Title: Legal feminism : activism, lawyering, and legal theory /
Authors: Scales, Ann.
Publisher: New York University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Feminist jurisprudence.; Sex and law; Feminist jurisprudence United States.; Women Legal status, laws, etc. United States.
Abstract: "In the late 1970s, 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 book, Ann Scales, a founding contributor to the movement, reflects on the past, present, and future of feminist jurisprudence." "Part personal memoir, part primer, and part treatise, Legal Feminism is a de-jargonized account of how feminist jurisprudence can solve traditional legal conflicts, and why it matters to anyone committed to building an equitable and progressive society."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: 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.