<![CDATA[
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Comprehensive discussions of theoretical issues regarding law and gender<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781566390286&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="857_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><!--none//--><h1>Feminist Legal Theory</h1>
<H2>Foundations</H2>
<h3>edited by D. Kelly Weisberg</h3>
<P>cloth 1-56639-028-1 $69.95, Mar 93, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Print</FONT>
<br>paper 1-56639-029-X $52.95, Feb 93, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT>
<br>Electronic Book 1-43990-767-6 $51.95 <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Print</FONT>
<BR> 640 pp
7x10
</P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"Every social scientist interested in women's issues needs this invaluable collection."</I>
<br>—<b>Barbara Bergmann</b><I></I></BLOCKQUOTE>
<p>This unique text offers a discussion of one of the most important movements in legal scholarship today: feminist legal theory. The first of two volumes, <I>Foundations</I> examines theoretical issues about the interaction between law and gender. The second volume will explore the application of feminist legal theory to specific substantive areas of the law, such as criminal law, family law, employment law, and the legal profession. In this first volume, thirty-eight articles by distinguished legal scholars and feminists address issues of equality, difference, separate spheres, essentialism, legal methodology, and theories of law. The essays, published in widely dispersed legal publications, are thematically arranged, with introductions by the editor, to provide a text for students, a convenient source for scholars and policy makers, and a comprehensive introduction for general readers.
<BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p>
<BR> <h2>Reviews</h2>
<p><I>"D. Kelly Weisberg's distinguished volume will provide one-stop shopping for newspaper editors, scholars, political activists, and public officials who want to learn how gender analysis applies to legal thought."</I>
<br>—<b>Barbara J. Nelson</b>, University of Minnesota
<p><I>"Feminist jurisprudence is the cauldron in which some of the most creative feminist thoughts are brewing. Their release into our sociopolitical environment will bring us somewhat closer to creating a legal system in which the interests of all persons are indeed regarded with equal respect and consideration. Anglo-American law has been in need of a feminist transformation for some time. Weisberg's anthology suggests that the moment of metamorphosis is upon us."</I>
<br>—<b>Rosemarie Tong</b>, Thatcher Professor in Philosophy and Medical Humanities, Davidson College
<p><I>"Professor Weisberg has successfully undertaken the daunting task of presenting many of the diverse strands of feminist legal theory in a coherent, organized framework. The ideas presented in this stimulating collection of essays are at the cutting-edge of legal theory."</I>
<br>—<b>Stephanie M. Wildman</b>, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco
<BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P>
<p>Preface
<br>Acknowledgments
<br>Introduction
<p><b>Part I: The Elements of Feminist Legal Theory</b>
<br>Introduction
<br>1. Women's Subordination and the Role of Law – Nadine Taub and Elizabeth M. Schneider
<br>2. To Question Everything – Heather Ruth Wishik
<br>3. Where We Stand: Observations on the Situation of Feminist Legal Thought – Clare Dalton
<br>4. The Emergence of Feminist Jurisprudence: An Essay – Anne C. Scales
<br>5. A Lawyer's Primer on Feminist Theory and Tort – Leslie Bender
<br>6. Jurisprudence and Gender – Robin West
<br>7. Conservative Feminism – Richard A Posner
<p><b>Part II: The Equality Debate: Equal Treatment versus Special Treatment</b>
<br>Introduction
<br>8. Equality's Riddle: Pregnancy and the Equal Treatment/Special Treatment Debate – Wendy W. Williams
<br>9. The Miller-Wohl Controversy: Equal Treatment, Positive Action and the Meaning of Women's Equality – Linda J. Krieger and Patricia N. Cooney
<br>10. Equality and Difference: The Case of Pregnancy – Herma Hill Kay
<br>11. Transcending Equality Theory: A Way Out of the Maternity and the Workplace Debate – Lucinda M. Finley
<p><b>Part III: New Approaches to Equality and Difference</b>
<br>Introduction
<br>12. Prince Charming: Abstract Equality – Mary E. Becker
<br>13. Feminism and the Limits of Equality – Patricia A. Cain
