| Feminist Legal Theory: Readings In Law And Gender Contributor(s): Bartlett, Katherine (Author), Kennedy, Rosanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813312485 ISBN-13: 9780813312484 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $80.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1991 Annotation: "Feminist Legal Theory" is a carefully balanced and thoughtfully edited collection of classic and new papers from the exciting field of feminist legal thought. What makes current feminist legal theory so important is the far-reaching challenge it poses to the assumptions embedded in traditional legal doctrine and method as well as the light it sheds on how these assumptions have so consistently undercut efforts toward fundamental gender change.The papers gathered here reveal the influences of feminist work in philosophy, psychoanalysis, political theory, and literary criticism, fields that have enriched legal theory and provided feminist scholars with more and sharper tools, and the results, as evidenced in this volume, are impressive and encouraging. They are also sobering, in that they force the realization that there is much theoretical and practical work yet to be done, under constraints we are only beginning to fully comprehend. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Law | Gender & The Law |
| Dewey: 346.013 |
| LCCN: 91-21830 |
| Lexile Measure: 1530 |
| Series: New Perspectives on Law, Culture, and Society |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.02" W x 9.14" (1.47 lbs) 460 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers powerful analyses of the relationship between law and gender and new understandings of the limits of, and opportunities for, legal reform drawn from the experiences of women and from critical perspectives developed within other disciplines. |