Women and Legal Hierarchy

Women Entering the Legal Profession

Women in Turkey under Pressure of Inconsistent and Contradictory Legal Systems: Secular versus Islamic

As Turkey is officially a secular state and it adopts Swiss Civil Code, thestate implements secular legal system. However, as people in Turkey are predominantlyMuslim and theyare born and raised in a traditionally Muslim environment,people generally and especially women live under the influence of these two sometimescontradictory and inconsistent legal systems and customs. As a result, thereare...

Transracial and International Adoption: Mothers, Hierarchy, Race, and Feminist Legal Theory

Gene therapy: legal and ethical issues for pregnant women.

[Women and drunk driving--references from the legal expert practice].

From 1980 to 1990 the number of female drunken drivers increases significantly from 5.33% to 7.87% in Germany. Women between 25 and 55 years old are overrepresented, especially the 35-45 aged. The number of women, who had been sentenced for the first time because of drunken driving significantly decreases from 12.75% in 1985 to 9.07% in 1990 within the total subpopulation of those who were medi...