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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822897903321

Titolo

Women, the law, and the workplace / / edited with introductions by Sybil Lipschultz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-07042-7

1-299-14714-3

0-203-44609-7

1-136-07034-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

Controversies in constitutional law : collections of documents and articles on major questions of American law

Altri autori (Persone)

LipschultzSybil

Disciplina

344.7/3014

Soggetti

Women - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Sex discrimination against women - Law and legislation - United States

Women - Employment - Law and legislation - United States

Feminist jurisprudence - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Introduction; Volume Introduction; Legal Documents; The New Strain in Industry; Some Specific Studies of Physical Overstrain in Industry; Labor Law and the Courts, excerpt; Muller v. Oregon; Bunting v. Oregon; Historical Documents; The Right to Leisure; Legislative Control of Women's Work; Women Who Work and Women Who Spend; Scholarly Interpretations; Hours and Wages: The Gendering of Labor Standards in America; The Lady and the Tramp: Gender, Race, and the Origins of the American Welfare State

Muller v. Oregon Reconsidered: The Origins of a Sex-Based Doctrine of Liberty of ContractProtection of Women Workers and the Courts: A Legal Case History; Welfare Reform and World War I; The National Consumer's League and the Brandeis Brief; Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Equal rights for women in the workplace is a critical aspect of the twentieth century civil rights movement, as well as an issue of academic and public interest. Bringing together legal rulings and commentary,



this three-volume collection documents the development of legal protections for women in the workplace. The comprehensive coverage encompasses the major legal and constitutional issues, including the legal arguments that lead to the reduction of working hours for women and the argumentation that framed the debates over minimum wage legislation. The set also presents more contemporary iss