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100 _aBecker Mary
245 _aCases and materials on feminist jurisprudence : Taking women seriously
250 _a2nd
260 _aSt.Paul,Minn.
_bWest Group
_c2001
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365 _bRs.3,973
505 _aContents: Preface; Copyright acknowledgements and reprint permissions; Table of cases; Chapter 1. The historical background of feminist legal theory; A. The woman movement : 1840-1870 ; B. The suffrage movement : 1870-1920 ; C. Feminism after the Nineteenth Amendment ; Chapter 2. Constitutional "equality"; A. Historical introduction ; B. The development of a constitutional standard for sex equality ; C. The standard in action ; D. Back towards strict scrutiny? ; E. Twentieth century equal-protection sex-discrimination cases, 1971-2000 ; F. Judicial review; Chapter 3. Feminist theory; A. Introduction; B. Feminist methodology ; C. Difference in the Eighties ; D. Theoretical approaches to (in)equality; Chapter 4. The construction of female sexuality; A. Sexuality and subordination ; B. Other difficulties negotiating pleasure under patriarchy; Chapter 5. Violence against women; A. Introduction; B. Rape ; C. Child sex abuse ; D. Domestic violence ; E. Prostitution ; F. Pornography; Chapter 6. Women and reproduction; A. Introduction; B. Birth control and sterilization ; C. Abortion ; D. "Cocaine babies" and the "pregnancy police" ; E. Who controls childbirth? ; F. "Surrogate" motherhood ; G. Reproductive technology : boon or bane for women?; Chapter 7. Law, women, and intimate relationships; A. Introduction; B. Marriage, power and well being ; C. The economic consequences of dissolving an intimate relationship ; D. Suggestions for change in the legal treatment of intimate relationships ; E. The legal treatment of cohabitation ; F. Same-sex marriage; Chapter 8. Women and children; A. Introduction; B. Mothering ; C. Maternity leave : good or bad for women? ; D. Child care ; E. Custody ; F. Lesbian and gay parents ; G. Child support; Chapter 9. Women and education; A. Introduction; B. Single-sex educational institutions ; C. Standardized testing ; D. Affirmative action ; E. Athletic programs ; F. Sexual harassment ; G. Hate speech regulation; Chapter 10. Women and wage labor; A. Introduction; B. Mothers in the workplace ; C. Sexual harassment ; D. Sexuality, stereotyping, femininity, and professional appearance ; E. The intersection of race and sex ; F. Summary judgment and Title VII ; G. Comparable worth; Chapter 11. Women and the legal profession; A. Introduction; B. Women and legal education ; C. Bias against women as attorneys ; D. Lawyering in a different voice?; Chapter 12. Women and the state; A. Introduction; B. Care and equality ; C. Political equality in the United States ; D. Global feminism and equality ; E. A politics of equality; Index.
650 _a1.Jurisprudence - Feminist
700 _aBowman Cynthia Grant
_aTorrey Morrison
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