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

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

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 conditio...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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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

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