Book Review - Supreme Court Decisions and Womenâ•Žs Rights: Milestones to Equality (2nd ed., C. Cushman (Ed.), Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2011)

Rape survivors and the right to emergency medical treatment to prevent HIV infection.

1. Gove PB, ed. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language. Springfield, Mass.: G & C Merlam, 1967: 918. 2. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 1st ed. Washington, DC: APA, 1952. 3. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: APA, 1968. 4. American ...

Press freedom in the Brazilian Supreme Court: a comparative analysis with the U.S. Supreme Court

This paper analyzes the understanding of the Brazilian Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States about press freedom. The research aims to compare the position of the Courts about this fundamental right. Using the comparative method, it analyzes the arguments used by the courts in trials which had press freedom as its object. The paper also presents a literature review of the Bra...

Troxel, et vir, Petitioners v. Granville: grandparents' rights or parental autonomy?

In December 1993, Garyand JenniferTroxel filed a petition in Washington Superior Court to obtain increased visitation with their two granddaughters under theprovision ofaWashington statuteallowing any person toseekvisitation ofachild ifthevisitation could beshown to be in the child's best interest.' The trial courtgranted increased visitations to thegrand parents. The Washington Court ofAppeals...

Women in the Contact Zone. Review of The Frontiers of Womenâ•Žs Writing: Womenâ•Žs Narratives and the Rhetoric of Westward Expansion by Brigitte Georgi-Findlay

Women, Rights and Power: Review of Alice Kang, Bargaining for Womenâ•Žs Lives: Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy