Law, Gender, and Injustice : : A Legal History of U.S. Women / / Joan Hoff.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Hoff, Joan,
• MitwirkendeR: Barry, Kathleen,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1991]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 1991
• Language: English
• Series: Feminist Crosscurrents ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

In this widely acclaimed landmark study, Joan Hoff illustrates how women remain second- class citizens under the current legal system and questions whether the continued pursuit of equality based on a one-size-fits-all vision of traditional individual rights is really what will most improve conditions for women in America as they prepare for the twenty-first century. Concluding that equality based on liberal male ideology is no longer an adequate framework for improving women's legal status, Hoff's highly original and incisive volume calls for a demystification of legal doctrine and a reinterpretation of legal texts (including the Constitution) to create a feminist jurisprudence.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the New Edition -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Toward a Theory of Women's Legal History -- CHAPTER ONE. The Masculinity of U.S. Constitutionalism -- CHAPTER TWO. Women and the American Revolution -- CHAPTER THREE. From British Subjects to U.S. Citizens -- CHAPTER FOUR. Constitutional Neglect, 1787-1872 -- CHAPTER FIVE. Constitutional Discrimination, 1872-1908 -- CHAPTER SIX. Constitutional Protection, 1908-1963 -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Constitutional Equality, 1963-1990 -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Limits of Liberal Legalism: Marriage, Divorce, Pregnancy, and Abortion -- CHAPTER NINE. The Epitome of Liberal Legalism: The ERA and Pornography -- CHAPTER TEN. Beyond Liberal Legalism: From Equality to Equity -- APPENDIX ONE. Married Women's Property Acts, 1800-1900 -- APPENDIX TWO. 1848 Declaration of Sentiments -- APPENDIX THREE. 1876 Declaration of Rights -- APPENDIX FOUR. Constitutional Amendments -- APPENDIX FIVE. Summary of Federal Litigation and Congressional Legislation, 1963-1990 -- APPENDIX SIX. 1989 Declaration of Interdependence -- APPENDIX SEVEN. Abortion in the United States since Webster -- APPENDIX EIGHT. On Sexual Harassment and the Silencing of Women -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR