam Dubin, Rachel Natelson, Sandra Park, Ana Romes, Jessica Rubenstein, Cynthia Soohoo, Cheryl Thomas, Sandra Jezierski, Casey R. Schultz
Reports

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Caretakers, Entitlement, and Diversity , Twila L. Perry
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Bursting the Foundational Myths of Reproductive Labor Under Capitalism: A Call for Brave New Families or Brave New Villages? , Mary Romero
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Why Lesbians and Gay Men Should Read Martha Fineman, Nancy D. Polikoff
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Comments on Martha Fineman's Cracking the Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, and Self-Sufficiency, , Suzanna Danuta Walters
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Foundational Myths and the Reality of Dependency: The Role of Marriage , Ann Shalleck
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Caretakers, Entitlement, and Diversity , Twila L. Perry
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Bursting the Foundational Myths of Reproductive Labor Under Capitalism: A Call for Brave New Families or Brave New Villages? , Mary Romero
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Why Lesbians and Gay Men Should Read Martha Fineman, Nancy D. Polikoff
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Foundational Myths and the Reality of Dependency: The Role of Marriage , Ann Shalleck
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Comments on Martha Fineman's Cracking the Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, and Self-Sufficiency, , Suzanna Danuta Walters
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Parental Rights and the Best Interests of the Child: Implications of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 on Domestic Violence Victims' Rights, Rachel Venier
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Women's Human Rights in the Framework of Argentine Domestic Law: Treatment Since the Return to Democracy, Maria Teresa Flores
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Gender and the Law: Mexican Legislation on Domestic Violence, Marta Torres Falcon
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Language and the Law, Yadira Calvo
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Is Law and Art or a Science?: Comments on Objectivity, Feminism, and Power, Joan Williams
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Welfare Reform’s Inadequate Implementation of the Family Violence Option: Exploring Dual Oppression of Poor Domestic Violence Victims, Rachel J. Gallagher
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Book Review: Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity, Pascale Fournier, Anna Dekker
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Critical Family Law, Maria Rosaria Marella
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Consumer Direction in Medicaid Long Term Care: Autonomy, Commodification of Family Labor, and Community Resilience, Daniela Kraiem
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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What’s the Border Got to do with it? How Immigration Regimes Affect Familial Care Provisions—A Comparative Analysis, Hila Shamir
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Legal Reform, Social Policy, and Gendered Redistribution in Colombia: The Role of the Family, Helena Alviar Garcia
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Feminist Fumdamentalism as an Individual and Constitutional Commitment, Mary Anne Case
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Interacting Legal Orders and Child Marriages in India, Domenico Francavilla
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Running In(to) the Family: 8 Short Stories About Sex Workers, Clients, Husbands, and Wives, Ummni Khan
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Redefining Polygamy Among the Palestinian Bedouins in Israel: Colonialism, Patriarchy, and Resistance, Rawia Abu Rabia
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Introduction Comparative Family Law: What is the Global Family? Family Law in Decolonization, Modernization and Globalization , Ann Shalleck
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Cohabitation, and Same-Sex Families Around the World: Why “Same” is so Different?, Macarena Saez
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Cohabitation, and Same-Sex Families Around the World: Why ‘Same’ is so Different?, Macarena Saez
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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National Report: Canada, Marie-France Bureau
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Belgium, Frederik Swennen, Yves-Henri Leleu
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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2010

“For Any Reason”: Paper Promises to Protect Service Members, Tami Martin
Legislation and Policy Brief

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The Collateral Consequences of Masculinizing Violence, Jamie Abrams
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Testimony before the D.C. Council on Marriage Equality & Domestic Partnerships, Nancy Polikoff
Nancy D. Polikoff

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Children's Rights as Relational Rights: The Case of Relocation, Ruth Zafran
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The Dual Purposes of the U Visa Thwarted in a Legislative Duel, Jamie Abrams
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Family Law Exceptionalism in Comparative Law, Fernanda Nicola
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Specialization has the Potential to Lead to Uneven Justice: Domestic Violence Cases in the Juvenile and Domestic Violence Courts, Allison Cleveland
The Modern American

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Legislative Updates, Cheryl Chado
The Modern American

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2009

Testimony before the D.C. Council on Marriage Equality & Domestic Partnerships, Nancy Polikoff
Congressional and Other Testimony

