Justice and gender : sex discrimination and the law /

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Provides an investigation of gender and the law in the United States. The author describes legal developments over the past two centuries against a background of historical and sociological changes in women's activities and attitudes toward these new developments.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rhode, Deborah L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1989.
Subjects:
Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation > United States > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
LAW > General.
Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Natural rights and natural roles
  • The fragmentation of feminism and the legalization of difference
  • Feminist challenges and legal responses
  • The Equal Rights campaign
  • The evolution of discrimination doctrine
  • False dichotomies
  • Competing perspectives on family policy
  • Equality in form and equality in fact : women and work
  • Reproductive freedom
  • Sex and violence
  • Association and assimilation
  • Conclusion: Principles and priorities.

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