Women and the Law Stories

by Schneider, Elizabeth M.; Wildman, Stephanie M.

• ISBN13: 9781599415895
• ISBN10: 1599415895
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-12
• Publisher: Foundation Press

Summary

This book examines landmark cases establishing women's legal rights, offering accounts of the litigants, history, parties, strategies, and theoretical implications. It will enrich any law school course and can serve as a text for a course on women and the law, gender and law, feminist jurisprudence, or women's studies. This volume utilizes subject areas common to many women and law casebooks: history, constitutional law, reproductive freedom, the workplace, the family, and women in the legal profession. Several chapters explore issues of domestic violence and rape. See http://law.scu.edu/socialjustice/women-and-the-law-stories-book.cfm (a website with additional resources for teaching).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Telling Stories to Courts: Women Claim Their Legal Rights	p. 1
Hidden Histories: The Role of Gender
Hidden Histories, Racialized Gender, and the Legacy of Reconstruction: The Story of United States v. Cruikshank	p. 21
Developing a Constitutional Jurisprudence to Combat Sex Discrimination and to Promote Equality
"When the Trouble Started": The Story of Frontiero v. Richardson	p. 57
Single-Sex Public Schools: The Story of Vorchheimer v. School District of Philadelphia	p. 93
Unconstitutionally Male?: The Story of United States v. Virginia	p. 133
Reproductive Freedom
Infertile by Force and Federal Complicity: The Story of Relf v. Weinberger	p. 179
"Nearly Allied to Her Right to Be"-Medicaid Funding for Abortion: The Story of Harris v. McRae	p. 207
The Workplace
Pregnant and Working: The Story of California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n. v. Guerra	p. 253
"What Not to Wear"-Race and Unwelcomeness in Sexual Harassment Law: The Story of Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson	p. 277
Of Glass Ceilings, Sex Stereotypes, and Mixed Motives: The Story of Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins	p. 307
Family Law
Six Cases in Search of a Decision: The Story of In re Marriage Cases	p. 337
State-Enabled Violence: The Story of Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales	p. 379
Women in the Legal Profession: Law Students, Attorneys, Law Professors, and Judges
The Entry of Women into Wall Street Law Firms: The Story of Blank v. Sullivan & Cromwell	p. 415
A Tribal Court Domestic Violence Case: The Story of an Unknown Victim, an Unreported Decision, and an All Too Common Injustice	p. 453
Biographies of Women and the Law Contributors	p. 469
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