At the Boundaries of Law : Feminism and Legal Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415635028 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 384 str.

Martha A. Fineman

Opis

Feminists have recently begun to challenge the powerful influence of the law on the social and cultural construction of women's roles, identities, and rights. This timely work provides a series of non-technical, interdisciplinary explorations into the nature and effects of legal regulation on women's lives.

Spis treści

Introduction Martha Albertson Fineman.  Part 1. Perspectives from the Personal  1. Reasonable Women and the Law Kathleen A. Lahey  2. On being the Object of Property Patricia J. Williams  3. Subordination, Rhetorical Survival Skills and Sunday Shoes: Notes on the Hearing of Mrs G. Lucie E. White  Part 2. The Construction of Body in Law  4. The Body in Legal Theory Judith E. Grbich  5. Intimacy and Responsibility: What Lesbians Do Claudia Card  6. Fallen Angels: The Representation of Violence Against Women in Legal Culture Kristin Bumiller  Part 3. Recognising Pleasures and Pains  7. The Difference in Women’s Hedonic Lives: A Phenomenological Critique of Feminist Legal Theory Robin L. West  8. Feminism, Sexuality and Authenticity Ruth Colker  9. The Problem of Privatised Injuries: Feminist Strategies for Litigation Adrian Howe  Part 4. Recasting Women’s History  10. The Unbroken Circle: A Historical Study of Black Single Mothers and their Families Barbara Omolade  11. Religion and Rights Consciousness in the Antebellum Woman’s Rights Movement Elizabeth B. Clark  12. Social Feminism and Legal Discourse, 1908-1923 Sybil Lipschultz  Part 5. Perspectives on Marriage and Family  13. Homework and Women’s Rights: The Case of the Vermont Knitters, 1980-1985 Eileen Boris  14. Abandoned Women Mary Coombs  15. Societal Factors Affecting the Creation of Legal Rules for Distribution of Property at Divorce Martha Albertson Fineman  Part 6. Feminist Strategies Within Legal Institutions  16. Feminism and Legal Method: The Difference it Makes Mary Jane Mossman  17. The Dialectics of Rights and Politics: Perspectives from the Women’s Movement Elizabeth M. Schneider  18. Strategizing in Inequality Diana Majury.  References.  Books and Articles.  Cases.  Notes on Contributors.

O autorze

Martha Albertson Fineman, Nancy Sweet Thomadsen