Aya Gruber, Jennifer Long and Jennifer Morinigo | June 5, 2019 | Sexual Assault
Consent is a concept at the center of criminal law and sexual assault. So, why is it so difficult to accurately define? Sexual assault laws have evolved from requiring the victim to resist toward requiring consent. However, “consent” is defined in many ways.In this...
Erin E. Murphy and Kenneth W. Simons | March 26, 2019 | Sexual Assault, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, NYU Law’s Erin Murphy and UC Irvine Law’s Ken Simons explore the difference between criminal law and tort law in the United States and then focus on how “consent” is, and should be, defined in sexual assault allegations.From...
Pauline Toboulidis | January 25, 2019 | Charitable Nonprofit Organizations, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations, Data Privacy, International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration, Policing, Sexual Assault
At its meeting in Philadelphia on January 17 and 18, the ALI Council reviewed drafts for six projects. Drafts or portions of drafts for six projects received Council approval, subject to the meeting discussion and to the usual prerogative to make nonsubstantive...
Amy Howe | January 2, 2019 | Sexual Assault
Chief Justice John Roberts released his annual report on the federal judiciary today, focusing on the judiciary’s response to allegations of sexual misconduct in the workplace. Roberts had discussed this issue in his 2017 report, after several female law clerks...
Lauren Klosinski | August 31, 2018 | Sexual Assault
A piece for the Washington Post explores the new rules being prepared by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that the Education Department plans to formally propose in September. These new rules will include procedural changes that will strengthen protections for students...
Josephine Ross | August 21, 2018 | Policing, Sexual Assault
ABSTRACT”What the #Metoo Campaign Teaches About Stop and Frisk” applies feminist tools to investigate current policing methods. Feminist tools exposed sexual harassment by listening to the stories of those affected, by a nuanced understanding of power...
