Feminist Legal Theory: Foundations, Volume 1D. Kelly Weisberg Temple University Press, 1993 - 620 pages |
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... Essay 40 Leslie Bender A Lawyer's Primer on Feminist Theory and Tort Robin West 58 Jurisprudence and Gender 75 Richard A. Posner Conservative Feminism 99 2. THE EQUALITY Debate : EQUAL TREATMENT VERSUS SPECIAL TREATMENT vii.
... Essay 40 Leslie Bender A Lawyer's Primer on Feminist Theory and Tort Robin West 58 Jurisprudence and Gender 75 Richard A. Posner Conservative Feminism 99 2. THE EQUALITY Debate : EQUAL TREATMENT VERSUS SPECIAL TREATMENT vii.
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... Web : Thoughts on " Reproduction " and the Law 582 Patricia J. Williams On Being the Object of Property Table of Cases Index Contributors 594 603 605 619 PREFACE THIS COLLECTION of essays stems from my efforts to X CONTENTS.
... Web : Thoughts on " Reproduction " and the Law 582 Patricia J. Williams On Being the Object of Property Table of Cases Index Contributors 594 603 605 619 PREFACE THIS COLLECTION of essays stems from my efforts to X CONTENTS.
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D. Kelly Weisberg. PREFACE THIS COLLECTION of essays stems from my efforts to organize class materials for a seminar in feminist legal theory . In 1988 when I began that attempt , no collection of reading materials existed . Most of the ...
D. Kelly Weisberg. PREFACE THIS COLLECTION of essays stems from my efforts to organize class materials for a seminar in feminist legal theory . In 1988 when I began that attempt , no collection of reading materials existed . Most of the ...
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... essays had to be left out because there simply was not room for their inclu- sion . A further note as to editing and style is in order . I emphasize that the essays in this collection are edited works . If the reader wishes a more in ...
... essays had to be left out because there simply was not room for their inclu- sion . A further note as to editing and style is in order . I emphasize that the essays in this collection are edited works . If the reader wishes a more in ...
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... essays represented in this volume ) .1 The term " feminist jurisprudence " was first consciously applied to this school of thought in the early 1980s.15 Courses in the field of sex - based discrimination still existed , but courses with ...
... essays represented in this volume ) .1 The term " feminist jurisprudence " was first consciously applied to this school of thought in the early 1980s.15 Courses in the field of sex - based discrimination still existed , but courses with ...
Contents
Martha Minow | 301 |
Introduction | 335 |
Angela P Harris | 348 |
Patricia A Cain | 359 |
Marlee Kline | 371 |
Introduction | 399 |
Diane Polan | 419 |
Mari J Matsuda | 476 |
EQUAL TREATMENT VERSUS | 119 |
Wendy W Williams | 128 |
Linda J Krieger and Patricia N Cooney | 156 |
Herma Hill | 180 |
Finley | 190 |
Introduction | 211 |
Mary E Becker | 221 |
Patricia A Cain | 237 |
Christine A Littleton | 248 |
Diana Majury | 264 |
Catharine A MacKinnon | 276 |
Ruth Colker | 288 |
Frances Olsen | 485 |
Patricia J Williams | 496 |
Schneider | 507 |
Introduction | 529 |
Katharine T Bartlett | 550 |
Finley | 571 |
Marie Ashe | 582 |
Patricia J Williams | 594 |
Table of Cases | 603 |
Contributors | 619 |
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