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A Mother Should Not Have to Adopt Her Own Child: Parentage Laws for Children of Lesbian Couples in the Twenty-First Century, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Law that Values All Families: Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Multiple Families, Multiple Goals, Multiple Failures: The Need for “Limited Equalization” as a Theory of Child Support, Adrienne Jennings Lockie
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Joint and Shared Parenting: Valuing All Families and All Children in the Adoption Process with an Expanded Notion Of Family , Cynthia R. Mabry
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Considering Mom: Maternity and the Model Act Governing Assisted Reproductive Technology, Charles P. Kindregan Jr.
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The Hebrew Language Has Not Created a Title for Me: A Legal and Sociolinguistic Analysis of New-Type Families, Michael Tamir, Dalia Cahana-Amitay
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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It's Not Just Shopping Urban Lofts, and the Lesbian Gay-By Boom: How Sexual Orientation Demographics Can Inform Family Courts , Todd Brower
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Equality and Justice for Lesbian and Gay Families and Relationships, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Opuz v. Turkey: Europe's Landmark Judgment on Violence against Women, Tarik Abdel-Monem
Human Rights Brief

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Legislative Updates , Rene Carballo
The Modern American

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Update on Asylum Law: New Hope for Victims of Domestic Violence , Sandra A. Grossman, María Mañón
The Modern American

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2008

Intolerable Situations and Counsel for Children: Following Switzerland's Example in Hague Abduction Cases , Merle H. Weiner
American University Law Review

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Are You Still My Mother, Interstate Recognition of Adoption by Gays and Lesbians , Rhonda Wasserman
American University Law Review

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View from the Ivory Tower: Musings of a Former Family Lawyer, David Spratt
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Valuing All Families: An Introduction to the 2008 Santa Clara Law Review Symposium, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Born To No Mother: In Re Roberto D.B. and Equal Protection for Gestational Surrogates Rebutting Maternity, Emily Stark
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Guarantors of Our Genes: Are Egg Donors Liable for Latent Genetic Disease, Suriya E.P. Jayanti
American University Law Review

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You Are Not The Father: How State Paternity Laws Protect (And Fail To Protect) The Best Interests of Children, Sarah McGinnis
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Legislative Updates, Amalia Greenberg
The Modern American

The Upbringing of a Creature: The Scope of a Parent's Right to Teach Children to Hate, Brooke Emery
The Modern American

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2007

"Not Quite One Gender or the Other": Marriage Law and the Containment of Gender Trouble in the United Kingdom, Dr. Lisa Fishbayn
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The Parentage Puzzle: The Interplay Between Genetics, Procreative Intent, and Parental Conduct in Determining Legal Parentage, Deborah H. Wald, Esq.
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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SOS (Safeguard Our Survival): Understanding and Alleviating the Lethat Legacy of Survival-threatening Child Abuse, Nancy Wright, Eric Wright
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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For Richer or Poorer or any Other Reason: Adjudicating Immigration Marriage Fraud Cases Within the Scope of the Constitution , Marcel De Armas
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Legislative Updates ,
The Modern American

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The Irrationality of a Rational Basis: Denying Benefits to the Children of Same-Sex Couples , Sam Castic
The Modern American

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2006

Rhetorical Holy War: Polygamy, Homosexuality, and the Paradox of Community and Autonomy, Gregory C. Pinfree
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Are You My Mother? Defending the Rights of Intended Parents in Gestational Surrogacy Arrangements in Pennsylvania, Krista Sirola
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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All's Fair in Love and Divorce: Why Divorce Attorney's Fees Should Constitute a Dissipation of Marital Assets in Order to Retain Equity in Marital Property Distributions, Sarah C. Acker
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Children of Incarcerated Mothers and the Struggle for Stability , Nekima Levy-Pounds
The Modern American

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2005

International Child Custody, Brenda V. Smith
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Inter-American System, Claudia Martin
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Lesbian and Gay Parenting: The Last Thirty Years, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs Penguin Press, 2005, Elizabeth Hahn
Sustainable Development Law & Policy

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Contesting Conservatisms, Family Feuds and the Privatization of Dependency, Brenda Crossman
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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You May Never See Your Child Again: The Batterer's Visitation Rights To Protect Children From Future Abuse, Prentice L. White
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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For the Sake of All Children: Opponents and Supporters of Same-Sex Marriage Both Miss the Mark, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Marriage, Divorce, and Inheritance Laws in Sierra Leone and Their Discriminatory Effects on Women, Pamela O. Davies
Human Rights Brief

