SSRN Women, Gender & the Law eJournal

1.

What Happens Before? A Field Experiment Exploring How Pay and Representation Differentially Shape Bias on the Pathway into Organizations

Milkman, K.L., M. Akinola, and D. Chugh. “What Happens Before? A Field Experiment Exploring How Pay and Representation Differentially Shape Bias on the Pathway into Organizations.” Journal of Applied Psychology, Forthcoming,

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 22 May 2012 Last Revised: 04 May 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Katherine L. Milkman, Modupe Akinola and Dolly Chugh

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Columbia University - Columbia Business School and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

Downloads 14,428

2.

Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases

University of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper, No. 12-018

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2012

Working Paper Series

Sonja B. Starr

University of Michigan Law School

Downloads 12,153

3.

'Rape-Adjacent': Imagining Legal Responses to Nonconsensual Condom Removal

Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2017

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 05 May 2017

Accepted Paper Series

Alexandra Brodsky

Yale Law School

Downloads 10,465

4.

How Dramatically Did Women's Suffrage Change the Size and Scope of Government?

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 107, Number 6, Part 1, pp. 1163-1198, December 1999

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 15 Apr 1999

Accepted Paper Series

John R. Lott Jr.

Crime Prevention Research Center

Downloads 6,267

5.

Women in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Governance and Performance

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012

Working Paper Series

Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira

University of New South Wales, Department of Banking and Finance and London School of Economics - Department of Finance

Downloads 5,051

6.

In God's Shadow: Unveiling the Hidden World of Victims of Domestic Violence in Observant Religious Communities

11 Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy 471 (2014), U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-27

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 29 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Michal Gilad

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Downloads 4,991

7.

Abortion and Original Meaning

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 24, No. 101, 2007, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 128

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Jack M. Balkin

Yale University - Law School

Downloads 4,261

8.

Do Constitutions Requiring Adherence to Sharia Threaten Human Rights?: How Egypt's Constitutional Court Reconciles Islamic Law with the Liberal Rule of Law

American University International Law Review, Vol. 21, pp. 379-435, 2006

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Jun 2006

Accepted Paper Series

Clark B. Lombardi and Nathan J. Brown

University of Washington School of Law and George Washington University - Department of Political Science

Downloads 3,465

9.

A Female Style in Corporate Leadership? Evidence from Quotas

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 09 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2012

Accepted Paper Series

David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

Downloads 3,258

10.

What Happened to the Class of 2010? Empirical Evidence of Structural Change in the Legal Profession

Michigan State Law Review, p. 1043, 2015, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 290, HLS Center on the Legal Profession Research Paper No. 2015-3

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 13 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Deborah Jones Merritt

Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Downloads 2,952

11.

Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution

IFN Working Paper No. 996, NYU Stern School of Business EC-12-07, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-08

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 May 2012 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2015

Working Paper Series

Samuel Lee and Petra Persson

Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Stanford University

Downloads 2,854

12.

The Attack on Marriage as the Union of a Man and a Woman

North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 83, pp. 1365-91, 2008

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Lynn D. Wardle

Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School

Downloads 2,422

13.

Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-022

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 13 May 2008

Working Paper Series

David Clingingsmith, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Michael Kremer

Case Western Reserve University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics

Downloads 2,395

14.

The Changing Status of Women in India - The Challenges Ahead

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jul 2006

Working Paper Series

Ishita Mukherjee Sr. and Suvarna Sen

Independent Author and affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 2,390

15.

The International Law on Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution: Making It Live Up to its Potential

Harvard Human Rights Journal, Vol. 10, 1997

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Mar 2006

Accepted Paper Series

Stephanie Farrior

Vermont Law School

Downloads 2,350

16.

Domestic Violence Against Latinas by Latino Males: An Analysis of Race, National Origin, and Gender Differentials

Boston College Third World Law Journal, Vol. 14, No. 231, 1994

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Jan 2009

Accepted Paper Series

Jenny Rivera

CUNY School of Law

Downloads 2,266

17.

