Caring for justice
By: Robin West.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Sociological jurisprudence; Feminist jurisprudence; Law and literature; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Description: Robin West examines such issues as the nature of justice, the concept of harm, economic theories of value, and the utility of constitutional discourse. She illuminates the adverse repercussions of the anti-essentialist position for jurisprudence and offers strategies for correcting them. Far from espousing a return to essentialism, West argues for a pragmatic, open stance toward various understandings of the similarities and differences between men and women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : losing the connections; title: Caring for justice; title: The concept of harm; title: Law, literature, and feminism; title: Invisible victims; title: Feminism, postmodernism, and law.