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2004

The Parent Trap: Uncovering the Myth of "Coerced Parenthood" in Frozen Embryo Disputes, Ellen Waldman
American University Law Review

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Making Marriage Matter Less: The ALI Domestic Partner Principles Are One Step in the Right Direction, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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2003

The Effect of Context on Practice [Book Review], Susan D. Carle
Susan D. Carle

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Ending Marriage as We Know It, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Battering, Forgiveness, and Redemption, Brenda V. Smith
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Feminist Lawmaking On-Line: The FIVERS Domestic Violence Listserve, Kathleen Waits
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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International Human Rights Dimensions of Intimate Violence: Another Strand in the Dialectic of Feminist Lawmaking, Rhonda Copelon
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Criminalizing Dowry Deaths: The Indian Experience, Judith G. Greenberg
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Theories of Domestic Violence in the African Context, Cynthia Grant Bowman
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The Potential and Challenges of Transnational Litigation for Feminist Concerned about Domestic Violence Here and Abroad, Merle H. Weiner
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Domestic Violence, Child Custody, and Child Protection: Understanding Judicial Resistance and Imaging the Solutions, Joan S. Meier
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Fact-Finding in Civil Domestic Violence Cases: Secondary Traumatic Stress and the Need for Compassionate Witness, Ann E. Freedman
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Why Do You Do The Things You Do? Clemency for Battered Incarcerated Women, A Decade's Review, Linda L. Ammons
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The "Pitiless Double Abuse" of Battered Mothers, Justine A. Dunlap
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Engaging With The State: The Growing Reliance on Lawyers and Judges To Protect Battered Women, Jane C. Murphy
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Domestic Violence and the Maryland Family Violence Option, Karen Syma Czapanskiy
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Advancing Equality in Domestic Violence Law Reform, Julie Goldscheid
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Ginger Rogers Dancing Backwards in Red High Heels– Feminist Lawmaking and Domestic Violence, Bette Garlow
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Battered Women, Child Maltreatment, Prison, and Poverty: Issues for Theory and Practice, Naomi R. Cahn
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Doubly Victimized: Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence, Lenora M. Lapidus
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The Pedagogy of Domestic Violence Law: Situating Domestic Violence Work in Law Schools, Adding the Lenses of Race and Class, Sarah M. Buel
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Feminist Inquiry and Action: Introduction to a Symposium on Confronting Domestic Violence and Achieving Gender Equality: Evaluating Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking by Elizabeth Schneider, Ann Shalleck
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Feminist Inquiry and Action: Introduction to a Symposium on Confronting Domestic Violence and Achieving Gender Equality: Evaluating Battered Women & Feminist Lawmakingby Elizabeth Schneider, Ann Shalleck
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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The Race Card: Dealing With Domestic Violence in the Courts, Leslie Espinoza Garvey
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Wading into Professor Schneider's "Murky Middle Ground" Between Acceptance and Rejection of Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Holly Maguigan
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Transforming Aggressive Prosecution Policies: Prioritizing Victims' Long-Term Safety in the Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases, Deborah Epstein, Margret E. Bell, Lisa A. Goodman
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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2002

Meeting the Treatment Needs of Women and Girls in Conflict with the Law, Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment in Response to the Needs of Women, Children and Families, Brenda V. Smith
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Family Unfriendly: The Impact of Criminal Justice Policies on Women Offenders and Children, Brenda V. Smith
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Mandatory Motherhood and Frustrated Fatherhood: The Supreme Court's Preservation of Gender Discrimination in American Citizenship Law, Erin Chlopak
American University Law Review

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In the Interests of Children: The Role of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services in Private Custody Proceedings , Carrie Leonetti
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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2001

Incarceration of Women and the Effects on Parenting, Brenda V. Smith
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The Children of Homosexual Parents: The Voices the Courts Have Yet to Hear. , Eileen P. Huff
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Troxel v. Granville 120 S. Ct. 2054 (2000), Margaret Byrne
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The G.I.F.T. of Two Biological and Legal Mothers, Ryiah Lilith
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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2000

Straightening It Out: Joan Williams on Unbending Gender, Adrienne D. Davis
American University Law Review

