Feminist Legal History : Essays on Women and Law /

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Attuned to the social contexts within which laws are created, feminist lawyers, historians, and activists have long recognized the discontinuities and contradictions that lie at the heart of efforts to transform the law in ways that fully serve women's interests. At its core, the nascent field...

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Otros Autores: Baker, Carrie N. (Contribuidor), Batlan, Felice (Contribuidor), Boisseau, Tracey Jean (Contribuidor, Editor ), Boris, Eileen (Contribuidor), Chused, Richard H. (Contribuidor), Dodd, Lynda (Contribuidor), Hasday, Jill Elaine (Contribuidor), Hoerr Jordan, Gwen (Contribuidor), Manian, Maya (Contribuidor), Murray, Melissa (Contribuidor), Quinn, Mae C. (Contribuidor), Schlanger, Margo (Contribuidor), Siegel, Reva (Contribuidor), Thomas, Tracy A. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Volpp, Leti (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2011]
Temas:
Feminist jurisprudence > United States.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc > United States > History.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
LAW / Legal History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction. Law, History, and Feminism
  • Part I. Contradictions in Legalizing Gender
  • 1. Courts and Temperance "Ladies"
  • 2. Women behind the Wheel
  • 3. Expatriation by Marriage
  • 4. Made with Men in Mind
  • 5. Fighting Women
  • 6. Irrational Women
  • Part II. Women's Transformation of the Law
  • 7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Notion of a Legal Class of Gender
  • 8. "Them Law Wimmin"
  • 9. Legal Aid, Women Lay Lawyers, and the Rewriting of History, 1863-1930
  • 10. Sisterhood of Struggle
  • 11. "Feminizing" Courts
  • 12. Sexual Harassment
  • 13. Ledbetter's Continuum
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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