Applications of Feminist Legal Theory

Examines the pressing issues that affect women pornography, prostitution, battery, rape, pay equity, sexual harassment, motherhood, abortion, adoption, reproductive technologies and considers them through the lens of feminist legal theory. This book features more than sixty articles.

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Preface Part I: Sexuality Section 1: Pornography Introduction 1. Against the Male Flood: Censorship, Pornography, and Equality Andrea Dworkin 2. Not a Moral Issue, in Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law Catharine A. MacKinnon 3. Francis Biddle's Sister: Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech Catharine A. MacKinnon 4. Pornography and the First Amendment: A Reply to Professor MacKinnon Thomas I. Emerson 5. Whose Right? Ronald Dworkin, Women and Pornographers Rae Langton 6. American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. Hudnut 7. Butler v. The Queen 8. Brief Amici Curiae of Feminist Anti-Censorship Task Force et al., in American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut Nan D. Hunter and Sylvia A. Law 9. A Feminist Critique of "The" Feminist Critique of Pornography Nadine Strossen 10. Sex, Sin, and Women's Liberation: Against Porn-Suppression Carlin Meyer 11. The Difference in Women's Hedonic Lives: A Phenomenological Critique of Feminist Legal Theory Robin West Section 2: Prostitution Introduction 12. Male Vice and Female Virtue: Feminism and the Politics of Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Britain Judith R. Walkowitz 13. Charges Against Prostitution: An Attempt at a Philosophical Assessment Lars O. Ericsson 14. Defending Prostitution Carole Pateman 15. Prostitution and Civil Rights Catharine A. MacKinnon 16. The Feminist Debate over Prostitution Reform Jody Freeman 17. A Postmodern Feminist Legal Manifesto Mary Jo Frug 18. Split at the Root: Prostitution and Feminist Discourses of Law Reform Margaret A. Baldwin Part II: Violence Section 3: Battered Women Introduction 19. The Roots of the Battered Women's Movement: Personal and Political Susan Schechter 20. State v. Wanrow 21. Describing and Changing: Women's Self-Defense Work and the Problem of Expert Testimony on Battering Elizabeth M. Schneider 22. Women's Experience and the Problem of Transition: Perspectives on Male Battering of Women Christine A. Littleton 23. Legal Images of Battered Women: Redefining the Issues of Separation Martha R. Mahoney 24. Whose Story Is It, Anyway? En-Gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas and the Construction of Social Reality Kimberle Crenshaw 25. Lavender Bruises Ruthann Robson 26. The Violence of Privacy Rape Elizabeth M. Schneider Section 4: Rape Introduction 27. Rape: The All-American Crime Susan Griffin 28. Rape Susan Estrich 29. Michael M. v. Superior Court 30. Statutory Rape: A Feminist Critique of Rights Analysis Frances Olsen 31. "Rape: On Coercion and Consent" Catharine A. MacKinnon 32. Date Rape Lois Pineau 33. Rape, Racism and the Law Jennifer Wriggens 34. Equality Theory, Marital Rape, and the Promise of the Fourteenth Amendment Robin West Part III: Employment Section 5: Employment A. Work-Family Conflict, Occupational Segregation and Comparable Worth Introduction 35. Work and Family: The Gender Paradox and the Limitations of Discrimination Analysis in Restructuring the Workplace Nancy E. Dowd 36. EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck and Company 37. EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck and Company (Appellate Opinion) 38. EEOC v. Sears: A Personal Account Alice Kessler-Harris 39. Deconstructing Equality-Versus-Difference: Or the Uses of Post-Structuralist Theory of Feminism Joan Scott 40. Deconstructing Gender Joan Williams 41. Telling Stories about Women and Work: Judicial Interpretation of Sex Segregation in the Workplace Vicki Schultz 42. Feminizing Unions: Challenging the Gendered Structure of Wage Labor Marion G. Crain 43. Comparable Worth and Its Impact on Black Women Julianne Malveaux 44. Barriers Facing Women in the Wage-Labor Market and the Need for Additional Remedies Mary E. Becker 45. Social Construction of Skill: Gender, Power, and Comparable Worth Ronnie J. Steinberg B. Sexual Harassment Introduction 46. Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson 47. Ellison v. Brady 48. Sex at Work Susan Estrich 49. What's the Big Deal? Women in New York City Construction Industry and Sexual Harassment Law, 1970-1985 Elvia R. Arriola 50. Employer Abuse, Worker Resistance, and the Tort of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Regina Austin 51. Feminist Constructions of Objectivity: Multiple Perspectives on Sexual and Racial Harassment Litigation Martha Chamallas 52. Exit: Power and the Idea of Leaving in Love, Work, and the Confirmation Hearings Martha R. Mahoney Part IV: Reproduction Section 6: Motherhood and Reproductive Control A. Motherhood Introduction 53. M Is for the Many Things Carol Sanger 54. Punishing Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color, Equality, and the Right of Privacy Dorothy E. Roberts 55. The Colonization of the Womb Nancy Ehrenreich 56. Sapphire Bound! Regina Austin; Child Abuse: A Problem for Feminist Theory Marie Ashe and Naomi Cahn B. Abortion Introduction 57. Roe v. Wade 58. The Struggle for Reproductive Freedom: Three Stages of Feminism Linda Gordon 59. A Defense of Abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson 60. Privacy v. Equality: Beyond Roe v. Wade Catharine A. MacKinnon 61. Reasoning from the Body: A Historical Perspective on Abortion Regulation and Questions of Equal Protection Reva Siegal 62. Reproductive Laws, Women of Color, and Low-Income Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson 63. An Equal Protection Analysis of United States Reproductive Health Policy: Gender, Race, Age, and Class Ruth Colker 64. Reproductive Freedom and Violence Against Women: Where are the Intersections? Lori L. Heise C. Reproductive Technologies and Adoption Introduction 65. In the Matter of Baby M, Society's Response to the New Reproductive Technologies: The Feminist Perspective Norma J. Wikler 66. Surrogate Motherhood: The Challenge for Feminists Lori Andrews 67. The Ethics and Economics of Enforcing Contracts of Surrogate Motherhood Richard A. Posner 68. Junk Liberty Gena Corea 69. The Black Surrogate Mother Anita Allen 70. Market Inalienability Margaret Jane Radin 71. A Feminist Analysis of Adoption Nancy E. Dowd Table of Cases Index Contributors

Riassunto

Examines the pressing issues that affect women pornography, prostitution, battery, rape, pay equity, sexual harassment, motherhood, abortion, adoption, reproductive technologies and considers them through the lens of feminist legal theory. This book features more than sixty articles.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D. Kelly Weisberg
• Con la collaborazione di: D. Kelly Weisberg (Editore)
• Editore: Temple University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.1996
• EAN: 9781566394246
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-424-6
• Pagine: 221
• Dimensioni: 179 mm x 255 mm x 55 mm
• Peso: 2091 g
• Serie: Women in the Political Economy; Women in the Political Economy
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri