Study Guide for Third Test – APLS 373 –
May 6 at 2 pm, 2009
The test will be a combination of short
identification and essay questions. It will be helpful for you to re-read and
review the chapters in the
Here are some suggestions for you in studying for the
test. Some of these terms or modifications of these terms will be on the test.
For each term, you need to describe the item in a couple of sentences:
State laws and policies concerning gay marriage
Gay marriage and civil unions (similarities and
differences)
Status of gay marriage and civil unions in the states
(see newspaper articles)
Status of state laws concerning men who want to
change their names to that of their wives, and the ACLU lawsuit (see newspaper
article)
Defense of Marriage Act
Married Women’s Property Acts
Common law marriage
Covenant marriages
Community property law and separate property law
Doctrine of coverture
English common law
Domicile and residence
Common law requires concerning the rights of an
individual to choose a name
Necessaries doctrine
Doctrine of presumed coercion
Court positions today on a spouse testifying against
his/her spouse
State positions today on marital rape
Survivor benefits for widows and widowers under
Social Security and changes made by Congress and courts
No fault divorce
Alimony laws today and how changed from the past
Women as the “
Why the child care debate sometimes divides the
women’s movement along class lines
How child care issues affect men
Three alternative perspectives on the relationship
between women and child care (tasks, relationship between child and caregiver,
and institutional arrangement of society)
Why child care issues are becoming more important
Types of child care available and their pluses and
minuses (care in another woman’s home, in care home by a nonparent,
professional day care center)
Pluses and minuses of having the father or a grandparent
as the primary caregiver (see articles)
“mother’s guilt”
“the second baby syndrome”
(see article)
Limits to coverage of the Family and Medical Leave
Act (see text and article)
Hibbs case and Back decision (see article)
Pluses and minuses of having parents bring their
children to the workplace as a means of daycare (see article)
General Electric v. Gilbert (1976 case)
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
California Federal Savings and Loan Association et al
v. Guerra (1987)
Bradwell v. Il. (1873)
Role of law in American society and its significance
for women
Why women have achieved parity with men in jury
service
Whether having women on juries makes a difference to
women victims or perpetrators
Role of women as police officers and corrections
officers prior to 1970s and how and why this has changed
Why the increasing number of female law students is
significant
Why there are still relatively few women judges
Problems women face in making partner at big law
firms (see article)
Why Reagan had only a small pool of women to select
from when he picked O’Connor and how that has changed (see article)
Sandra Day O’Connor’s background and qualifications
for Court (see article)
Judge Kaye’s accomplishments and unique status (see
article)
Why the number of women in prison is increasing
Why fewer women than men are arrested (see text)
Why more women are being arrested now than in the
past (see article)
Kinds of crimes for which women are arrested and/or
imprisoned (see text and articles)
Why prostitutes but not their customers are generally
prosecuted
Differences between men’s and women’s prison
facilities
Rape shield laws
Changes in attitudes toward rape
Barriers toward proving a rape occurred
Issues surrounding wife battering
Violence Against Women Act
of 1994
Why it is a myth that prostitution is a victimless
crime (see text and article)
Areas of public policy that have not yet been
“gendered”
Essay questions. You will
have to answer one essay question only. One of these questions will be
on your test, so prepare them all.
Economic opportunities and attitudinal changes have
led to new perspectives on both marriage and divorce. Explain this statement
within the context of addressing family law, in a well thought out, detailed
essay that draws on the readings and class discussions.
Conway states: “ Public policy with regard to child
care and family leave, perhaps more than any other area, reflects both the
social changes that have occurred in the United States since World War II and
the attitudinal changes that have taken place over that same period concerning
the roles of women in the family and the workplace.” Address this statement and
comment, in a well thought out, detailed essay that draws on the various
readings on this topic and our class discussions.
In a detailed, well thought out essay, explain how
“…the changing role of women…” has affected and changed criminal law and its
applications.