Legal Feminism : : Activism, Lawyering, and Legal Theory / / Ann Scales.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Scales, Ann,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814739877; 9783110706444
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814739877.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ann Scales.

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.