Women and the U. S. Constitution History, Interpretation, and Practice

Name: Women and the U. S. Constitution History, Interpretation, and Practice
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ISBN: 9780231128933

ISBN-10: 0231128932

ISBN-13: 9780231128933

Edition: 2004

Authors: Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach, Patricia Smith

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Incorporating law, history, political theory & philosophy, the contributors analyse the U.S. Constitution in relation to the rights & fate of women.

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 2/18/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach is professor of philosophy at the City University of New York (Baruch College and the University Graduate Center). She is the author of many articles and editor, with Patricia Smith, of Women and the United States Constitution: History, Interpretation, and Practice.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Women and Constitutional Interpretation: The Forgotten Value of Civic Friendship




History


The Founding Period



Representation of Women in the Constitution




Declarations of Independence: Women and Divorce in the Early Republic




The Explanation Lies in Property: Gender and Its Connection to Economic Considerations



Reconstruction



Women, Bondage, and the Reconstructed Constitution




The Unkept Promise of the Thirteenth Amendment: A Call for Reparations



Women and the Welfare State



The Culture of Work Enforcement: Race, Gender and U.S. Welfare Policy




The Silent Constitution: Affirmative Obligation and the Feminization of Poverty




Interpretation


The U.S. Constitution in Comparative Context



Federalism(s), Feminism, Families, and the Constitution




What's Privacy Got to Do With It? A Comparative Approach to the Feminist Critique




Women's Human Rights and the U.S. Constitution: Initiating a Dialogue



Privacy and Family Law



Battered Women, Feminist Lawmaking, Privacy, and Equality




Infringements of Women's Constitutional Rights in Religious Lawmaking on Abortion




What Place for Family Privacy?




The Right to Privacy and Gay/Lesbian Sexuality: Beyond Decriminalization to Equal Recognition



Women and Work



The Gender of Discrimination: Race, Sex, and Fair Employment




Second Generation Employment Discrimination: A Structural Approach




Our Economy of Mothers and Others: Women and Economics Revisited




Practice


Citizenship and the Equal Rights Amendment



Women and Citizenship: The Virginia Military Institute Case




"Heightened Scrutiny": An Alternative Route to Constitutional Equality for U.S. Women




Whatever Happened to the ERA?



About the Contributors


Index