Janet Rifkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4988759 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Rifkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Rifkin |
| SIGNATURE | RIFKIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Feminist Jurisprudence
Birth Technologies
This study of “birth technologies” such as amniocentesis and ultrasound explores their relationship to law in a correlative area, abortion politics, in order to assess the indirect influence of politics on technology. We begin nearly twenty years ago when these technologies were emerging and trace the story to the early 1990s. Our analysis suggests that abortion politics, filtered through such activities as grant-making and basic research, influe…
Practice and Paradox
Based on our research on the practice of neutrality in mediation, we deconstruct the practice of neutrality in mediation by examining both the discourse of neutrality operant in mediators’ accounts of their practice and the discourse processes in mediation sessions. We identify three key terms—justice, power, and ideology as a system of terms central to the rhetoric of neutrality. We challenge existing definitions of neutrality in and by analyzin…
Mediation in the Justice System
The increasing use of mediation throughout the justice system has generated a debate about its implications for women. Although widely supported as a positive reform within the legal system, most women's roups oppose the use of mediation as antithetical to their short- an%long-term interests. The practice of mediation organized around an ideology of neutrality, privacy and consensusbuilding is applauded by its supporters as humanizing an unrespon…
Practice and Paradox
Based on our research on the practice of neutrality in mediation, we deconstruct the practice of neutrality in mediation by examining both the discourse of neutrality operant in mediators’ accounts of their practice and the discourse processes in mediation sessions. We identify three key terms—justice, power, and ideology as a system of terms central to the rhetoric of neutrality. We challenge existing definitions of neutrality in and by analyzin…
Mediation in the Justice System
The increasing use of mediation throughout the justice system has generated a debate about its implications for women. Although widely supported as a positive reform within the legal system, most women's roups oppose the use of mediation as antithetical to their short- an%long-term interests. The practice of mediation organized around an ideology of neutrality, privacy and consensusbuilding is applauded by its supporters as humanizing an unrespon…
Mediation in the Justice System
The increasing use of mediation throughout the justice system has generated a debate about its implications for women. Although widely supported as a positive reform within the legal system, most women's roups oppose the use of mediation as antithetical to their short- an%long-term interests. The practice of mediation organized around an ideology of neutrality, privacy and consensusbuilding is applauded by its supporters as humanizing an unrespon…
Practice and Paradox
Based on our research on the practice of neutrality in mediation, we deconstruct the practice of neutrality in mediation by examining both the discourse of neutrality operant in mediators’ accounts of their practice and the discourse processes in mediation sessions. We identify three key terms—justice, power, and ideology as a system of terms central to the rhetoric of neutrality. We challenge existing definitions of neutrality in and by analyzin…
Birth Technologies
This study of “birth technologies” such as amniocentesis and ultrasound explores their relationship to law in a correlative area, abortion politics, in order to assess the indirect influence of politics on technology. We begin nearly twenty years ago when these technologies were emerging and trace the story to the early 1990s. Our analysis suggests that abortion politics, filtered through such activities as grant-making and basic research, influe…
Feminist Jurisprudence
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (2 works) · Mediation (2 works)