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  • Donald Kommers and Comparative Constitutional Law
  • Vicki C. Jackson
  • Journal: German Law Journal / Volume 20 / Issue 4 / May 2019
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 June 2019, pp. 532-533
  • Print publication: May 2019
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Proportionality
  • Proportionality
  • New Frontiers, New Challenges
  • Edited by Vicki C. Jackson, Mark Tushnet
  • Published online: 28 September 2017
  • Print publication: 21 September 2017
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    With contributions from leading scholars in constitutional law, this volume examines how carefully designed and limited doctrines of proportionality can improve judicial decision-making, how it is applied in different jurisdictions, its role on constitutionalism outside the courts, and whether the principle of proportionality actually advances or detracts from democracy. Contributions from some of the seminal thinkers on the development of scholarship on proportionality (e.g. Alexy, Barak, and Beatty) extend their prior work and engage in an important dialogue on the topic. Some offer substantial critiques, others defend the doctrine and offer important clarifications and extensions of their prior work. Throughout, the authors engage not only with case law from around the world but also with existing scholarly treatments of the subject. Mathematical treatments are avoided, making the book accessible to readers from both 'soft' and hard' social science backgrounds.
  • The Effects of Teasing in Childhood or Adolescence on Young Adults' Body Image
  • Vera X. Liang, Alun C. Jackson, Vicki L. McKenzie
  • Journal: The Educational and Developmental Psychologist / Volume 28 / Issue 2 / 01 December 2011
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2012, pp. 101-115
  • Print publication: 01 December 2011
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    This study examined the specific impact of remembered childhood and adolescent teasing on different dimensions of body image in young adults. A total of 113 participants (43 men and 70 women) indicated that they had been teased about their weight or appearance. The results revealed that the frequency of being teased about one's appearance was the only significant predictor of appearance satisfaction in women. Overweight preoccupation was not predicted by weight or appearance teasing. For men, the perceived distress of appearance and weight-related teasing predicted appearance satisfaction and overweight preoccupation respectively. The results suggest that different types of teasing can have differential impacts on the body image of young men and women. The results identify the need for prevention and intervention programs to address the problem of teasing in late primary and early high school children.

  • Conclusion: Gender Equality and the Idea of a Constitution: Entrenchment, Jurisdiction, and Interpretation
  • Edited by Susan H. Williams, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Constituting Equality
  • Published online: 26 October 2009
  • Print publication: 31 July 2009, pp 312-350
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    Summary

    As Katharine Bartlett has written, being a legal feminist entails “asking the ‘woman question’” in law. This essay asks the “woman question” about constitutions and constitutional law, largely with the purpose of generating areas for future research. I focus neither on particular subject areas nor on doctrinal issues, but rather on three areas of constitutional theory: the idea of constitutions as entrenched law under difficult-to-amend provisions, the allocation of jurisdiction in and among different levels and branches of government, and the idea of interpretive theory in constitutional law.

    First, I want to acknowledge the wide range of subjects in and around constitutions that are amenable to analysis through the lens of gender. Women in many parts of the world now participate in constitution making – the title of a recent collection of essays, Women Making Constitutions, would have been almost inconceivable a century ago. As Vivien Hart notes, greater emphasis on participation in constitution making has in many countries offered opportunities for women to place their mark on and in constitutions. Many questions are embraced in this topic: How have women organized to participate? What have women sought to include in their constitutions? What have women disagreed about? What are the relationships among women's participation in constitution making, the constitutional texts that emerge, and the changed conditions for women in the years thereafter? How much do women participate as office holders, judges, and in other government positions under these constitutions?