Buch, Englisch, 1245 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 198 mm x 254 mm
Reihe: Higher Education Coursebook
Buch, Englisch, 1245 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 198 mm x 254 mm
Reihe: Higher Education Coursebook
ISBN: 978-1-64020-125-5
Verlag: West Academic
This edition takes a more socio-political and institutional approach than other books on women and the law. The authors consider issues such as institutional questions of constitutional interpretation, the scope of judicial power, the balance of federal-state power, the interaction between law and other social and political institutions, the capacity of law to effect societal change, and the effect of presidential and Senate politics on U.S. Supreme Court nominations and confirmations. The inclusion of state and lower federal court decisions greatly strengthens the book's focus on the law's relationship to gendered inequality.
Topics also include constitutional history, shifting interpretations of employment discrimination and gender equality, changes in reproductive technology and associated policy responses, divorce and dissolution of domestic partnerships, child custody, education, same-sex marriage, pornography, and domestic violence.