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Education Law,
Criminal,
Civil Rights

Jan. 3, 2015

An assault on sexual assault in 2014

Issues of sex, gender and sexuality interface with our legal system in many ways, including in the areas of discrimination, criminal law, family law and torts.

Barbara S. Bryant

Lecturer
UC Berkeley School of Law

Email: bsbryant@pacbell.net

Professor Bryant teaches sexual and gender harassment law.

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Issues of sex, gender and sexuality interface with our legal system in many ways, including in the areas of discrimination, criminal law, family law and torts. Whether by legislation or court decision, laws in these areas typically have both an educational component regarding acceptable and unacceptable behavior, and an enforcement component concerning the severity of punishment for a violation.

Sometimes, these laws reflect a shift in social values before the general public has d...

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