Women and the Law (University Casebook Series)

Women and the Law integrates cases with theoretical readings by feminists, social scientists, historians, and legal scholars. Organized around three central topics of work, family, and body, the book reflects a multiplicity of feminist stances and critiques. Highlights include:Treatment of Same-Sex Marriage Developments; Sustained treatment of perspectives and problems affecting women of color; Contemporary assessments of sexual harassment law; Expanded treatment of women and the labor market, the economics of divorce, pornography and prostitution; Federal civil rights and state tort law responses to domestic violence; Current regulation of women?s reproductive decisions and critiques of reproductive technologies. This casebook integrates cases with theoretical readings by feminists, social scientists, historians, and legal scholars. Organized around three central topics of work, family, and body, the book reflects a multiplicity of feminist stances and critiques. Topics covered in this edition include of same-sex marriage developments, sustained treatment of perspectives and problems affecting women of color, contemporary assessments of sexual harassment law, expanded treatment of women and the labor market, the economics of divorce, pornography, and prostitution, Federal civil rights and state tort law responses to domestic violence, and current regulation of women's reproductive decisions and critiques of reproductive technologies.