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In 2014, the Court of Appeal considered if pay equity was also protected under the Act. In this paper I analyse and critique that decision. It seeks to answer two fundamental questions about the case and wider issues surrounding pay equity. First, it asks whether a mandate does exist under the...
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The assumption that household income is strongly and positively correlated with a household's real standard of living provides the basis for the joint taxation of families, which has the effect of discriminating against married women as second earners. This paper shows, in the context of a model...
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Payday lending may provide a much-needed safety net for some consumers in need of quick cash for emergencies. However, data suggest that most payday loan borrowers become repeat users caught in a cycle of high-cost debt. Furthermore, empirical evidence indicates consistent overrepresentation of...
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socially-accepted gender norms of masculinity. In the third, men harass other men, apparently hazing newcomers or engaging in …
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. Interestingly, we find supporting evidence for the hypothesis that the gender of the involved judge has an impact on settlement …
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linked to gender issues, namely time use and unpaid work, and domestic violence. Other examples are mentioned. The …
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This Article argues that a more grounded and nuanced understanding of women's lived realities requires legal scholars to engage geography. Because spatial aspects of women's lives implicate inequality and moral agency, they have direct relevance to an array of legal issues. The Article thus...
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, frank dialogue about race and gender – even a seemingly benign discussion of diversity’s benefits – can be a difficult …
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A recent study by professors found that women represent only one-third of the top pharmaceutical patent litigators and one-quarter of lawyers who help inventors obtain these valuable pharmaceutical patents. This lack of representation in the pharmaceutical patent field is surprising because...
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This chapter is concerned with the connections between the global intellectual property (IP) system and gender … inequality. Goal 5 of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to ‘achieve gender equality and empower … all women and girls.’ While the connections between IP and gender are not widely acknowledged, this chapter identifies the …
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