Legal Feminism : Activism, Lawyering, and Legal Theory / Ann Scales.
2006
K349 .S296 2006
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Title
Legal Feminism : Activism, Lawyering, and Legal Theory / Ann Scales.
Author
Scales, Ann, author.
ISBN
9780814739877
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814739877.001.0001 doi
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K349 .S296 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
340/.115082
Summary
In the late 1970s, feminist scholars and activists joined together to build a movement aimed at bringing feminist theory and experiences to the practice and teaching of American law. Since then, the feminist jurisprudence movement has taken root, with courts and legislatures addressing matters of sex and gender inequality, and law schools employing feminist and post-feminist theory in the classroom. In this important book, Ann Scales, a founding contributor to the movement, reflects on the past, present, and future of feminist jurisprudence.Legal Feminism situates the feminist jurisprudence movement within the larger context of Western law and philosophy, focusing first on common problem areas of legal theory and decision-making, and then explaining how feminist jurisprudence can analyze and address these issues in new ways. Throughout, Scales draws on legal disputes to show how feminist theory works in the courtroom and in other real-life arenas.Part personal memoir, part primer, and part treatise, Legal Feminism is a de-jargonized, lively account of how feminist jurisprudence can solve traditional legal conflicts, and why it matters to anyone committed to building an equitable and progressive society.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Places of Stuckness Roles, Rules, Facts, and the Liberal View of Human Nature
1 The Rule of Law
2 Certainty and Doubt
3 Intractable Questions
4 The Limits of Liberalism
Part II Places beyond Stuckness Feminist Notions, Controversies, and Promises
5 Feminist Legal Theory
6 Feminist Legal Method
7 False Consciousness
8 The Future of Legal Feminism
Notes
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Places of Stuckness Roles, Rules, Facts, and the Liberal View of Human Nature
1 The Rule of Law
2 Certainty and Doubt
3 Intractable Questions
4 The Limits of Liberalism
Part II Places beyond Stuckness Feminist Notions, Controversies, and Promises
5 Feminist Legal Theory
6 Feminist Legal Method
7 False Consciousness
8 The Future of Legal Feminism
Notes
Index
About the Author