Legal feminism [[electronic resource] ] : activism, lawyering, and legal theory / / Ann Scales

• Autore: Scales Ann
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 340/.115082
• Soggetto topico: Feminist jurisprudence; Sex and law; Feminist jurisprudence - United States; Women - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
• Soggetto non controllato: account; anyone; building; committed; conflicts; de-jargonized; equitable; feminist; jurisprudence; legal; lively; matters; progressive; society; solve; traditional
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-207) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The rule of law -- Certainty and doubt -- Intractable questions -- The limits of liberalism -- Feminist legal theory -- Feminist legal method -- False consciousness -- The future of legal feminism.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the late 1970's, feminist scholars and activists joined together to build a movement aimed at bringing feminist theory and experiences to the practice and teaching of American law. Since then, the feminist jurisprudence movement has taken root, with courts and legislatures addressing matters of sex and gender inequality, and law schools employing feminist and post-feminist theory in the classroom. In this important book, Ann Scales, a founding contributor to the movement, reflects on the past, present, and future of feminist jurisprudence. Legal Feminism situates the feminist jurisprudence m
• Titolo autorizzato: Legal feminism
• ISBN: 0-8147-8688-X; 0-8147-3987-3; 1-4294-8497-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807633503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II