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Women's Rights Law Reporter
The ''Women's Rights Law Reporter'' is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Rutgers School of Law—Newark. The journal was founded in 1970 by Rutgers law students working with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Professor Nadine H. Taub. It was the first law journal in the U.S. to focus exclusively on women's rights. Professor Taub (now deceased) remained the faculty advisor of the journal through the 1980s and 1990s. The journal provides a forum for exploring law and public policy relating to women’s rights and gender. The journal is published quarterly. History and focus Ann Marie Boylan, a recent graduate of Rutgers School of Law, had been trying to establish a feminist journal. Boylan had created one issue of the ''Women's Rights Law Reporter'' (WRLR), published out of her apartment in Newark in 1970. She shared the idea for the journal with a women's group in Newark who wanted to help the publication become successful and it was suggested that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Review
A law review or law journal is a scholarly journal or publication that focuses on legal issues. A law review is a type of legal periodical. Law reviews are a source of research, imbedded with analyzed and referenced legal topics; they also provide a scholarly analysis of emerging law concepts from various topics. Law reviews are generated in almost all law bodies/institutions worldwide. However, in recent years, some have claimed that the traditional influence of law reviews is declining. Unlike other scholarly journals, most law journals in the United States and Canada are housed at individual law schools and are edited by students, not professional scholars. A law school will typically have a "flagship" law review and several secondary journals dedicated to specific topics. For example, Harvard Law School's flagship journal is the '' Harvard Law Review'', and it has 16 other secondary journals such as the ''Harvard Journal of Law & Technology'' and the '' Harvard Civil Rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauli Murray
Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) was an American civil rights activist who became a lawyer, gender equality advocate, Episcopal priest, and author. Drawn to the ministry, in 1977 she became one of the first women—and the first African-American woman—to be ordained as an Episcopal priest. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Murray was essentially orphaned, raised mostly by her maternal aunt in Durham, North Carolina. At the age of 16, she moved to New York City to attend Hunter College, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1933. In 1940, Murray sat in the whites-only section of a Virginia bus with a friend, and they were arrested for violating state segregation laws. This incident, and her subsequent involvement with the socialist Workers' Defense League, led her to pursue her career goal of working as a civil rights lawyer. She enrolled in the law school at Howard University, where she was the only woman in her class. Murray g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Journals Edited By Students
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of relations between people. Legal systems vary between jurisdiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Rights In The United States
Feminism in the United States refers to the collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending a state of equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women in the United States. Feminism has had a massive influence on American politics. Feminism in the United States is often divided chronologically into first-wave, second-wave, third-wave, and fourth-wave feminism. According to the 2017 Gender Gap Index measurement of countries by the World Economic Forum, the United States is ranked 49th on gender equality. First-wave feminism The first wave of feminism in the United States began with the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention, held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19 and 20, 1848. The Seneca Falls Convention was inspired by the experiences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840. The conference refused to seat Mott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publications Established In 1970
To publish is to make content available to the general public.Berne Convention, article 3(3) URL last accessed 2010-05-10.Universal Copyright Convention, Geneva text (1952), article VI . URL last accessed 2010-05-10. While specific use of the term may vary among countries, it is usually applied to text, images, or other audio-visual content, including paper ( |
American Law Journals
This list of law journals includes notable academic periodicals on law. The law reviews are grouped by jurisdiction or country and then into subject areas. International Public international law Africa * '' African Human Rights Law Journal'' * '' African Journal of Legal Studies'' * '' Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa'' * ''South African Law Journal'' Australia * ''Adelaide Law Review'' * '' Alternative Law Journal'' * '' Australian Guide to Legal Citation'' * '' Australian Indigenous Law Review'' * '' Australian Journal of Labour Law'' * '' Australian Law Journal'' * '' Company and Securities Law Journal'' * ''Deakin Law Review'' * '' Griffith Law Review'' * ''Indigenous Law Bulletin'' * '' James Cook University Law Review'' * '' Macquarie Law Journal'' * '' Melbourne University Law Review'' * ''Monash University Law Review'' * ''Sydney Law Review'' * '' University of Queensland Law Journal'' * '' University of Western Sydney Law Review'' Canada * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Seidenberg