Culture, Cognition, and Consent: Who Perceives What, and Why, in 'Acquaintance Rape' Cases

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Forthcoming, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 196, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 22 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Dan M. Kahan

Yale University - Law School

Downloads 2,255

18.

Secularism and Human Rights: A Contextual Analysis of Headscarves, Religious Expression, and Women's Equality Under International Law

Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2007

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 May 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Karima Bennoune

University of California, Davis - School of Law

Downloads 2,167

19.

Justice, Interrupted: The Effect of Gender, Ideology and Seniority at Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-03

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 16 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2017

Accepted Paper Series

Tonja Jacobi and Dylan Schweers

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Downloads 2,142

20.

Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Obama: Performing Gender, Race, and Class on the Campaign Trail

Denver University Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 709, 2009, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-04

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Ann McGinley

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

Downloads 2,122

21.

The Problem with Polygamy

Philosophical Topics, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 109-122, 2009

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Thom Brooks

Durham University

Downloads 2,056

22.

Reaching the Visual Learner: Teaching Property Through Art

The Law Teacher Vol. 11, 2004

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 10 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2012

Accepted Paper Series

William C. Bradford

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 1,998

23.

The Controversy over the Safe Schools Program – Finding the Sensible Centre

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 16/83

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Sep 2016

Working Paper Series

Patrick Parkinson

The University of Sydney Law School

Downloads 1,998

24.

Critical Analysis of Domestic Violence Act, 2005

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 15 May 2011

Working Paper Series

Pallavi Mahajan

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 1,968

25.

Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2017

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 24 Jul 2017

Working Paper Series

John R. Lott Jr.

Crime Prevention Research Center

Downloads 1,949

26.

Transgender Student-Athletes and Sex-Segregated Sport: Developing Policies of Inclusion for Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Athletics

Seton Hall Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Vol. 21, p. 1, 2011, Western New England University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-2

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Erin Buzuvis

Western New England University School of Law

Downloads 1,946

27.

The Religion-State Relationship and the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Textual Analysis of the Constitutions of Predominantly Muslim Countries

Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 36, 2005

Number of pages: 106 Posted: 29 Jul 2005

Accepted Paper Series

Tad Stahnke and Robert C. Blitt

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and University of Tennessee College of Law

Downloads 1,924

28.

Chivalry is Not Dead: Murder, Gender, and the Death Penalty

Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2011-08, Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2012

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 23 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Steven F. Shatz and Naomi R. Shatz

University of San Francisco - School of Law and Zalkind Duncan and Bernstein LLP

Downloads 1,911

29.

Women Empowerment in Bangladesh

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 May 2008

Working Paper Series

Md. Joynal Abdin

SME Foundation (National Agency for SME Development), Bangladesh

Downloads 1,871

30.

Original Meaning and Constitutional Redemption

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 24, 2007, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 140

Number of pages: 106 Posted: 18 May 2007 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Jack M. Balkin

Yale University - Law School

Downloads 1,843

31.

Domestic Violence and Women's Safety: Feminist Challenges to Restorative Justice

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE, H. Strang, J. Braithwaite, eds., pp. 42-61, Cambridge University Press, 2002, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 08/16

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Jan 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Julie Stubbs

University of New South Wales (UNSW, Australia) - Faculty of Law

Downloads 1,827

32.

'The Look in His Eyes': The Story of State v. Rusk and Rape Reform

Criminal Law Stories, Robert Weisberg, Donna Coker, eds., 2013, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 10-23

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Jeannie Suk Gersen

Harvard Law School

Downloads 1,822

33.

Between Irua and 'Female Genital Mutilation': Feminist Human Rights Discourse and the Cultural Divide

Harvard Human Rights Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1-55, 1995

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Hope Lewis

Northeastern University, School of Law (deceased)

Downloads 1,791

34.

