Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Law, Markets, and the Institutional Construction of Gender Inequality in Pay; Part I Theory and Method; Part II The Case Studies; Part III Conclusion: Legalizing Gender Inequality; Appendix: Court Documents and Case Materials Used in Case Studies; References; Index
Summary
Legalizing Gender Inequality challenges existing theories of gender-based pay inequality. The book argues that earnings differentials cannot be explained adequately by market forces or society-wide sexism and that the court's reliance upon these theories has tended to legitimate and to legalize a crucial dimension of gender inequality
