| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) |
| Contents |
Is law male? The foundations of feminist jurisprudence -- What makes law male? Gendered jurisprudence and feminist critique -- How is law male? Gendered method and feminist response -- Reconstructing equality: feminist constitutional doctrine -- Reconstructing rights: feminist reproductive freedom -- Reconstructing responsibility: feminist fetal protection -- Toward a feminist postliberalism |
| Summary |
According to Judith Baer, feminist legal scholarship today does not effectively address the harsh realities of women's lives. Feminists have marginalized themselves, she argues, by withdrawing from mainstream intellectual discourse. In Our Lives Before the Law, Baer thus presents the framework for a new feminist jurisprudence--one that would return feminism to relevance by connecting it in fresh and creative ways with liberalism. Baer starts from the traditional feminist premise that the legal system has a male bias and must do more to help women combat violence and overcome political, economic |
| Analysis |
Jura Jura |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Feminist jurisprudence.
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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LAW -- Gender & the Law.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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Feminist jurisprudence
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Feminismus
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Recht
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Rechtstheorie.
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Feminisme.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1400810876 |
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9781400810871 |
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9781400823338 |
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1400823331 |
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