<br>14. Reconstructing Sexual Equality – Christine A. Littleton
<br>15. Strategizing in Equality – Diana Majury
<br>16. Difference and Dominance: On Sex Discrimination – Catharine A. MacKinnon
<br>17. The Anti-Subordination Principle: Applications – Ruth Colker
<br>18. The Supreme Court 1986 Term, Foreword: Justice Engendered – Martha Minow
<br>19. When Difference Hits Its Home: Group Homes for the Mentally Retarded, Equal Protection and Legal Treatment of Difference – Martha Minow
<p><b>Part IV: The Debate over Essentialism: Gender and Race</b>
<br>Introduction
<br>20. Feminist Reason: Getting It and Losing It – Martha Minow
<br>21. Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory – Angela P. Harris
<br>22. Feminist Jurisprudence: Grounding the Theories – Patricia A. Cain
<br>23. Race, Racism, And Feminist Legal Theory – Marlee Kline
<br>24. Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race And Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics – Kimberle Crenshaw
<p><b>Part V: Theories of Law</b>
<br>Introduction
<br>25. Toward a Theory of Law and Patriarchy – Janet Rifkin
<br>26. Toward a Theory of Law and Patriarchy – Diane Polan
<br>27. Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State: Toward Feminist Jurisprudence – Catharine A. MacKinnon
<br>28. Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State: An Agenda for Theory – Catharine A. MacKinnon
<br>29. Feminism and Legal Positivism – Margot Stubbs
<br>30. Liberal Jurisprudence and Abstracted Visions of Human Nature: A Feminist Critique of Rawls' Theory of Justice – Mari J. Matsuda
<br>31. Statutory Rape: A Feminist Critique of Rights Analysis – Frances Olsen
<br>32. Alchemical Notes: Reconstructing Ideals from Deconstructed Rights – Patricia J. Williams
<br>33. The Dialectic of Rights and Politics: Perspectives for the Women's Movement – Elizabeth M. Schneider
<p><b>Part VI: Feminist Legal Methods</b>
<br>Introduction
<br>34. Feminism and Legal Method – Mary Jane Mossman
<br>35. Feminist Legal Methods – Katharine T. Barlett
<br>36. Breaking Women's Silence in Law: The Dilemma of the Gendered Nature of Legal Reasoning – Lucinda M. Finley
<br>37. Zig-zag Stitching and the Seamless Web: Thoughts on "Reproduction" and the Law – Marie Ashe
<br>38. On Being the Object of Property – Patricia J. Williams
<p>Table of Cases
<br>Index
<br>Contributors
</P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2>
<table><tr><td valign="top"><img src="/tempress/authors/857_au.gif" height="90" width="75"></td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><p><B>D. Kelly Weisberg</B> is Professor of Law at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. She has published several other books, including <I>Child, Family and State: Cases and Materials on Children and the Law</I> (co-authored with Robert Mnookin).</P></td></tr></table>
<P>Contributors: Marie Ashe, Katharine T. Bartlett, Mary E. Becker, Leslie Bender, Patricia A. Cain, Ruth Colker, Patricia N. Cooney, Kimberle Crenshaw, Clare Dalton, Lucinda M. Finley, Angela P. Harris, Herma Hill Kay, Marlee Kline, Linda J. Krieger, Christine A. Littleton, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Diana Majury, Mari J. Matsuda, Martha Minow, Mary Jane Mossman, Frances Olsen, Diane Polan, Richard A. Posner, Janet Rifkin, Ann C. Scales, Elizabeth M. Schneider, Margot Stubbs, Nadine Taub, Robin West, Patricia T. Williams, Wedny W. Williams, and Heather Ruth Wishik.</P>
<BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2>
<p><A HREF="/tempress/law.html" TARGET="_top">Law and Criminology</a>
<BR><A HREF="/tempress/women.html" TARGET="_top">Women's Studies</a>
</p>
<BR><h2 class="inpageheading">In the series</H2>
<P><I><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/women_political.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Click for other books in this series!'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" target="_top">Women in the Political Economy</a></i>, edited by Ronnie J. Steinberg.
</p><p>No longer active.<p><i>Women in the Political Economy</i>, edited by Ronnie J. Steinberg, includes books on women and issues of work, family, social movements, politics, feminism, and empowerment. It emphasizes women's roles in society and the social construction of gender and also explores current policy issues like comparable worth, international development, job training, and parental leave.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781566390286&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/857_reg.html</font></p>]]>