Feminist Jurisprudence / Edition 1

by Patricia Smith

Overview

This anthology is designed for use in courses in feminist jurisprudence, jurisprudence and the philosophy of law. Feminist legal philosophy has generated a great deal of interest among feminists, philosophers, legal scholars, sociologists and political scientists in recent years. The readings in this collection are organized according to the traditional topics in a typical jurisprudence course: the nature and justification of law; judicial reasoning and the process of adjudication; and the connection between law and equality, freedom and justice. At the same time, they provide balanced coverage of those feminist topics of current interest that are most discussed in legal and philosophical literature today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195073973
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/07/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	9.62(w) x 6.51(h) x 1.40(d)
Lexile:	1470L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Feminist Jurisprudence and the Nature of LawI. On Equality: Justice, Discrimination, and Equal Treatment1. Equality and Difference: The Case of Pregnancy, Herma Hill Kay2. Will Equality Require More Than Assimilation, Accommodation, or Separation from the Existing Social Structure?, Nadine Taub and Wendy W. Williams3. The Family and the Market: A Study of Ideology and Legal Reform, Frances E. Olsen4. The Emergence of Feminist Jurisprudence: An Essay, Ann C. Scales5. Reconstructing Sexual Equality, Christine A. LittletonII. On Justice and Harm: Battery, Harassment, and Rape6. Sexual Harassment: Its First Decade in Court, Catharine A. MacKinnon7. Rape, Susan Estrich8. The Criminal Justice System's Response to Battering: Understanding the Problem, Forging the Solutions, Kathleen WaitsIII. On Adjudication: Patriarchy, Neutrality, and Judicial Reasoning9. Justice Engendered, Martha Minow10. Legality and Empathy, Lynne N. Henderson11. Black Women and the Constitution: Finding Our Place, Asserting Our Rights, Judy Scales-TrentIV. On Freedom: Restriction, Regulation, and Reproductive Autonomy12. Reproductive Freedom, Deborah L. Rhode13. Reproductive Laws, Women of Color, and Low-Income Women, Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson14. Unraveling Compromise, Frances Olsen15. Rethinking Sex and the Constitution, Sylvia A. LawV. On Human Dignity: Commodification and Dehumanization16. Market Inalienability, Margaret Jane Radin17. Pornography and the Tyranny of the Majority, Elizabeth Wolgast18. Against the Male Flood: Censorship, Pornography, and EqualityAndrea Dworkin19. Brief Amici Curiae of Feminist Anticensorship Task Force et. al., in American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut, Nan D. Hunter and Sylvia A. LawVI. On Law and Jurisprudence: Feminism and Legal Theory20. Jurisprudence and Gender, Robin West21. Deconstructing Gender, Joan C. Williams22. The Pragmatist and the Feminist, Margaret Jane Radin23. Sapphire Bound!, Regina Austin24. Feminist Critical Theories, Deborah L. Rhode25. Toward Feminist Jurisprudence, Catharine A. MacKinnonSuggested Reading