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Panel One: Redesigning Work and the Benefits Related to It,
American University Law Review

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The Impact of Sentencing Laws on Women and Families, Brenda V. Smith
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Why Lesbians and Gay Men Should Read Martha Fineman, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Models for Safe Child Support Enforcement, Susan Notar, Viki Turetesky
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Subsidized Lives and the Ideology of Efficiency , Martha T. McCluskey
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Social Programs and Manageable Units , Saul Levmore
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Promoting Family by Promoting Work: The Hole in Martha Fineman's Doughnut , Peter B. Edelman
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Building on Foundational Myths: Feminism and the Recovery of "Human Nature": A Response to Martha Fineman , Peter M. Cicchino
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Subsidy for Caretaking in Families: Lessons from Foster Care , Catharine J. Ross, Naomi R. Cahn
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Cracking Foundations as Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Cracking the Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, and Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Social Programs and Manageable Units , Saul Levmore
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Subsidized Lives and the Ideology of Efficiency , Martha T. McCluskey
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Promoting Family by Promoting Work: The Hole in Martha Fineman's Doughnut , Peter B. Edelman
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Subsidy for Caretaking in Families: Lessons from Foster Care , Catharine J. Ross, Naomi R. Cahn
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Cracking Foundations as Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Cracking the Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, and Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Foundational Myths and the Reality of Dependency: The Role of Marriage, Ann Shalleck
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Building on Foundational Myths: Feminism and the Recovery of "Human Nature": A Response to Martha Fineman , Peter M. Cicchino
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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A House of Fools: The Child Custody Protection Act, Christopher M. Law
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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1999

Jailed Parents and Child Support Enforcement, Brenda V. Smith
Presentations

Egging On Lesbian Maternity: The Legal Implications of Tri-gametic In Vitro Fertilization , Kyle C. Velte
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Integrating Gender into Legal Education: Obstacles and Challenges, Leonor Vain
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Feminist Theory and Feminist Method: Transforming the Experience of the Classroom, Ann Shalleck
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Children of Criminal Offenders & Foster Care, I, Brenda V. Smith
Reports

Family Law and Gay and Lesbian Family Issues in the Twentieth Century, Nancy Polikoff, David Chambers
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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"Reparative" Therapy: Whether Parental Attempts to Change a Child's Sexual Orientation Can Legally Constitute Child Abuse , Karolyn Ann Hicks
American University Law Review

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1998

Same-Sex Marriage and Simulacra: Exploring Conceptions of Equality, Heather Hughes
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Reconceiving the Family: Challenging the Paradigm of the Exclusive Family, Alison Harvinson Young
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Representing Families Affected By HIV/AIDS: How the Proposed Federal Standby Guardianship Act Facilitates Future Planning in the Best Interests of the Child and Family, Kelly C. Rozmus
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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1996

The Deliberate Contruction of Families without Fathers: Is It an Option for Lesbian and Heterosexual Mothers, Nancy Polikoff
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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1995

Pillow Talk, Richard Hyland
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Combining Class Action Litigation and Social Science Research: A Case Study in Helping Homeless Women With Children, Lynee Soine, Mary Ann Burg
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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If Anybody Ask You Who I Am: An Outsider's Story of the Duty to Establish Paternity, Lisa Kelly
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Remarks of a Former Welfare Recipient on Selected State Legislative Developments in Welfare, Nitza I. Vera
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Family Planning Services Conference on the Interventional Protection of Reproductive Rights: The Impact of Reproductive Subordination on Women's Health , Mahmoud F. Fathalla
American University Law Review

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1994

Implementation of the Family and Medical Leave Act: Toward the Family-Friendly Workplace, Claudia Withers
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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The Coming of Age of Grandparent Visitation Rights, Anne Marie Jackson
American University Law Review

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1992

Roe v. Wade and the Dred Scott Decision: Justice Scalia's Peculiar Analogy in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Jamin B. Raskin
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Racism and Patriarchy in the Meaning of Motherhood, Dorthy E. Roberts
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Expanding Our Vision of Legal Services Representation– The Hermanas Unidas Project, Stacy Brustin
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Discovering Our Connections: Race and Gender in the Law Symposium Keynote Address, Margaret Walker Alexander
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Babies, Parents, and Grandparents: A Story in Two Cases, Karen Czapanskiy
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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1984

The Rights of Children Living Apart from Their Parents, Ann Shalleck
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