White Sexual Imperialism: A Theory of Asian Feminist Jurisprudence

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice Law, Vol. 13, 2008

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 May 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Sunny Woan

Santa Clara University

Downloads 1,769

35.

Polyamory as a Sexual Orientation

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 79, p. 1461, 2011

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Ann E. Tweedy

University of Tulsa College of Law

Downloads 1,734

36.

Roe Rage: Democratic Constitutionalism and Backlash

Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 2007, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 131

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 04 Jun 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Robert Post and Reva Siegel

Yale Law School and Yale University - Law School

Downloads 1,715

37.

Same-Sex Parenting and Children’s Outcomes: A Closer Examination of the American Psychological Association’s Brief on Lesbian and Gay Parenting

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Oct 2011

Working Paper Series

Loren Marks

Louisiana State University

Downloads 1,662

38.

Gender Equity in College Athletics: Women Coaches as a Case Study

Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Vol. 4, pp. 1-50, 2008

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Deborah Rhode and Christopher J. Walker

Stanford Law School and Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Downloads 1,589

39.

Surrogacy and India

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 07 May 2013

Working Paper Series

Smith Chandra

NALSAR University of Law

Downloads 1,575

40.

Child Soldiers, Slavery, and the Trafficking of Children

TJSL Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1020341

Number of pages: 86 Posted: 10 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2008

Working Paper Series

Susan Tiefenbrun

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Downloads 1,571

41.

Role of Gender Equality in Development - A Literature Review

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Dec 2005

Working Paper Series

Anne Mikkola

University of Helsinki and HECER - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,551

42.

Who Says Shari'a Demands the Stoning of Women? A Description of Islamic Law and Constitutionalism

Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern & Islamic Law, Vol. 1, pp. 163-177, 2008, Islamic Law and Law of the Muslim World Paper No. 08-30, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1059

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Asifa Quraishi-Landes

University of Wisconsin Law School

Downloads 1,515

43.

The Struggle for Sex Equality in Sport and the Theory Behind Title IX

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 34, No. 1&2, 2001, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper

Number of pages: 126 Posted: 08 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2017

Accepted Paper Series

Deborah L. Brake

University of Pittsburgh - School of Law

Downloads 1,513

44.

Civil Rights Law at Work: Sex Discrimination and the Rise of Maternity Leave Policies

American Journal of Sociology, Volume 105 Number 2 (September 1999): 455–92,

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 29 Mar 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Erin Kelly and Frank Dobbin

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University - Department of Sociology

Downloads 1,502

45.

Law, Otherness, and Human Trafficking

Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 605-672, 2009, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-07

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2009

Accepted Paper Series

Jonathan Todres

Georgia State University College of Law

Downloads 1,492

46.

The Negative Externalities of Immorality: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage

Skepsis, Vol. 17, pp. 52-65, 2006

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Jun 2006

Working Paper Series

Aristides N. Hatzis

University of Athens - Department of Philosophy & History of Science

Downloads 1,476

47.

Gender Equality in the New Constitutional Dispensation of Kenya

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Dec 2010

Working Paper Series

Maurice Oduor and Ruth Aura Odhiambo

Moi University School of Law and Moi University

Downloads 1,453

48.

Unrecognized Victims: Sexual Violence Against Men in Conflict Settings Under International Law

Wisconsin International Law Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 1-49, 2009

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2009

Accepted Paper Series

Dustin A. Lewis

Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC)

Downloads 1,453

49.

Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries: A Global Review and Analysis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3618

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Jul 2005

Working Paper Series

Sarah Bott, Andrew Morrison and Mary Ellsberg

Independent, World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and Independent

Downloads 1,438

50.

Forgotten Sisters - A Report on Violence Against Women with Disabilities: An Overview of its Nature, Scope, Causes and Consequences

Northeastern University School of Law Research Paper No. 104-2012

Number of pages: 229 Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Stephanie Ortoleva and Hope Lewis

Women Enabled and Northeastern University, School of Law (deceased)

Downloads 1,436

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