Faith Seidenberg (October 21, 1923 – January 16, 2015) was an attorney and civil rights activist who was best known for having entered the male-only establishment McSorley's Old Ale House in Manhattan with fellow attorney Karen DeCrow on August 10, 1969. When refused service, they sued and won a landmark ruling barring discrimination in public places on the basis of sex. Early life She was born Faith Lenore April in Manhattan on October 21, 1923. She attended Calhoun School in New York and then Syracuse University. In her senior year at Syracuse, she became engaged to Robert Seidenberg, and they wed in 1944. She later attended Syracuse Law School, graduating in 1954 as one of only two women in the class. Legal and activist career She started her career in Syracuse as a public defender. There she represented the rights of minors to have legal representation when appearing in court. In 1963, she was invited by attorney William Kunstler to become one of a group of volunteer l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riane Eisler
Riane Tennenhaus Eisler (born 22 July 1931) is an Austrian-born American systems scientist and author who writes about the effect of gender politics historically on society. She is most known for her 1987 book ''The Chalice and the Blade'', in which she coined the terms "partnership" and "dominator". Life Eisler was born in Vienna in 1931 before her family fled from the Nazis in 1939 to Cuba. She and her parents lived in a slum in Havana for seven years, after which they emigrated to the United States, to Miami, New York, and Chicago before finally settling in Los Angeles. Eisler has degrees in sociology and law from the University of California. She is an attorney, legal scholar and author. She has published thirteen books, including one memoir, ''The Gate'', published in 2000. Her first book, published in 1977, was ''Dissolution: No-Fault Divorce, Marriage, and the Future of Women''. Her second book, published in 1979, was on the Equal Rights Amendment. In her third book ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Eastwood
Mary O. Eastwood (June 1, 1930 – October 10, 2015) was a pioneering American lawyer and civil rights advocate. In 1955, Eastwood graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School and then moved to Washington, D.C. Legal career After graduating she worked on a temporary study project for the National Academy of Sciences. In 1960 she joined the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, serving as an attorney advisor and later (1969–1979) as an equal opportunity advisor. In 1961, Eastwood became the associate special counsel for investigation in the special counsel's office of the Merit System Protection Board, which investigated allegations of illegal personnel practices in the federal government. In 1965 Eastwood and Pauli Murray published the landmark article "Jane Crow and the Law: Sex Discrimination and Title VII", in the ''George Washington Law Review''. The article discussed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as it applied to women, and drew compariso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton (born June 13, 1937) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a delegate to the United States House of Representatives, representing the District of Columbia since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and education Eleanor K. Holmes was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Vela (''née'' Lynch), a schoolteacher, and Coleman Holmes, a civil servant. While a student at Dunbar High School she was elected junior class president and was a member of the National Honor Society. She attended Antioch College (B.A. 1960), Yale University (M.A. in American Studies 1963) and Yale Law School (LL.B. 1964). While in college and graduate school, she was active in the civil rights movement and an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. By the time she graduated from Antioch, she had already been arrested for organizing and participating in sit-ins in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Ohio. While in law school, she trav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Kinoy
Arthur Kinoy (September 20, 1920 – September 19, 2003), was an American attorney and progressive civil rights leader who helped defend Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. He served as a professor of law at the Rutgers School of Law–Newark from 1964 to 1999. He was one of the founders in 1966 of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City, and successfully argued a number of cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. He also founded the Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey. Education Kinoy was born on September 20, 1920, in New York City. He attended public schools and Harvard University (A.B., 1941), where he graduated ''magna cum laude.'' As a student at Harvard, Kinoy was a member of the national executive committee of the American Student Union. He earned his law degree at Columbia University (LL.B., 1947), where he was executive editor of the law review. Career as attorney Kinoy was attorney for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
