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 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1991] ©1991 |
Year of Publication: | 1991 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Feminist Crosscurrents ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | 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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Summary: | 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 conditions for women in America as they prepare for the twenty-first century. Concluding that equality based on liberal male ideology is no longer an adequate framework for improving women's legal status, Hoff's highly original and incisive volume calls for a demystification of legal doctrine and a reinterpretation of legal texts (including the Constitution) to create a feminist jurisprudence. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780814773260 9783110716924 |
DOI: | 10.18574/nyu/9780814773260.001.0001 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Joan Hoff. |