The Common Law Inside the Female Body

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-316-62918-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

In The Common Law Inside the Female Body, Anita Bernstein explains why lawyers seeking gender progress from primary legal materials should start with the common law. Despite its reputation for supporting conservatism and inequality, today's common law shares important commitments with feminism, namely in precepts and doctrines that strengthen the freedom of individuals and from there the struggle against the subjugation of women. By re-invigorating both the common law - with a focus on crimes, contracts, torts, and property - and feminist jurisprudence, this highly original work anticipates a vital future for a pair of venerable jurisprudential traditions. It should be read by anyone interested in understanding how the common law delivers an extraordinary degree of liberty and security to all persons - women included.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bernstein, Anita

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Schuldrecht Haftpflichtrecht, Deliktsrecht, Produkthaftungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: what is the common law inside the female body?; Part I. Condoned Self-Regard in the Common Law: 1. Saying no to what we don't want; 2. Exceptions to condoned self-regard: prior voluntary conduct; 3. Woman too my say no to what they don't want; Part II. What Follows: 4. Unwanted penetration; 5. Unwanted pregnancy; 6. Challenges, prospects, gored oxen.

Über Autor(innen)

Bernstein, Anita
Anita Bernstein is Anita and Stuart Subotnick Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and a nationally recognized authority on tort law and feminist jurisprudence. Her awards include the first Fulbright scholarship in European Union affairs given to a law professor. She is a graduate of Queens College, whose political science department named her its Distinguished Alumna in 2014, and Yale Law School.